Community & General News

Piyush Goyal discusses measures to enhance COVID vaccine production with the USTR

14 May 2021 at 22:18

The meeting focused on increasing vaccine availability in an inclusive and equitable manner to combat the Global pandemic caused by Covid-19. Both sides agreed to work towards the common resolve of increasing vaccine availability and saving lives.

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Relaxation in procurement rules for containment of COVID-19 pandemic

14 May 2021 at 22:08

The Government of India has exempted the public procurement of supplies required for containment of COVID-19 global pandemic from the applicability of Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017.

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GoI's Special Window Completes First Residential Project

13 May 2021 at 19:13

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today handed over possession to homebuyers virtually as Government of India’s Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) completes its first residential project.

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1.5 Lakh units of Oxycare Systems to be procured through PM CARES

13 May 2021 at 05:40

PM-CARES Fund to procure 1,50,000 units of Oxycare System at a cost of Rs 322.5 Crore. It is a comprehensive system developed by DRDO to regulate oxygen being administrated to patients based on the sensed values of their SpO2 levels.

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DGFT's COVID-19 Helpdesk coordinating and resolving International Trade related Issues

10 May 2021 at 22:16

'Covid-19 Helpdesk' of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the Department of Commerce has from 26.04.2021 onwards started collecting information on the difficulties being faced by exporting community

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Centre undertakes multiple initiatives to enhance Oxygen availability, distribution and storage infrastructure

10 May 2021 at 22:10

The steps undertaken focused on the entire oxygen supply chain. These include efforts for improving oxygen production, enhancing tanker availability to optimize logistics, improving oxygen storage at the last mile, and easing norms of procurement.

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FM mentions that it is factually incorrect to state that there has been no expenditure on COVID 19 vaccination by the centre

10 May 2021 at 15:35

The amount of Rs. 35,000 crore has been shown under the Demand for Grants No. 40, titled ‘Transfers to States’. The use of the Demand titled ‘Transfers to States’ in no way implies that expenditure cannot be incurred by the Centre.

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Centre releases Rs. 8923.8 crore to Panchayats in 25 States in view of COVID-19 pandemic

09 May 2021 at 17:55

Ministry of Finance released an amount of Rs. 8,923.8 crore to 25 States for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs). The grants are meant for all the three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions – village, block and district.

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Publication of provisional database for the companies under the regulatory ambit of NFRA

07 May 2021 at 17:44

NFRA is in the process of creating a verified and accurate database of companies and auditors that come under the regulatory ambit of NFRA.

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RBI announces rate of interest on GoI Floating Rate Bond, 2024

06 May 2021 at 19:39

The rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond, 2024 (FRB 2024) applicable for the half year May 07, 2021 to November 06, 2021 shall be 3.51 percent per annum.

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