Page 9 - Economic Stimulus

Tax break to provident fund: What stimulus has for you and economy

Government support in the form of 12% employer and 12% employee contribution extended for another three months - June, July and August

Fresh support of only Rs 12-13 trn in economic stimulus: DBS Bank economist

PM Modi outlined a Rs 20-trillion which is 9.7 per cent of GDP support package, of which new allocations could only be 50-60 per cent of the offer

Rs 20-trillion stimulus: How brokerages have interpreted the measures

Overall, the government's measures to undertake changes on land, labour and laws and to provide liquidity appear large and should support sentiment

Key highlights of PM Narendra Modi's speech on Tuesday

PM Modi said the Rs 20 trillion economic package was for the country's labourers, farmers, honest tax payers, MSMEs and cottage industries

Top 10 biz headlines: Next stimulus package, weak auto sales and more

Business Standard brings you top 10 business headlines of the day

Govt changes tack with plans for bigger stimulus rivaling G-20 peers

Higher borrowing, economy restarting has changed govt's earlier view of smaller measures

Tamil Nadu's MSMEs want measures similar to those offered by other states

Demand raising working hours to 12 a day, leeway to units to work out the number of hands required, choice to migrants between a ticket back home and Rs 5,000 for staying behind

Markets rebound sharply on stimulus measures, but FPIs not fully back yet

The selling was far less intense in India with foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) offloading shares worth only $400 million

PM meets Shah, Sitharaman for second stimulus package as lockdown continues

Small businesses, farmers, women, poor, migrant workers and other marginalised sections are likely to benefit from the second stimulus

PM reviews coronavirus impact on economy; govt considers another stimulus

The prime minister had on April 14 extended the nationwide lockdown till May 3 to check the rapid spread of the respiratory illness

Centre okays Rs 15,000 cr fully funded emergency health package for states

The project named 'India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package' will be implemented in three phases

RBI rate cut, government stimulus done. What are the markets eyeing now?

The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 1,310 points from the day's high to close marginally negative on Friday post the RBI's measures

Highlights: FM announces economic package to deal with Covid-19 impact

Government is planning to provide a relief package of Rs 1.7 trillion to the underprivileged, poor and migrant workers

Coronavirus impact: FM offers relief measures, says bigger steps to follow

In a media briefing held through a video conference, Sitharaman also said that a larger economic package will be announced soon

Time to think big

Any emergency package must be carefully targeted

Story of India's economy in the past decade: After a high, a sharp slide

Here are the five people who best represent the story of the Indian economy in the 2010s

Best of BS Opinion: J&K occupying public discourse, but what about economy?

The opinion pages set out some of the critical issues that policy-makers need to confront, says Kanika Datta

Now, the kitchen sink: Finance minister has kissed fiscal restraint goodbye

Lack of demand ails the economy. But that's not addressed, nor are declining exports; the bad old habit of 'loan melas' is back; and tax has been cut in a way that hurts states, writes T N Ninan

FM's announcements show govt is now willing to listen and course-correct

Entrepreneurship thrives only when there are opportunities, an environment without fear (as long as you are operating within the boundaries of law), and availability of finance

FM's fiscal stimulus can boost consumption ahead of festive season

The FM also promised to accelerate the processes for GST refunds