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Coronavirus pandemic: Health Ministry issues guidelines for disinfecting public places, dos and dont’s for elderly

“Exercise and meditate. Take your daily prescribed medicines regularly. Talk to your family members (not staying with you), relatives, friends via call or video conferencing, take help from family members if needed. Postpone your elective surgeries (if any) like cataract surgery or total knee replacement” are some of the dos prescribed by the ministry for the aged.

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Owners need to provide mobile numbers for vehicle registration-related services:Govt

In this regard, a notification was issued last week for amending various forms, the ministry said in a statement.

“These forms pertain to various aspects relating to motor vehicles like, registration, transfer, register of vehicles, renewal, duplicate copy, grant of NOC, change of address, entry or termination entry for hire / purchase / hypothecation, etc,” it said.

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No decision to discontinue printing of Rs 2,000 banknotes: MoS Finance Thakur

Detailing about the denomination of lower-value currencies in circulation as on March 5, he stated that there are 19,624.77 million pieces of Rs 100 notes valued at Rs 1.96 lakh crore; 8,556.84 million for Rs 50 notes valued at Rs 42,784.20 crore; Rs 20 and Rs 10 denomination notes were valued at Rs 16,619.60 crore and Rs 30,510.79 crore, respectively.

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Mega bank merger on track, says Sitharaman amid worry over April 1 deadline

“We are also conscious of extra load on them [banks] in terms of the kind of demands that I put on them. I have asked them to reach out to 400 districts, I have asked them to reach out to MSMEs, restructure their loan. So there is a lot of core banking work, which they are undertaking. I must be conscious of that also. So the merger and the decision taken by respective banks boards are all well taken. We are going as per schedule on that. There is no uncertainty on that. I am on course. There need not be speculation,” she said after unveiling EASE 3.0, the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda 2020-21 for smart, tech-enabled banking, and the PSB EASE Reforms Annual Report 2019-20.

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New optional tax regime could adversely affect dwindling savings:Experts

-According to reports, over the past six years, India’s savings rate has been considerably declining. In 2012, the overall saving rate in India was around 36 per cent but it is now down to 30 per cent.
-The finance ministry expects at least 80 per cent of the taxpayers to move to the new income tax regime, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey had earlier said.

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6-7% LIC stake dilution enough to mop up ₹90,000 crore: CEA KV Subramanian

“There are legislative amendments required here in LIC. But I think this (LIC listing) is doable. LIC is a just a case of listing. I would think that about 6-7 per cent would be enough to get the entire ₹90,000 crore. I have done some back of the envelope calculations based on that… can say that just selling 6-7 per cent will be enough to mop up ₹90,000 crore,’

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