SHARE With the rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine around the corner in India, hopes are rising among business leaders of a swift recovery in 2021 after the economy was plunged into a recession last year because of the impact of the pandemic and lockdown restrictions. India has given emergency approvals for two vaccines – the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab and a homegrown candidate – and it is currently preparing to begin its immunisation drive, which starts on January 16. This will start with 30 million essential workers, and India has the ambitious target of vaccinating some 300 million citizens by the middle of the year. India is the second-worst affected country after the US with more than 10 million confirmed Covid-19 infections.