Financial package continues govt's efforts to help all sections of society: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" pack anunced on Thursday continues his government's efforts to help all sections of society.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman anunced tax relief on select home sale deals, enhanced credit guarantee programme for small businesses and provided incentives for new job creation as government widened stimulus measures to boost ecomy.

measures that also include an ditional fertiliser subsidy and alrey anunced production-linked incentive scheme for manufacturing units, totalled Rs 2.65 lakh crore, taking cumulative stimulus pack anunced since coronavirus-triggered lockdown to almost Rs 30 lakh crore or 15 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

(IM CREDITS:PTI)