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Govt working on financial package for all sectors amid Covid outbreak

Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said "a package is going to be declared".

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Megha ManchandaRuchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
The government is working on a comprehensive financial package not only for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) but for all sectors of the economy, a top official said on Thursday.
 
“The Union government, Prime Minister’s Office, and the Department of Economic Affairs are already working on a package, which includes not only the MSME but also the entire industry. All sectors of the economy being taken care of by a comprehensive package, being worked out in the government,” said Giridhar Aramane, secretary in the ministry of road transport and highways. He was speaking during an interaction with members of

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