PM’s speech begin with a hope that their will be questions answered rather than questions raised

Pranav Jalan
07.18 PM

Google trends shows a hike in search results post PM Modi’s confusing speech on 12th April.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation at 8 pm on Tuesday had eyes and ears of the whole country. The reason being, the expectation of resolution of their issues during the lockdown. But Modi Ji did not just leave the majority disappointed, it even got them confused. Contrary to citizen’s expectations, the address sounded more like an economics and a moral science lecture.

While the economy is going under a massive slowdown, concepts like ‘Make in India’ and self-reliance might be the plausible way.... But when the world is undergoing a global crisis, focusing only on one part seems unjust and half-resolved.

According to Google analytics, the second highest search on google has been about what Modi Ji said in his 34 minute speech.

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of more than 2,90,000 people worldwide. Cases in India are also surging at a very high speed. In such a scenario, people were expecting answers to questions like: what relaxations will be granted when the lockdown extends, how the various income groups are going to survive the dual crisis, what will happen to the poor migrants etc. On the previous day, PM Modi had a 6-hour long meeting with various Chief Ministers in order to get state-wise ground reality and subsequent solutions. But instead of solving the doubts, Modi Ji left the nation with more questions than he answered.

 

In 34 minutes long speech, of which most was a build-up, the key takeaways were:
  - Special economic relief package of 20 lakh crore, nearly 10 per cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), focusing on land, labour, liquidity and laws. Further details will be shared by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
  - A Lockdown 4.0 with new rules and relaxations will be implemented from 18th May. The details of the same will be shared on or before the aforementioned date.
 -He insisted on local for vocal, i.e. supporting Indian products and consuming more of them.

While most of the population had no idea about how the economic package will help them cope up with the crisis and it’s technicalities, Google trends for that hour showed people dividing equal amount of money among the population of India. In fact some people compared the economic package to Pakistan’s overall GDP. This was all a representation of the ambiguous address by the PM.

This took a toll on the citizens and the internet was stormed by memes and trolls.

On 3rd May, government took out the list of Red, Orange and Green zones which was to be followed for a week. It also stated that a fresh list will come out every week and has to be adhered to. But no updated list of all the three zones have come out yet.

This being said, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the nation at 4PM on Wednesday (as well as on Thursday), explaining the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package and how it will help revive various sectors. Following are the key takeaways –

 

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