Buy local to 5 steps to self-reliance: Highlights from PM Modi's speech

Coronavirus crisis is an opportunity for India to own the century, says Narendra Modi.

Indians have to be "vocal about local' products as India fight coronavirus, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in his televised address to the nation. The number of Covid-19 infections in India touched 70,756 and deaths topped 2,290, according to the health ministry.

PM Modi also announced a special economic package and said the recent decisions by the government, the decisions by the RBI combined with Tuesday's financial package announcement come to about Rs 20 trillion - nearly 10 percent of India's GDP.

He said that India's lockdown will be extended, but also emphasised that it will be completely