A month of national lockdown can eat up 1-2% of GDP: Report

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April 26, 2021 19:31 IST
“A month of nationwide lockdown costs 100-200 bps of GDP. This poses a 300 bps risk to our 9% real GVA growth forecast for FY22,” Bank of America Securities India economists said
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They also expect the Reserve Bank to come to aid by funding government’s welfare measures like resumption of free food grains to the needy in May-June.
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“A month of nationwide lockdown costs 100-200 bps of GDP. This poses a 300 bps risk to our 9% real GVA growth forecast for FY22,” Bank of America Securities India economists said
A month-long national lockdown to arrest the spread of COVID 2.0 could shave off 100-200 bps of GDP, leading to a 300 bps risk to annual growth, a brokerage report has flagged while expressing doubts over the ability of local lockdowns to control the pandemic.

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