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Calls for debt monetisation gain traction as Covid-19 cripples economy

Coronavirus has snuffed out lives of more than 2,100 people and infected nearly 63,000 in India

Only 13% of industrial units resume ops after Odisha eases lockdown

Micro units in the state have not been able to resume operations to catch up with their larger peers

Covid-19 lockdown: Forget administrative strategy, shift to an economic one

It is important that the country now shift from a home ministry-driven administrative approach to an economic approach

Govt leans on unions to make workers stay back in cities as economy sinks

Labour Secretary says focus should now be on reviving industry and gradually opening up the economy, so that there are adequate employment opportunities

Top headlines: Service activity falls in Apr, fuel excise hike to help govt

Business Standard brings to you a snapshot of events which made it to the headlines today

Top headlines: Silver Lake to invest in Jio Platforms; fuel sales fall

Business Standard brings to you a snapshot of top events of the day

India Inc wants govt to shift focus to economy amid Covid-19 outbreak

CEOs warn of economic depression, say need to work within new normal

PM Modi, Sitharaman to meet today to finalise second stimulus package

Friday's meeting follows a wide range of deliberations held within the government and with eminent experts.

Reasonable capacity utilisation may take a quarter: ITC's Sanjiv Puri

FCMG companies have been grappling with multiple challenges - manufacturing, supply chain and manpower availability being primary among them

Policy dilemma: Is the Covid-19 pandemic a demand or supply shock?

In the absence of clarity about the impact of this crisis on demand and supply, any measure undertaken presents the possibility of proving to be eminently wrong when clarity eventually emerges

Centre seeks India Inc's view on economic revival amid Covid-19 outbreak

Key demands and suggestions include improving liquidity, cutting customs duties and goods and services tax (GST) rates, expediting all refunds and a halt on tax scrutiny

Stop or slow?

A quick economic recovery requires that we keep people employed and the economy ticking over

PM's complete silence on economic package worrying: Marico's Harsh Mariwala

In an interview with Viveat Susan Pinto, Harsh Mariwala, chairman, Marico, expresses his fears, saying the road ahead for industry will not be easy

Coronavirus outbreak: A 21-day lockdown may have cost India Rs 8 trillion

The sectors that have been most impacted are transport, hospitality, and real estate

Working capacity at 25% may be unviable as industry awaits end of lockdown

Auto component vendor Nippon Paint India said that at 25 per cent capacity, it will not even meet plant overhead costs, leave alone company overheads.

Industrial output at 4.5% in Feb, may shrink in March over Covid-19 crisis

The rise in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) helped pull up cumulative growth in industrial output to 0.9 per cent in the April-February period of 2019-20,

Manufacturing firms want partial lift on Covid-19 lockdown to reduce losses

Most of the exporters have the required manpower and had sourced the raw material before the lockdown. All they need now is permission to produce their goods

Manufacturing PMI at 4-month low over record dip in new export orders

The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 51.8 in March, after February's 54.5 - much below the eight-year high of 55.3 in January.

Covid-19: Biz sentiment sinks to record low; mfg activity down in March

"The most prominent signs of trouble came from the new export orders and future activity indices, which respectively indicated tumbling global demand and softening domestic confidence," Kerr noted.

After the lockdown

Planning for the revival of the economy