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Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 impact on jobs, preserving the IBC, and more

From what the upcoming GST Council meet should focus on to how Trump's response to the protests helped it spread beyond its borders, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

India's GDP growth may dip below 1% in 'slowdown turbulence', says CII

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a paper - A plan for economic recovery - has laid out its growth expectation under three os and suggested "urgent" fiscal interventions

Low consumption deepens SBI Cards' woes as Covid-19 lockdown gets extended

Worsening business conditions and sell-off by anchor investors have taken the stock southward

Consumption sector will not be affected much by the 21-day lockdown

I believe the full-year impact on GDP will be around 150 basis points (bps)

Televisions tell you a story: Why Bihar is cutting back on consumption

The first of a two-part series looks at how people in the poll-bound state of Bihar are cutting back on consumption expenditure

Budget to help revive consumer sentiments, local manufacturing: Retailers

While, Spykar Lifestyles CEO Sanjay Vakharia said that there are no "feel-good measures" in the Budget

Relatively cheaper food improved common man's welfare, says Economic Survey

The affordability index has been constructed using the annual earnings of an average industrial worker

Wealth creation to Thalinomics: All you must know about Economic Survey '20

The overarching theme of the Economic Survey 2019-20 is creation of wealth over time and the implementation of policies that act as enablers in creation of this wealth

Govt taking steps on raising consumption to boost growth: CEA Subramanian

Railway and road ministries will have undertaken capex of Rs 2.46 lakh crore by December 31, he said.

Slowdown blues for liquor: Consumption took a beating in September quarter

Experts are of the opinion that though the second half of this financial year will see some recovery, volume growth is likely to remain in single digit

Rural India can't recover until NBFCs do

An intricate web of links between rural incomes, construction activity and shadow banks are fuelling the economic slowdown

Indian economic slowdown drags: Experts say only big bang reforms will help

Data due Friday is expected to show gross domestic product growth slowed for a fifth straight quarter to 5.7 per cent in the three months ended June

HDFC bank says consumption growth to continue despite economic slowdown

The largest private sector lender said the quality of its credit card portfolio is not yet affected by the broader economic realities and the stressed part is half that of the industry average

Reviving investment. But how?

Time to take a leaf out of Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led Chief Ministers' conferences to develop a national consensus for structural reforms

Consumption growth to be lower at 10-11% in value terms this year: Nielsen

GDP is also projected slightly higher at 7.4 per cent for FY19, compared with 6.6 per cent in FY18