RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das To Address Media At 10 Am

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das will address the media at 10 am today. 

The press briefing by RBI Governor comes days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held five press briefings  to announce the fine print of centre's Rs 20 Lakh Crore Covid-19 economic package, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would help India become self-reliant.  

The Finance Minister has faced some criticism from economists for not putting money directly into the hands of the people, which they believe will increase the demand and help rejuvenate the economy. 

"In opposition, you can always use any words that you want and this was the government which gave PM Garib Kalyan scheme within hours after the lockdown was brought in. That Garib Kalyan meant that they would have food so that no one goes hungry," the minister said in an intervie to news agency ANI.

"But now because the stress is in the ground so much and affected people are probably a lot more, so there is a lot of criticism and I don't mind it, I have to take it," Sitharaman said.