COVID-19 Impact : All

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Neelambaran A
COVID-19: TN’s Tourism Industry Waits Agonisingly for Visitors Despite Relaxations
16 Oct 2020
The tourism sector, which is a major contributor to the state’s GDP, has hardly received any support from the government. The relief for workers courtesy welfare boards has been paltry.
Vijay Prashad, John Ross
Why America’s Economic War on China Is Failing
08 Oct 2020
The latest global projections of the IMF indicate that in 2020-2021, China will account for the absolute majority, 51 percent, of world growth, and the U.S. for only 3 percent—and the latest IMF …
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Centre Keeps Mum on COVID-19 Impact on Migrant Labourers, Rural India and Tourism
16 Sep 2020
Both the labour ministry and the home ministry said they did not have data on the number of migrant workers who died during the lockdown.
PTI
China’s Economy Bounces Back; Expands 3.2% as Coronavirus Curbs Lifted
16 Jul 2020
Analysts say the world’s second-largest economy is the first one to recover from the coronavirus crisis without the hassles of lockdowns experienced by almost all countries, including the US.
Prasenjit Barik
COVID-19 in Rural India-XXXVI: Farmers Forced to Sell Paddy Below MSP in Bengal’s East Medinipur
27 May 2020
Traditional milk sellers are also unsure of ability to resume business operations when the lockdown is lifted, as dairy farmers in the village have begun supplying milk directly to sweet shops.
PTI
India’s Economic Growth to Hit ‘Zero’ in 2020-21, Says Moody’s
08 May 2020
The quality of India's economic growth in recent years demonstrated financial stress among rural households, relatively low productivity and weak job creation, the global rating agency said.
PTI
COVID-19 Pulls Down India's Service Sector Activity into Contraction
06 Apr 2020
Latest survey data points to first fall in order book volumes at Indian service providers since September 2019. The worse is yet to come as the data is before the lockdown.
PTI
COVID-19: Banks in India to Witness Spike in Credit Costs, NPAs in 2020, Says S&P Report
06 Apr 2020
Credit Analyst Gavin Gunning said there were concerns that the coronavirus will spread faster, further, and for longer.