Little attention to direct income support, health and education deprivations, and revival of small businesses will keep the demand and production of goods and services depressed in FY22

The government on Thursday relaxed eligibility criteria to offer half of three months salary as unemployment benefit to the industrial workers hit by job loss due to the coronavirus crisis between March 24 and December 31

Gross treatment to migrants comes along with massive job loss, historically low wage rates, little job or social security and subsistence level existence of millions of Indian workers. This is hardly an ideal situation to recover or rebuild the economy

India needs to address massive job losses; strengthen public healthcare for COVID-19 and beyond; develop institutional mechanisms and leadership to respond to emergencies; devolve decision-making and funding to states, local bodies and scale up public spending to infuse life into the economy, all of which call for structural changes

Corona lockdown in India updates: Personnel involved in COVID-19 management activities, central government employees, doctors, and media personnel with authorisation, as well as goods transport and ambulances have been exempted from this

On its part, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did try to ease the liquidity crisis among MSMEs through a string of measures on April 17, but suggestions coming from Congress go much beyond solving the liquidity crisis

The promotion cycle will be effective from July 1 in Capgemini. The company said it had made variable payouts to eligible employees along with the March payroll

Indian Staffing Federation has proposed no increase in minimum wages next one year and bringing down the provident fund contributions from 12 per cent to 6 per cent

Coronavirus lockdown in India updates: A case has been registered at Bandra Police station under section 143, 147, 149, 186, 188 of Indian Penal Code, read with Section 3 of Epidemic Act, against 800-1000 unidentified people

Google also committed a $200 million investment fund to support NGOs and financial institutions globally to help provide small business with the access to capital

Coronavirus cases in india, lockdown news live updates: Telangana goernment has decided to extend the lockdown in view of novel coronavirus outbreak till Apil 30, announced Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar RaoDelhi

Three quick policy measures can be taken to ensure income and credit flows: direct procurement, direct cash transfers to farmers as well as landless labourers and interest subvention through cash transfers and in KCC mode

Coronavirus Crisis Live Updates: The duration of 21-day COVID-19 lockdown \"shall not be counted for the purposes of the time-line for any activity that could not be completed due to such lockdown, in relation to a corporate insolvency resolution process\"

Tata, in a tweet, said, \"The COVID 19 crisis is one of the toughest challenges we will face as a race... At this moment, the need of the hour is greater than any other time\"

Coronavirus Crisis Live Updates: Trump said that US has \"purchased many Ventilators from some wonderful companies. Names and numbers will be announced later today!\"

Coronavirus Outbreak India and Lockdown News Updates: While Madhya Pradesh reported its first COVID-19 death, Delhi reported 5 new cases, Kerala reported 9, and Karnataka reported 10 within the past 24 hours

Coronavirus India latest updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the nationwide lockdown will be in effect from midnight to save every Indian. The 21-day lockdown period is to prevent the further spread of COVID-19

Transfer Rs 5,000 in 40 crore daily wage workers to boost demand, Rs 10,000 to vulnerable, says the industry body, in an action note on COVID-19, tells PMO

The top court upheld a 2018 Kerala High Court order that had asked the retirement fund body to give pension to all retiring employees on the basis of their full salary, rather than capping the figure on which contribution is calculated at a maximum of Rs 15,000 per month

Amazon's rapid rise and marketshare gains are making the competition run helter-skelter. Amazon's rise, in fact, coincided with the fall of Snapdeal, India's third-largest marketplace in an e-tailing industry worth $16 billion.