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Nirmala Sitharaman Announced The Third Installment Of The Economic Stimulus Of Rs 20 Lakh Crore

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Nirmala Sitharaman Announced The Third Installment Of The Economic Stimulus Of Rs 20 Lakh Crore

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday unveiled the third batch of the government’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package to revive the recession-ridden Indian economy due to the ongoing nationwide lockout to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic.

In the last two days, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for ‘Self-reliant’ India, the Finance Minister announced special measures like free food grains for migrant workers, concessional loans to farmers, working capital incentives for street vendors, collateral is. Free loans to businesses for other initiatives including liquidity facility for MSMEs and NBFCs.

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  • The Essential Commodities Act will be amended to enable better pricing for farmers, de-regulating agricultural products including cereals, edible oils, oilseeds, pulses, onions, and potatoes.
  • Under the amended Essential Commodities Act, stock limits will be imposed in exceptional circumstances like national calamities, price rise, and famine. The stock limit will apply to processors or participants of the value chain subject to their installed capacity or any exporter subject to export demand.
  • In the direction of strengthening the infrastructure in agriculture, agricultural infrastructure projects will be provided with a funding facility of Rs 1 lakh crore for funding at the farm-gate and aggregation points.
  • Government to bring a law to implement agricultural marketing reforms to provide marketing options to farmers; The law will provide sufficient options to the farmer to sell produce at attractive prices.
  • A convenient legal framework will be created to enable farmers to engage with processors, aggregators, large retailers, exporters in a fair and transparent manner.
  • TOP to TOTAL: Operational greens will be expanded from tomatoes, onions, and potatoes (TOP) to all fruits and vegetables (TOTAL). This is expected to give better prices to farmers, reduce wastage, and improve the affordability of products for consumers.
  • 500 crore will be allocated for beekeeping initiative and this will benefit 2 lakh beekeepers in rural areas.
  • As part of PM’s vision for ‘Local for Local’ with Global Outreach, a scheme will be launched to help 2 lakh micro TV enterprises; Income for improved health and safety standards, integration with retail markets and improvement in key focus areas. It will support existing micro food enterprises, farmer producer organizations, self-help groups and cooperatives.
  • Fund of Rs 18,700 crore has been transferred under PM KISAN in the last 2 months and PM Fasal Bima Yojana claims of Rs 6,400 crore issued in the last 2 months.
  • Government has raised 4000 crores for herbal farming in India. The move aims to cover 10 lakh hectares under herbal farming in 2 years; The corridor of medicinal plants that come across the Ganges.
  • National Animal Disease Control Program for foot and mouth disease of animals has been started with a total outlay of Rs 13,343 crore. It will focus on vaccination of 100 percent of the population of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig in India.
  • The Government announced a Rs 15,000 crore Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund to support private investment in dairy processing, value addition, and animal feed infrastructure.
  • The government has launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Yojana for integrated, sustainable, inclusive development of marine and inland fisheries to reduce significant gaps in the fisheries value chain. The move will provide employment to more than 55 lakh people and double export of Rs 1 lakh crore.
  • During the lockdown period, the demand for milk decreases by 20-25%. New scheme to provide interest subsidy at 2% per annum to dairy cooperatives for 2020-21. Under this scheme, additional liquidity of Rs 5,000 crore, 2 crore farmers will get benefits.
  • The credit goes to those farmers who have always faced various challenges and brought India to some global benchmark.
  • To help the fisheries sector, the operations of Marine Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture have been relaxed to cover inland fisheries.
  • India is the largest producer of milk, jute and pulses; 2nd largest in sugarcane, cotton, groundnut, fruits, vegetables and fisheries, and third in cereals.
  • The third set of announcements focuses on agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry and allied activities.
  • In the last 2 months, several measures were taken to support the farmers.

