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India Inc hails PM Modi's Rs 20 lakh cr stimulus for industries
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Indian industry bodies -- CII, FICCI, CAIT -- on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Rs 20 lakh crore special economic package, which they said will go a long way in making India a self-reliant and bringing the economy back on the track in view o
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PM Modi announces USD 265 billion fiscal stimulus, second largest in Asia
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced USD 265 billion fiscal stimulus to deal with COVID-19 situation in the country. The package is the second largest in Asia after Japan.
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FICCI warns of massive job losses, calls for 4 to 5 pc of GDP in stimulus
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): There is a critical and immediate need for a significant stimulus of Rs 9 lakh crore to 10 lakh crore or four to five per cent of the GDP to stimulate demand and supply for averting a long-term economic slowdown, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commer
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Immediate stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh crore needed to overcome Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for an immediate economic stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh crore -- or 7.5 per cent of the GDP -- to tide over the impact of Covid-19 led countrywide lockdown.
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Equity indices close in the green, Reliance gains 3.6 pc after Vista inves
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): Profit booking in financial, auto and metal stocks during the last hour of trading shaved early gains on Friday but equity benchmark indices closed in the green aided by Reliance Industries and Hindustan Lever.
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Stock indices in the green, Reliance jumps after Vista Equity Partners inv
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded higher during early hours on Friday in line with positive global cues and expectations of an economic stimulus to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Labour Ministry should direct states to immediately stop 'massive salary
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The labour arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Wednesday demanded the Labour Ministry that it should write to states to immediately stop "massive salary cuts".
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Congress CMs urge Centre for stimulus packages to combat economic fallout
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states, during a meeting held with party interim president Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday said states need immediate financial assistance as they have lost crores in revenue due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Abhijit Banerjee raises concern towards bankruptcy, demand shortfall; says
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): In an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee raised concerns towards a chain of bankruptcies and demand shortfall in dealing with the economic fallout of COVID-19 and said India needs a "stimulus package".
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JSW Steel clocks steel production at 5.63 lakh tonnes in April
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): JSW Steel, the flagship business of 14 billion dollar JSW Group, on Monday reported crude steel production of 5.63 tonnes in April, clocking an average capacity utilisation of 38 per cent.
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Nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihood: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 1 (ANI): The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy -- that is nearly half of the global workforce -- stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed, the Inte
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Siddaramaiah urges govt to announce special stimulus package for EWS
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 29 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday held a meeting with various associations related to auto, taxi and others.
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