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Govt's fiscal cost could be less than 11% of total economic package

Not all of this amount will necessarily be borne in fiscal year 2020-21

Tourism, restaurant sectors unhappy with no provisions in stimulus package

Online ordering of food has taken a hit as most restaurants and hotels continue to remain closed due to lack of labour or the increased risk to the staff due to the coronavirus

Conserving cash is the mantra: Firms put capex plans on hold amid Covid-19

In a two-part series, Business Standard takes a look at the capital expenditure plans of firms in key sectors and how they plan to fund it

The stimulus and beyond: Is a stronger demand support called for?

More demand-oriented measures may yet be introduced as we are still in the early stages of coping with the economic impact of Covid-19

Cipla working on multiple therapies to fight spread of coronavirus

Besides, the company is reworking its domestic market sales strategy, and scrutinising its capital and operating expenditure plans

UP CM's popularity soars after he took the initiative to help migrants

The CM followed it up by sending buses to bring back stranded students in Rajasthan's Kota and made sure those from Bihar were also picked up and dropped off at the state border

Fiscal stimulus 2.0: Consumption boost for agri, auto and FMCG companies

Rising farm income to aid firms having a bigger share of revenues from the rural sector

558 people test positive for Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu, Chennai most affected

According to the government, a total of 13,081 samples were tested taking to total over 326,000 till date

Co-working firms seek new opportunities to mitigate risk, remain afloat

olted by this disruption in the very first phase of its growth, the industry is also looking at newer opportunities that the crisis might create

Hotels across all segments open doors for govt's repatriation scheme

Hotels in all the five metros including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, are serving as isolation facilities for the travellers before they head home after the 14 day quarantine

Higher borrowing can see FY21 combined fiscal deficit hit 12%: Economists

Net borrowing ceiling for 2020-21 was earlier pegged at Rs 6.41 trillion (3 per cent of gross state domestic product), and the states have thus far borrowed merely 14 per cent of this authorised limit

Great social divide: A new normal post Covid-19

Economic and social activities will come out from slumber in the coming weeks

Lockdown 4.0 MHA guidelines: Shopping malls, public spaces to remain shut

The guidelines came soon after the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) extended the national lockdown beyond Sunday till May-end

The alcohol economy: Internal dissent lays bare Punjab's liquor dependence

At 40 per cent, Punjab has the worst debt to gross domestic product ratio (GDP) among larger states

Suspension - Boon or bane for the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

While the announcements were made today, the seeds of the repeal of Sections 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC had already been sown in April

Lockdown extension will disappoint markets; Nifty may re-test 7,500 levels

The economy, one must understand, is not a light switch. One cannot just push the on and off button at will. It takes time for the economic activity to revive

Story in Numbers: Sanganeri textile exporters drained of colour in Covid-19

The sector was trying to emerge from the aftereffects of the implementation of GST when the pandemic struck

Air travel, metro services to remain suspended during lockdown 4.0

Local authorities have been instructed to allow shops and markets, except those in containment zones, to open

Job creation top on Nitish's mind as scores of migrants return to Bihar

At Lingampally, the 226 passengers, all labourers, were welcomed by ministers and officials of the Telangana government

The stimulus and beyond: is a stronger demand support called for?

More demand-oriented measures may yet be introduced as we are still in the early stages of coping with the economic impact of Covid-19