Be bold in declaring economic package of 5-6% of GDP: Congress to PM Modi

The Congress leader added that many countries like the UK, France, and Germany had declared economic packages that were 15 per cent of their GDP, and the USA had it at 10 per cent

The Congress on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare a financial package of at least five to six per cent of the GDP to ensure recovery of the economy badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown. It demanded that the Centre must clear all pending dues to the states to enable them to fight with the pandemic, besides also giving each of them special economic packages.

Congress spokesperson, Anand Sharma said that the government must also allow industry contributions under the corporate social responsibility to the chief minister relief funds in various states along the same lines as that