NEW DELHI : India has been able to tackle the coronavirus pandemic much better than the world had thought it would do, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday."India has been able to actually face the pandemic much better than other parts of the world had thought India would be able to.
There are a lot of concerns that used to be on how India will handle this given the large population the population, and lack of adequate facilities, but on one call of the Prime Minister [Narendra Modi], the entire nation went into lockdown," Goyal said at the U.S.-India Business Council's India Ideas Summit, being conducted virtually.Goyal highlighted that New Delhi has become self-sufficient in personal protective equipment and hand.