Coronavirus lockdown: Govt unveils Rs 1.7-trillion package for the poor

Nirmala Sitharaman

A few days after the three-week national lockdown came into effect, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 1.7 trillion rupee food security and income transfer program for the urban and rural poor. Package includes free food for 800 million people for three months, insurance coverage for essential service providers, front-loading PM Kisan payments and … Read more