Finance Minister Delivered Nothing But Headlines: Congress On Stimulus Package

The opposition party was reacting after the government announced a series of measures to stimulate the economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Congress on Monday claimed the measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman deliver nothing but headlines and said the government should take steps to spur demand to revive the economy "which continues to be in the doldrums". The opposition party was reacting after the government announced a series of measures to stimulate the economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Credit guarantee schemes have not guaranteed revival since India's economic downturn. FM Nirmala Sitharaman needs to realise that doing the same thing over and over again delivers headlines but little else," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter. "First PM instructs. Then FM announces. Then PM applauds. Waah! Such ''jugalbandi'' to keep the headlines going, while the economy remains in doldrums," he said.