Covid-19: Cong hopeful of govt following up more of its recommendations

The Congress has constituted an 11-member consultative group which would meet at least once in two days to suggest further policy changes

Getting heard

The Congress is upbeat after making the government see wisdom in implementing some of its suggestions, and is hopeful that in the weeks to come, it would follow up on several more of its recommendations. In the past couple of days, the Centre has heeded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s (pictured) advice about protecting strategic companies of the country from hostile takeovers by those in neighbouring countries. After the Congress flagged the issue and appealed for the protection of traditional retail stores, the Centre also withdrew the permission it had given to ecommerce companies to sell non-essential items starting