[ad_1] Written by Harish Damodaran Nushaiba Iqbal The | New Delhi | Updated: May 15, 2020 8:34:06 am A migrant family on their way to Chhattisgarh, near the Pune train station. (Express photo of Arul Horizon) Announcing the second installment of coronavirus relief package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday …
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[ad_1] The government announced on Thursday a package of Rs 3.16 lakh crore targeting migrant workers, urban poor, street vendors and small farmers as part of its self-sufficient campaign in India. Meanwhile, Covid-19 tests in India crossed two million even as the infection’s doubling rate slowed to 13.9 days. Ration …
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[ad_1] By Ashok V Desai The Prime Minister is a sloganeer master. The first in public memory, “Zero Defect, Zero Effect”, was not very clear. It is obvious that Indian companies should reduce defects in their manufactures. But why should it have a “zero effect”? Then came the one who …
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[ad_1] 1602 new cases of COVID-19 and 44 deaths have been reported in Maharashtra on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases to 27,524 and deaths to 1,019. So far, a total of 6,059 patients have been recovered and discharged from the state. According to him Union Ministry of Health …
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[ad_1] The government released Thursday a ₹2.3 trillion cheap farmer loan program to shore up the rural economy before the main summer crop planting season. He also announced a series of measures to ease the hardships of India’s urban poor who have suffered the most after the economy went dormant …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: praising a series of measures announced by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, president of BJP J P Nadda said prime minister show Narendra ModiThe “sensitivity” towards the poor and marginal sectors. In a series of tweets, Nadda cited several social welfare initiatives put forward …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday focused on the poor and lower middle class as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the second set of measures of the stimulus package, which included affordable rental housing facility for migrant workers, free foodgrains for those without ration cards and loan schemes for …
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[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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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress said Thursday that the government’s economic package so far has been far below what the prime minister had promised the nation, calling it a “jumla package” and an “empty package.” Main party spokesperson Anand Sharma said the country believed that the prime minister Narendra Modi He …
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[ad_1] File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (GDP / PTI Photo) Is this the long-awaited takeoff moment for the Indian economy? Has the Prime Minister guessed the magical balance between social justice and the liberation of aspiring Indian entrepreneurial genius? Last update: May 14, 2020, 9:09 PM IST “… …
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