Centre likely to announce another round of economic package

A meeting with several key ministers that included Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior officials was convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to discuss about a package for sectors impacted by the lockdown. The PM is said to follow it up with round of meeting of that will include other economic ministries like Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Ministry of Commerce and Industries.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to make a detailed presentation about the state of economy and the measures it is planning to take to the Prime Minister.

On Friday, Prime Minister Modi met with Ministers of Civil Aviation, Labour and Power. The day before, he met with Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari to deliberate on attracting foreign investments and giving a boost to domestic small businesses in the country.