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  "title": "India: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for India",
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  "summary": "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a prolonged health crisis. Economic activity was slowing prior to the pandemic. Two COVID-19 waves have resulted in a deep and broad-based economic downturn with the potential for a longer lasting impact.",
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      "content": "- The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a prolonged health crisis.\n- Economic activity was slowing prior to the pandemic.\n- Two COVID-19 waves have resulted in a deep and broad-based economic downturn with the potential for a longer lasting impact.\n- The authorities have responded with fiscal policy, including scaled-up support to vulnerable groups, monetary policy easing and liquidity provision, and accommodative financial sector and regulatory policies.\n- Despite the pandemic, the authorities have continued to implement structural reforms."
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      "content": "- Deep and broad-based economic downturn driven by two COVID-19 waves.\n- Pre-pandemic slowdown in economic activity magnified the pandemic’s impact.\n- Risk of longer lasting economic consequences due to the severity and breadth of the downturn."
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      "content": "- Fiscal policy:\n  - Scaled-up support to vulnerable groups.\n- Monetary policy:\n  - Monetary policy easing.\n  - Liquidity provision.\n- Financial sector and regulatory policies:\n  - Accommodative measures to support financial stability and credit provision.\n- Structural reforms:\n  - Continued implementation of structural reforms despite pandemic pressures."
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    "Published: October 15, 2021",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513598925.002",
    "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a prolonged health crisis.",
    "Economic activity was slowing prior to the pandemic.",
    "Two COVID-19 waves have resulted in a deep and broad-based economic downturn with the potential for a longer lasting impact.",
    "The authorities have responded with fiscal policy, including scaled-up support to vulnerable groups, monetary policy easing and liquidity provision, and accommodative financial sector and regulatory policies.",
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    "Pre-pandemic slowdown in economic activity magnified the pandemic’s impact.",
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    "Fiscal policy:",
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    "Structural reforms:",
    "Subject: COVID-19, Expenditure, Government debt management, Health, International organization, Monetary policy, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration",
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