Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked Union ministers to prepare plans to fight the economic impact of COVID-19 on war footing and asserted that
Covid-19: Economic opportunities and challenges | Opinion – analysis – Hindustan Times
When pandemics spread, they bring on an economic contagion, beyond the morbidity and mortality of the disease itself. Economic activity has been curtailed to enforce
COVID-19 impact: Banks to witness spike in credit costs, non-performing assets in 2020
Banks in the country are likely to witness a spike in their non-performing assets ratio by 1.9 per cent and credit cost ratios by 130
Insurers cannot decline death claim settlement in case of Covid-19–Indian Express
The Life Insurance Council on Monday said all the insurers are duty-bound to settle claims if a death occurs due to COVID-19. All life insurers, both
Two-wheeler volumes likely to contract by 11-13 per cent in FY21, says Icra | Business News,The Indian Express
Ratings agency Icra on Monday said two-wheeler volumes are expected to contract by 11-13 per cent in FY2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The challenges are likely
Domestic air traffic to fall from 140 mn to 90 mn due to covid-19: CAPA | Business Standard News
Domestic air traffic is expected to drop to 80-90 million passengers in the current fiscal and delivery of more than 200 planes to Indian carriers
Businesses likely to face challenges in preparing financial reports in FY21 | Business Standard News
On April 1 every year, businesses unroll their budgets and targets for the new financial year. This financial year — FY21 — is different. As a relief from the
Finance to the fore | Business Standard Column
The epidemic, and the responses to it, have created stress for a lot of firms. A sound financial system will put out a lifeline for
Petrol sales shrink 15.5%, diesel 24% in March as Covid-19 lockdown wipes demand – The Economic Times
New Delhi: India’s petrol sales shrank by 17.6 per cent and diesel demand tanked nearly 26 per cent in March as the economy froze under the nationwide lockdown announced to check
Shinzo Abe: Japan PM Shinzo Abe proposes state of emergency over virus, $1-trillion stimulus – The Economic Times
Tokyo: Japan‘s prime minister on Monday proposed a state of emergency for several major regions seeing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as well as a stimulus package
Recession: Global recession due to pandemic inevitable; but recovery can be fast – The Economic Times
A prediction, which can be made with reasonable accuracy, is that the global economy will slip into recession in 2020. We have never had a
Time to invoke the FRBM escape clause: Rakesh Mohan – The Economic Times
The biggest question before policymakers today is a trade off between health and the economy. Given the ferocity of the pandemic, is it a question
US Economy Coronavirus: US is nowhere close to reopening the economy, experts say – The Economic Times
WASHINGTON — How long can we keep this up? It is still very early in the U.S. effort to snuff a lethal pandemic by shutting
urjit patel: India should keep public finances healthy: Former RBI chief Urjit Patel – The Economic Times
By Anirban Nag India must keep public finances relatively healthy to stave off a possible second wave of risks in the financial sector once the coronavirus crisis
Big carriers: Airlines flew in 3.2 million people to India at the contagion’s peak. Here are the red zones. – ET Prime
More than a fortnight after the coronavirus claimed its initial victim in China, a 61-year-old regular customer at the market in Wuhan — the epicentre
How to restart the economy after the lockdown: Here’s how India can meet perhaps the greatest challenge of our times–Times of India
Economically speaking, India is faced today with perhaps its greatest emergency since Independence. The global financial crisis in 2008-09 was a massive demand shock, but
Hsg socs to compile data on all staffers–Times of India
Exercise will help enrol these people under a central government pension scheme Any effort to come to the rescue of the daily wagers and those who work in
Covid-19 aftermath: A third of orders cancelled, grave crisis grips export hubs – The Financial Express
With vast swathes of key markets — the US and the EU — badly bruised by the Covid-19 outbreak and migrant workers back home following
New headache for banks: Let the lenders decide on loan moratorium – The Financial Express
The better way to address the problem was to have left it to lenders to decide which customers would be eligible for the repayments holiday.
Media Industry | Covid-19 crisis: Media industry urges government to clear advertising dues–Economic Times
Mumbai: Having witnessed a massive drop in ad volumes due to the Covid-19 crisis, there is a growing chorus of media voices demanding immediate clearance of advertising dues by