Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
In a tweet, Gandhi also claimed that banks are in distress and attacked the BJP for ridiculing him for highlighting the issue of NPAs a few months ago
Data suggests that the economy is bottoming out
Net tax receipts during April-May period were Rs 33,850 cr, while total expenditure was Rs 5.12 trillion
Some moderation in gains even as unlock continues
Stating that the farm trade was greatly disrupted during the lockdown due to logistic issues, Fitch Solutions said both exports and imports collapsed over March-June
Instead of its once haloed existence as the year of lofty goals and vision statements, it is now staring at an epitaph that may well read: The year when death ran amok and the gods went missing.
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day.
Freight traffic has gone up; Google location data shows more people are stepping out of their homes.
Services activity in the country has suffered a lot amid back-to-back nationwide lockdowns to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
'From a six-12 month view, the markets can rise above the current levels on easing lockdowns and aggressive policy response'
India's economy was already slowing down before it entered the Covid-19 year of 2020-21, writes D K Srivastava.
Fitch said it has made further cuts to world GDP forecasts in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO) for May, but the slump in global economic activity is close to reaching its trough
A BBB rating means that "the capacity for the payment of financial obligations is considered acceptable. May be vulnerable to future events"
In February, JSW Energy said it would acquire GMR's Kamalanga power project (1,050 Mw) in Odisha for Rs 5,321 crore.
Dates for filing income tax returns and other assessments extended as Finance Minister lists details of Rs 20 trillion help for economy.
The state's finance department on Monday issued a government resolution (GR) outlining a slew of measures it has undertaken to prevent its coffers from getting depleted further
The event managers and organisers are incurring huge losses as most of the wedding events were scheduled to be organised during the summer season
The situation demands side-pocketing of the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, urgent clearance of goods and services tax dues to the states
The worst-case scenario, assumes that coronavirus (Covid-19) will continue to spread, possibly in waves, all the way through to mid-2021