The MCA recently strengthened the reporting requirements for auditors as part of a drive to boost corporate governance, after major corporate failures at companies such
Day: April 12, 2020
The lockdown is fine, but step up the testing–Deccan Chronicle
The nation is seized of the question whether it should extend the 21-day lockdown prime minister Narendra Modi declared to contain the Covid-19 pandemic but
The lockdown must not undermine citizen rights | Opinion – columns – Hindustan Times
On the midnight of March 24, the Union government invoked the National Disaster Management Act (NDMA) to impose a nationwide “lockdown” in the struggle against
Locked out: Women informal workers are doubly invisibilised–Times of India
The majority of the urban poor – daily wage and migrant workers – are in dire straits. Out of work, without a secure roof over
Coronavirus lockdown: Cure worse than the disease | Deccan Herald
Without doubt, the lockdown imposed on the nation on March 24 was needed, even if it could have been better planned and the nation given
A ‘Kerala model’ worthy of emulation | Deccan Herald
Kerala has done much better than other states in the fight against coronavirus and in mitigating the hardships caused by the measures to contain it. The
V-shaped or U-shaped? Some economists upbeat on coronavirus recovery | Deccan Herald
The coronavirus pandemic has hit like a worldwide hurricane, shutting activity in most economies simultaneously, but some forecasters are more optimistic about the prospects for
Swaraj Tractors offers facility of standby tractor to help farmers amid COVID-19 | Deccan Herald
The Union government on Friday exempted the operations of the fishing or marine aquaculture industry, including harvesting, sale and marketing activities, from the purview of
Insurance advisory to go digital in a big way – The Hindu BusinessLine
Insurers are responding to Covid-19 with speed and imagination. Under the new conditions in a Covid-19-affected world, insurers are bracing for changes in both consumer
Tea industry stares at 10-25 per cent crop loss due to lockdown – The Hindu BusinessLine
A lockdown because of Covid-19 and closure of tea estates during majority of the plucking season could lead to a crop loss between 10 and
Covid-19 impact to be felt beyond six months: EY survey – The Hindu BusinessLine
A homeless older man holds food packets and walks back to his living place after collecting from a free food distribution centre in between nationwide
Flower trade wilts under lockdown across the country – The Hindu BusinessLine
Floriculturists and traders suffer heavy losses as there is no return on investment Mitesh Patel, a grower of flowers at Badarkha, a village near Ahmedabad,
How to gradually ‘unlock India’ after April 14 – The Hindu BusinessLine
Calibrated opening up of transport services, retaining Section 144, allowing restricted office attendance, are possible options The coronavirus has put the entire world in the
Partial lifting of lockdown will help, says MG Motor India chief – The Hindu BusinessLine
Chaba, however, reiterates that the decision to impose the present lockdown was important to break the chain and flatten the Covid-19 curve. Yet, he adds,
Nasscom urges Centre to reimburse “paid leave” given to staff during lockdown – The Hindu BusinessLine
IT and ITeS industry body Nasscom has urged the Centre to reimburse the payroll cost of employees who were on “paid leave” on account of
‘Lockdown killing petrol-pump dealers’ – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Covid-19 lockdown is killing petrol-pump dealers financially, the All India Petroleum Dealers Association has said. In a letter to oil marketing companies, the association
Health workers are at risk. The state must recognise this – The Hindu BusinessLine
An insurance cover that does not include hospitalisation for frontline health workers is a cruel joke The inadequacies of the state as a mere enabler
Have ample hydroxychloroquine stock for domestic use, assures govt – The Hindu BusinessLine
No widespread community transmission of coronavirus, says Health Ministry Clearing the air on hydroxychoroquine supplies, a drug being used as a preventive medicine for healthcare
ADB pledges $2.2 bn to bolster India’s health infrastructure, MSMEs | Business Standard News
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide India $2.2 billion (around Rs 16,000 crore) to help the country ramp up health infrastructure and bolster micro, small and
Cash cow to Achilles’ heel: The transformation of consumer lending business | Business Standard News
Rising income levels of consumers and their aspirational needs was the premise for lenders to ramp up this business Stress in the consumer lending business,