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Jharkhand House nod to bill for 75% quota in private sector jobs for locals

The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that provides for 75 per cent reservation to locals in jobs with salaries up to Rs 40,000 a month in the private sector amid uproarious scenes.

Experts say govt driving capex even as FinMin praises private sector

Experts believe that investments are down and driven by government, PSUs

The big infra plan: Under-construction NHs to be leased once operational

The total indicative monetisation value of assets considered for monetisation is estimated at Rs 1.6 trillion from FY22 to FY25

Broad-based private sector capex may take time till Q4 to revive: Experts

This is despite the announcement of expansion plans of some large companies, and is the outcome of the second wave

Govt likely to reduce private sector's 25% Covid-19 vaccine quota

Vaccine makers, the government has indicated, can provide doses to the private sector according to demand and the remaining would be bought by the government

Vaccination and the private sector

When confronted with a crisis, we have to fall back on govt institutions to work our way out of it

Improving vaccine distribution

Private sector channel needs to be reworked

Private sector to step up Covid-19 vaccination drive in towns, villages

Private hospitals see fall in demand for paid jabs after free vaccine announcement

Best of BS Opinion: Making of BJP's social rules, Covid-19 vaccines & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Don't blame private sector

Vaccine distribution lags are because of state controls

Making PSUs board-yukt and sarkar-mukt

PSUs have played a well-defined role in India's progress over 74 years. Some have delivered sterling outcomes that the return-seeking, capital-poor private sector would have been unable to do

Private sector banks' share in loans rises to 36.5% in FY21

Surpass other bank groups in terms of loan growth

Open up vaccination to India's private sector: SpiceJet scion Avani Singh

SpiceHealth was founded in November last year, quickly becoming a first mover in cheap testing for Covid-19.

Four-fifths of income losses during 1st wave incurred by pvt sector: Report

Almost 80% of all income losses during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020 were incurred by the private sector in India, while in many other countries the entire loss was on respective governments

Private sector has to be key driver of growth: Niti Aayog official

Vice-chairman of Niti Aayog Rajiv Kumar on Thursday said that the private sector of the country will have to drive growth and not the public enterprises as they used to be.

Private sector looking to pool demand for Covid vaccines procurement

Private sector in India is looking to pool their demand for effective procurement of vaccines to ensure uninterrupted access to the lifesaving vaccines, healthcare and industry federations said

Dhanlaxmi Bank gross advances up over 4% by March; deposits rise over 7%

Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank witnessed over 7 per cent year-on-year growth in its total deposits during the financial year ended March 2021, while advances rose over 4 per cent.

Vaccinating India: What next?

We must pull out all the stops to win the race against the virus. And trust each other to do the right thing

Reservations about quotas

They can be self-defeating in the new economic paradigm

Price controls for vaccines?

The path to reaching every small town and village runs through having no price controls