India, Oct. 19 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that the government, which has started a mid-year review of the economy, is open to offering another stimulus package and her policies are focused on shedding "socialist baggage" by encouraging greater private sector participation in the economy and instituting robust federal government structures.

Sitharaman was participating in a virtual panel discussion on the launch of 15th Finance Commission chairman NK Singh's book, Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside. Singapore senior minister and coordinating minister for social policies Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani were the other panellists at the event.

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