India’s annual economic growth rate picked up in January-March compared with the previous three months, but economists are increasingly pessimistic about this quarter after a huge second wave of COVID-19 infections hit the country last month.A slow vaccination drive and local restrictions after a massive second wave of infections and deaths across the country hit economic activities like retail, transport and construction while putting millions out of work.India has recorded 28 million COVID-19 infections, second only to the United States, and 329,100 deaths as of Monday, although the rise has begun to slow.
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