Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Raghuram Rajan on Thursday told Congress’ former president Rahul Gandhi that the government needed to provide ₹65,000 crore to alleviate the impact of covid-19 pandemic on the poor.
Rajan and Gandhi were in a close to 30-minute conversation with Gandhi that was posted on micro blogging website twitter. “Dr.
Rajan, kitna paisa lagega gareebon ki madad karne ke liye? (Dr Rajan, how much money will be needed to help the poor?)," Gandhi asked Rajan in Hindi a video chat. “Takreeban, 65,000 crore. (Around ₹65,000) ," the former central banker said.
Most of the conversation between the two happened in English. Rajan said extension of lockdown would mean “you haven’t been completely successful in reopening.