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

The Day 265 COVID-19 Report of India

 

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 265 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 265 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 352586 active cases, 9388159 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 143355 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 14/12/2020 that a total of 15,45,66,990 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 14/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 8,55,157 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 14/12/2020

1.    The Prime Minister's Office stated that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with industries, start-ups and academia from Space sector

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

3.    The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare claimed that India has crossed a landmark milestone in its eHealth journey. eSanjeevani telemedicine service of the Health Ministry has crossed 1 million (10 lakh) teleconsultations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4.    The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 13/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here

5.    The Ministry of Finance stated that The Ministry of Finance has released the 7th weekly installment of Rs.6,000 crore to the States to meet the GST compensation shortfall. Out of this, an amount of Rs.5,516.60 crore has been released to 23 States and an amount of Rs.483.40 crore has been released to the 3 Union Territories (UT) with Legislative Assembly (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir & Puducherry) who are members of the GST Council? The remaining 5 States, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim do not have a gap in revenue on account of GST implementation.

6.    The Ministry of Commerce & Industry released Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India for the month of November 2020

7.    The Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation released Consumer Price Index Numbers on-base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of November 2020

8.    The NITI Aayog released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India with the vision

9.    The RBI issued Money Market Operations as of December 13, 2020

10.  The SEBI invited public comments on Consultation Paper on 'Review of the framework of Innovators Growth Platform (IGP) under SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018

11.  The IRDA extended the last date-IRDAI Research Grant Scheme

12.  The IRDA issued the List of Valid Insurance Brokers as of 30th November 2020

13.  The Allahabad High Court Expressed Concern Over Re-Opening Of Schools In UP Read the Order

14.   The PIB did not release PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today

The Day 264 COVID-19 Report of India

 

The Day 264 COVID-19 Report of India

 

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

TheDay 261 COVID-19 Report of India

The Day 263 COVID-19 Report of India

 

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 263 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 263 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 12/12/2020, there are 359819 active cases, 9324328 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 142628 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 12/12/2020.

On the testing of the capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 12/12/2020 that a total of 15,26,97,399 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 11/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 10,65,176 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 Prime Minister's Office released the Text of Prime Minister’s message at Climate Ambition Summit

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

2.  The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 11/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here

4. The Ministry of Finance stated that all the States except Tamil Nadu have availed benefits of the newly announced scheme for “Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure”.   The scheme was announced by the Finance Minister on 12th October 2020 as a part of the AatmaNirbhar Bharat package. Further, she stated that So far capital expenditure proposals of Rs. 9,879.61 crores of 27 States have been approved by the Ministry of Finance.  An amount of Rs. 4,939.81 crore has already been released to the States as the first installment under the scheme. State-wise allocation, approval granted, and funds released are attached.

  5.   The PIB did not release PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today

The Day 261 Report of COVID-19 of India

The Day 262 COVID-19 Report of India

 

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 262 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 262 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 11/12/2020, there are 363749 active cases, 9290834 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 142186 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 11/12/2020.

On the testing the capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 11/12/2020 that a total of 15,16,32,223 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 10/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 8,72,497 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 11/12/2020

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

2.   The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 10/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here

3.   The ICMR stated that Till date, 52 Antigen based Rapid Test Kits have been validated (including 10 revalidated Kits), and the following are found to be satisfactory

4.   The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare stated About 39.92 Lakh Farmers have benefitted from KMS Procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 69611.81 Crores.

5.   The Ministry of Law and Justice stated that 2927 Court complexes across the country have been connected by a high-speed Wide Area Network (WAN) as against the target of 2992 under e-Courts Project

6.   The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation released Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-Based Index for the Month of October 2020 (Base 2011-12=100)

7.   The RBI extended the Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations scheme to Specific Sectors

8.   The RBI issued Money Market Operations as on December 10, 2020

9.   The SEBI released Consultation paper on Compliance Standards for Index Providers

10.   The TRAI extended the time to receive comments on Consultation Paper on MIB back reference on dated 19.11.2014 on Regulatory Framework for Platform Services & MIB reference on TRAI on Platform Services offered by DTH Operators dated 13.11.2019

11.   The National Human Rights Commission, India has issued an advisory on the Combating Human Trafficking in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. It gains significant in the backdrop of various media reports that during the COVID-19 pandemic incidents of human trafficking had increased.

12.   The PIB released PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today

The Day 261 Report of COVID-19 of India

The Day 261 COVID-19 Report of India

 

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 261 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 261 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 10/12/2020, there are 372293 active cases, 9253306 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 141772 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 10/12/2020.

On the testing capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 10/12/2020 that a total of 15,07,59,726 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 09/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 9,22,959 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 10/12/2020

1. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Updates on COVID-19
2. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally addressed the Inter-Ministerial meeting on Vaccination of South Asia against COVID-19 by the World Bank, here today through Video Conference, wherein he stated that “India’s world-class research institutes have spearheaded the campaign against COVID-19 and are currently working towards facilitating capacity building for producing, distributing & administering the vaccine. 260 vaccine candidates are in different stages of development globally. Out of these, 8 are scheduled to be manufactured in India, including 3 indigenous ones. We have enthusiastically leveraged the support of international partners like Oxford University, UK, and Thomas Jefferson University, USA, for vaccine research with Indian entities, both public and private.”
3. The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 08/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here
4. The RBI issued Money Market Operations as of December 09, 2020
5. The IRDA released the monthly business figures  of non life insurance companies
6. The Bombay High Court To Hear More Cases Virtually With Effect From December 14 apart from Physical Hearing Read the notification
7. The PIB released PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today

The Day 260 COVID-19 Report of India

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 260 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 260 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 09/12/2020, there are 378909 active cases, 9215581 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 141360 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 09/12/2020.

On the testing capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 09/12/2020 that a total of 14,98,36,767 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 08/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 10,22,712 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 09/12/2020

1. The Prime Minister's Office stated that The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to boost employment in the formal sector and incentivize the creation of new employment opportunities during the Covid recovery phase under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0.
2. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Updates on COVID-19
3. The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 08/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here
4. The RBI invited public Comments on the Draft Circular on Declaration of Dividend by NBFCs  by December 24, 2020.
5. The RBI Announced that RTGS 24x7x365 will be launched with effect from 00:30 hours on December 14, 2020. India will become one of the few countries in the world to operate its RTGS system round the clock throughout the year. This comes within a year of operationalizing NEFT 24x7 by the Reserve Bank.
6. The RBI issued Money Market Operations as of December 08, 2020
7. The SEBI issued circular on e-Voting Facility Provided by Listed Entities
8. The IRDA notified IRDAI (Minimum Information Required for Investigation and Inspection) Regulations 2020 in the official gazette on 23rd November 2020. These regulations will come into force after 6 months from the date of notification 1.        i.e., from 23rd May 2021.
9. The IRDA invited public comments on draft Guidelines for Standard Personal Accident insurance policies
10. The PIB released PIB DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today.

The Day 258 COVID-19 Report of India