Economy better placed to meet second Covid wave with vaccination drive: CEA

Subramanian said a key factor during pandemic is the role of e-commerce and digitisation that India embraced

Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian on Friday said that the Indian economy is in better shape to address the challenge of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic compared to last year as vaccines have been developed and vaccination drives are taking place.

“The uncertainty is much lower,” said Subramanian. He was responding to a question by Raghava Rao, vice president finance and India CFO at Amazon India, about how he sees the economy recovering in the country, during the e-commerce firm’s flagship Smbhav event.

On saving lives and livelihoods, Subramanian said the government was driven by the simple goal