The only official communications that the migrants received were delivered by the policeman’s heavyhandedness, and his lathi. In times of crisis, especially a health crisis
Category: Economy
The pandemic in the US – editorials – Hindustan Times
A month ago, media platforms broadly aligned with United States (US) President Donald Trump termed the coronavirus a “hoax”. Just a week ago, Mr Trump
Moody’s downgrades outlook for Indian banks due to coronavirus–Deccan Chronicle
New Delhi: Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday changed the outlook for Indian banking system to negative from stable, as it expects deterioration in banks’ asset
New Delhi must loosen the purse strings–Deccan Chronicle
State governments are in the forefront of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. They are putting in all their resources to implement the national lockdown,
सुस्पष्ट धोरणाचा अभाव –महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
सुस्पष्ट धोरणाचा अभाव करोना विषाणूचा प्रसार रोखण्यासाठी केंद्र सरकारने २१ दिवसांची टाळेबंदी जाहीर केली, त्याला आठवडा होऊन गेला. टाळेबंदीच्या दुसऱ्या दिवशी केंद्र सरकारने देशभरात करोना
Coronavirus impact on economy: FM Nirmala Sitharaman holds meet to firm up response – The Financial Express
The Centre may also impress upon the RBI to consider extending beyond December 2020 a loan restructuring scheme for MSMEs, if the crisis lingers on
Increased default threshold for IBC trigger comes into effect – The Hindu BusinessLine
From 1 lakh, the threshold has been raised to ₹1 crore The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has operationalised the Centre’s move to raise the
How FPI heavy stocks fell like ninepins over the past month – The Hindu BusinessLine
Indian equities, along with other global markets, went into a tailspin owing to the Covid-19 outbreak over the past month. After investing (net) a little
UPA economy doctors’ prescription to tide over coronavirus crisis | Business Standard News
Economy doctors of the United Progressive Alliance government — C Rangarajan, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and Pronab Sen — had played a pivotal role in fixing
Experts peg India’s Covid-19 lockdown cost at $120 bn, call for relief plan | Business Standard News
Pegging the cost of the Covid-19 lockdown at $120 billion (approximately Rs 9 trillion) or 4 per cent of the GDP, analysts on Wednesday sharply
An opportunity in Covid-19 crisis: Revisit all loan repayment contracts | Business Standard News
The prospect of wide-scale defaults in banking-related contractual obligations on account of the pandemic has stirred lenders into action. The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) plans
Covid-19 impact: Banks want NPA forbearance for next two quarters or more | Business Standard News
An account is classified NPA if the default is beyond 90 days While the government has raised the threshold for invoking insolvency under the IBC
The tough balancing act – editorials – Hindustan Times
Amid speculation that the national lockdown, which ends on April 14, may get extended, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered the first hint of the government’s
Women are bearing the brunt of the lockdown – columns – Hindustan Times
Gauri, a lawyer in Mumbai, is grappling with a new problem — how to squeeze 25 hours into a day that already doesn’t have enough
The MSME sector is critical in times of Covid-19 – analysis – Hindustan Times
A large fraction of India’s firms are small, informal and operate in the unorganised sector. Recent annual reports on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
Covid-19 will result in greater income inequality and unemployment, says Kaushik Basu – The Hindu BusinessLine
Sees increasing automation in post-coronavirus world Coronavirus will go, but the kind of world it will leave behind will be a very different one than
MSMEs grapple with stress even as govt grants more time for restructuring | Business Standard News
With Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) grappling with the problem of delayed payments and slowdown in demand, the sector remains under major stress, even
Upside of a crisis | Business Standard Column
A global catastrophe as is unfolding will produce structural changes in nations and especially democracies. When the entire population is affected by an event, as
Saving the rabi crop | Business Standard Editorials
The government has taken the right step to free agriculture-related operations from the Covid-19 pandemic-driven national lockdown. At the same time, the state governments have
Covid-19 and Indian economy: Do please light your lamps as lights go out | Business Standard Column
There are three phases on a standard growth curve, like one that plots the progress of Covid-19. The first is when the number of new
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