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Introduction to Macroeconomics

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Overview
This chapter introduces the distinction between microeconomics and macroeconomics, explaining that macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole rather than individual markets. It covers the emergence of macroeconomics after the Great Depression and Keynes' work, the key features of a capitalist economy, and the four major sectors (households, firms, government, external sector). The one big idea is that macroeconomics analyzes aggregate variables like total output, employment, and price levels, and how they are interconnected across sectors.
Key Concepts (23)
Macroeconomics
The branch of economics that studies the economy as a whole, dealing with aggregate economic variables such as total output, employment, and price level.
e.g. Analyzing why the overall unemployment rate in India rose during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Microeconomics
The study of individual economic agents (consumers, producers) and their decisions in specific markets, focusing on demand, supply, and price determination.
e.g. Studying how a rise in the price of onions affects a household's consumption of onions.
Economic agents
Individuals or institutions that take economic decisions, including consumers, producers, government, corporations, and banks.
e.g. A farmer deciding how much wheat to grow is an economic agent.
Great Depression
A severe worldwide economic depression that began in 1929, characterized by a massive fall in output and employment, with US unemployment rising from 3% to 25% and aggregate output falling by about 33% between 1929 and 1933.
e.g. Factories lying idle and workers being thrown out of jobs in the USA during the 1930s.
Unemployment rate
The number of people who are not working and are looking for jobs divided by the total number of people who are working or looking for jobs.
e.g. If 5 million people are unemployed and 95 million are employed or looking, the unemployment rate is 5%.
Capitalist economy
An economy where most economic activities have private ownership of means of production, production is for selling in the market, and there is sale and purchase of labour services at a wage rate.
e.g. The economy of the United States is largely capitalist.
Entrepreneur
A person who exercises control over major decisions of a firm, bears a large part of the risk, and may supply or borrow capital to run the enterprise.
e.g. The owner of a small garment factory in Delhi who decides what to produce and takes the risk of losses.
Factors of production
The inputs used in production: land, labour, capital, and entrepreneurship.
e.g. A farmer uses land (field), labour (workers), capital (tractor), and entrepreneurship (his own decision-making) to grow crops.
Revenue
The money earned by an entrepreneur from selling the output produced in the market.
e.g. A baker sells 100 loaves at ₹20 each, earning a revenue of ₹2000.
Profit
The earning of the entrepreneur after paying rent for land, interest for capital, and wages for labour from the revenue.
e.g. After paying all costs, a shopkeeper keeps ₹5000 as profit.
Investment expenditure
Expenses that raise productive capacity, such as buying new machinery or building new factories, often financed from profits.
e.g. A company spending ₹10 crore on a new factory building is making an investment expenditure.
Wage labour
Labour that is sold and purchased against wages, as opposed to unpaid family labour.
e.g. A construction worker hired daily for ₹500 is wage labour.
Firms
Production units in a capitalist economy where the entrepreneur hires wage labour, capital, and land to produce goods and services for sale in the market to earn profits.
e.g. A car manufacturing company like Maruti Suzuki is a firm.
Households
A single individual or a group of individuals who take decisions relating to consumption, save, pay taxes, and supply labour to firms and government.
e.g. A family of four living in Mumbai is a household.
Government
The institution of the state that frames laws, enforces them, delivers justice, undertakes production, imposes taxes, and spends on public infrastructure, education, and health services.
e.g. The Government of India building a new highway is a government activity.
External sector
The sector comprising trade and capital flows between the domestic economy and the rest of the world, including exports, imports, and capital movements.
e.g. India exporting software services to the USA is part of the external sector.
Exports
Goods sold by the domestic country to the rest of the world.
e.g. India exporting basmati rice to Saudi Arabia.
Imports
Goods bought by the domestic economy from the rest of the world.
e.g. India importing crude oil from Iraq.
Classical tradition
The dominant school of thought before Keynes which held that all labourers ready to work will find employment and all factories will work at full capacity.
e.g. Classical economists believed that markets would automatically clear and unemployment would not persist.
General Equilibrium
The equilibrium of supply and demand in each market in the economy, which is the closest microeconomics gets to macroeconomics.
e.g. When all markets for goods, labour, and capital simultaneously clear.
