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 On the demand side, India’s policies have been calibrated to ensure that the accelerator
is slowly pushed down only when while the brakes are being removed on economic
activities. A public investment programme centred around the National Infrastructure
Pipeline is likely to accelerate the demand push and further the recovery.

 The upturn in the economy while avoiding a second wave of infections makes India a sui
generis case in strategic policymaking amidst a once-in-a-century pandemic.

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