Indian share market indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 ended April 2021 on a negative note, falling up to 2.5 per cent on the back of rising COVID-19 cases and announcements of lockdown-like measures.
While the balance sheets of companies in the organised sector would be affected very slightly, lakhs of small enterprises, in the informal sector, will once again be in deep distress and many even go extinct.
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President S K Saraf said that the exports growth is encouraging and order books of exporters are healthy.