The centre’s stimulus package may have an impact of only 1-1.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on the exchequer, with the government relying more on liquidity support measures.
With the government further extending the lockdown till 31 May to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the lack of substantial demand stimulus may deepen the economic downturn in the short run.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced the fifth and last tranche of measures with a ₹40,000 crore increase in allocation for the rural jobs scheme.
With earlier announcements by the government, including the ₹1.7 trillion under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, most analysts put the total fiscal impact between ₹2-3 trillion in FY21.