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India lost time in race to keep coronavirus health staff safe, say groups

India has reported 724 cases of the coronavirus including 17 deaths and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has locked down the entire country for three weeks

Highlights: FM announces economic package to deal with Covid-19 impact

Government is planning to provide a relief package of Rs 1.7 trillion to the underprivileged, poor and migrant workers

Covid-19: Govt tells companies to protect wages, not terminate workers

Companies may look to terminate the contract of workers 'on the pretext' of the Covid-19 or may force their employees to go on leave without pay

Covid-19 impact: Hoteliers seek Modi's help on loan deferment, GST holiday

Industry body writes to PM seeking protection of Cibil scores, deferment of advance tax, EPF and ESIC

Govt feeding voter ID, licence info into software to identify Delhi rioters

Amit Shah said facial recognition technology has so far identified 1,100 people

Here's what Finance Ministry claims about women and social schemes

Micro Save Consulting says 65% of women either did not have access to formal financial services

Not a single bomb blast in last 6 years, thanks to Modi govt: Javadekar

In his speech, Javadekar cited various schemes related to healthcare and said that providing affordable healthcare facilities for the poor is the 'mantra' adopted by the PM

Modi govt for press freedom: Javadekar on lifting ban on 2 Kerala channels

Speaking to reporters in Pune in Maharashtra, Javadekar said that he would look into the matter and issue orders if necessary.

YES Bank crisis: FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks RBI to fix accountability

Sitharaman said the RBI and the government had been closely monitoring YES Bank since 2017

Montek bats for gradual reforms in phased manner instead of big-bang moves

'Gradualism is something that is not going to be done instantly but spread over a period of time with phased transition', said Ahluwalia

Modi govt launches sixth tax amnesty despite muted show by earlier schemes

Collection goal of Rs 9.32 trn under Vivad Se Vishwas seems a tall order, given that the most successful scheme so far has yielded just about 3% of that amount

India refuses entry to British lawmaker critical of Kashmir policy

Abrahams said she was "treated like a criminal" and told to leave India before being marched on to a plane bound for Dubai

Yes, only 15 million Indians pay tax; but who is to blame for this?

It is Mr Modi's govt that has added to the problem, and it can resolve it, only if it has the stomach to ignore the inevitable howls of protest from a very vocal middle class, writes T N Ninan

India's diplomatic space may shrink as govt picks hardline political agenda

The government's decision to push through controversial political measures as economic challenges rise risks upsetting India's bargaining power with the world

Budget measures unlikely to meet growth targets in FY21: Crisil report

Despite tight fiscal conditions, the budget makes room for higher capex

What various sectors of the economy wants from Budget 2020?

Here are the list of demands from Sitharaman and her budget team across various sectors of the economy

Over-estimation of GDP numbers in Budget disturb fiscal calculations

Tax receipts are expected to fall by Rs 2.5 trillion which may also be caused by the corporation tax and GST rate cuts

Budget 2020: All eyes on tax receipts as mop-up dips by Rs 1.91 trillion

The numbers become all the more important because actual tax collections fell short by Rs 1.91 trn compared to what was projected in 2018-19.

K V Kamath, Swapan Dasgupta may be inducted into govt in Cabinet reshuffle

With the Modi government having completed nearly eight months of its second term, speculation is rife regarding the first major reshuffle of the Cabinet and the council of ministers

Too many laws unnecessarily cause problems, lead to corruption: Debroy

Debroy added there are lots of talks about the economy, education etc but hardly anyone says anything about the judiciary