Neoliberal
policies geared to incentivize private investors while
limiting the fiscal deficit, and the shift to a failed
GST regime, had sharply lowered tax revenue growth and
curtailed expenditure even prior to Covid. The government
is now faced with a fiscal crisis, and the economy is
in recession.
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This article was originally published in the Frontline
Print edition: July 3, 2020.
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