{"id":323166,"date":"2020-05-13T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323166"},"modified":"2020-05-13T11:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T11:04:57","slug":"fm-nirmala-sitharaman-to-share-details-of-economic-package-at-4-pm-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/fm-nirmala-sitharaman-to-share-details-of-economic-package-at-4-pm-today\/","title":{"rendered":"FM Nirmala Sitharaman to share details of economic package at 4 pm today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321522 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sitharaman-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/sitharaman-2.jpg 623w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/sitharaman-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/sitharaman-2-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/sitharaman-2-595x420.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference today at 4 pm to share details of the Rs 20 lakh crore package, announced by PM Modi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFinance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman will address a Press Conference today, 13th May 2020, at 4 PM in New Delhi,\u201d Ministry of Finance tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In a series of tweets, Sitharaman on Tuesday said, \u201cThis shall not be just a financial package, but a reform stimulus, a mindset overhaul, and a thrust in governance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c#AatmanirbharBharat Abhiyan to include everyone-a hawker\/street vendor, a trader, a MSME, an honest tax paying middle class,a manufacturer etc. This shall not be just a financial package, but a reform stimulus, a mindset overhaul, and a thrust in governance,\u201d she tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIndian economy has acquired strength in its various dimensions. Now, we can confidently engage with the world. We aim at overall transformation &amp; not incremental changes. We shall convert the pandemic challenge into an opportunity. #AatmanirbharBharat will integrate not isolate,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Tuesday, PM Modi announced a special economic package and gave a clarion call for\u00a0\u2018Atmanirbhar Bharat\u2019. He noted that this package, taken together with earlier announcements by the government during COVID crisis and decisions taken by RBI, is to the tune of Rs 20 lakh crore, which is equivalent to almost 10% of India\u2019s GDP. He said that the package will provide a much needed boost towards achieving \u2018Atmanirbhar Bharat\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi observed that the package will also focus on land, labour, liquidity and laws. It will cater to various sections including cottage industry, MSMEs, labourers, middle class, industries, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister said that several bold reforms are needed to make the country self-reliant, so that the impact of crisis such as COVID, can be negated in future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference today at 4 pm to share details of the Rs 20 lakh crore package, announced by PM Modi. \u201cFinance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman will address a Press Conference today, 13th May 2020, at 4 PM in New Delhi,\u201d Ministry of Finance tweeted. In a series of tweets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":321522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[4753],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323167,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323166\/revisions\/323167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/321522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}