Govt constantly engaging with industry to support economic revival: FM

Says health care sector, which had to function at its best during peak Covid needs support now to ramp up capacities, bring in better technologies and facilities

The government is constantly engaging with stakeholders across sectors to ensure economic revival is adequately supported, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

“Revival of the economy, for various other reasons, requires a certain kind of support,” Sitharaman said at the webinar organised to make the healthcare sector aware about the government’s loan guarantee scheme.

She added that the health care sector, which had to function at its best during peak Covid times needs support now to ramp up capacities, bring in better technologies, and have better facilities. It also needs trained manpower.

The government is aware that hospitals need