Sri Lanka, July 7 -- On 2 July 2020, India's Ministry of Health announced 226,947 active cases of COVID-19, with 17,400 lives lost.

India is unfortunately now among the world's top five infected countries. As a country with one of the highest population densities in the world and a creaky public health system, India has experienced exponential growth in the number of infections. As a result, in addition to the health crisis, India's economy has been brought to a standstill.

Demand & Supply gaps

The Indian economy will suffer from significant gaps between supply and demand in almost all sectors due to disruptions caused by the virus.

A recent report by CRISIL, an S&P Global company, initially reduced its GDP growth forecast for 2020 fr...