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Newsclick Team
India's COVID-19 Relief Package is Measly Considering Extent of Crisis
06 Apr 2020
The government has announced a 1.76 lakh crore relief package for COVID-19.
Surajit Das
Coronavirus Crisis: How to Reach Out to the Poor and Needy
31 Mar 2020
If there is political will, the government can immediately transfer cash to protect the wage for 21 days at the rate of state-wise minimum wage rate for industrial workers.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
COVID-19: Haryana Police to Turn Stadiums into Prisons to Keep Migrant Workers Off Streets
30 Mar 2020
However, there is no acknowledgement in the notification, issued by DGP Haryana, of the reasons why the migrant workers had to vacate the localities where they were staying.
Newsclick Report
Package ‘Inadequate’, Provide Ration Kits to All Poor to Fight COVID-19, Says Yechury
26 Mar 2020
In the face of large-scale layoffs and retrenchment, the government must guarantee payment of wages for minimum three months. Farmers must get a one-time waiver on their loans, said CPI(M).
Newsclick Team
Relief Package, COVID-19 Update and more
26 Mar 2020
In NewsClick's daily round-up for today, we speak about the economic relief package and the increasing influence of the Coronavirus.
Subodh Varma
COVID-19 Lockdown: Unbearable Half Measures of Modi Government
26 Mar 2020
An insufficient economic package for welfare of the poor has been announced almost two months after WHO declared it a public emergency.
Newsclick Team
Will Modi's Relief Package Save the Poor?
26 Mar 2020
In this episode of 'Bol Ke Lab Azad Hain Tere' senior journalist Abhisar Sharma discusses the relief package announced by the Modi Government.
Newsclick Team
Relief Package: Too Little, Too Late
26 Mar 2020
As FM Nirmala Sitharaman today announced a relief package amid the nationwide lockdown, NewsClick spoke with senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta about this development.
Newsclick Report
Coronavirus Lockdown: FM Announces Rs 1.7 Lakh Crore Package
26 Mar 2020
The Finance Minister said that the package would “immediately take care of the welfare concerns of the poor and suffering workers”. It is titled ‘Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan Yojana’.
Tarique Anwar
COVID-19: Any Decision Sans Financial Package Won’t Help, Say Traders
24 Mar 2020
The government today extended most tax compliance deadlines for the business community to June 30.