Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/counting-wastage-india-may-need-66-6cr-doses-of-vaccine/articleshow/80106588.cms BENGALURU: The Union health ministry has calculated the number of vaccines the government would need to purchase: 111 doses to inoculate every 50 beneficiaries. This means that to administer
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What farming doesn’t need | The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farm-laws-controversy-narendra-modi-farmers-protest-7132953/ Reform that would ensure justice to over 85 per cent of small and marginal farmers needs to look at more than mere efficiency
Community action, with a focus on women’s well-being, can fight malnutrition | The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/equal-wages-women-men-mgnrega-gender-equality-malnutrition-7132922/ With equal wages for women and men, and direct payments to workers’ bank accounts, MGNREGA helps to increase women’s incomes. On an MGNREGA
UK PM Boris Johnson announces new national lockdown in England | World News,The Indian Express
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/coronavirus-uk-pm-boris-johnson-announces-new-national-lockdown-in-england-7133019/ Boris Johnson said a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus was spreading at great speed and urgent action was needed to slow
Below the line: Quite amusing – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/below-the-line/article33487201.ece Quite amusing Wadhawan has been on a letter-writing spree and had even made his settlement proposal to the DHFL administrator for getting back
All you wanted to know about digital life certificate – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/slate/all-you-wanted-to-know-about/article33495150.ece Along with the extension of various tax deadlines recently, the submission of life certificate by pensioners was also extended to February 28, 2021,
Tax collection of States on recovery mode? – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/tax-collection-of-states-on-recovery-mode/article33495184.ece Compared with Q1, the 4 southern States have shown impressive upturn in GST, sales tax and excise duty mop-up in Q2 As a
DHFL resolution: Kapil Wadhawan reiterates offer of 100% principal repayment – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/kapil-wadhawan-reiterates-offer-of-100-principal-repayment/article33494212.ece With the clock ticking on the resolution of debt-ridden Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL), Kapil Wadhawan, former promoter, reiterated his offer of
Farm laws and labour codes are badly-needed reforms: BJP National Spokesperson – The Hindu BusinessLine
Clipped from: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/farm-laws-and-labour-codes-are-badly-needed-reforms-for-agriculture-and-manufacturing-gopal-krishna-agarwal-bjp-national-spokesperson/article33493227.ece?homepage=true On a day farmers’ organisations held one more round of talks with the government on their demand for repeal of the three farm
Seafood industry to recover in FY22 on strong demand: CRISIL SME Tracker | Business Standard News
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/seafood-industry-to-bounce-back-in-fy22-on-strong-demand-sme-tracker-121010401028_1.html Domestic appetite for seafood waned as the pandemic-induced lockdown weakened demand from hotels, restaurants and cafes Subdued demand in both domestic and export
Coalitions aren’t easy | Business Standard Editorials
Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/coalitions-aren-t-easy-121010401485_1.html US-EU co-operation to control Beijing already undermined The past four years have seen geopolitical tensions rise between the US and the People’s Republic
No more China comparisons please – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/no-more-china-comparisons-please/2163272/ India needs a big reset, to spend more on education, health, etc, but if Punjab-type stirs derail even tiny reforms, this can’t happen
Zomato’s FY20 losses widen, revenues see substantial growth – The Financial Express
Clipped from: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/zomatos-fy20-losses-widen-revenues-see-substantial-growth/2164191/ Zomato’s net losses increased by as much as 160.63% to Rs 2,451.17 crore in the year to March 31, 2020, the company’s regulatory
Finally, GST begins to work as planned–economic times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-editorials/finally-gst-begins-to-work-as-planned/ET Edit Quick takes, analyses and macro-level views on all contemporary economic, financial and political events. Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey attributes the spurt
BOB WhatsApp Banking: Bank of Baroda launches WhatsApp banking services – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/bank-of-baroda-launches-whatsapp-banking-services/articleshow/80096778.cmsSynopsis The lender is offering services such as balance enquiry, mini statement, cheque status enquiry, cheque book request, blocking debit card and information on
export: Exporters in a post-Covid world need finance and favourable trade winds – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/exporters-in-a-post-covid-world-need-finance-and-favourable-trade-winds/articleshow/80091475.cmsSynopsis From working capital to trade finance, an MSME exporter finds access to credit extremely difficult. The Reserve Bank of India’s data shows that
India-US trade ties hit by tariff policies under Trump administration: US Congress report – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-us-trade-ties-hit-by-tariff-policies-under-trump-administration-us-congress-report/articleshow/80096398.cmsSynopsis The bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), in its latest report, pointed out that India’s recent tariff hikes on cell phones and other telecommunication
global economy: The global economy in the new decade – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/the-global-economy-in-the-new-decade/articleshow/80095429.cmsSynopsis The shift to sustainable production techniques requires stronger political willpower. But a failure to do so will have graver repercussions than the pandemic.
Indirect taxes: India’s tax pie gets altered because of pandemic; share of direct taxes drops – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/indias-tax-pie-gets-altered-because-of-pandemic-share-of-direct-taxes-drops/articleshow/80095610.cmsSynopsis The share of indirect taxes, which mainly comprise of levy on goods and services as well as import duty, has risen while that
India’s exports of basmati rice to Belgium and Netherlands soar – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/indias-exports-of-basmati-rice-to-belgium-and-netherlands-soar/articleshow/80100668.cmsSynopsis Rising demand for basmati rice in these European countries has resulted in a better price realisation for farmers, mainly from the basmati rice-growing
