A total of 3 films earned a cumulative collection of Rs 120 crore on October 2. Combat, Joker and Syera are the three blockbusters that accomplished this feat. In a press conference, Ravi Shankar Prasad cited these figures and went on to explain that these record collections are happening since the ‘economy is sound’. "I was Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the government of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and I love movies. Movies have been doing huge business.

The manufacturing sector, which contributes more than 77 percent to the IIP (Index of Industrial Production), reported a 1.2 percent decrease in production in August 2019 compared to a 5.2 percent increase in the same month last year. The government has taken a series of measures to boost demand and give a fillip to the economy.