Topic: Economic package
Modi govt announces Rs 2.6 lakh cr stimulus package ahead of Diwali to boost jobs, housing
New measures include Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana and tripling allocation for PM’s housing scheme. India’s overall Covid economic package is Rs 30 lakh cr.
Nitish is promising new projects, but no clarity on 2015 Bihar package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore
Ministers in Nitish Kumar government fail to provide figures on the amount spent so far under the economic package announced ahead of 2015 Bihar polls.
J&K L-G announces Rs 1,350-crore economic package to boost tourism sector, businesses
As a part of the package, the government has also waived 50 per cent of electricity & water bills for a year across J&K to provide relief to farmers, families & businesses.
FM Sitharaman budgets Rs 1.67 lakh crore of extra expenditure, mostly for Covid package
This expenditure includes Rs 40,000 crore towards enhanced expenditure under MNREGA. The first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants includes 54 Grants and 1 Appropriations.
As Covid goes out of hand, Modi goes back to yoga, acronyms and nationalism
In the beginning, Narendra Modi took complete ownership of the Covid issue. With the migrant labour crisis and the growing spread of Covid, Modi is moving on to other things to protect his image.
Why Modi govt dropped the idea of transferring cash to migrant workers during lockdown
Modi govt has been criticised for announcing interventions in economic package that are of a long-term nature. Opposition, activists say migrants who lost livelihood need cash in hand.
Zoya Hasan says fiscal stimulus ‘too little’, Sangh & Modi united on economy says RSS
Today's political, economic & strategic punditry from Rajiv Tuli, Mekhala Krishnamurthy, S Murlidharan & Ashok Jha.
The 3 big unknowns that have forced Nirmala Sitharaman to be prudent with economic package
The future of Covid-19 in India and its impact on the economy and govt revenues is unknown, so it’s better not to exhaust all options by May.
Priyanka Gandhi & Yogi Adityanath’s ‘bus’ tussle and let the pride rainbow shine
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Why Modi govt failed to give a big fiscal boost to economy hit by coronavirus
The looming threat of a credit rating downgrade to junk may have held officials back from delivering a more immediate boost to the economy.
Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif have pulled off the greatest Bollywood ‘heist’
How to be private people in a 24x7 online world? Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif just pulled off an impossible feat.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.