4 Covid vaccine candidates in human trial stage, 1 in pre-clinical stage, govt tells Rajya SabhaIn a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said Cadila Healthcare Ltd's D...
20 Jul, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
Labour ministry expands coverage of Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana“The scheme is intended to benefit a total of 71.80 lakh beneficiaries,” labour minister Bhupender Yadav said in response to a question in ...
19 Jul, 2021, 03.13 PM IST
Labour ministry mulls extending ABRY deadline till March 2022 to boost fresh hiringUnder the ABRY approved by the Union Cabinet in December last year, the government pays mandatory employees provident fund contributions of...
20 Jun, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
MSMEs seek more time to repay emergency loans, call for ECLGS 3.0The government had unveiled the ECLGS in May 2020 for MSMEs to help them tide over the impact of Covid-19 and lockdowns as part of the Atma...
27 May, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Allow more time to repay emergency loans and launch ECLGS 3.0: FISMEThe government had unveiled the emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) in May 2020 for MSMEs to help them tide over the impact of C...
27 May, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
CII President Uday Kotak pitches for fiscal package to deal with COVID-19 impactOn the impact of the second wave of the pandemic on the GDP, Kotak said the initial feedback suggests that it was adversely impacting the e...
26 May, 2021, 08.12 PM IST
Pre-budget recap: Summing up Modi govt's Atmanirbhar stimulusAs the PM puts it: Atmanirbhar Bharat aims to make in India not just for India, but for the world.
22 Jan, 2021, 09.53 AM IST
India Inc sustains performance gains: SurveyIndia Inc registered continued improvement in capacity utilisation and sales in December but high managing costs and weak demand still rema...
29 Dec, 2020, 07.30 AM IST
Firms continue to see improvement but pandemic pain remains: Industry SurveyNearly three-fourth of the respondents felt their firms’ business would be significantly impacted post the availability of a vaccine, with ...
28 Dec, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
Finance Ministry gives progress report on Atmanirbhar packageThe finance ministry noted that Rs 25,000 crore has been disbursed from Additional Emergency Working Capital Funding for farmers through NA...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
ECLGS 2.0 scheme: Govt extends credit guarantee scheme to 27 sectorsThe scheme was announced by the government earlier this month as part of the Rs 2.65 lakh crore Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package. "Under ECLG...
26 Nov, 2020, 10.04 PM IST
Centre extends special festival advance scheme to government's autonomous bodiesThe move will affect a sizeable number of government sector employees as it covers organisations ranging from the Central Bureau of Investi...
25 Nov, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Atmanirbhar Package 3.0: How would the stimulus impact the Indian economySome schemes stood out in particular, for instance the extension of the 100 per cent credit guarantee scheme to 26 stressed sectors with cr...
15 Nov, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
FHRAI says ECLGS extension is welcome, but hospitality sector needs specific stimulus package"The ECLGS is the only respite that the hospitality industry has received from the government so far. We cannot stress on this enough; hosp...
13 Nov, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0: Job booster likely to trigger consumptionUnder the stimulus package, an additional Rs 10,000 crore has been set aside for the PM Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana in the current financial...
13 Nov, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
View- Scattered Stimulus: Money in myriad schemes lacking priority and efficiencyAdditional expenditure would ‘stimulate’ the economy. It would create demand and raise production where there was surplus capacity. But cap...
13 Nov, 2020, 07.46 AM IST
Atmanirbhar 3.0: Demand for steel and cement is set to climbFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced an additional outlay of Rs 18,000 crore which will be provided over the budget estimates ...
13 Nov, 2020, 12.14 AM IST