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“COVID-19 to have significant deflationary impact due to demand evaporation”. Ruling out any impact of stimulus on the price situation. Chief Economic Advisor K.V. Subramaniam on Thursday said the COVID-19 pandemic has severely dented the demand for non-essential goods, creating deflationary conditions. He also said that a good part of the Rs. 20 lakh crore stimulus package is designed in a manner that the fiscal deficit remains under control.
COVID has significant deflationary impact because demand especially for non-essential goods and services will go down significantly. Therefore, it is unlikely that there would be too much inflationary impact through fiscal deficit or stimulus package". Subramaniam told in an interview.
“The proposed stimulus package will generate demand by infusing liquidity into the system and thus perk up the economy”, the CEA said.
“RBI is also taking some strategic actions to control the impact of COVID-19 situation”, CEA further added.