PM announces economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore
Lockdown 4.0 will be in ‘different colour and shape’
PM Narendra Modi today addressed the nation. In his address PM Modi announced Rs 20 Lakh Crore economic package. He said, “I announce a special package today, this will play an important role in the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’.” He said that the announcements made by the government over economic package during COVID pandemic is approximately close to 10 per cent of India’s GDP.
Narendra Modi also mentioned about the fourth phase of lockdown, regarding which information will be given before 18th May. He said that this decision of extension of coronavirus lockdown is based on the suggestions by the states. PM Modi said, “we must not restrict our lives only around coronavirus.” He also mentioned that the fourth phase of lockdown would be completely different from the earlier three phases of the lockdown.
PM Modi said “I have seen earthquake in Kutch, there were everywhere. It seemed as if death had shrouded over the entire city but Kutch stood back, it showed the power of resilience. Similarly, We will fight Corona and we will move forward. PM Modi said we had never before seen any such crisis. Unimaginable and unthinkable for mankind but humanity is more powerful. We will never accept defeat from this virus.
PM Modi stressed upon the support that need to be provided to the local businesses. He said that we need to be ‘vocal’ for ‘local’. He said, “Time has taught us that we must make ‘local’ the mantra of our lives. ” he said that the local brands that are there today were once local too but after the support from the people there the ‘local’ became ‘global’. He said, “Similarly we need to be vocal about our local to make them global”.