Tag Archives: GDP

Almost 82,000 people infected with COVID-19 when India enters 52 days of confinement; 34% recovery rate

[ad_1] Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference at 4pm on Friday. Details of the third tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore Center economic rescue package will be announced. The second tranche, announced Thursday, focused on migrant workers, street vendors, small merchants, freelancers, …

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Almost 82,000 people infected with COVID-19 when India enters 52 days of confinement; 34% recovery rate

[ad_1] Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference at 4pm on Friday. Details of the third tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore Center economic rescue package will be announced. The second tranche, announced Thursday, focused on migrant workers, street vendors, small merchants, freelancers, …

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Sitharaman announces ‘a nation, a ration card’ for migrants, loans for street vendors and farmers in the second tranche; key conclusions

[ad_1] Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed details of the second tranche of the Center’s special Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package on Thursday, which included nine measures for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers, among others. At a press conference, Sitharaman announced an increase of Rs 70,000 crore for the …

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Narendra Modi’s Rare 20 lakh crore stimulus combines cunning geoeconomics with Swadeshi-coated reinforcement, but may not be a panacea for job growth

[ad_1] “Look at London, talk to Tokyo” is an expression that is sometimes used to describe a wink or a squint. But this could literally be a fitting metaphor for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Rs 20-lakh-crore stimulus announced to revive India’s economy affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind Modi’s obvious …

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Nirmala Sitharaman says statutory PF contribution slashed to 10%; Center announces liquidity scheme for NBFCs

[ad_1] Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the statutory PF contribution is being reduced from 12 percent to 10 percent. Government to infuse Rs 50,000 crores liquidity by reducing rates of TDS, for non-salaried specified payments made to residents, and rates of Tax Collection at Source …

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