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Covid-hit retailers look at 2021 with cautious optimism, says survey

The survey is by the Retailers Association of India (RAI)

Best of BS Opinion: Flashback 2020, puzzles of new data on health outcomes

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

2020 The Year That Was: Creating jobs will be the hardest task in 2021

The biggest worry is not the shrinking of the labour market, but the collapse of good jobs

Road ahead for auto industry: Economic recovery holds key to revival

Cautious optimism rules four-wheeler mindset, pain seen lingering in two-wheeler segment

Implementation of lockdown, reopening of livelihood kept MHA busy in 2020

The home ministry was busy almost the entire 2020 in formulating strategies for the lockdown, the unlock, and dealing with the migrant crisis

Manufacturing firms log 'softer contraction' in sales at 4.3% in Q2: RBI

Demand conditions in the manufacturing sector returned to the recovery mode with a softer contraction of 4.3 per cent in Q2 in terms of nominal sales

One-third of CMOs expect V-shaped recovery of their industries, says report

About 23 per cent of them expect the economy to likely rebound in two years, said the report by Octane Research conducted with over 250 leading CMOs and leaders from the Indian industry

35% of CMOs are hopeful of V-shaped industrial recovery: Report

More than one-third of chief marketing officers (CMOs) are hopeful of V-shaped recovery of their industries, the report said

Robust capital expenditure by states crucial for economic recovery: RBI

The first two quarters of FY21 saw a poor focus on capex from the states' side, data showed

Economy recovering faster than expected, inflation needs to be tackled: RBI

The National Statistical Office's (NSO) end-November release showed that the Covid-19 pandemic imposed retrenchment of the first quarter was much shallower in the second quarter

Digital adoption helped small businesses survive pandemic: Survey

Adoption of digital means for sales helped a majority of small businesses survive the pandemic, a Crisil survey said

Indian automakers fear container shortage to hit parts supply, output

A global surge in demand for certain goods during the pandemic has upended normal trade flows

Indian economy recovering fast, growth to turn positive in Q3: RBI article

Growth will enter positive zone in the third quarter of the current financial year, said an article on the 'state of economy' in the RBI Bulletin

Ind-Ra revises FY21 GDP contraction to 7.8% on easing pandemic headwinds

Ind-Ra now expects third quarter to see contraction at 0.8 per cent and fourth quarter to print in 0.3 per cent growth

Economy well placed to capitalise on recovery in 2021, says K V Kamath

In an interview with Abhijit Lele, K V Kamath'said India needs to be mindful of the pain that exists in the self-employed category and those with unsecured loans

India's 2021 policy maze

Policy decisions during the course of the year will determine the strength and durability of recovery in the Indian economy

Shape of economic recovery may end up coming from another alphabet

Zeroing in on the alphabet that best describes the unprecedented economic upheaval

Fuel sale coming back to pre-pandemic levels, says IOC official

Fuel sale in the country is coming back to normal which also shows the reflection of normalcy in economy, a senior Indian Oil Corporation official said

Companies hopeful of economic recovery in 2021 but cautious about Covid-19

Sanitary ware makers to manufacturers of consumer durables remain optimistic about an economic revival in 2021

Animal spirits unchanged: Economy stable in Nov as retail demand improves

All eight high-frequency indicators tracked by Bloomberg News were steady last month, keeping the needle on a dial measuring the so-called 'Animal Spirits' unchanged at 5