Representative good
A single imaginary commodity used in macroeconomics to simplify analysis, whose production, price, and employment level reflect the average of all goods and services in the economy.
e.g. Economists often talk about 'the economy's output' as if it were one good.
Inflation
A situation where prices of goods and services generally rise simultaneously across the economy.
e.g. When the price of food, fuel, and clothing all increase together, the economy is experiencing inflation.
Depression
A situation where employment and production levels are going down significantly across the economy.
e.g. The Great Depression of 1929 is the most famous example.
Formulas & Equations (1)
Unemployment rate = (Number of people not working and looking for jobs) / (Total number of people working or looking for jobs)
Reads as: Unemployment rate equals the number of unemployed people divided by the labour force.
Variables: Unemployed: people not working and actively seeking work; Labour force: employed + unemployed (both in millions or absolute numbers).
Use when: Calculating or interpreting the unemployment rate from given data in a board exam numerical or conceptual question.
⚠ Students often divide unemployed by total population instead of the labour force (those working or looking for work).
How It Works
Emergence of Macroeconomics as a Separate Branch
  1. Step 1: Before 1936, the classical tradition dominated, assuming full employment and full capacity utilization always.
  2. Step 2: The Great Depression of 1929 caused massive unemployment (US rate rose from 3% to 25%) and output fell by 33%.
  3. Step 3: These events contradicted classical theory, showing that long-lasting unemployment was possible.
  4. Step 4: John Maynard Keynes published 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money' in 1936, analyzing the economy as a whole and the interdependence of sectors.
  5. Step 5: Macroeconomics was born as a separate subject to address economy-wide phenomena like inflation and unemployment.
💡 Students often forget that macroeconomics emerged specifically because the Great Depression disproved the classical assumption of automatic full employment.
Production and Income Distribution in a Capitalist Economy
  1. Step 1: The entrepreneur hires three factors of production: land, labour, and capital.
  2. Step 2: Using these inputs, the firm produces output (goods and services).
  3. Step 3: The output is sold in the market, generating revenue.
  4. Step 4: From revenue, rent is paid to land, interest to capital, and wages to labour.
  5. Step 5: The remaining revenue is profit, which belongs to the entrepreneur.
  6. Step 6: Profits are often used for investment expenditure (buying new machinery, building factories) to expand future production.
💡 The sequence is: hire inputs → produce → sell → pay factor incomes → keep profit. Students often mix up the order of payments.
Simplification Using a Representative Good in Macroeconomics
  1. Step 1: Observe that output, prices, and employment across different sectors tend to move together (e.g., if food output rises, industrial output also tends to rise).
  2. Step 2: Instead of analyzing many individual goods, macroeconomics assumes a single representative good whose production, price, and employment reflect the average of all goods.
  3. Step 3: This simplification allows focus on aggregate variables like total output, general price level, and overall employment.
  4. Step 4: However, when needed, the analysis can be refined by considering distinct sectors (e.g., agriculture, industry, services) to capture their different production conditions.
💡 The representative good is a simplification, not a reality. Students must know that macroeconomics sometimes departs from this to study sectoral differences.
Interaction of the Four Sectors in an Economy
  1. Step 1: Households supply labour to firms and government, earn wages, salaries, profits, rent, and interest.
  2. Step 2: Households consume goods and services produced by firms, save, and pay taxes to the government.
  3. Step 3: Firms hire labour, land, and capital from households, produce output, and sell it to households, government, and the external sector.
  4. Step 4: The government imposes taxes, spends on public goods (infrastructure, education, health), and may also produce goods and services.
  5. Step 5: The external sector involves exports (domestic goods sold abroad) and imports (foreign goods bought), as well as capital flows (inflows and outflows).
  6. Step 6: Macroeconomics studies the interlinkages and aggregate outcomes of these four sectors.
💡 The four sectors are households, firms, government, and external sector. Students often forget the external sector or confuse its role.
Exam Traps — Don't Make These Mistakes
⚠ Confusing Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
✗ Microeconomics studies the economy as a whole, while macroeconomics studies individual markets.
→ This is the exact opposite of the correct definitions. Microeconomics studies individual economic agents and markets; macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole.
✓ Microeconomics studies individual economic agents and markets (e.g., demand and supply of a single good), while macroeconomics studies aggregate economic variables like total output, employment, and price level of the economy as a whole.
