Economy doctors of the United Progressive Alliance government — C Rangarajan, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and Pronab Sen — had played a pivotal role in fixing
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As Covid-19 grips economy, firms uncertain about impact on bankruptcies | Business Standard News
However, industry experts said many would also try to take advantage of the situation and blame the delay or non-delivery of projects on the Covid-19
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
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
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
Start-up funding sees a decline; venture capital investments hit a five-year low – The Financial Express
The quantum of deals across angel, seed, and venture capital has dropped by 8.4%. Start-up funding in India witnessed a decline in the quantum of
Measures that can boost MSMEs during Covid-19 lockdown – The Economic Times
By Sampad Swain Businesses have been taking a hit due to Covid-19 lockdown. The supply chain has been disrupted, imports are down, and markets are
Putting Workforce Back on Track–Economic Times
In the film, The Two Popes, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, recounts a joke: a man asks, ‘Is it all right to smoke
coronavirus impact on chinese imports: A $163 billion industry struggles to reduce its dependency on Chinese imports – The Economic Times
A 21-day nationwide lockdown and very high dependency on China has meant one of the bright spots in India’s manufacturing sector finds itself in severe
RBI director presses for bold initiatives to revive MSME sector, amid Covid-19 crisis – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government and the Reserve Bank need to come out with a bold and comprehensive package to help small and medium enterprises tide
A letter from the Editor – ETRise – The Economic Times
Dear ET Rise Readers, I hope you, and your loved ones, are safe and healthy. What an unprecedented start it has been to the new
FIEO: Exporters seek nod to restart ops with 50% staff, essential tag – The Economic Times
New Delhi: Exporters have sought that they be allowed to restart operations with 50% staff, in order to help pay wages, prevent migrant labourers from
Top importers of India’s engineering goods are now under lockdown: EEPC India – The Economic Times
Of the top 25 markets, accounting for over 75 per cent of Indian engineering exports, most of the major destinations are in the state of
Reserve Bank of India acts fast; steps welcome | Deccan Herald
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) acted with alacrity when it announced a slew of measures on Friday to deal with the economic fallout of
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