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Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal Stimulus 2.0, Covid-19 outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing details of  economic package at a press conference in New Delhi( Photo- Dalip Kumar )
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Kanika Datta
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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