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HT Rewind 2024: Teja Sajja says HanuMan kicking off the year in style is the moment he’d been ‘waiting for’ | Exclusive

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HT Rewind 2024: Teja Sajja says HanuMan kicking off the year in style is the moment he’d been ‘waiting for’ | Exclusive

In conversation with Hindustan Times, Teja Sajja decodes the success of HanuMan and other Telugu films, talks about his upcoming projects, and more.
When Prasanth Varma’s superhero film HanuMan, starring Teja Sajja, was announced to be released alongside big films like Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, Venkatesh’s Saindhav and Nagarjuna’s Naa Saami Ranga in January this year, no one expected the underdog to emerge on top. And yet, the film, made on a budget of under ₹50 crore, managed to collect over ₹300 crore at the box office worldwide in 25 days, becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films for the year. (Also Read: Ranveer Singh met HanuMan actor Teja Sajja, complimented him even after his Prasanth Varma film Rakshas got shelved)

Ask Teja about the moment he realised his film had not just fought against the tide but also risen to the top; he tells Hindustan Times in an exclusive conversation, “Since I returned to acting (as a lead actor after being a child artiste since 1998), this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. When everything from the HanuMan teaser to the songs was grabbing attention, we knew we had hit a gold mine. But I don’t think we imagined it would cross the ₹300 crore threshold. We were so satisfied with the opening numbers; everything else was a bonus.”

‘Success has given me fear of disappointing people’

Teja acted in Zombie Reddy, Ishq and Adbhutham before HanuMan, but they are what you would call ‘critical successes’, adding to his repertoire as an actor who can perform. But things have changed for him now, says Teja, who is being picky about the roles he says yes to. “Success either makes you overconfident or gives you the fear of disappointing people; I have the latter,” he explains.

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Teja admits he wants to chart out his career in Hrithik Roshan’s footsteps, but not in the way you think. “I have such a fondness for Hrithik due to Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish. No matter how well he performed after that, these left a lasting impression on me; I’m sure 90s kids will agree,” he says, adding, “Similarly, I’ve realised that I have an audience in children now. I want to be conscious of that when I pick roles. I want to make films families can enjoy together.”

But despite people in places like Mumbai or Delhi recognising him, Teja says he’s clear that he wants to cater to the Telugu audience first. “I am conscious that I am making films for my playground – the Telugu states. This is the sensibility I have grown up with, and I don’t know if I can cater to everyone else. Will I promote my films in other languages? Sure. But I also can’t be part of films that aren’t authentic to what I know or understand,” he explains.

‘Rootedness has put us on the world map’

And authenticity seems to be the need of the hour. Be it Baahubali and RRR or the recently released Pushpa 2: The Rule, Kalki 2898 AD and Devara: Part 1, certain kind of stories seem to be finding success. “Rootedness and going local is proving to be such a boon for us, be it in Devara or Pushpa or HanuMan. Kalki 2898 AD was our version of a Hollywood film (the sci-fi concept) with actors from across languages in predominant roles; it put us on the world map,” reflects Teja.

However, the actor admits Tollywood went through a phase of Bollywood-inspired rom-coms and family dramas that worked in their favour for a while. “That wasn’t easy to replicate either, but it’s just that these local stories are what the audience seems most interested in now. It can’t just be chalked up to religion, too. It’s about the morals these films are hinged on, the fighting for righteousness, and how an underdog can find their strength. Introducing Mahabharata or Ramayana to a new audience in a cool way is just a perk,” he says.

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And it’s this rootedness that Teja says his next films, Mirai and Jai Hanuman (the sequel to HanuMan), will also have ample of. “Mirai is also a superhero film that caters to kids, but it’s not an origin story like HanuMan. It has a pan-Asian and Buddhist touch because the story is based on King Ashoka’s ideologies. I hope that I will get to deliver something new to the audience again. I will only feel like I’ve arrived if Mirai is equally, if not more, successful,” says Teja.

Rishab Shetty will headline Jai Hanuman, but Teja also looks forward to shooting that. “I can’t wait to be on that set; it’ll be exciting. Now that we know India is ready to watch our films, I want to step it up. I want to shift gears and shoot for at least two films in 2025,” he says. As for what he will do next, Teja says he wants to up the ante. “When I got a SIIMA award for Zombie Reddy as a debutant, I remember telling Prasanth this would be the last award I get. But now that I won a Radio City Cine Award for Best Actor, I hope more awards will follow,” he signs off cheekily.

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