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The government announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore package for the poor
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Rs 1.7 lakh-crore scheme, dubbed as the Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan scheme, will address the concerns of poor, migrant workers, pensioners, women and the specially-abled
Gaon Connection
Low sales, police harassment: It’s truly a double whammy for food delivery boys
Online delivery of food items falls under ‘essential service’, but there have been reports from many parts of the country that the police is beating these delivery boys up. They are already dealing with low sales as people are not ordering
Shivani Gupta
Some labourers are stuck in different cities, some have started walking back home …
Entire India is in a lockdown. Prime Minister Narendra has Modi appealed to the people to draw a ‘Lakshman rekha’ outside their homes. However, lakhs of labourers are stranded in different cities
Kushal Mishra
On March 24, India entered the ‘total lockdown’ stage. What does this mean for the economy?
A nationwide lockdown has been imposed in an attempt to slow the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. What impact will this have on different sectors that are already suffering massive losses?
Swati Subhedar
The shutdown of production could have major adverse effects on the auto industry
The hardest hit will be temporary workmen. An economic slowdown is inevitable; priority must be given to the health of its workforce, which has the power to revive the economy
Swati Subhedar
After Coronavirus, the bird flu scare hits the poultry sector hard, farmers likely to get affected
The poultry sector incurred massive losses because of the Coronavirus scare, now a possible bird flu scare is looming large over it. In such a scenario, their businesses likely to get a double blow
Divendra Singh
Prisoners lodged in jails start manufacturing masks to counter the shortage in the country
With the increasing cases of Coronavirus in India, there have been reports of shortage of masks. To counter this, prisoners in many jails in India, have started making masks
Ranvijay Singh
The Coronavirus threat hit the flower trade. Farmers are forced to throw away picked flowers
Owing to Social Distancing, weddings and other events have been cancelled and temples are shut. Traders, who were gearing up for the upcoming Navratri festival, are suffering
Divendra Singh
No need to do panic buying. We have abundant food grain stock in the country, say experts
Recently, people have been hoarding ration because of an uncertain future. However, the Public Distribution Minister, has assured that the government currently has surplus food grain
Arvind Shukla
We have clapped for them. Now let us get them what they critically need to fight Corona
Doctors, health workers and frontline staff are at the highest risk as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. We must give them what they need to fight this battle