NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had made a series of big announcements on the economy a few days ago. The Government was about to announce it after some time. But the government took the initiative because of the statement of Rajiv Kumar, deputy chairman of the NITI Aayog. Rajiv Kumar made a negative statement on the economy. That made the Government uncomfortable. Kumar, however, later retracted his statement. According to a newspaper report, the statement of the deputy chairman of the NITI Aayog forced the government to make an announcement ahead of time.

The economic package was already being prepared by the government. It was still in the final stages and was being given a final touch. It was scheduled to be announced early next week. But after Rajiv Kumar's comments on the country's economy, there was pressure on the government. This led to the news that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would be speaking to the media.

On Friday, Sitharaman gave a briefing, which lasted for about 100 minutes. In this briefing, they made a number of major announcements. In fact, niti Aayog Deputy Chairman Rajiv Kumar had said that my statement was misinterpreted by the media. The Government is taking a number of drastic steps to revive the economy. Nobody needs to spread rumours about the slowdown. On Friday morning, Kumar had said that the country's economy is going through its worst phase in the last 70 years. The statement caused a lot of embarrassment to the Government.

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