Shopping and mobility indicators pointed to strengthening economic recovery as Covid-19 cases remain subdued in much of the country. There have been fewer than 40,000 cases daily in the previous week compared to a peak daily number of over 400,000 in May, shows data from tracker covid19india.org.

       Traffic in the financial capital was at 90 per cent of levels seen in pre-pandemic times. New Delhi traffic had come back to 85 per cent of normal levels, shows global location technology firm TomTom International data (see chart 1). People stepped out more for multiple reasons; but ...