Latest job loss survey and national accounts statistics point to the need for strengthening PDS supply and cash transfers to reach more people, assisting self-employed/micro-enterprises, additional allocation for MGNREGS and a job scheme for urban areas

PM Narendra Modi appealed to citizens to follow all COVID-19 protocols more sincerely from now. He added there should be no carelessness in maintaining six feet distance (Do Gaj Doori), wearing masks and staying indoors as much as possible

A US investment bank report says India's detection rates have also climbed lately and doubling rate has plateaued at ~13-day level; medical infra is now getting stretched in certain cities, with hospitals at 100 per cent plus capacity utilisation in Mumbai, says report

The non-payment of dues is despite repeated government announcements to not deduct wages or lay off workers amid the coronavirus lockdown

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the plight of migrant labourers stranded across the country amid coronavirus lockdown

India's unemployment rate continues to remain very high at over 24 per cent during the coronavirus-led lockdown, says CMIE

There is a need to ensure their socio-legal-monetary rights, the chief minister said. Adityanath had earlier asked officials to do skill mapping of migrant workers so that they can be provided employment once they complete the quarantine period

Coronavirus (COVID-19) tracker India highlights: Maharashtra remains worst-affected by in the country with 50,231 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. Of this, Mumbai alone accounts for 30,542 cases and 988 deaths

After the Rs 20 lakh crore Atma Nirbhar Bharat stimulus pacakage largely ignored the auto industry, the sector is now expecting some relief by way of GST reduction and scrappage policy

For years, India's fiscal practices and numbers have remained under a cloud with CAG red-flagging off-budget financing and window-dressing of accounts. Not putting the house in order now means effectiveness of stimulus 2.0 or deficit financing of a higher order would be unknown and unknowable

The most important component of the government's initiatives and recurring theme across most tranches of stimulus announcements was the thrust towards promoting private businesses by easing regulations and drafting new ones

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

PM Modi address to nation Highlights; Coronavirus Lockdown Extension in India: In his address tonight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 20 lakh crore special economic package, along with indications that Lockdown 4.0 will heavily rely on inputs from states

How hotels are reinventing themselves to stay afloat

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

They are blocked, some in large groups, some in small, in the border areas, in very difficult conditions without access to minimal care, especially health screening

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) put forward the demands in a meeting with Union Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar

In the post-industrial democratic era, they have benefited immensely from the public provisioning of health and education that produces quality labour, infrastructure, natural resources, tax incentives, loan write offs (NPAs), bailouts, stimulus packages, and much more. Yet increasingly they use tax havens, shell companies and other tools to evade and avoid paying back

While widespread poverty and inequality have reduced the capacity of a large population to survive the crisis of health and livelihood, the Indian government needs to get its priorities right to deliver what is expected of it

Even in normal times, private healthcare has played truant. In the current health crisis, its role is neither proportionate to its dominant presence nor call of duty. If public healthcare carries almost the entire burden on its shoulders then it is imperative to nurture it, rather than neglect it