New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a package of 1.70 lakh crore under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to deal with the coronavirus infection. She said that the government will help the poor in every way. Earlier, the Finance Minister had said that work is going on in the package to deal with the economic impact and it will be announced soon. She said that the economic package will help overcome this crisis.
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Nirmala Sitharanam spoke about the adverse impact on the industry due to the 'lockdown' on dealing with the coronavirus epidemic and an incentive package to get jobs lost. PM Narendra Modi last week set up an economic workforce headed by the Finance Minister. The task force has been entrusted with the task of working on a package for the economy affected by the coronavirus.
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Earlier on March 24, Nirmala Sitharaman had announced to extend the time period of PAN card-Aadhaar linking along with income tax returns, GST returns as well as giving relief to the common man. The government gave a concession on the charge for withdrawing cash from any bank's ATM for the next three months. Sitharaman had said that this decision has been taken in view of the convenience of common people due to the lockdown.
