Budget 2022: IMF’s Gita Gopinath expects Nirmala Sitharaman to address unequal recovery, focus on health
Image Credit: shortpdia
The Indian government is in the last leg of the Budget 2022 preparations. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the Budget 2022 on February 1, 2022. A few days ahead of the Union Budget presentation, Gita Gopinath, deputy managing director of IMF, has urged Sitharaman to address the unequal recovery with Budget 2022-23 by adequately funding the rural employment guarantee scheme and ensuring free food ration beyond March.