Centre readying an economic plan to mitigate coronavirus effect, says FM

Indian economy that had already slowed down before the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, is in for a more difficult period in coming months with businesses almost coming to a standstill

The central government may come up with an economic package to prevent COVID-19 pandemic from causing deep seared harm to the economy.

An indication on the package was given by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a tweet where she also said that a press conference would be addressed at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, specifically on statutory and regulatory compliance matters.

"Even as we are readying an economic package to help us through the Corona lockdown (on priority, to be announced soon) I will address the media at 2