Page 55 - Editorial Comment

Liquidity focus continues

Govt provides immediate relief, but demand boosters missing

Falling short

New proposals will not solve the sugar sector problems

Restarting the economy

The first tranche of the stimulus package focuses on liquidity

Not a good idea

A bad bank will do nothing to solve the problems

Roads plus health care

Build highways, but don't ignore medical infrastructure

Rethinking gas

India must rebalance its energy expectations away from coal

Unrealistic growth forecasts

Substantial shrinkage of GDP is now a certainty

Reform, don't trample

Workers can't be completely at the mercy of employers

Beyond borrowings

Govt must present a credible macroeconomic picture

Facebook's own court

A big step for standards of content governance

Not in the right spirit

Liquor sale decisions show policy arbitrariness

Welcome step back

Karnataka was wrong in treating migrants as bonded labourers

Welcome reforms

Several states have opened up agri-marketing

States get short shrift

Central govt seeks to repair its finances

Behind the curve

Absolute number of Covid-19 cases continues to grow rapidly

In dire straits

Financing needs of states must be addressed urgently

The govt's ad hoc response has worsened the migrant worker crisis

Govt spared no expense to bring back Indians stranded abroad but similar concern was lacking for migrant workers and their families

About time the govt stopped discussing a stimulus package and announced it

There is no sight of reform measures as well

An unclear path

Lockdown extension will increase economic uncertainty

Tracing Aarogya Setu

Breach of privacy is a serious concern