MUMBAI: In a move aimed at smooth resolution of insolvent firms, the finance ministry is considering waving off the 21-day national lockdown from the bankruptcy
Month: March 2020
Separate GST registrations confuse interim resolution professionals – The Economic Times
New Delhi: Interim resolution professionals managing various companies under the insolvency process have flagged several issues in a recent notification requiring separate GST registration for
Coronavirus blues: How to prevent insider trading in the midst of COVID-19–Business Today
In India, insider trading is a strict liability offence and regulated in terms of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 2015 In assuming a
Coronavirus impact: MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, redBus employees face salary cut, fear of job loss–Business Today
MakeMyTrip might also lay off about 400 employees who are not on its payroll Travel firm MakeMyTrip has announced salary cuts as tourism sector have
A back-breaking lockdown that harms the poor | Deccan Herald
The phones at the toll-free labour helpline in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district have not stopped ringing since the news of the total national lockdown. Hapless migrant workers
China, the new moral power? | Deccan Herald
With the magnitude of China’s Covid-19 crisis declining — the number of new domestic infections has fallen in recent weeks and no new cases of
Enforce, but with a human touch | Deccan Herald
There is no doubt that social distancing is the only way to keep COVID-19 out, and it is equally true that a social lockdown is
Will migrant workers get jobs back when they return? | Deccan Herald
The massive lines of workers snaking out of cities has seemingly surpassed the tragedy of COVID-19. State government intervention, which has already begun, will arrest
India & COVID-19: Urgent need for a surgical strike | Deccan Herald
Time is life, delay is death.’ India is on the cusp of realising the truth in those words. As COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the world
India’s air travel industry jolted by COVID-19, in grave danger of insolvency: IATA | Deccan Herald
India’s carriers are in grave danger of insolvency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The current
Foreign returnees told to submit selfie, health details online–Deccan Chroncile
Hyderabad: Over the past week, the state government has been sending messages with website links to people who have entered the country after March 15,
Amidst lockdown, poor need karuna | The Indian Express
The poor rush back on crowded trains and buses or walk. Despite all the talk about globalisation for the last 30 years, the current crisis
In a lockdown, the fate of prisoners – analysis – Hindustan Times
There are 1,339 prisons in the country which house 466,084 inmates; the actual capacity is 396,223. In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, many jails
Does coronavirus transmit from mother to child? A question every expectant mother is asking now | The Indian Express
Almost every pregnancy has its moments of panic and anxiety. It is inevitable. My first was when I gave in to the temptation early on
Only time will tell whether Modi’s biggest gamble will pay off or the solution proves more lethal than Covid-19 | The Indian Express
Opposition politicians complain privately that because of the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an excuse to wriggle out of accountability for the declining economy
RBI’s guns boom: The Hindu Editorial on lockdown relief – The Hindu
India’s financial system will need more support as the virus crisis evolves The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) finally rolled out its big guns on
Call out the Army to deal with rogue cops who are adding to the virus crisis–Times of India
Adding to the plight of the many millions under coronavirus lockdown all over India – and the far worse plight of jobless migrant workers who
Corona lockdown is needed but it might put the economy on ventilator–Times of India
At the time of writing this, India is in a lockdown. The streets are empty, trains and flights are not running, schools, offices and factories
Relief package is peanuts. India needs to triple it–Times of India
Outrageously small. Crumbs from a miser’s table. Spineless obeisance to fiscal orthodoxy. Cowardly fears of foreigners reacting badly to a massive fiscal stimulus. Forgive my
Tax evaders fill coffers with empty beer bottles – The Financial Express
They are sold to breweries at a price which is almost always fixed for a specific buyer for a certain period under a contract. Even