Govt approves two more stimulus packages worth Tk 2,700cr The government approved two more stimulus packages worth Taka 2,700 crore to infuse dynamism into cottage, micro and medium industry to offset COVID-19 shock, improve rural marginal people’s livelihood and expand social safety nets for extreme poor aged-people and widows. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved these two stimulus packages while implementation of the packages will start shortly, said a Finance Ministry press release on Sunday. The release said with the addition of two latest packages, the total number of stimulus packages now stood at 23 with an overall outlay of Taka 1,24,053 crore which is also 4.44 percent of GDP.