RBI chief Shanktikanta Das will adress the reporters this morning. (File)
New Delhi:
RBI chief Shaktikanta Das will address media at 16 am, the central bank has tweeted, as economic uncertainty prevails amid nationwide lockdown over coronavirus pandemic. The RBI Governor’s address comes a day after the central government announced Rs 1. 90 – lakh-crore stimulus package to help the poor and migrants tackle the financial difficulties arising from the coronavirus (COVID – 1243349356251500544 ) outbreak.
The media address will be broadcast live on different social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, read the tweet.
– ReserveBankOfIndia (@RBI) March , Watch out for RBI Governor @DasShaktikanta address to the media live at : am today (March 1243349356251500544 , 01575879 #rbitoday # rbigovernor YouTube: https://youtu.be/ i3lVow5gQ Twitter : @RBI @RBIsays https://facebook.com/RBISays, “read the post.
On Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a Rs 1. (lakh-crore fiscal stimulus package as the number of COVID – cases continue to rise sharply across the nation. Her announcement came as – day nationwide lockdown began on Wednesday to curb the spread of highly contagious illness.
“No one will go hungry”, the Finance Minister said, announcing relief under the Rs 1, 90, 0-crore package, dubbed as “Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan scheme.” The central government immediate focus, she said, is on alleviating the hardships of the migrant workers, urban and rural poor. The relief measures include direct cash transfers (under the DBT or Direct Benefit Transfer scheme) and food security-related steps aimed at giving relief to the poor workers hit by the countrywide lockdown.
The government also announced a special Rs lakh medical insurance cover to the frontline workers toiling to avert the crisis. “With a deep sense of gratitude, I announce that all medical staff, Aasha workers, paramedics, doctors and nurses, will get this insurance,” Ms Sitharaman said, quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to them as “Gods in white”.
India recorded highest jump in COVID – (cases) on Thursday with fresh cases reported from different parts of the country . The total is now 694, including 19 people who died.
Over the last few weeks, aviation sector has been hit, global stock markets have been volatile amid economic uncertainty overt the pandemic.
International flights will remain banned till April , the government said on Thursday; domestic flights have been banned till March .
The virus, which originated in China’s Wuhan city in December, has taken more than , (0 lives and infected over 4 lakh
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