Govt package only worth Rs 3.22 trn and 1.6% of GDP, not Rs 20 trn: Cong

The Congress on Sunday accused the government of misleading people in the name of an economic package and said the measures announced by the Centre amounted to only 1.6 per cent of India's GDP, i.e. worth Rs 3.22 trillion instead of Rs 20 trillion as claimed by the Prime Minister.

Congress' senior spokesperson Anand Sharma Sharma said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must "walk the talk" and announce the measures required by giving money in the hands of the poor and small and medium enterprises to help reboot the economy. He noted that there was a difference between providing stimulus to