NITI Aayog VC Kumar says expect another fisc package from govt

NITI Aayog VC Kumar says expect another fisc package from govt

AgenciesUpdated: Saturday, March 28, 2020, 06:41 AM IST
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Mumbai: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar today said that he expected the government to announce another larger fiscal package to mitigate the economic fallout of the measures to control the coronavirus pandemic.

"A lot of work has been done in the concerned quarters and these sets of measures in my view would...be directed towards ensuring greater stability in the corporate sector by sharing some of the cost burden especially for the small and medium enterprises," Kumar told CNBC-TV18.

On Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 1.7-trln-rupee relief package for the poor in first significant step towards mitigating the economic fallout emanating from the 21-day lockdown to curb spread of coronavirus. The package primarily comprised of direct cash transfers and provision of food grain.

Kumar said that the package announced by the central bank was more than expected. In order to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government has announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown from the midnight of March 25.

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