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Locals stand in queue to buy daily essentials after lockdown in the wake of deadly coronavirus. Photo: PTI

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1. Experts peg India's Covid-19 lockdown cost at $120 bn, call for relief plan

Pegging the cost of the Covid-19 lockdown at $120 billion (approximately Rs 9 trillion) or 4 per cent of the GDP, analysts on Wednesday sharply cut their growth estimates and stressed on the need to announce an economic package.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is scheduled to announce its first bi-monthly policy review on April 3, is set to deliver a deep rate cuts and it should also be assumed that the fiscal deficit targets will be breached, analysts said. Read