NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday concluded the 5-day-long series of announcements on the Rs20 trillion financial package that the government hopes will revive the covid-struck economy.
Built on the pillars of land, labour, liquidity and laws, today’s package is aimed at increasing government spending on rural jobs; privatizing government companies while ensuring former have a role in strategic sectors; scrapping or rewriting laws for a more business-friendly environment and removing fear of law among firms facing bankruptcy due to covid.
MGNREGS Recognizing that magnitude of the migrant crisis that has resulted in millions of labourers in metros and other cities going back to their native places, the government has