Recently, the Tamil Nadu government has increased the excise duty and VAT on the liquor and petroleum products respectively as these channels are the major income generators to the state government.

With the current reporting of 380 cases, Chennai has crossed the tally of 5000 cases by reporting 5,262 so far which is 50% of the total affected cases in the state.

Nirmala Sitharaman said that Self-reliance India is based on five pillars - Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography, and Demand.

According to the Union Health Ministry, Tamil Nadu is the third Indian state to report more than 8000 cases after Maharashtra and Gujarat. 

The package would testify the revival grounds of the world's fifth-largest economy and pumping 10% of GDP at one shot would be a mammoth task for the government.

During his address, Narendra Modi said the special package of Rs 20 lakh crore would make India 'self-reliant' on tackling the COVID-19 spread.

According to the protocol of the Union Health Ministry, the patients with mild symptoms can be discharged after ten days of quarantine and they would be advised to stay under home-isolation.

Modi's hint of 'new form' has made the nation to delve and to get prepared on what could be yet another extraordinary measure in India's fight against the pandemic.

In the span of five days, the state has reported over 3700 cases amid the restrictions and lockdown.

The government has been burdened to balance the economic crisis and health crisis as the nation must resuscitate the ailing economy by not compromising the fight against the COVID-19.