With the aim to navigate economic recovery post COVID pandemic, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a meeting with chief ministers/ Lt Governors and finance ministers of states/union territories on November 15.

The meeting will be held at 3 pm on Monday via video conferencing. Briefing about the meeting, TV Somnathan, Finance Secretary said, "Growth had slowed down in the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after the first quarter of the current fiscal, the economy has picked up again with green shoots of recovery clearly visible. Several economic indicators are now at pre-pandemic levels. Projections of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank peg India's GDP growth at about 9.5 per cent and 8.3 per cent respectively, as one of the fastest-growing economies."