LIVE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses press

Expected to spell out details of economic stimulus

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New Delhi, May 13: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the press on Wednesday.

The development comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a economic stimulus package of Rs 20 lakh crore in the light of the economic slowdown caused by coronavirus pandemic.

LIVE UPDATES

4:13 pm: We see the impact that GST reforms have on businesses: FM

4:12 pm: Several reforms in business, agriculture: FM

4:11 pm: DBT has brought revolution in the country: FM

4:10 pm: Government under PM Modi was a listening and responsive government: FM

4:09 pm: PPE and ventilator production has growth rapidly since lockdown: FM

4:08 pm: Develop demand for local products. Self-reliant India does not mean cutting off from rest of the world, says Sitharaman.

4:07 pm: Will rest on five important pillars—infrastructure, demand, technology driven systems, demography, economy.

4:06 pm: Package announced to spur growth and initiate “self-reliant” (atmanirbhar India) India: FM 

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