Industry lobby groups on Wednesday urged the Union government to announce a bail-out package in the range of ₹$200-$300 billion, along with a host of other incentives for the small and medium enterprises, to revive already hobbling Indian economy from the impact of covid-19.
The negative impact of the pandemic on manufacturing and service industries is expected to hit India’s GDP growth significantly in the current fiscal.
Ratings agency Crisil, in March, sharply cut Indian’s GDP growth forecast for FY21 to 3.5% from 5.2% earlier. In the suggestions submitted to the finance ministry, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said that the Centre should consider extending additional working capital limits for corporates backed by a sovereign