⚠ Misidentifying the Cause of Macroeconomics' Emergence
✗ Macroeconomics emerged because of Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations'.
→ Adam Smith is the founding father of modern economics, but macroeconomics emerged specifically after Keynes' 1936 book, prompted by the Great Depression of 1929.
✓ Macroeconomics emerged as a separate branch after John Maynard Keynes published 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money' in 1936, in response to the Great Depression which showed that economies could suffer long-lasting unemployment.
⚠ Wrong Definition of Unemployment Rate
✗ Unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people divided by the total population.
→ The denominator should be the labour force (those working or looking for work), not the total population, which includes children, retirees, and others not in the labour force.
✓ Unemployment rate is the number of people who are not working and are looking for jobs divided by the total number of people who are working or looking for jobs (the labour force).
⚠ Confusing Factors of Production with Factor Payments
✗ The factors of production are rent, wages, interest, and profit.
→ Rent, wages, interest, and profit are the payments to factors of production, not the factors themselves. The factors are land, labour, capital, and entrepreneurship.
✓ The four factors of production are land, labour, capital, and entrepreneurship. Their respective payments are rent, wages, interest, and profit.
⚠ Thinking Macroeconomics Ignores Sectors
✗ Macroeconomics only looks at the economy as a single whole and never considers different sectors.
→ While macroeconomics often uses a representative good for simplification, it also analyzes distinct sectors (agriculture, industry, services) and the four major sectors (households, firms, government, external sector) to understand interlinkages.
✓ Macroeconomics simplifies by using a representative good, but it also recognizes the economy as composed of four sectors: households, firms, government, and the external sector, and studies their interdependence.
Compare & Contrast
Scope of study
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics studies individual economic agents and markets (e.g., a single consumer or firm), while macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole, focusing on aggregate variables like total output, employment, and price level.
View on employment
Classical Tradition
Keynesian Economics
Classical tradition assumed that all labourers ready to work will find employment and all factories will work at full capacity, while Keynesian economics (after the Great Depression) recognized that economies can experience long-lasting involuntary unemployment.
Exam Focus
Marks pattern: 1-2 MCQs (1 mark each), 1 Very Short Answer (1-2 marks), 1 Short Answer (3 marks), occasionally a Long Answer (5 marks) on the emergence or comparison of micro and macro.
Most asked: Difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics · Emergence of macroeconomics and the role of the Great Depression and Keynes · Features of a capitalist economy · Four sectors of an economy (households, firms, government, external sector) · Definition and calculation of unemployment rate
Don't skip: Explain the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics with examples.; Describe the emergence of macroeconomics as a separate branch of economics.; What are the four sectors of an economy? Explain their roles.; Define unemployment rate and explain how it is calculated.
One-Line Revision (read aloud before the exam)
  1. Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole, focusing on aggregate variables like total output, employment, and price level.
  2. Microeconomics studies individual economic agents and markets, such as a single consumer or firm.
  3. Economic agents are individuals or institutions that take economic decisions, including consumers, producers, government, and banks.
  4. The Great Depression of 1929 saw US unemployment rise from 3% to 25% and output fall by 33%.
  5. Macroeconomics emerged as a separate branch after Keynes published 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money' in 1936.
  6. A capitalist economy has private ownership of means of production, production for the market, and wage labour.
  7. The four factors of production are land, labour, capital, and entrepreneurship.
  8. Revenue is the money earned from selling output; profit is revenue minus payments to land, labour, and capital.
  9. Investment expenditure is spending on new machinery or factories to raise productive capacity.
  10. The four sectors of an economy are households, firms, government, and the external sector.
  11. Households supply labour, consume, save, and pay taxes; firms produce goods and services for profit.
  12. The external sector includes exports (goods sold abroad) and imports (goods bought from abroad).
  13. Unemployment rate is the number of unemployed looking for work divided by the labour force.
  14. Classical tradition assumed full employment; Keynes showed that long-lasting unemployment is possible.
  15. Macroeconomics often uses a representative good to simplify analysis of the entire economy.

