-The Telegraph Govt should ensure infection did not slip into green zones Some public experts, while acknowledging India’s early initiatives to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, have expressed concern about what they believe are signals of inadequate planning and poorly coordinated responses to the pandemic. The Telegraph had requested former Union health SECretary Kanuru Sujatha Rao, who had spent in the health SECtor 20 of her 36 years as an IAS...
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SECond stimulus: Govt plans targeting based on need, MSMEs to begin with -Aanchal Magazine & Sunny Verma
-The Indian Express PM wary of open-ended provisions: Fund for MSME with guarantee likely. AS the Covid pandemic and the prolonged lockdown batter all SECtors of the economy, the government, sources said, is working on a rescue package that, for now, may address the needs of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) segment rather than the larger corporate SECtor. More than six meetings have been held at the Prime Minister’s Office —...
More »March core SECtor output slumps 6.5%
-The Hindu Sharper contraction likely in Index of Industrial Production. Output at India’s core SECtor contracted by 6.5% in March, Commerce Ministry data show, reflecting the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown. The index of eight core SECtor industries, which form 40% of the weight of items included in the broader Index of Industrial Production (IIP), reflected a contraction in key parts of the economy in March, according...
More »COVID-19 Crisis: To Help Farmers, Government Must Expand Ambit of PM Kisan Scheme -Gargi Parsai
-TheWire.in Unlike other SECtors, a large majority of the farming community do not have any savings to fall back upon. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only hit manufacturing, services and business but also pushed back the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious programme to double farmers’ income by 2022. From feeding a population displaced, dislocated and frozen in its tracks, to ensuring farmers stay afloat in the coming months, the government has a tough...
More »Research firm Nielsen slashes FMCG growth forecast for 2020 -Meenakshi Verma Ambwani
-The Hindu Business Line Q1 value growth at 6.3 per cent for the FMCG industry Nielsen on Thursday has slashed its annual growth forecast for India's FMCG SECtor to mid-single digits in the range of 5-6 per cent for the calendar year 2020, as the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic. It had earlier predicted growth to be in the range of 9-10 per cent for India's FMCG SECtor for the full...
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