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India outlines $23 billion economic stimulus to help poor hit by lockdown

Thursday, 26 March 2020 1:06 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 26 March 2020 1:07 PM ]

Civil Defense members wearing facemasks patrol on a street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ahmedabad, India on March 26, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

India announced on Thursday a 1.7-trillion-rupee ($23-billion) economic stimulus plan providing direct cash transfers and food security measures to give relief to millions of poor people hit by a nationwide lockdown over a coronavirus pandemic.

(Source: Reuters)

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