The Day 266 COVID-19 Report of India

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 266 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 266 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 15/12/2020, there are 339820 active cases, 9422636 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 143709 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 14/12/2020.

On the testing of the capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 15/12/2020 that a total of 15,55,60,655 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 14/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 9,93,665 new samples were taken during the last 24 hours.

The Following is the List of Actions/ announcements made by the Government of India along with Updates from Indian Courts of law, NHRC, RBI, SEBI, TRAI & IRDA on 15/12/2020

1.   The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Updates on COVID-19

2.  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Family Health Survey-5 wherein It was revealed that the Total Fertility Rates (TFR) has further declined since NFHS-4 in almost all the Phase-1 States and UTs. The replacement level of fertility (2.1) has been achieved in 19 out of the 22 States/UTs and only 3 states viz. Manipur (2.2), Meghalaya (2.9) and Bihar (3.0) have TFR above replacement levels now. 

3.  The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 14/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here

4.The Ministry of Finance announced Tariff Notification No. 112/2020-Customs (N.T.) in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver

5 The Ministry of Finance stated that Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 23rd Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council

6. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare claimed that Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bihar with purchase of over 380.18 LMTs of paddy up to 14.12.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 314.42 LMT showing an increase of 20.91 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 380.18 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.77 LMT which is 53.33% of total procurement.

7.The Ministry of Commerce & Industry released India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April-November 2020-21 data, wherein it was stated that India’s overall exports are estimated to be USD 304.25 Billion, exhibiting a negative growth of (-) 14.03per cent over the same period last year. Overall imports in April-November 2020-21* are estimated to be USD 290.66Billion, exhibiting a negative growth of (-) 29.96per cent over the same period last year.

8.The Ministry of Commerce & Industry stated that Industry & Government have to partner to ensure that we reach our $5 trillion targets by 2025

9.The Ministry of Commerce & Industry stated that during the April-September period, FDI inflows are at $40 billion, which has been higher than last year by about 13%. Last year, we announced one of the most attractive tax rates available anywhere in the world at 22% tax for businesses in India and 15% tax for new manufacturing facilities set up after October 2019

10.The Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled “Asset Quality and Credit Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission in India: Some Evidence from Bank-level Data” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series^* The PIB did not release PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today

11.The Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled “Price Discrimination in Over-the-Counter Currency Derivatives” under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series

12.The Reserve Bank released monthly data on India’s international trade in services with a lag of around 45 days

13.The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and inter-bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period September 28 - October 01, 2020.

14. The RBI issued Money Market Operations as of December 14, 2020

15. The Supreme Court Asked Centre to Consider Giving A Break To Doctors In Service During Pandemic Read the Order.

16. The Supreme Court of India ruled that Homeopathy Can Be Used In Preventing & Mitigating COVD-19 As Per AYUSH Ministry Guidelines Read the Order

17.   The Delhi High Court Restrains AIIMS Nurses From Continuing Indefinite Strike Read the Order

18.    The PIB did not release its Daily COVID-19 bolection today.

                               The Day 265 COVID-19 Report of India