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More measures to deal with Covid-19 crisis soon, says Anurag Thakur

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the government has taken several steps to mitigate the hardships of the people due to lockdown and support growth, Thakur told PTI in an interview.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Anurag Thakur
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FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Anurag Thakur

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The government has only taken a pause and more measures will be announced in the days to come to help sectors hit by the coronavirus outbreak and also to make India “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said.
 
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the government has taken several steps to mitigate the hardships of the people due to lockdown and support growth, Thakur told PTI in an interview.
 
“We came first with the ease of compliance. The second was for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package (Rs 1.70 trillion) and the third was this stimulus package

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