Stimulus II offers migrant workers free grain and pulses for two months, street vendors working capital loans of Rs 10,000 and small farmers concessional credit through Kisan Credit Cards. This is among a raft of measures that include low cost housing, interest rate subventions for small loans and so on. The intent is good. But will it help? Opinion writers examine this question. Kanika Datta sums up the views
The government's stimulus package provides immediate relief to vulnerable sections of people but the demand boosters are missing, says the top edit. Read it here.
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