₹9,000 crore to combat covid-19. “Tamil Nadu may be allocated ₹9,000 crore special grant to combat covid-19 and its after effects on the state’s economy.
The goods and services tax compensation for April-June 2020 may be released early," Palaniswami said. The CM said that Tamil Nadu had exhausted the State Disaster Response and Mitigation Fund and requested an ad hoc grant of ₹1,000 crore from the NDRF immediately.
Punjab also pointed out that it has faced revenue losses and a liberal financial package was needed.(Neetu Chandra Sharma contributed to the story)Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.