Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday sought a special assistance of ₹4,000 crore from the Centre to implement measures to tackle COVID-19, saying the state's revenues have "also taken a hit" in this unprecedented situation.
Therefore, as a one-time measure, the fiscal deficit limit of three per cent of Gross State Domestic Product may be relaxed for financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Detailing the various steps taken by his government in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus, he said more resources were needed to "face the projected number of cases effectively".
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