The government will set up a Rs 1-lakh crore fund to repay outstanding payments to MSMEs owed by the central and state government undertakings as well as major industries, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
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The biggest lesson the COVID-19 pandemic has taught India is to become self-reliant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said while interacting with gram panchayat members.
No country should have any concern over India’s new policy for foreign direct investment from specific nations, government sources said, in a clear message to China which strongly objected to the fresh norms for FDI.
The government has said that it has been able to ‘cut coronavirus transmission’, minimise its spread and increase the doubling time of Covid-19 cases in the country during the 30-day period of the nationwide lockdown.
The Finance Ministry today decided to put on hold increment in dearness allowance (DA) for 50 lakh central government employees and 61 lakh pensioners till July 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accused the BJP of spreading the virus of communal prejudice and hatred in the country, asserting that ‘grave damage’ is being done to social harmony.
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent for promulgating an ordinance making acts of violence against healthcare personnel fighting COVID-19 pandemic as cognizable and non-bailable offences.
After advising States not to use the newly distributed rapid testing kits to detect coronavirus infection for the next two days, the ICMR issued a protocol reiterating their usage for surveillance purpose while stating that RT-PCR tests must be continued vigorously as the principal diagnostic test for COVID-19.
Two motorcycle-borne persons allegedly attacked journalist Arnab Goswami’s car in Mumbai and tried to break its glass window when he and his wife were on their way home in the early hours of today, police said.