Lockdown to put immense pressure on economy, hope Centre has a plan for it

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Lockdown to put immense pressure on economy, hope Centre has a plan for it
Lockdown to put immense pressure on economy, hope Centre has a plan for it

New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday claimed that the nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of novel coronavirus in India has put an immense pressure on the economy. The poor people, farmers are the worst hit of the lockdown. She hoped that the Centre must have thought a plan to reverse it.

"The lockdown is going to put a lot of burden on our economy. The economy was already in crisis - and now it seems that difficulties will increase. We have to be ready for it," Sonia Gandhi was quoted as saying by news agency PTI at a meeting of senior Congress members.

"We hope that the government comes out with a plan to meet this challenge. The poor, farmers and labourers are suffering the most," she added.

Most of the businesses in India have come to a complete halt soon after the Centre announced 21-day lockdown in the nation to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The International Monetary Fund, one of the largest global financial body, has also warned of an economic crisis unlike any in the past century.

"Due to the lockdown, the poor laborers left for their villages, and our workers got down to help them. Even today, all over the country, Congress workers from every district are engaged in this work," Sonia Gandhi said.

Earlier this week, Sonia Gandhi had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting some of the possible measures to arrange funds for fight against coronavirus.