Page 5 - Latest Updates on PM Narendra Modi

'Govt, RBI should take more steps to revive economy'

No economic revival and reform package can please all and so, divergent views have come in regarding whether the package adequately addresses the challenges

India-Nepal relations at a trijunction: China's role and the Kalapani issue

With 98 per cent of the India-Nepal border neatly demarcated and a unique open border arrangement in place, none thought the statement could impact their ties

'Make in India' campaign: Private shipyards play second fiddle to DPSUs

Goa shipyard supplies first patrol vessel, but L&T has better record

Amphan: Modi, Mamata script new chapter of cooperation with aerial survey

Centre announces Rs 1,000 cr assistance for Bengal, Rs 500 cr for Odisha

The Marie Antoinette of Indian politics

Clearly, the FM, who has emerged in recent weeks as the PM's most articulate spokesman, believes that a farmer is someone who owns a farmhouse in Delhi's Chhattarpur

India faces economic catastrophe, PMO can't handle it by itself: Rajan

Says PMO can't tackle crisis on its own, must consult opposition talent; questions the way some states propose to suspend labour laws and Centre's micro-management of states to undertake reforms

72 dead in Bengal, have never seen such devastation: Mamata appeals to PM

The chief minister also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh for the family members of each of the deceased

When perception is reality

A deft, economically sensible policy maneuver puts PM Modi's political capital at risk

Rationale behind the package

Govt seems to be preserving some firepower

Power reforms won't electrify the sector

At best, the scheme can be viewed as a one-time measure, while the larger problem of insolvency of discoms remains

Make reforms work

Govt has to find a way to remove the stumbling blocks

Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate at 24%, Covid-19 impact, and more

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

The stimulus that wasn't

The bulk of Ms Sitharaman's proposals addressed supply problems, with only occasional and cursory references to demand, mostly as an afterthought

Cyclone Amphan: Things you should know about this severe cyclone

The NDRF said that it was ready to undertake massive evacuation of 1.1 million people likely to be hit by it

Some steps forward

Package focused on reforms, not to boost demand immediately

Statsguru: Importance of MSMEs in times of Covid-19, economic slowdown

The assurance given by the finance minister that benefits given to MSMEs will not be withdrawn if they grow in size may solve this problem to an extent

E-learning to be new normal as govt plans TV channel for schoolkids

Infectious disease hospital blocks to come up in all districts; public health labs to manage pandemics

Great social divide: A new normal post Covid-19

Economic and social activities will come out from slumber in the coming weeks

Why rejig in labour laws will not help and holistic reforms are essential

Radhicka Kapoor, senior fellow at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, said the government has to create policies for boosting demand

Important for nations to work together to eradicate Covid-19: Modi to Trump

"I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic," Trump had said