‘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

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.

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.

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.

This is how corporate India reacted to Modi’s stimulus package

Here’s what people are saying

While some people took a dig at Congress and other opposition parties, some mocked Pakistan.

Rahul gandhi 5% of GDP pe ro raha tha... Modi ji 10% of GDP announce kar diye��#PMModi #Modi https://t.co/7UkvNhet8B
— Akash Nagar (@akash0611) 1589295224000

Meanwhile Pakistani calculating zeros in 20 Lakh Crore ..#PMModi https://t.co/SHuBdOWeZj
— Pratiksha jha (@JhaPratiksha) 1589295468000

Pakistan to India after #PMModi declared 20 Lakh crore relief package. https://t.co/62FNXtiAJF
— #Aatmanirbhar Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) 1589295483000

Imran Khan after hearing 20 Lakh Crore package.#EconomicPackage #Lockdown4 #Lockdownextention #Covid_19… https://t.co/2IivcpdZnn
— Er_Hariom (@ER_Hariom_RJ) 1589301226000

Liberals, Congress & Lutyens media After #NarendraModi Announced Rs. 20 Lac Crore stimulus package for India...… https://t.co/XaC3tzmdUH
— Mumbaikar ™️ (@MumbaiHeist) 1589296074000

“Samajh nahi aa raha 20 lakh crore pichhatees se bada hota hai ya chhota” https://t.co/04WTVywOzQ
— The-Lying-Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) 1589298196000

Some of the memes were about the number of zeros in 20 lakh crore.

zeroes in 2 lakh crore = 15lockdown no. 415x4 = 56 ��
— �� (@The_Sleigher) 1589295792000

Counting zeros in 20 lakh crore #Narendermodi #Lockdown4 https://t.co/wVkX6h38mZ
— D J 4.0 �� (@djaywalebabu) 1589298340000

I’m feeling elated but mujhe 20 lakh crore likhna nahi aa raha. I tried. How many zeroes?
— Sonal Kalra (@sonalkalra) 1589295439000

#20lakhcrores#NirmalaSitharamanI was using a calculator this big to count the zeroes in 20000000000000... https://t.co/h9QZuk9GEl
— �� (@JeysonTilukk) 1589350485000

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.

Rs. 20 Lakh CroresDivided by133 crore Indians= Rs. 15 lakh per Indian@priyankac19 could you please check my a… https://t.co/B3tiqmUUBE
— AParajit Bharat �� (@AparBharat) 1589323530000

Modi ji announces a relief package of 20 Lakh crore.*Le me:- https://t.co/AEEGtaSZEi
— Engineer (@nikk5021) 1589298897000

If 20 lakh crores is equally divided among India's 130 crore population, everyone will get approximately 15K rupees… https://t.co/XxOZRcxIqC
— Jagandeep Singh (@Jagande28369470) 1589299413000

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

A package of 20 lakh crores in 2020 was announced at 8.20 exactly. Check the time in the pic. #ModiBestPmEver… https://t.co/vKNeDPX5le
— Dr Vikram Vora (@TheDocTweets) 1589295192000

Has anyone noticed..?? Modiji announced #20lakhcrores package on 20:20 ( 8:20 PM).. #EconomicPackage #Modi
— Shivank Giri �� (@SanyasiGoswami) 1589317340000

Modi ji announces Economic Package of 20 lakh Crores at 20:20 in 2020.Kash aaj 20th May hota..20 May 2020 ko 20… https://t.co/EN5EHQRq4y
— Rushabh Y Shah (@rushabhpethad) 1589295189000

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

1.When Modiji starts speech 2.When Modiji comes to the point#NarendraModi https://t.co/TNi4yEK01k
— . (@MakdiManus) 1589294230000

Modi ji :. Namaste deshvasiyon ........ Falana ...... Dhimkana ......Inner me be like : https://t.co/BAjBp6wkHc
— crush_ki_behen (@meme_wali_didi) 1589298380000

15 mins into PM Modi addressing the nation! And I just want to ask!#NarendraModi#PMModi https://t.co/gdBJy2wbel
— Rashi Gagrani (@funnynaam) 1589294765000

Modi after addressing the nation. https://t.co/vmGUHhDvzh
— Jagjeet Singh (@JagjeetSUberoi) 1589298896000

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

When you expected a task but got lockdown 4 instead. https://t.co/pyE7Hds4Th
— Mayank (@Koreanldka) 1589296752000

When you're watching modiji's speech for 30 mins just for lockdown update but he postponed the update :-#PMModi… https://t.co/s0RFwIfVOk
— Vaibhav Hatwal ◟̽◞̽ �� (@vaibhav_hatwal) 1589295890000

Modi ji: * doesn’t give any task , no information regarding lockdown 4*Indians: https://t.co/xWJzKi8IRy
— Harshit Sharma (@Sharmajikaputtr) 1589296068000

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

Punjabis will get it.@RoflGandhi_#atmanirbharbharat https://t.co/FNV42VJBNY
— Bikram Sidhu (@JhallaParinda) 1589312564000

#AatmanirbharBharatBhakts from today be like... https://t.co/ftuQxEvZzi
— love!!! Not Hate (@NafratHatao) 1589306533000

#Lockdown4 #NarendraModi#AatmaNirbharBharat*Le Me after making adrakh wali chai By Myself * https://t.co/ZnPyFcX785
— आत्मनिर्भर Pathey ☕ (@paa_they) 1589296021000

me, every time modi ji addresses the nation https://t.co/kpKQuf5sP1
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) 1589294871000

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

People in Tamil Nadu trying to understand this speech �� https://t.co/Coc4HiW9Rm
— Shridhar V (@iimcomic) 1589294542000

English too please.. not everyone understands Hindi..#PMSpeech https://t.co/d2M2f7jsXV
— Krithiga Narayanan (@Krithiganarayan) 1589295411000

Either Modi ji is too Hindi or i’m too South Indian. Phew. Struggling to understand.
— Danish Sait (@DanishSait) 1589295053000

What is the minimum level of Hindi Pracharasabha you need to have passed to understand this
— Shilpa Rathnam (@shilparathnam) 1589294518000

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