Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu welcomes special economic package announced by PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Vice President

M Venkaiah Naidu

on Wednesday welcomed the Rs 20 lakh crore

stimulus

package announced by

Prime

Minister Narendra Modi to revive the Covid-19-hit economy, saying it will go a long way in overcoming challenges posed by the pandemic. Prime

Minister

Modi on Tuesday announced massive new financial incentives on top of the previously announced packages for a combined stimulus of Rs 20 lakh crore.


"Bold reforms are the need of the hour to realise the dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)," Naidu wrote on Twitter.



The vice president said he is sure that the "timely economic

package

will go long way in overcoming challenges posed by the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic."
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