19: ‘Was the government blindsided on migrants’: CEA answers

In the latest episode of On The Record, Hindustan Times’ Sunetra Choudhury speaks to Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy V Subramanian. During the interview, Subramanian said that the second economic stimulus package can be expected ‘very soon’ however he declined to put a time-frame or a magnitude to it. When asked if the lockdown was ill-planned, Subramanian said the govt is responding to their needs in the best possible manner.