What are the prospects of Indian manufacturing and rural economy with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic shock? How will Aatma Nirbhar Bharat take care of aggregate demand and growth? What is the role of fiscal policy in the Covid-19 scenario especially in the context of migrant labour? Why are the farmers protesting? Will the new farm laws transform Indian agriculture and benefit farmers? What is the status of central government finances and its implication for economic recovery? Why does the stock market rise while the real economy is in decline? What strategies should be adopted to counter the fallout of the economic downturn?

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Panelists:

Prof. Partha Sen, former Director, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Prof. Surajit Mazumdar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU.
Prof. Vikas Rawal, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU.
Prof. R. Kavita Rao, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
Prof. Amit Bhaduri, former Emeritus Professor of Economics, JNU.

Moderator:

Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies and Editor, Citizens First TV (CFTV).