Rising From The Ashes

In this issue, we focus on how Covid-19 will impact specific sectors of the Indian economy, weaving in the viewpoints of industry in columns.

Healthcare: Time For A Booster Dose?

The Covid-19 outbreak has exposed the limitations of India’s healthcare set-up, but it has also thrown up opportunities for the sector as a whole.

Logistics & Trucking: Runnning Big Losses

Of the 9 million trucks in the country, only 4.5 million are currently plying thereby severely impacting the movement of goods, as per a KPMG study.

Digital Payments: Get Uptick Amidst COVID-19 Crisiscovid-Crisis

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, fintech platforms have been witnessing a rise as people are switching to digital payments to maintain social distancing.

Saving Lives Is Important, But Saving Livelihoods Even More So

There is a need for a one-time rollover for debt restructuring as also for provision and working capital requirement.

Market Crash: Time To Catch The Falling Knife?

Today’s stock prices definitely warrant more aggressive portfolio allocations across market capitalizations with a 3-5-year investment horizon, but in a staggered manner rather than through lump sum bets.

Turning The Crisis Into An Opportunity: Rajiv Kumar, Niti Aayog

We can devise modalities to prevent large scale bankruptcies within the large corporates & the MSMEs if sufficient resources be mobilized: Rajiv Kumar, NITI Aayog.

What The Government Should Do

This government, with a mandate unprecedented in modern India, and having shown flashes of determination, needs to stand up now to deliver a robust world-leading stimulus – one which can only be delivered by using this black swan event to reform its bureaucracy to one that works for the people rather than one that ‘controls’ it.