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The Rs 20-lakh crore package announced by FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced the fifth and final tranche of the Rs 20-lakh crore economic relief package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here's a breakup of the relief package.

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March 26, 2020

FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

Size of the package:

Rs 1.7 lakh crore, or 0.85% of GDP

* Front-loading of PM Kisan funds: Rs 17,380 crore

* Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Fund: Rs 31,000 crore

* District Mineral Foundation Funds: Rs 35,925 crore

Additional fiscal cost: Rs 85,695 crore (0.43% of GDP)

March 27, 2020

Liquidity injection by Reserve Bank of India

Size : Rs 3.74 lakh cr (1.8% of GDP)

* Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations (TLTRO): Rs 1,00,000 crore

* CRR cut by 100 basis points to 3%: Rs 1,37,000 crore

* Accommodation under Marginal Standing Facility hiked from 2% of SLR to 3%: Rs 1,37,000 crore

Fiscal cost: 0

April 17, 2020

Liquidity injection by the RBI

Size: 0.5% of GDP

* TLTRO 2.0: Rs 50,000 crore

* Refinance of Sidbi, Nabard and NHB: Rs 50,000 crore

Fiscal cost: 0

April 27, 2020

Special Liquidity Facility for MFs: Rs 50,000 crore

Size: 0.25% of GDP

Fiscal cost to Central Govt: 0

May 12, 2020

PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 20 lakh crore AtmaNirbhar package, says size is 10% of GDP, including announcements made by RBI and FM earlier

May 13, 2020

Tranche 1 of AtmaNirbhar package:

Size: Rs 5.94 lakh crore (2.97% of GDP)

* Collateral free automatic loans to MSMEs, 100% credit guarantee cover to banks, NBFCs: Rs 3 lakh crore

* Subordinate debt to stressed MSMEs: Rs 20,000 crore

* Equity infusion for MSMEs: Rs 50,000 crore

* EPF support for 3 months: Rs 2,500 crore

* EPF contribution reduced for 3 months: Rs 6,750 crore

* Liquidity scheme for NBFCs/ HFCs/ MFIs: Rs 30,000 crore

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* Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme 2.0 for NBFCs, first 20% loss borne by govt: Rs 45,000 crore

* Liquidity injection by REC and PFC: Rs 90,000 crore

* 25% reduction in TDS/TCS rate: Rs 50,000 crore

Fiscal Cost: Rs 25,500 crore (0.13% of GDP)

May 14, 2020

Tranche 2:

Size: Rs 3.10 lakh crore (1.55% of GDP)

* Free food grain supply to migrants for 2 mths: Rs 3,500 crore

* Interest subvention of 2% for prompt-payees of Mudra-Shishu loans: Rs 1,500 crore

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* Special liquidity scheme to provide ` 10,000 working capital to 50 lakh street vendors: Rs 5,000 crore

* Credit-linked subsidy scheme for middle income families (Rs 6-18 lakh a year)

* Additional emergency working capital funding for farmers through Nabard: Rs 30,000 crore

* Concessional credit to 2.5 crore farmers through Kisan Credit Cards: Rs 2 lakh crore

Fiscal cost: Rs 5,000 crore (0.025% of GDP)

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May 15, 2020

Tranche 3:

Size: Rs 1.5 lakh crore (0.75% of GDP)

* Financing facility for agri infra projects: Rs 1,00,000 crore

* Scheme for formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises: Rs 10,000 crore

* Funding for fishermen: `20,000 crore

* Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund to be set up: Rs 15,000 crore

Policy reforms:

* Essential Commodities Act to be amended to “deregulate” agricultural foodstuffs and allow clamping of stock limits on these only under “very exceptional circumstances”

* Formulation of a central law that will not bind farmers to sell crop only to licensed traders in the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) mandis

Fiscal cost: Rs 30,000 crore (0.15% of GDP)

May 16, 2020

Tranche 4:

Size: Rs 8,100 crore (0.04% of GDP)

* Defence FDI hiked to 74% from 49%

* Viability gap funding (VGP) for social infrastructure

Fiscal cost: Rs 8,100 crore VGP (0.04% of GDP)

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May 17, 2020

Tranche 5:

* New policy for public sector enterprises, strategic sectors to be notified in which there will be at least one, but not more than four, PSEs in addition to private players

* Limit of state borrowings increased to 5% from 3% of GSDP

* MGNREGA gets additional Rs 40,000 crore

Fiscal cost: Rs 40,000 crore (0.2% of GDP)

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