Despite the hardships some optimism remains as 33 per cent respondents said they wanted to return to the city they worked in once the lockdown is lifted

To get to per capita income levels of developed countries, India needs to grow at 8 to 9 per cent per annum for 22 years; that is the kind of challenge we have in this country, said former RBI governor C Rangarajan

Findings of several global studies reflect the fragile nature of existing policies and programmes aimed at eliminating poverty and hunger and call for rethinking economics to ensure sustainable and enduring outcomes

In a major change from the past, the draft rules propose that every employer has to issue wage slips, electronically or physically to the employees. This would add to transparency and reduce harassment of workers

Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak started, Rahul Gandhi has been constantly criticising the government over its response to the COVID-19 crisis, comparing its policies with those of the western countries

The Prime Minister in his address today said that the total cost of the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna could be around Rs 1.5 lakh crore

In this second and concluding part, the focus is on why GDP came to measure the quantity of goods and services produced, ignoring social and environmental costs such output imposes on society

As per SBI report, India created 60.8 lakh new payroll (first job) in FY20, which was 28.9 lakh less than the net jobs generated in FY19

Around 160 infrastructure works have been identified which are to be expedited to generate 8 lakh man days of employment for migrant workers

Huge revenue loss, relief and rehab costs may derail the government's ambitious plans for the year

With the post-lockdown economy still to pick up, highly leveraged companies are looking at ways to reduce debt

Out of an estimated 1 crore migrant workers who have returned to their villages, 67 lakh workers are expected to benefit from this scheme

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, who discussed the plan at a high-level meeting, has asked the Zones to increase work allotted under the government's flagship rural job guarantee programme and explore ways to hire workers under the scheme

Migrant workers who were not covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) or any other state-run PDS scheme are slated to receive free food grains under this scheme (AtmaNirbhar Bharat) for two months (May and June)

Adani said that while the battle with coronavirus is far from over, he has no hesitation in stating that if the decisions that were made were delayed there would have been unmitigated disaster impacting not just India but the rest of the world

Adani said there cannot be any denying the fact that India over the next several decades will be a market continuously on the up and one that simply cannot be ignored

Small finance banks and those dealing with micro lending like Bandhan Bank have seen more than 90 per cent of their micro loan book come under moratorium

A debt relief initiative offered by the Group of 20 major economies, which includes China, and the Paris Club of official creditors could provide about $12 billion in extra liquidity through the end of the year

Coornavirus in India live updates: Maharashtra is the worst-affected with 74,860 cases, Delhi has reported 23,645 cases so far

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