Government policies
Govt offers to talk with protesting farmers without conditions
01 Dec 2020
The central government says that the new farm laws are meant for farmers’ welfare while the farmers content that the laws will weaken the APMC system, leaving them vulnerable to corporate interests
Nafed to launch 10,000 honey farmer collectives
30 Nov 2020
FM announces Rs265,000-cr fresh stimulus to Covid-hit economy
20 Nov 2020
As part of the relief package, Sitharaman also announced a new scheme to promote employment, called `AatmaNirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana, offering EPF support to EPFO-registered establishments taking in new employees or re-employing those who lost jobs earlier
Govt approves $20 bn support scheme to boost manufacturing
12 Nov 2020
Under the expanded Production Linked Incentive scheme, government proposes to give nearly Rs1,50,000 crore in incentives to manufacturers in 10 sectors, including automobiles and auto parts, pharmaceuticals, textiles and food products etc, to attract investment
Govt does away with registration requirement for BPO and ITeS units
11 Nov 2020
The liberalised guidelines will tremendously reduce the compliance burden of the BPO industry while also removing requirements such as bank guarantees, static IPs, frequent reporting obligations, publication of network diagram etc as also several other requirements that prevented companies from adopting ‘Work from Home’ and ‘Work from Anywhere’ policies