Bank loans to both large industries as well as small scale sector contracted in the Covid hit fiscal year, but the silver lining was the farm sector and the medium sized industries which were handheld by the government with special schemes with subsidies.Agri loans rose by 12.3 per cent in ...
The finance ministry has invited applications for the post of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai)chairperson, which is set to fall vacant next month. The incumbent chairman Subhash Chandra Khuntia, IAS (retd) of 1981-batch, was appointed in May 2018 for a period of three years. Applications ...
Reliance Retail on Friday posted a 45% jump in net profit and 23% increase in revenue for January-March 2021, as strong demand for fashion and lifestyle, grocery and consumer electronics helped the company record what it called a “landmark quarter”.Reliance retail reported a net profit of Rs 2,247 crore on ...
Maharashtra on Friday reported 62,919 fresh COVID-19 cases and 828 deaths, said the state health department.The daily rise in cases was less than Thursday's addition of 66,159, but the number of deaths increased compared to 771 the day before.The caseload on Friday reached 46,02,472, while the death toll rose to ...
Expressing deep concern over the death of COVID-19 patients due to shortage of oxygen in hospitals and medical assistance, the Delhi High Court Friday observed that all big healthcare institutions should mandatorily have their own oxygen-generating plants and said the state has failed in protecting citizens' right to life.A bench ...
Civil society organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Mumbai) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to issue compulsory licenses for a patent covering the drugs Remdesivir, Tocilizumab and Favipiravir, which are critical in the treatment of Covid-19 and to “rapidly upscale production”.Compulsory license is a ...