Vikram Chandra on Central govt extending lockdown till May 31st

The Centre has announced that the nationwide lockdown will be extended till May 31st. As per the new guidelines, shops and offices will reopen while air travel, metro and malls will remain closed  Meanwhile Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced her final tranche of economic package that focussed among other things on the privatisation of public sector enterprises. The FM's elaborate relief package that was announced over a period of 5 days focussed on liquidity support with little burden on the exchequer.