NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a comprehensive Rs 1.7 lakh crore package to deal with the impact of deadly coronavirus outbreak. The benefits of the economic package will be released through direct cash transfers and food security measures aimed at giving relief to millions of poor hit by the nationwide lockdown in the country.
Here are the top updates from the finance minister’s briefing:
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Workers – like nurses, paramedics and sanitation staff – who are in the frontline of the war