MCQs — 10 Questions with Answers

Q1. Which of the following best defines macroeconomics?

  • A. The study of how individual consumers maximize their utility given their income constraints.
  • B. The study of how individual firms maximize profit in competitive markets.
  • C. The study of the economy as a whole, focusing on aggregate output, price level, and employment. ✓
  • D. The study of how prices are determined in individual commodity markets.

Answer: C — Macroeconomics examines the entire economy's aggregate variables (total output, general prices, overall employment), not individual markets or agents.

Q2. The 'representative good' method in macroeconomics assumes that:

  • A. All goods produced in the economy are identical in nature.
  • B. One imaginary commodity can reflect average production levels and price movements of all goods in the economy. ✓
  • C. The government controls production of all goods equally.
  • D. Individual goods do not influence each other's prices.

Answer: B — The representative good simplifies analysis by using a single commodity whose price, output, and employment reflect the aggregates across the entire economy.

Q3. When aggregate variables like prices, output, and employment move together across the economy, what advantage does this provide to macroeconomists?

  • A. It eliminates the need to study individual firms and consumers.
  • B. It allows analysis of the entire economy using a single representative good instead of thousands of individual commodities. ✓
  • C. It proves that markets always reach equilibrium without State intervention.
  • D. It shows that microeconomics and macroeconomics are identical approaches.

Answer: B — When variables move together, analyzing one representative good captures the economy-wide pattern, making complex analysis manageable without losing key insights.

Q4. According to the chapter, which sectors are typically distinguished in a three-sector macroeconomic model?

  • A. Public sector, private sector, and foreign sector.
  • B. Manufacturing, mining, and tourism.
  • C. Agricultural goods, industrial goods, and services. ✓
  • D. Organized sector, unorganized sector, and informal sector.

Answer: C — The text explicitly mentions agriculture, industry, and services as the three general categories representing all commodities with different production technologies and prices.

Q5. The representative good method breaks down when:

  • A. Prices in all sectors are rising together.
  • B. Employment levels move in the same direction across all industries.
  • C. Different sectors have fundamentally different production technologies and their interdependence becomes crucial for analysis. ✓
  • D. The economy experiences steady growth in all sectors simultaneously.

Answer: C — When agricultural and industrial production conditions differ significantly or sector relationships matter, a single representative good masks vital characteristics; sector-by-sector analysis becomes necessary.

Q6. Which statement correctly distinguishes microeconomics from macroeconomics based on the chapter?

  • A. Microeconomics ignores prices while macroeconomics focuses only on prices.
  • B. Microeconomics studies individual markets and agents; macroeconomics addresses situations facing the economy as a whole. ✓
  • C. Microeconomics requires State intervention while macroeconomics relies only on markets.
  • D. Both use identical methods of analysis but at different scales.

Answer: B — The chapter explicitly states that microeconomics analyzes individual decision-makers in particular markets, while macroeconomics examines aggregate phenomena affecting the entire economy.

Q7. Adam Smith's proposition that individual self-interest leads to national welfare has been challenged by economists because: (i) Markets for some essential goods/services do not exist, (ii) Existing markets always produce equilibrium, (iii) Society pursues social goals requiring State intervention

  • A. Only (i) is correct.
  • B. Only (i) and (iii) are correct. ✓
  • C. Only (ii) and (iii) are correct.
  • D. All three are correct.

Answer: B — The chapter identifies three challenges: markets missing for some goods, markets failing to equilibrate, and society pursuing goals (employment, health, education) beyond market outcomes—points (i) and (iii), not (ii).

Q8. Which is NOT a reason why macroeconomists prefer aggregate analysis over studying individual commodities separately?

  • A. Most variables move together during inflation or depression, reflecting similar directional changes.
  • B. Studying thousands of individual commodities would be practically impossible.
  • C. Individual commodity markets are completely independent of one another. ✓
  • D. Aggregate variables capture the health of the entire economy more efficiently than micro-level detail.

Answer: C — Individual commodity markets are NOT independent; they are interconnected, and variables move together—this is precisely why aggregation works, making option C false.

Q9. The chapter suggests that when analyzing whether labour of a manager differs from labour of an accountant, this highlights a limitation of the representative good method. Why?

