Indian economy has stopped, govt should de-centralise the system: Rahul Gandhi

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Govt summons Nandan Nilekani over persisting GSTN glitches

Indian banking system is safe and sound: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Govt cuts small savings rates by up to 140 basis pts

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Aarogya Setu, the government's mobile application developed to track Covid-19 patients, has emerged as a powerful tool to curb the spread of the virus as it helped alert authorities about more than 650 hotspots across the country and over 300 "emerging hotspots" which could have been missed otherwise, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.

Mumbai is set to get the highest grant of Rs 488 crore from the Centre’s Rs 4,400 crore fund which is earmarked exclusively for cities with more than one million population in states to improve air quality during 2020-21. Delhi may miss this assistance despite figuring among the most polluted cities in the country as the fund would only be meant for ‘million plus’ population cities in states.

The govt on Friday said it will borrow about Rs 12 lakh crore from the market in fiscal year 2020-21, an increase of Rs 4.2 lakh crore, or 54% jump over the Budget estimate of Rs 7.8 lakh crore. This, the economists said will push the fiscal deficit from 3.5% for 2020-21 to 5.5%. The decision for higher borrowing has also been prompted by severe loss of govt revenues.

The decline in the number of admissions at government schools has often been a source of considerable chagrin among officials in the education department.

another report falsely claimed that the government was planning to cut allowances like LTA, leave encashment, medical, etc of central government employees.

The ration kits contain essential items like oil, sugar, soap etc and are being delivered to poor households along with monthly rations which have also been doubled.

The video talks about the developed counties struggling to flatten the curve, bizarre statements by world leaders, lack of basics like facemasks and shifting the blame on the minorities for the spread of the virus.

The decision which has been both criticized and lauded by experts on the revenue and whether this is the best way to handle the long queues outside shops, the news has also inspired memes.

The maximum number of entries came from Ludhiana district with 16,084 students sending in their videos, followed by Amritsar, Sangrur and Patiala districts.

After her address went viral on social media, netizens pointed out the fallacy of such statements and questioned its 'authenticity'.

Surya's tweet is one of 121 tweets that have been asked to be removed from Twitter.

MFIs have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many finding it difficult to meet the operating costs and pay salaries during the ongoing lockdown.

The Rs 1 lakh crore flagship Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is scheduled to be completed within three years and and expected to cut down the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to just 12 hours.

The final report of the task force on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) for 2020-2025 presented to the government suggested agricultural reforms broadly in three areas e-market infrastructure, storage and processing, and research and development (R&D).

The state government has also decided to provide working capital loans to MSMEs at lower interest rates. A fund to the tune of Rs 200 crore would be created to lend loans between Rs 2-10 lakh.

In his opening remarks, the governor appreciated the efforts of banks in ensuring normal to near normal operations during the lockdown period.

The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 4.25% at 9,448.15, while the S&P BSE Sensex was 4.34% lower at 32,260.30.

Sectoral meetings, held separately in two sessions through video conference, were also attended by Deputy Governors and other senior officers of RBI.

Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 71.26 a litre as against Rs 69.59 previously, oil industry sources said.

The report said the increase in non-performing assets by 2-4 percentage points will need a government recapitalisation requirement by $7-15 billion.

India has provided a stimulus which doesn’t even equal a percent of the country’s GDP when other countries have already pumped funds far in excess into their respective economies.

Analysts agree that Covid-19 pandemic will lead to an increase in bank's gross non-performing assets with some reports pegging the stock to double as well.

These duty rate changes will come into effect from May 6.

The government hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 10 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 13 a litre to mop up gains arising from international oil prices falling to a two-decade low.

Currently, businesses are required to digitally sign GSTR-3B form while filing monthly return and paying taxes.

It further said that although 2020 is a lost year, in terms of trade, India can think long-term and build relations so that it can occupy the space vacated by China.

Participating in the same meeting, Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari also said "a package is going to be declared".

The procurement of wheat and rice (second crop) during the ongoing Rabi season has picked up pace despite severe logistical constraints posed due to countrywide lockdown," the food ministry said in a statement.

The global market is fearing that India would slide into a 'controlled economy', which would be very damaging, Basu added.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget for 2020-21 had pegged gross borrowing in the new financial year at Rs 7.8 lakh crore, higher than Rs 7.1 lakh crore estimated for 2019-20.

Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 9.93 million tonnes - its lowest since 2007, government data showed on Saturday.

Under the PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) scheme, each farmer gets Rs 6,000 in a year in three equal installments directly in bank account.

According to the Tamil Nadu government, the committee comprises economists, industrialists, vice chancellors, bankers, government officials and others.

French tennis federation's decision to postpone the French Open to late September amid the Covid-19 crisis was widely criticised because the new dates clashed with the hardcourt season.

Former chief minister of Karnataka and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday asked the state government to demand a special economic package of at least Rs 50,000 crore from the centre to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

Nodal agencies will get in touch with the smartphone supply chain to have the app installed on all new smartphones.