Maintain production line of essential commodities, PM Modi tells India Inc

Both the industry bodies have called for cash transfers of Rs 5,000 each to workers and those earning below Rs 5 lakh as well as a one-time payment of Rs 10,000 for senior citizens

Top India Inc representatives, in an unusual video-conference meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, sought a fiscal stimulus for industry to battle the coronavirus crisis that has forced factories and offices to shut down indefinitely. 

The business leaders, including Hindustan Unilever Chairman and Managing Director Sanjeev Mehta, TVS Chairman Venu Srinivasan, and Piramal group Chairman Ajay Piramal, also told the PM that monetary incentives must be given to the vulnerable sections.      

Modi had called the virtual meeting to discuss possible solutions to the rapidly declining industrial production after the government decided to shut down around 80 coronavirus-hit districts,