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Fiscal Stimulus or Economic contraction

Recently, the prime minister of India Narendra Modi announced an injection of 20 lakh crore into the economy. The aim of the investment is to help India take a step forward towards economic stability. According to news, The PM claimed that it may take an extensive period of time to combat the outbreak of Covid-19, and hence it is salient for the economy to continue its economic growth to avoid a severe unprecedented economic crisis. Thus, the government decided to enhance economic activity by injecting money into the economy. Furthermore, the government of India also aspires to make India and reduce its economic dependency to avoid any vulnerability to the economy (in terms of relying on imports) during times of exogenous shocks. The injection into the economy may be controversial, and may not bring out the expected outcome for the economy. There are numerous theories and ideas which indicate that such a fiscal stimulus can have negative effects on the India economy. Fi...