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Letter to BS: The Rs 20 trn stimulus package is a big disappointment

The actual and immediate fiscal outgo works out to just around 1% of GDP

Stimulus package: No fiscal excesses, but growth prospects remain dim

Are these measures going to be enough to tide over the crisis facing the economy at present? Let's take a Deep Dive with AKB to understand these and more

Coronavirus impact: Textile companies fear FY21 will be a washout

Most units say there are no orders as retailers haven't resumed operations

Deep Dive with AKB - Stimulus package: No fiscal excesses, but growth prospects remain dim

In her five-tranche package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman covered measures and reforms for the MSME sector, agriculture & allied sector, the Essential Commodities Act, migrant workers, labour codes, coal and mining, power distribution, defence production, employment generation, civil aviation, PSU rationalisation, insolvency and bankruptcy code, among other things. Are these measures going to be enough to tide over the crisis facing the economy at present? What will be their short-term and long-term impact? Financially speaking, what will all this mean for the government? Let’s take a Deep Dive with AKB to understand these and more

Market Ahead, May 18: Top factors that could guide markets this week

Corporate results will continue to pour in throughout the week. Companies like Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Auto, Colgate Palmolive, and Dr Reddy's are scheduled to come out with their March quarter numbers

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports record daily spike of 2,347 cases

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Stay tuned with Business Standard for LIVE updates on Covid-19 cases and death toll across the world

Top biz headlines: Final tranche of Rs 20-trn package, lockdown 4.0 & more

Here are the top ten business headlines on Monday morning

Best of BS Opinion: Economic freedom in agri, Covid-19 crisis, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's 'dramebaazi' jibe at Rahul Gandhi irks Congress

Gandhi had interacted with some migrant workers returning home at Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar on Saturday

Fiscal stimulus 2.0: Why cash support to migrant workers was aborted

The plan for cash relief changed as the ground realities altered rapidly in the past two months

FM's economic vaccine: Final tranche is high on reforms, low on stimulus

State borrowing limit raised to 5%, but conditions apply

States need resources

During pandemic, Centre must not constrain states

Some steps forward

Package focused on reforms, not to boost demand immediately

Retailers' body miffed at stimulus, says emergent issues not addressed

The retail industry, which contributes around 40 per cent to India's consumption and 10 per cent to India's gross domestic product, is severely stressed

Statsguru: Importance of MSMEs in times of Covid-19, economic slowdown

The assurance given by the finance minister that benefits given to MSMEs will not be withdrawn if they grow in size may solve this problem to an extent

Covid-19 trend, lockdown 4.0 details, Q4 earnings to decide market course

In addition, experts said, domestic bourses will take cues from global peers which have been reeling from fears of a second wave of Covid-19 in some countries

Govt allows Indian public companies to directly list shares overseas

The move will help Indian companies get access to multiple jurisdictions for raising capital, with differing costs and listing conditions, said experts

E-learning to be new normal as govt plans TV channel for schoolkids

Infectious disease hospital blocks to come up in all districts; public health labs to manage pandemics

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