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Govt should have acted like a driver to pull the economy out of the mess

The decriminalisation of Companies Act and ease of doing business are the small mercies bestowed on Corporate India.

Deep Dive with AKB: Govt's Rs 20-trn package to fight Covid-19 slump

How large Modi's economic package really is? From where will the govt get the money to finance it? Let's take a Deep Dive with AKB to understand

Stimulus good for sustenance, but supply chains need more for resilience

PDS and agriculture markets need reforms to develop superior food quality systems, writes Ajay Kakra.

Details show direct fiscal costs of stimulus measures won't be large

Work from home being a new normal could help in the growth in smaller service sector MSMEs, writes Ranen Banerjee.

Of Modi's four 'Ls' of production, FM Sitharaman focused on liquidity

With the MSME segment contributing to output and providing widespread employment, successfully supporting it is money well spent.

Crude oil may struggle to top $40/barrel mark despite a glimmer of optimism

S&P Global Platts Analytics estimates gasoline demand destruction in the broader Asian region, excluding China, probably peaked in April, with a year-on-year decline of 17% or 700,000 barrels per day

SC's struggles with 'unruly horse' of public policy in foreign awards

The Nafed-Alimenta judgment shows it might perhaps be time for Parliament to intervene and clarify the notion of public policy in the context of foreign arbitral awards

Eight suggestions from Abhijit Banerjee to revive the Covid-19-hit economy

Abhijit Banerjee pointed out several measures, including giving temporary ration cards, a bigger stimulus package and providing cash to India's poorest 60% to revive the Covid-19-hit economy

Mukesh Ambani needs to balance the ship; rights issue not very attractive

Mukesh Ambani needs to balance the ship now; RIL rights issue unattractive

Life after Covid-19: How the Indian automotive sector can be future-ready

A three-pronged approach can help the sector navigate turbulence related to Covid-19

WTO members eliminate duties on over 84% of medical products for 2020

Several medical devices like ventilators and masks are in huge demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Policy dilemma: Is the Covid-19 pandemic a demand or supply shock?

In the absence of clarity about the impact of this crisis on demand and supply, any measure undertaken presents the possibility of proving to be eminently wrong when clarity eventually emerges

RBI actions will act as lifelines for NBFCs; await steps on bond buying

In his bid to fight the coronavirus (Covid-19) induced slowdown, the governor has made it clear that he doesn't want banks to park money with the RBI.

India has to play its cards well in post-coronavirus world

A new war of invisible type is now going on against mankind. Each country will have to select its side. But more importantly, develop its one offense and defensive frameworks

Covid-19 lockdown: May take two or three quarters for normalcy to return

We need to get used to the "new normal" now and calibrate our expectations accordingly

Covid-19: Reducing migrant labour to biological body with no human value

Various incidents from across India suggest that poor migrant workers have been reduced to being just bodies devoid of any humanity

How coronavirus has exposed the pain points of migration and globalisation

Migration, a key enabler of global integration, is being viewed with trepidation for its propensity to alter demographic profiles and wreck health care metrics

RBI's rate cut provides the much-needed balm to revive the economy

The repo rate has come down by 75 basis points to 4.4 per cent, while the reverse repo rate has been lowered by 90 basis points to 4 per cent now

Deep Dive with AKB - Coronavirus and the economic contagion

In this episode, Business Standard Editorial Director A K Bhattacharya looks at the pandemic and its impact on global supply chain and India's economy and markets

Looking beyond the feral violence in Northeast Delhi: Riots, really?

Sociologically speaking, the incidents of vandalism in Delhi do not qualify to be called riots. Ramanuj Ganguly dissects the causes, effects and projections of the violence