Page 11 - Stimulus Package

BSE, NSE slash listing fee for SMEs by 25% amid Covid-19 crisis

The fee rebate has been declared following Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's several announcements to rescue the ailing MSME sector

Nifty Bank tanks 7% on loan recovery fears, stimulus disappointment

Credit to MSMEs, suspension of IBC proceedings weigh on sentiment

The stimulus that wasn't

The bulk of Ms Sitharaman's proposals addressed supply problems, with only occasional and cursory references to demand, mostly as an afterthought

Time for real action

Agriculture marketing reforms have been pending for long

Letter to BS: Govt's proposed law to only help traders, big farmers

There has to be in place a mechanism of minimum purchase price to safeguard the interests of small and marginal farmers

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

Coronavirus impact: Textile companies fear FY21 will be a washout

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

Economic package a lost opportunity; FY21 GDP to contract 7%: Bernstein

The overall plan, in their view, was a general economic agenda and lacked substantive decisions to support consumption, promote manufacturing.

Coal India under pressure, declines 6% as govt ends monopoly in coal mining

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government would end its monopoly in coal mining by allowing private companies

Govt should have acted like a driver to pull the economy out of the mess

The decriminalisation of Companies Act and ease of doing business are the small mercies bestowed on Corporate India.

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

Stimulus 2.0 good for markets in long run, hitches in short term: Experts

Markets may be disappointed in the short term, as not sufficient steps have been take to revive demand

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

Stimulus package to boost growth, but need sector-wise bailout: CEO poll

Want cash dole for poor, I-T cut to create demand

No relief for telecom sector in economic package, disappointed: COAI

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and final tranche of economic stimulus package to deal with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic

States need resources

During pandemic, Centre must not constrain states

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

Next six months will be tense

If the revival package doesn't work, high stock market valuations cannot be sustained

Stimulus 1.0 & the MSME bonanza

Going ahead, the government could design specific schemes to help MSMEs modernise technology and obtain quality certification

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