  • A. Because managers earn more than accountants.
  • B. Because it shows that using a single representative labour category masks important distinctions in labour types and their productivity. ✓
  • C. Because both are equally important to firm profitability.
  • D. Because the representative good method applies only to commodities, not to factors of production.

Answer: B — The text notes that treating all labour as one representative category obscures vital differences in skills, roles, and contributions—showing that aggregation sometimes loses necessary detail.

Q10. According to the chapter, which sequence correctly describes why macroeconomics emerged as a distinct field from microeconomics?

  • A. Economists discovered that inflation and unemployment could be solved at the individual firm level.
  • B. Economists found that market failures exist, markets sometimes cannot equilibrate, and society pursues social goals that markets alone cannot achieve, requiring aggregate-level analysis and State intervention. ✓
  • C. Governments wanted to control individual firm decisions for political reasons.
  • D. Individual consumers began organizing collectively to influence prices.

Answer: B — The chapter explicitly outlines three reasons macroeconomics was needed: non-existent markets, market failures, and society's social goals in areas like employment, education, and health that require macro policy.

Flashcards

What is the main difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics?

Microeconomics studies individual economic agents (consumers, firms) and individual markets, while macroeconomics analyzes the economy as a whole, focusing on aggregate variables like total output, price level, and employment.

What does the 'representative good' method mean in macroeconomics?

It is a simplification technique where a single imaginary commodity represents all goods and services in the economy, reflecting the average production, price, and employment levels of all sectors.

Why can macroeconomists use a single representative good instead of analyzing thousands of real commodities?

Because most economic variables like prices, wages, interest rates, and profits tend to move together across different commodities, especially during inflation or depression.

In what situations does the representative good method break down?

When sectors have distinctly different production technologies (agriculture vs industry) or when specific distinctions matter more than averages, requiring sector-by-sector analysis.

What are the three general categories of commodities used as a representative classification?

Agricultural goods, industrial goods, and services, which together represent the full range of economic production with different technologies and prices.

What key insight did Adam Smith propose about individual self-interest in markets?

He suggested that if buyers and sellers follow their own self-interest in markets, the overall welfare of the country would be achieved automatically without separate consideration.

Name three major reasons why markets alone cannot guarantee economy-wide welfare.

First, some markets do not exist for certain goods; second, existing markets sometimes fail to produce equilibrium; third, society pursues goals like employment, education, health, and defence that require State intervention.

What is meant by 'aggregate effects' in macroeconomics?

The combined or total effects across the entire economy, such as overall price changes (inflation), total employment levels, or national output, rather than effects on individual markets.

Why is it sometimes necessary to depart from the single-good macroeconomic model?

Because the interdependence and rivalry between sectors (such as agriculture and industry) or relationships between household, business, and government sectors reveal economy-wide dynamics that aggregation would hide.

How does microeconomic equilibrium differ from macroeconomic equilibrium?

Microeconomic equilibrium occurs in individual markets where supply equals demand; macroeconomic equilibrium requires aggregate demand to equal aggregate supply across the entire economy, a much broader condition.

Important Board Questions

Distinguish between microeconomics and macroeconomics with one example of each. [2 marks]

Microeconomics: individual agents, individual markets (example: how one firm sets price); Macroeconomics: entire economy, aggregate variables (example: national inflation rate). State the scale and focus of analysis for each.

Explain the 'representative good' method used in macroeconomic analysis. Under what conditions does this simplification work effectively, and when does it fail? [5 marks]

Representative good: one imaginary commodity reflects average prices, output, and employment of all sectors. Works when: variables move together (inflation affects all sectors). Fails when: production technologies differ fundamentally (agriculture vs industry) or sector relationships are crucial. Give one example of each condition.

Critically examine why Adam Smith's proposition that individual self-interest leads to national welfare is insufficient for macroeconomic management. Use specific examples of market failures and social goals mentioned in the chapter to justify your answer. [6 marks]

Address three limitations: (1) markets may not exist for certain essential goods/services—cite examples like defence, education, health; (2) existing markets fail to produce equilibrium (supply ≠ demand persists); (3) society pursues aggregate social goals independent of individual firm profit or consumer utility—explain with employment, administration, health examples. Conclude that State intervention in macroeconomy is justified.

