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A mural in New Delhi is part of public health messaging in India. The country has seen a dramatic decline in new cases since the fall, but researchers aren t sure why. Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Last September, India was confirming nearly 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day. It was on track to overtake the United States to become the country with the highest reported COVID-19 caseload in the world. Hospitals were full. The Indian economy nosedived into an unprecedented recession.
India needs to spend on infrastructure, MGNREGA: Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath also said a credible divestment plan would boost the confidence of the markets, adding that the government must keep the borrowing costs low during the transition period.
Gita Gopinath, IMF Chief Economist.
India needs a high quality public infrastructure spending which is job rich, said Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist, International Monetary Fun, on January 28.
Her comment ahead of the Union Budget 2021-22 that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present on February 1.
She said the budgetary outlay for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) must be extended as it could play a critical role in helping poor households and tackling growing income inequalities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Director General, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India
Shekhar Shah is the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). As the CEO of India’s oldest and largest independent economic think tank, he manages NCAER’s wide-ranging research activities across all sectors of the economy, including its extensive data collection, innovation, and curation activities.
Prior to joining NCAER, Shah was the World Bank’s Regional Economic Adviser for South Asia and, earlier, Sector Manager in the Bank’s research complex and a principal author of the
2004
World Development Report, Making Services Work for Poor People. During a World Bank career spanning more than two decades, Shah also served as the Bank’s Deputy Research Administrator, Sector Manager for Public Sector Management for Europe and Central Asia, and Lead Economist for Bangladesh.
62% Indians hesitant to get vaccinated: LocalCircles
COVID-19 vaccination: The findings of LocalCircles nationwide online survey shows that 62 per cent of the respondents were hesitant about administering the vaccine
Joe C Mathew | January 22, 2021 | Updated 00:32 IST
NCAER survey suggests that 39 per cent of respondents were undecided over COVID-19 vaccination
Two independent surveys show significant level of indecisiveness among general public over COVID-19 vaccination. While a telephonic survey conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) within the national capital territory (NCR) region of Delhi shows 39 per cent of the respondents were hesitant about administering the vaccine, community social media platform LocalCircles nationwide online survey puts the hesitancy level at 62 per cent. Both surveys suggest the need for wider awareness programmes by the government to ensure the success of its COVID-19 vaccination drive.
According to a survey conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), about 20 per cent respondents are certain about not taking the Covid-19 vaccine.The NCAER released the results of Round 4 of its Delhi-NCR Coronavirus .