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What lessons has India Inc learnt as it prepares for life after lockdown

The social distancing imperative has prompted the company to consider rejigging shifts, so that there is no overlap of workmen between two shifts

Air Deccan ceases operations, employees put on sabbatical without pay

Air Deccan served four destinations within Gujarat

9 pm 9 minutes: Power demand down by 32 Gw, grid remains unscathed

The power grid at national and at regional level did not face any glitch, as was being feared

Covid-19 crisis: Modi dials former presidents, PMs; and opposition leaders

Modi is scheduled to meet floor leaders of all political parties in Parliament on Wednesday

Covid-19 cases doubling every 4.1 days due to Jamaat incident, says Govt

Joint Secretary in the ministry Lav Agarwal said there had been 472 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths since Saturday

GSTN provides work from home access to more than 1,700 tax officers

This has provided officers a secured access to work on various GST applications such as processing of registration application, refund application, audit, assessment, appeal etc

Treat coronavirus-related tax concerns as exceptional, says OECD

The work scenario has changed across the world due to Covid with most employees working from homes while others may have got stuck in foreign countries because of the lockdown

Coronavirus fear: Govt raises issue of layoffs, salary cuts with companies

Low-cost airline SpiceJet had announced a 30 per cent pay cut for employees for March and announced "leave without pay' during March 25-31

Covid-19 relief: Staggered 180-day bad-loan breather on cards for banks

RBI may allow relaxation in delinquency period, go easy on additional collateral requirements

Statsguru: From auto sector to GST mop-up, economic impact of Covid-19

The Latest data on most economic indicators is available till February, while the real economic impact of Covid-19 came in March.

Coronavirus impact: States can now borrow up to 50% of limit in April

Centre's resource crunch owing to dwindling revenues prompts move

Finance to the fore

Many firms will seek capital. The financial system will decide which ones get it

Ministry's actions allay trade fears

The Director General of Foreign Trade has also extended the validity of Handbook of Procedures 2015-20 till the end of March 2021

Relief for farmers: Centre eases agri produce sale rules amid Covid-19

Allows farmers to sell produce directly to retail chains, bulk buyers for 3 months

Speeding up the cure

Drug regulators must work to compress timeline for trials

The fiscal gridlock

Budget constraints of states need immediate attention

Businesses likely to face challenges in preparing financial reports in FY21

The spillover of compliance requirements from FY20 to FY21 makes experts wary of the ripple effect on business financials

Domestic steel price outlook bleak amid coronavirus pandemic disruption

Care Ratings says the performance of domestic steel makers is likely to be impacted due to Covid-19 and lockdown

Auto dealers fear heavy losses with BS-IV inventory stuck due to Covid-19

The dealers can only sell BS-IV inventory till April 24, under the current situation. The SC had said the relaxation was not for the Delhi-NCR region, making dealers of the area particularly tense

Letter to BS: Time to think of going back to the roots after the lockdown

Lockdown is good but we are hoping that the government is also building capacity for mass testing, quarantine, isolation and treatment