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The first part of the stimulus package has focused on the sectors hit hardest by the pre-virus economic slowdown and the post-virus lockdown – micro, small and medium industry units and non-banking financial corporations. The proposals are unexceptionable but, as always, the proof of success is in the implementation.
Given the expectations that were built up around the stimulus, the finance minister would have done better to announce the package in one go rather than instalments. That would have let citizens and businesspeople know what to expect, says the lead edit here. In other views, opinion writers focus
