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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 outbreak, re-building police brand, and more

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

RBI gives NBFCs more time to restructure commercial real estate loans

Unless demand revives, industry experts say the move may not be very effective

RBI package: Restructuring of loans should be allowed, says Keki Mistry

Mistry tells Joydeep Ghosh that while the National Housing Bank has been allowed to refinance housing finance companies, relaxation of single-party exposure would be a big help

Govt to provide additional relief, economic stimulus soon: FM Sitharaman

Sitharaman also assured the global community that India would continue to supply critical medicines to needy countries for the treatment of Covid-19 patients

Covid-19: MSMEs cautiously welcome RBI measures, exporters want more

Calls for economic package for distressed sectors continue

Reserve Bank tries to reduce NPA burden for lenders in coronavirus crisis

From being classified as NPAs after 90 days of overdue, the central bank raised the period to 180 days

Covid-19: In fight against economic slowdown, RBI introduces new measures

RBI tries to discourage banks from sitting on their liquidity, makes it mandatory to lend to small and medium NBFCs money raised from liquidity window

140 bps rate cut in a little over a fortnight

This has been done to stop lazy banking. Banks are being encouraged to lend instead of parking their resources with the RBI and earn risk-free interest income

Covid-19 relief: Here are the steps taken by the RBI to fight slowdown

Among other important announcements, he announced a reduction in reverse repo rate by 25 basis points from 4 per cent earlier to 3.75 per cent now

RBI has made life a bit easier for NBFCs, MFIs amid Covid-19 pandemic

The RBI has indicated that it expects inflation to come down by September, which means that more rate cuts are in the offing

RBI measures sufficient, not substantial; Guv doing balancing act: Experts

RBI governor is walking a tightrope, says a former chief statistician

Covid-19: RBI slashes reverse repo rate by 25 bps, no change in repo rate

Earlier, the RBI had reduced the repo rate to a 15-year low of 4.40 per cent by announcing a steep cut of 75 basis points on March 27, only two days after the national lockdown was imposed

Market Ahead, April 17: Top Factors That Could Guide Markets Today

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' media address at 10 am will remain a big focus today for investors who will also digest reports of an imminent second stimulus package

Improve infra to become part of global supply chains: IMF's Ranil Salgado

The economic impact of Covid-19 is expected to be substantial, but recovery should take hold once the virus has been contained, says Salgado

Monetising part of fiscal deficit inevitable: ex-RBI governors and experts

Monetising deficit means that the RBI purchases govt bonds directly in the primary market and finances this debt by printing more currency

How the global market rebound is playing out after coronavirus lows

The sharp rebound was underpinned by trillion dollars' worth of stimulus packages, announced by major central banks

Stop or slow?

A quick economic recovery requires that we keep people employed and the economy ticking over

Lights out for the power sector? Coronavirus makes a crisis worse

Its pre-pandemic crisis is likely to worsen with the prolonged lockdown unless the government offers some vital concessions

RBI wants banks to take call on package, moratorium extension for NBFCs

The approach, according to people familiar with the RBI, is that the regulator can only enable the banks to take such commercial decisions

Covid an invisible assassin, preserve stability, arrest slump: MPC minutes

They noted that the pandemic hadn't destroyed the economy's production capabilities, and once the situation starts normalising, domestic demand would need to be stimulated swiftly