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‘How many zeros in ₹20 lakh crore’ and other memes on Prime Minister Modi’s stimulus package to fight COVID-19 impact

May 17, 2020, 13:41 IST
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech on May 12.IANS
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a ₹20 lakh crore Covid-19 stimulus package.
  • Social media was abuzz with memes soon after the announcement.
  • Most memes were directed at some of the complex words used by PM Modi and the amount of money.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ₹20 lakh crore Covid-19 stimulus package for the Indian economy on May 12. A lot of people started searching for 20 lakh crore divided by 133 crore to see how much money they will get.

While corporates, experts, and stakeholders were trying to analyse the impact of the stimulus package, most of India was busy counting the number of zeros in ₹20 lakh crore. The answer is 13.

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Many others spent their time making memes and sharing on social media. If you missed the memes, take a look at some of the best memes around the Covid-19 stimulus package.


Here’s what people are saying

While some people took a dig at Congress and other opposition parties, some mocked Pakistan.
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Some of the memes were about the number of zeros in 20 lakh crore.


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Some of the people also posted memes about getting rich and asking how much money they’ll get from the government. Some of the memes divided 20 lakh crore by 133 crore to get the amount of money they will get.




Some of the people also noticed that the 20 lakh crore package was announced at 20:20 pm.

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A lot of memes were also about the length of PM Modi’s speech and how it lacked details.






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Twitter users also complained about the absence of a new task in the announcement.





A lot of memes were made around the word ‘Aatmanirbhar’ that was used by PM Modi during the speech.



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As Narendra Modi spoke in Hindi, a lot of users also complained that they could not understand the speech and made memes about this.





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