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After govt hikes market borrowing limit, states redraw their road maps

Union government has allowed states to borrow till their fiscal deficit hits 5 per cent of their respective gross state domestic product (GSDP)

Bank of Maharashtra sanctioned Rs 2,789 cr in loans to MSMEs in 3 months

The bank said it was now gearing up to extend the stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to restart business activities

Need to create ecosystem to help pvt companies thrive: NITI Aayog CEO

Amitabh Kant tells Dilasha Seth in an interview that the measures announced recently by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed both supply and demand side problems

Best of BS Opinion: Looking beyond the rate cut, economic package, and more

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Covid-19 crisis: Only 46% women with Jan Dhan accounts withdrew money

The slow pace of withdrawals confirms what Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das stated in his monetary policy statement on Friday: 'Private consumption has suffered a precipitous decline'

Statsguru: Value erosion in PSUs can limit govt's disinvestment target

All sectors will be opened up for private firms and PSUs will be privatised in non-strategic sectors

'Govt, RBI should take more steps to revive economy'

No economic revival and reform package can please all and so, divergent views have come in regarding whether the package adequately addresses the challenges

Leave the PSUs alone for now

Government sell-off is a stimulus for itself and might not work at this juncture

Bank of Baroda to advance Rs 12,000 crore to MSMEs under govt scheme

Under the scheme, the government will offer 100 per cent guarantee on loans.

Don't fear CBI, CVC, CAG; extend loan to eligible borrowers: FM to bankers

In case of default, the individual bank or official will be hauled up, she said in a conversation with BJP leader Nalin Kohli uploaded on the party's social media platforms

Railways draws plan to transport 4.6 million migrants in 10 days

As many as 3.6 million people taken to their homes in inter-state Shramik Special trains

Additional Rs 40,000 cr allocated for MGNREGS to help migrants, says FM

Also, public expenditure on health will be increased, she said without giving details. Investments in grassroot health institutions to be ramped up

FM announces measures to make health infrastructure pandemic ready

Sithraman also spoke about encouraging research in healthcare and having a National Institutional Platform for One Health by the country's apex health research body Indian Council of Medical Research

Covid-19 crisis: Industry welcomes investments in health care sector

They also said the industry also needed support in view of the headwinds it faced due to Covid-19 pandemic

Govt ends monopoly in coal mining, ups FDI limit in defence manufacturing

The government will put up six more airports for auction and "ease" restrictions on Indian air space, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

Poor, farm sector likely to be FM Nirmala Sitharaman's next focus

Some of the sectors which have been worst affected by the pandemic and the lockdown include hospitality, tourism, aviation, logistics, e-commerce, automobiles, manufacturing and others

Best of BS Opinion: The PM-CM-DM structure, trade liberalisation, and more

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Restaurants urge FM for support as job losses across 500,000 outlets loom

National Restaurant Association seeks tax credits, low-cost finance in a half-hour video conference call with Sitharaman

RBI's decision to cut lending rate will make loans affordable: Sitharaman

The RBI reduced the repo rate by 40 basis points to a historic low of 4 per cent, besides extending loan moratorium for all retail and commercial borrowers by another three months till Aug 31

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

Clearly, the FM, who has emerged in recent weeks as the PM's most articulate spokesman, believes that a farmer is someone who owns a farmhouse in Delhi's Chhattarpur