Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today (October 13) addressed the media. She said the pandemic has affected economy. Under LTC Cash Voucher Scheme, government employees can opt to receive cash amounting to leave encashment plus 3 times ticket fare, to buy items which attract GST of 12% or more. Only digital transactions allowed, GST invoice to be produced: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Govt to give cash to employees in lieu of LTC ticket fare component for buying items attracting 12 pc or more GST: FM
To stimulate demand, expenditure will be front-loaded; new schemes include LTC cash voucher scheme and special festival advance: FM
Indications are that the savings of govt. and organized sector employees have increased, we want to incentivize such people to boost demand for the benefit of the less fortunate: FM Sitharaman on LTC Cash Voucher Scheme to stimulate consumer spending
Consumer spending related proposal has two components- LTC Cash Voucher scheme and Special Festival Advance Scheme: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
The proposals being presented are designed in a way that they can stimulate demand by front-loading/advancing some of the expenditure with some offsetting changes. Others are directly linked to an increase in the GDP: FM Sitharaman
The pandemic has adversely affected the economy. The needs of the poor and weaker sections addressed in various announcements by the govt. Supply constraints have somewhat eased but consumer demand still needs to be given a boost: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
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