Saturday, 21 May, 2022
TopicEconomic package

Topic: Economic package

India working on urgent economic package to aid Sri Lanka, report says

Anurag Kotoky -
The plan is to extend credit lines for Sri Lanka to import food, medicine, fuel and other essential items from India, the Economic Times newspaper reported Saturday.

Modi govt announces Rs 2.6 lakh cr stimulus package ahead of Diwali to boost jobs, housing

Remya Nair -
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

Dipak Mishra -
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

PTI -
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

Remya Nair -
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

Shivam Vij -
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

Remya Nair -
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

Taran Deol -
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

Ila Patnaik -
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

Shubhangi Misra -
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Title scene of Taarak Mehta ka ooltah chashmah.

Dear Taarak Mehta, you were our peak comfort content for 14 years. Now it’s time to retire

Yashika Singla -
Just like the Truman Show, all Taarak Mehta plots somehow feel the same for the past few years. It's fine to accept that ideas can go stale.
The Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Gyanvapi row and Places of Worship Act were born together. Now each wants to end the other

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The LIC way or the Air India way — that is the multi-crore disinvestment question

Economy

File photo of chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran | Photo: Twitter | @FinMinIndia

Stock market turmoil, crypto craze proof of human ‘fear, greed’ says chief economic advisor

Madhuparna Das -
Speaking at India Ideas Conclave, organised by think tank India Foundation in Bengaluru, V. Anantha Nageswaran, also said India was now in position to deliver domestically-driven growth'.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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