In 2020, India contributed respectively 0.4 and three percent of its GDP (gross domestic product) to above-the-line additional fiscal measures for both health and non-health sectors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the source, these measures included spending on health infrastructure, care packages, as well as financial and necessity support for workers. Meanwhile, the global spending on above-the-line additional health and non-health sector fiscal measures amounted to respectively 1.2 and 7.8 percent of world GDP in 2020.
Spending on above-the-line additional health and non-health sector fiscal measures in response to COVID-19 in India and worldwide in 2020
The source states: "The ‘Reference group’ refers to the closest peer group statistic under which India falls. (...) The reference group for the fiscal measures is the Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs) classification by the IMF. (...) Fiscal measures are obtained from Fiscal Monitor Database of Country Fiscal Measures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as of April 2021, International Monetary Fund."
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