Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package to have multiplier effect on economy: Anurag Singh Thakur

08 Jul 2020 Evaluate

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur has said that the Finance Ministry is swiftly implementing various schemes announced under the Rs 20.97 lakh crore Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package which is going to have a multiplier effect on the Indian economy. Emphasizing that India's resilience will sail the country through these testing times, he said the government is doing everything possible for Indians and the industry to deal with the challenges caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

The minister stated that the five-part stimulus package, announced in May, comprised Rs 5.94 lakh crore in the first tranche that provided credit line to small businesses and support to shadow banks and electricity distribution companies. The second tranche included free foodgrain to stranded migrant workers for two months and credit to farmers, totalling Rs 3.10 lakh crore. Spending on agri infrastructure and other measures for agriculture and allied sectors in the third tranche totalled to Rs 1.5 lakh crore. The fourth and the fifth tranches that dealt mostly with structural reforms including relaxation of foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in defence, privatisation of six more airports, and fully opening up coal mining to the private sector.

Talking about the media and entertainment sector, Thakur said the creative economy is a high growth sector. He said if nurtured properly, it can tremendously boost competitiveness, productivity, sustainable growth, employment and the export potential of India. He noted that the challenge before India is in the form of intellectual property, and the copyright digitalisation, skilled workforce and access to distribution networks. He also stated that the industry is totally dependent on advertisement, whereas globally, major income comes from distribution networks or from the payment that each consumer pays. He added that there is a need to align all of these to accelerate and create new avenues of growth and revenue.

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