Tag Archives: coronavirus

Family, Cycling home, reacts to Rs 20 Lakh Crore package

[ad_1] Coronavirus blockade: Lakshmi Sahu and her family cycle 500 km by bicycle from UP to Chhattisgarh Lucknow: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of a special Rs 20 lakh crore package for “small businesses, farmers and migrants” struggling to cope with the coronavirus blockade, a migrant worker trying …

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PM Modi meets with empowered group at Covid-19, closing

[ad_1] On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with chief ministers on how to boost the economy reeling under the Covid-19 crisis. A day later, on Tuesday, the Prime Minister addressed the nation, exhorting citizens to be “atmanirbhar”, or self-sufficient, and announced an economic stimulus of Rs 20 …

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India’s Covid-19 package is almost equal to Pakistan’s GDP

[ad_1] The economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in addressing the nation on Tuesday to help small businesses overcome the coronavirus crisis, is almost equal to Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP). The size of India’s financial package is $ 266 billion, or 10 percent of its gross domestic …

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Additional is Rs 13.5 Lakh Crore

[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that the country would provide Rs 20 lakh crore ($ 266 billion) in fiscal and monetary measures to support an economy hit by a week-long lockdown to combat the new coronavirus. India has more than 70,000 cases among its 1.3 billion population and …

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