Deep Dive with AKB: Business Standard Editorial Director A K Bhattacharya demystifies key news developments and broad issues that concern the Indian economy and the common man. Watch insightful discussions on matters concerning the economy, markets, politics and social issues to understand how they affect you. AKB shares his opinions on important issues related to the government and economics in his Business Standard columns ‘Raisina Hills' and ‘New Delhi Diary'.
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episode 911: Deep Dive with AKB: Govt's Rs 20-trn package to fight Covid-19 slump
Prime Minister Narendra #Modi on May 13 announced a Rs 20-trillion package, worth nearly 10% of India’s GDP, to boost the economy amid a slowdown made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. The PM also emphasised the opportunities that lay in this crisis and called for India to work towards becoming ‘atma-nirbhar’, or self-reliant, and being “vocal about local”. A day later, in the first of a series of briefings to detail the economic package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures to boost the country’s #MSME sector, besides other steps to spur demand. How large Modi’s economic package really is? From where will the govt get the money to finance it? What did the PM really imply when he spoke of ‘Atma-nirbhar’ Bharat? Let’s take DeepDiveWithAKB to understand.