New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 268 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 268 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.
As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 17/12/2020, there are 322366 active cases, 9489740 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 144451 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 17/12/2020.
On the testing of the capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 17/12/2020 that a total of 15,78,05,240 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 17/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 11,58,960 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 17/12/2020
1. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Updates on COVID-19
2. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 Vaccine
3. The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 16/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here
4. The ICMR stated that To date, 56 Antigen based Rapid Test Kits have been validated (including 10 revalidated Kits), and the following are found to be satisfactory.
5. The Ministry of Finance issued Exchange Rate Notification No.113/2020 - Customs (N.T.)
6. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare stated that the recent Agricultural Reforms, which can support FPOs to set up their own markets to enhance the incomes of farmers are --: the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; Liberalization of control orders under the Essential Commodities Act; Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)and operational guidelines for the promotion of 10,000 FPOs.
7. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare stated that In the light of public concern over high prices of onion in the market, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has decided to extend the relaxation from the condition of fumigation and additional declaration on Phytosanitary Certificate as per the Plant Quarantine Order, 2003, for imports up to 31st January 2021. The relaxation will be subject to certain conditions.
8. The Ministry of Law and Justice stated that A total number of 8152 Benches were constituted by 31 SLSAs to conduct the National Lok Adalat. It was successful in disposing of 10,42,816 cases. Out of the total cases disposed of 5,60,310cases were at the pre-litigation stage and 4,82,506 cases were those which were pending in the courts. The details, as provided by states on the NALSA portal, indicate that the settlement amount was nearly ₹3227.99 Cr.
9. The RBI issued Money Market Operations as of December 16, 2020
10. The SEBI invited the Review of the framework of Innovators Growth Platform (IGP) under SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 (ICDR Regulations)
11. The Supreme Court Reserved Judgment on Loan Moratorium Waiver of Interest Case
12. The Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Plea To Restrain Authorities From Denying Services For Not Installing Aarogya Setu App
13. The PIB did not release its Daily COVID-19 Bulletin today
The Day 267 COVID-19 Report of India
