No plan to print currency notes to tide over economic crisis: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made it clear that the government will not print currency notes to tackle the ongoing economic crisis.

The government has no plan to print currency notes to tide over the current economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Monday. To a question on whether there is any plan to print currency to tide over the crisis, the Finance Minister said, "No Sir".