India had started to see green shoots, before the coronavirus pandemic hit in February, Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said even as India's economy grew at its slowest pace in at least eight years in the January-March quarter. To this end, Sitharaman, in an exclusive conversation with WION, said, "This is a quarter where we thought we had started seeing green shoots. The contraction happened in April because by this time the coronavirus pandemic had hit us really fully and badly. I am watching and hearing the agencies are telling us to what extent the contraction is going to hit India. Tells @palkisu that India had started witnessing green shoots before the pandemic hit.

Source: dna May 29, 2020 16:41 UTC