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Rs 20-trn package: Govt reduces EPF contribution for companies for 3 months

At present, 24 per cent of a worker's basic pay is deducted - with 12 per cent each counted as employer's and employee's share - towards the EPF savings

Top headlines: TDS rate cut by 25%, ITR filing extended till Nov 30

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Fresh support of only Rs 12-13 trn in economic stimulus: DBS Bank economist

PM Modi outlined a Rs 20-trillion which is 9.7 per cent of GDP support package, of which new allocations could only be 50-60 per cent of the offer

Covid-19 impact: Govt holds back April CPI citing data collection issues

But it did revise the CPI inflation for March to 5.84 per cent from 5.91 per cent

What various state CMs had to tell PM Modi in today's video conference

Today, all Chief Ministers got to speak as some of them had complained that they were not allowed to put forth their views during the last interaction on April 27

Human nature to want to go home: Modi tells CMs in meeting

Chief ministers are likely to push for allowing economic activities to resume slowly, as the centre weighs a graded exit from the 54-day lockdown

No plan to bring in law to regulate Aarogya Setu at this point: Secy, MeitY

We have already brought out an exceptionally good privacy policy which is there in the app itself, says Ajay Prakash Sawhney

Covid-19: Govt working on many initiatives to attract potential investors

The government has taken steps like promoting ease of doing business and liberalisation of the foreign direct investment norms to attract overseas investors

BSNL seeks PM's help in preventing rivals from scuttling firm's revival

The Rs 8,000 crore eligibility criteria is in line with CVC guidelines which say that vendors should have strong financials. The turnover of almost all the firms under TEPC is less than Rs 1,000 cr

Three UPA-era initiatives prove crucial in Modi govt's war on Covid

While they provide a social security for India's poor and destitute, all three have undergone significant changes for better or worse, under the NDA regime

Infrastructure in cloud cuckoo land

Nurturing ambition and setting high targets are important attributes of planning and governance

Enough stock of essential commodities: Amit Shah after lockdown extension

In a series of tweets, the home minister also appealed to the affluent people to help the needy living nearby

Coronavirus lockdown: Govt may start economic activity in 'green zones'

Delhi to sanitise city's red, orange zones from Monday

Covid-19 crisis: Modi holds meeting with CMs, discusses lockdown extension

The Union Home Ministry has sought views of state governments on various aspects

Ball in Centre's court: States for lockdown extension as India sits tight

PM Modi to hold meeting with chief ministers on April 11

Centre okays Rs 15,000 cr fully funded emergency health package for states

The project named 'India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package' will be implemented in three phases

Top headlines: PM on lockdown extension, ILO's poverty report, and more

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SC asks govt to prevent pvt labs from charging high fee for Covid-19 tests

The Supreme Court also suggested that the government should reimburse the fees charged by labs

Under pressure from states, Centre considering extension of lockdown

States fear lifting curbs will worsen Covid situation

Sonia Gandhi writes to PM, suggests measures to fight Covid-19 outbreak

Suspend Central Vista project, stop media advertisements to save money to fight Covid-19, Sonia Gandhi wrote in her letter to PM Modi