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COVID-19: Assam’s Handloom Sector Faces Unprecedented Uncertainties
25 May 2020
Covid-19, for these weavers, is not just a health crisis anymore – it is a livelihood hazard and a socio-cultural calamity, since for many of them, weaving is a form of livelihood, an art, and a part…
Pritam Datta and Chetana Chaudhuri
Why the Atmanirbhar Scheme Is Not Really 10% of India’s GDP
23 May 2020
Practically speaking, it is very difficult to accommodate the scheme’s announcements into the fiscal space available in the 2020-21 budget.
Prabhat Patnaik
The Mendacity of Modi Govt’s ‘Rescue Package’
23 May 2020
Which other government would have passed off a slew of concessions to foreign and domestic monopolists as a “rescue package” for the people of the country?
Kishorekumar Suryaprakash
‘In Chennai, 71% Resident Informal Workers Lost Jobs in Past 2 Months’
22 May 2020
A telephonic survey in the city shows that the lockdown worsened economic distress among resident informal workers, pushing them deeper into a debt trap.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Lack of Labour, Raw Materials and Demand Cripples Kanpur’s Textile Industry
22 May 2020
‘The owners and weavers should be compensated so that they can restart their looms. Else, this entire industry will be destroyed,’ said the President of the Kanpur Power Loom Association.
PTI
India’s GDP Growth May Contract First Time in Over 4 Decades, Says RBI Forecast
22 May 2020
The central bank extended loan moratorium by three more months, cut interest rates, and said the inflation outlook was highly uncertain due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Newsclick Team
COVID-19: Govt Going Wrong Way During Economic Crisis?
20 May 2020
While the country is in the grip of unemployment and starvation amid the COVID-19 crisis, the government has announced an economic relief package.
Abir Dasgupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Is Reliance’s Rights Issue Over-Valued?
20 May 2020
India’s “biggest-ever” rights issues of shares by the country’s single-largest private corporate entity, Reliance Industries Limited, is under way at a time when the economy is in terrible shape. Is…
Ravi Kaushal
Covid-19 Relief Package: Wide Berth to Revival of Health Sector PSUs, Bolstering Infrastructure
19 May 2020
Different reports over time have suggested that the PSUs could have been in better shape if the government would have taken timely decisions regarding cash flow and modernisation.
Newsclick Team
Banking Sector Needs Urgent Recruitment: Thomas Franco
19 May 2020
Thomas Franco, former general secretary of the All India Bank Officers' Confederation, talks about the state of banks which are facing additional stress during the COVID19 crisis.