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FM announces measures to make health infrastructure pandemic ready
Sithraman also spoke about encouraging research in healthcare and having a National Institutional Platform for One Health by the country's apex health research body Indian Council of Medical Research
 "FM announces measures to make health infrastructure pandemic ready")
Covid-19 crisis: Industry welcomes investments in health care sector
They also said the industry also needed support in view of the headwinds it faced due to Covid-19 pandemic
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Govt ends monopoly in coal mining, ups FDI limit in defence manufacturing
The government will put up six more airports for auction and "ease" restrictions on Indian air space, says Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Poor, farm sector likely to be FM Nirmala Sitharaman's next focus
Some of the sectors which have been worst affected by the pandemic and the lockdown include hospitality, tourism, aviation, logistics, e-commerce, automobiles, manufacturing and others
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Best of BS Opinion: The PM-CM-DM structure, trade liberalisation, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
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Restaurants urge FM for support as job losses across 500,000 outlets loom
National Restaurant Association seeks tax credits, low-cost finance in a half-hour video conference call with Sitharaman
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RBI's decision to cut lending rate will make loans affordable: Sitharaman
The RBI reduced the repo rate by 40 basis points to a historic low of 4 per cent, besides extending loan moratorium for all retail and commercial borrowers by another three months till Aug 31
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The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics
Clearly, the FM, who has emerged in recent weeks as the PM's most articulate spokesman, believes that a farmer is someone who owns a farmhouse in Delhi's Chhattarpur
Mining leaseholders urge govt to honour concessions saved under regulations
Fimi says existing leaseholders have invested huge resources and time to undertake risky exploration activities and have helped India to discover valuable mineral deposits
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India faces economic catastrophe, PMO can't handle it by itself: Rajan
Says PMO can't tackle crisis on its own, must consult opposition talent; questions the way some states propose to suspend labour laws and Centre's micro-management of states to undertake reforms
 "India faces economic catastrophe, PMO can't handle it by itself: Rajan")
Govt to provide one-time guarantee of Rs 10,000 cr for NBFC assets, bonds
This is an extension of its budget announcement, where it had said it would compensate them to the extent of 10% of the losses banks incur on their NBFC bond portfolio
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Breaching FRBM limits acceptable in pandemic, roadmap necessary: N K Singh
Singh was speaking after the first meeting of the commission's panel on fiscal consolidation, and a meeting on the commission's panel on the health sector
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Between a stimulus package and a hard place
So, while we have achieved some success on the health front, are the steps taken to revive the economy adequate?
Welcoming global firms
Policy confusion and discrimination in retail must end
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FinMin sanctions Rs 92,077 cr to states as devolution of central taxes
The Budget had projected the share of the states in taxes at Rs 7.84 trilllion for 2020-21.
FM Sitharaman to review banking situation, credit offtake with PSB chiefs
The meeting was earlier scheduled on May 11, but due to the stimulus package announcements, it was deferred, they added
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Rs 1-trn fund, bee keeping: FM Sitharaman's 11 steps to help farmers
Government sets up Rs 1 trillion Agri-Infrastructure Fund, which will focus on short-term crop loan and investment in long-term agriculture infra
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FM's Day 3 stimulus: Agriculture, allied activities get Rs 1.5-trn package
Opposition, experts say measures do nothing for farmers facing income loss
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A 'Jai Kisan' stimulus: FM Sitharaman pushes long-sought agri reforms
The Centre will have to wait for Parliament's monsoon session or bring in Ordinances
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Sitharaman brings farm sector reforms, to deregulate onion, potato prices
Stock limits will be imposed only under exceptional circumstances like national calamities and famine, said the FM
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