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Provide free of cost transport, food and shelter to migrant workers: Supreme Court
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- 26 May 2020
SC has ordered the Centre and State governments to immediately provide transport, food and shelter to stranded migrant workers, free of cost. Taking suo motu cognisance of the migrant workers' issue, 3 judge bench of the SC said that there have been "inadequacies and certain lapses" from the Centre and State governments in dealing with the crisis.
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Shops cannot be opened in hotspots, liquor to remain closed, MHA clarifies
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- 26 Apr 2020
The MHA, thus has put the ball in the court of respective states. No Liquor or alcohol shop will be opened in any part of the country, as it comes under a separate clause. The MHA has also advocated for mandatory 50% strength of workers in all shops.
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Lockdown 2.0 Guidelines explained: What is allowed and what is not allowed after April 20
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- 15 Apr 2020
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday 15th April, 2020, has released fresh guidelines for Lockdown 2.0 which will be in force till May 3 2020. However to mitigate hardship to the public some selected activities will be allowed after April 20 based on strict compliance to the existing guidelines on lockdown measures. The guidelines mentioned that before operating relaxations States/Union Territories (UTs)/ District administrations shall ensure all preparatory arrangements with regard
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Should you choose to pay your EMIs, RBI circular explained
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- 31 Mar 2020
In India, the ongoing 21 days lockdown will have a huge impact on the economy and will thus affect all of us financially in some way or the other.There are still a lot of questions and misconceptions about this circular. We shall now interpret the circular and look at the key highlights of it. We will also answer as to whether one should take benefit of the said circular or not?
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No Community Transmission yet, maintains Ministry of Health in a joint press briefing on COVID-19
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- 30 Mar 2020
There is no need to create panic due to such speculations and the need of the hour is to be alert against the deadly COVID-19 disease. We have 3.34 lakh PPEs in all hospitals across the nation and 60,000 PPE kits have been procured and will be supplied wherever necessary. Reverberating what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Evam Evam Vikar, api tarunha Saadhyate Sukham”..
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Credit Cards payments too, says RBI as it grants moratorium of all term loans by 3 months
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- 28 Mar 2020
In a 4 to 2 majority in the meeting, RBI brought a sizeable reduction in policy repo rate by cutting down by 75 basis points to 4.4 percent. The Reverse repo rate was also cut by 90 basis point to bring it down to 4 %. Even cash credit schemes and credit card payments have been granted deferment during the moratorium.
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