Assertion-Reason Questions for Introduction to Macroeconomics

Q1. Assertion (A):

Macroeconomics uses a single representative good model for simplification because aggregate economic variables move together.

Reason (R):

When prices, output, and employment levels of different goods rise or fall, they generally do so simultaneously, making aggregation a valid simplification.

Answer: A — Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A — Both the assertion and reason are true, and the reason correctly explains why simplification through a representative good is possible. The passage explicitly states that output levels, prices, and employment in different production units 'bear close relationship to each other' and 'have a tendency to move together.'

Q2. Assertion (A):

Economists abandoned the pure microeconomic approach (individual self-interest) because Adam Smith's principle proved completely ineffective.

Reason (R):

Markets sometimes did not exist, markets sometimes failed to achieve equilibrium, and society pursued important social goals (employment, defence, education, health) that required aggregate-level analysis beyond individual self-interest.

Answer: C — A is true but R is false — The assertion is too absolute—the passage does not claim Adam Smith's principle was 'completely ineffective.' However, the reason is accurate and correctly identifies why macroeconomic analysis became necessary. The reason correctly explains the limitations of pure self-interest models.

Q3. Assertion (A):

A 3-sector model is sometimes preferred to a single representative good model because different sectors have different production conditions and technologies.

Reason (R):

Agricultural and industrial commodities are produced under identical conditions, so sectoral aggregation is always preferred for precision.

Answer: C — A is true but R is false — The assertion is correct—the passage states agricultural and industrial production conditions are 'of a different nature,' justifying sectoral analysis. However, the reason is false; it claims conditions are identical when they are actually different. The passage explicitly uses production condition differences as a justification for sectoral analysis.

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Case-Based Questions (CBQ) for Introduction to Macroeconomics

Case Study:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, India's economy experienced a sharp contraction in 2020, with both agricultural and industrial sectors affected, though differently. Agricultural output fell due to supply chain disruptions, while manufacturing and services declined due to lockdowns. Simultaneously, unemployment rose across sectors, and the general price level initially remained stable due to reduced demand. By 2021-22, as vaccines rolled out, both sectors recovered, employment improved, and prices began rising. Economists noted that the co-movement of output, employment, and price variables across sectors validated the macroeconomic principle of aggregation.

Q1. Why did economists find the co-movement of agricultural, industrial, and service sector variables during the pandemic a validation of the aggregation principle discussed in the introduction?

  • A. Because all sectors performed identically, proving the representative good model
  • B. Because output, employment, and prices moved in the same direction (down in 2020, up in 2021-22) across sectors, demonstrating that aggregate analysis captures essential economic movements ✓
  • C. Because the agricultural sector was more important than manufacturing
  • D. Because price changes were identical across all commodities during the pandemic

Answer: B

Q2. If India's government had only analyzed agricultural sector data in isolation during 2020-21, what would have been the main limitation compared to a macroeconomic approach?

  • A. Agricultural analysis would have been more accurate than aggregate analysis
  • B. The sectoral analysis would have missed the economy-wide contraction and recovery pattern affecting all sectors simultaneously ✓
  • C. Agricultural prices would have been more volatile than industrial prices
  • D. A single-sector approach would have provided better policy recommendations than multi-sector analysis

Answer: B

Q3. Which macroeconomic variable described in the passage ('stock' or 'flow') best captures the impact of job losses during lockdowns: unemployment or the unemployment rate?

  • A. Unemployment rate is a stock measured at a point in time; job losses are a flow
  • B. Both are stocks because they measure labour conditions
  • C. Job losses represent a flow (transactions during the lockdown period), while unemployment rate is a stock (percentage unemployed at a specific date) ✓
  • D. Unemployment cannot be measured as either a stock or flow in macroeconomics

Answer: C

Q4. Based on the passage's discussion of circular flow, which of the following would represent a 'leakage' during India's 2020 economic contraction?

  • A. Government spending on vaccine procurement
  • B. Investment in manufacturing to restart production
  • C. Increased household savings due to reduced consumption during lockdowns ✓
  • D. Foreign tourists' spending in India

Answer: C

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