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May 09, 2021 02:39 PM ISTThe grants are meant for three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions -- village, block and district.
May 07, 2021 01:50 PM IST The ministry says it expects a 'muted' economic impact when compared to the wave. Learning to 'operate with COVID-19' provides a silver lining of economic resilience, it said in its April report.
May 06, 2021 06:46 PM IST Scarce and overpriced medical supplies, non-availability of oxygen and exorbitantly priced ambulances to take those seriously ill or dying to far flung corners of the national capital; these are some of the outstanding features that constitute life in the metro today
May 05, 2021 02:33 PM IST The Centre expects the total outgo of food grains to be approximately 80 lakh metric ton.
May 05, 2021 10:54 AM IST RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that under the scheme, banks can support entities like vaccine manufacturers, medical facilities, hospitals and patients.
May 05, 2021 09:45 AM IST Dr Reddy's Laboratories, the custodian of the Sputnik V vaccine in India, has already announced the arrival of 1.5 lakh doses as first consignment of the 250 million doses it plans to import from Russia; Pfizer is reportedly negotiating an expedited approval pathway for the use of its vaccine in India
May 04, 2021 07:28 PM IST Many states, including Delhi, Punjab and Chhattisgarh, want GST to be exempted temporarily on devices such as ventilators, concentrators, and life-saving drugs like Remdesivir.
May 03, 2021 08:06 PM IST While drugs like Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Favipiravir and others are exempt from customs duties as well as IGST, there is still no clarity on the GST they would attract when manufactured in India.
May 03, 2021 07:20 PM IST In the recent state elections, the BJP's tally in West Bengal has been restricted to 77 out of the total 293 seats. It also failed to win a seat in Kerala and had a worse- than-earlier result in Assam, winning 60 seats. But the party won a series of by-elections in seats across Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. along with four seats in Tamil Nadu.
April 30, 2021 05:40 PM IST In January, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development had said that India's FDI inflows had jumped 13 percent to $57 billion in calendar year 2020, mostly boosted by investment in digital economy and start-ups.
April 30, 2021 05:26 PM IST However, after posting contraction in as many as eight months of FY21, the cumulative output of the core sector industries fell by 7 percent in the previous financial year.
April 30, 2021 05:13 PM IST The council noted that India could successfully produce two vaccines and there are many candidates at the various stages of approval and induction. More than 16 crore vaccinations have been done as on date.
April 30, 2021 04:38 PM IST The loans include Rs 5,000 crore to incentivise states to monetise their assets and divest their PSUs.
April 30, 2021 01:44 PM IST The crisis began in late 2020 due to a sharp mismatch in import and export volumes, port congestion across the Asia Pacific region due to Covid-19, and restrictions on trade
April 30, 2021 08:51 AM IST The developed economies have not involved the private sector in their vaccination programmes
April 29, 2021 11:02 PM IST The IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organizing the 2-day Indo-US Partnership Vision Summit 2021 with participation from industry and government of both countries.
April 29, 2021 06:16 PM IST Somanathan, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth, DFS Secretary Debashish Panda and DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey are all from the 1987 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. But Somanathan had a higher rank in his batch, when he stood second in the All India exams. This is a deciding factor between officers of the same batch.
April 29, 2021 02:20 PM IST A massive logistics operation is underway at Delhi, Mumbai and other airports to quickly facilitate the large amount of incoming bilateral aid from all over the world. Sources say more assistance is expected to be announced by other nations over the next few days.
April 27, 2021 03:43 PM IST Customs authorities are running the extra mile to quickly clear emergency medical equipment to help stressed hospitals that are running out of oxygen supply. Clearance is much faster now, even though many importers say customs procedures remain very cumbersome.
April 27, 2021 01:10 PM IST As a deadly second wave of COVID-19 continues, Nepal has also requested ventilators, oxygen cylinders and medical supplies from India. Though Nepal has approved a Chinese vaccine, it is not recognised by the WHO and there are concerns over its safety and efficacy.
April 25, 2021 06:46 PM IST Former CEA Arvind Subramanian said that centre should bear entire cost of vaccine procurement by state. Other economists partly agree and say that part of the Rs 35,000 crore vaccination budget should be shared with states
April 23, 2021 03:27 PM IST Industry tells government that more handholding is required to clear tax related confusion on the ground. Also calls for tax compliance deadline to be extended.
April 20, 2021 05:54 PM IST Official figures show that in just the first three quarters of 2020-21, 9294 MT of oxygen was exported from the country, more than double the 4502 MT exports in the previous year. The vast majority of Oxygen headed to neighboring nation Bangladesh.
April 16, 2021 04:17 PM IST The difference of opinion has especially widened on whether the dire situation at hand requires the government to provide direct funding to the largest vaccine maker in the world.
April 16, 2021 12:29 PM IST The regulator also plans to allow subscribers who join after 60 years of age to continue their NPS accounts till 75.
