It has been quite clear that the group of Indians most immediately hurt by the effects of the nationwide lockdown have been migrant workers. Those who lived pay cheque
Category: Economy
Focus on gradual resumption | Business Standard Editorials
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Tuesday is expected to bring clarity on the nationwide lockdown. Even as some states have extended the lockdown for another
Orders to pay full wages may push industry to bankruptcy: Amarinder to Modi | Business Standard News
Amarinder Singh termed as imperative the re-examination of the matter by the Centre. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider
सात लाख कोटींचा फटका! –महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
देशात केंद्र सरकारकडून २५ मार्चपासून राबवण्यात येत असलेले २१ दिवसांचे लॉकडाऊन आज, मंगळवारी संपत आहे. या लॉकडाऊनमुळे देशाची अर्थव्यवस्था पार खिळखिळी झाली असून विश्लेषकांच्या मते,
माणुसकीचे दर्शन –महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
करोना बाधितांच्या संख्येत भौमितिक श्रेणीने होणारी वाढ आणि मृतांचा वाढता टक्का यांमुळे संकटाचे ढग अधिकाधिक काळेकुट्ट होत असताना, माणुसकीचे दर्शन घडविणाऱ्या विविध घटनांची रूपेरी किनार मात्र
Need economic package and open industry in staggered manner, says CII | Business Standard News
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Sunday demanded that the Centre announce an economic package and give adequate notice before lifting the lockdown. It also lent
Coronavirus outbreak: Traders should highlight issues to get govt’s help | Business Standard Column
The government has exempted the Customs duty on import of personal protection equipment (PPE), ventilators, Covid-19 testing kits, and inputs required for making them. It
The Chakravyuh challenge | Business Standard Column
With most states favouring an extension of the lockdown by two weeks, it will be instructive to look back and track the pace and manner in which
Come September, bad loans will zoom | Business Standard Column
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) December 2019 Financial Stability Report, a biannual health check for the banking industry, had predicted the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rising
The wrong diagnosis | Business Standard Column
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That old line seems particularly apposite today, when the preferred response to the
Trouble for NBFCs | Business Standard Editorials
The unprecedented nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, which halted economic activity, is affecting income and will make debt repayment difficult for both firms and
Four fallouts of Covid-19 mishandling | Business Standard Column
Two weeks ago, when India went into a 21-day lockdown, I wrote that we seemed to be living in the pleasant hope that the spread
करोना : खबरदारी आणि जबाबदारी – महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांनी देशभर जाहीर केलेल्या २१ दिवसांच्या टाळेबंदीची मुदत संपण्यास चार दिवसांचा अवधी असतानाच महाराष्ट्राचे मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी ही टाळेबंदी ३० एप्रिलपर्यंत
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टाळेबंदी कालावधी वाढवून राज्यांनी केंद्राची आर्थिक जबाबदारी वाढवली, पण प्रगत महाराष्ट्राला आणखी उपायही योजता येतील.. ज्या गतीने करोनाबाधितांची संख्या वाढत आहे ते लक्षात घेता टाळेबंदीचा
Covid-19 and foreign trade: How to ensure Indian exports survive the churning and pick up steam–Times of India
Companies dependent on foreign trade are especially vulnerable in these times. India’s biggest export markets – the EU and US – have extended lockdowns in
‘Migrants are needed for growth and development … government must address their problems immediately’–Times of India
What are the newer routes of economic migration in India? The most interesting one is the north to south migration. Despite the language barrier one
Life, livelihoods: Between the pandemic and poverty, India has tough choices. So the lockdown cannot be absolute–Times of India
Support for an extension of the lockdown, but with a calibrated exit for areas unaffected or relatively unscathed by the Covid-19 outbreak, emerged out of
Think bold: Covid-19 crisis should catalyse an economic reforms push–Times of India
Veteran banker Deepak Parekh has suggested that states should lure Japanese companies being pushed by Tokyo with a $2.2 billion incentive to relocate from China.
Lockdown: Selective, no more total–Economic Times
To Lockdown or not Lockdown — that is the question. The answer involves existential angst a whole lot more acute and less abstract than what
Room to widen the fiscal deficit–Economic Times
RBI’s Monetary Policy Report for April 2020 honestly articulates the uncertainty heralded by the pandemic Covid-19. What growth would be globally and in India, what
