New
Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 264 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 264 day
of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.
As
per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 13/12/2020, there
are 356546 active cases, 9357464 COVID-19 patients have been discharged
and 143019 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 13/12/2020.
On
the testing of the capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 13/12/2020
that a total of 15,37,11,833 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 12/12/2020.
Further, the ICMR reported that 10,14,434 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 13/12/2020
1. The
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Updates on COVID-19
2. The
ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 12/12/2020 (To Read detailed
Updates Click Here
4. The Ministry of Finance stated that Finance
Minister Smt. NirmalaSitharaman reviews implementation of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat
Package with Secretaries of all Ministries/Departments concerned. Also, it is
shared that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued refunds of over Rs
1,45,619 crore to more than 89.29 lakh taxpayers between 1st April 2020 and 8th
December 2020. Income Tax refunds of Rs. 43,274 crore have been issued in
87,29,626 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 1,02,345 crore have been
issued in 1,99,554 cases.
5. The Ministry of Railways clarified that permission
given to Zonal Railways to issue unreserved tickets is meant ONLY for suburban
and limited no of local passenger trains operating on few zones
6. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare stated that Upto
12.12.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured154423.46MT
of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods, and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs. 829.57
Crores benefitting 87024 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
5. The
PIB did not release PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today