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Daily Current Affairs, 30th March 2020
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1) Neiphiu Rio launches Self Declaration COVID-19 Nagaland App
2) National Book Trust to launch “Corona Studies Series”
•The ‘Corona Studies Series’ seeks to be our long-term contribution to prepare and engage readers with the various aspects of the Corona times by bringing out affordable books in various Indian languages in the identified subject areas. It will also provide a suitable platform for authors and researchers willing to contribute to this genre.
Books for the following segments will be prepared by the Study Group:
1. Corona Virus (Covid 19) Affected Families
2. Elderly People
3. Parents with Special Focus on Mothers/Women
4. Children and Adolescents
5. Professionals and Workers
6. Corona Warriors: Medical and Essential Services Providers
7. Differently-abled, Special Needs and Mentally Challenged Population
3) Harsh Vardhan launches 24×7 National Teleconsultation Centre
•This is a multi-modal telecommunication hub through which two-way audio-video and text communications can be exchanged from any part of the country as well as the from the world. The modes of communication will include simple mobile telephony as well as two-way video communications using WhatsApp, Skype and Google Duo.
•This centre is also integrated with the National Medical College Network. 1 National Medical College Network (NMCN) terminal has also been established for two way video conferencing with all the 50 Medical Colleges on the network. Presently, there are four workstations, 1 NMCN terminal and 6 phone lines. COVID 19 National Teleconsultation Centre is reachable from anywhere in the world.
4) CM Yogi Adityanath constitutes ‘Team-11’ to beat corona
Here are some important facts about “Team-11” Committees:
1.1st Committee: The committee, headed by the state’s chief secretary, to coordinate union & various state governments on various crucial issues.
2.2nd Committee: The committee, headed by the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner and provides solutions to various problems related to the government and district levels.
3.3rd Committee: The committee headed by the Agricultural Production Commissioner will coordinate the districts to provide essential commodities at a reasonable price. It also resolves the problems encountered in interdistrict & intra-district transport.
4.4th Committee: The Committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Home, Information and Public Relations) will review actions of lockdown & provide accurate information to the media.
5.5th Committee: The Committee will be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) will work to set up control rooms at state and district levels.
6.6th Committee: The Committee headed by Principal Secretary (Health), will coordinate with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It also ensures the provision of drinking water, sanitation and sanitization in all urban & rural areas of the state.
7.Besides, there will be a committee headed by Principal Secretary (Animal Husbandry) to ensure the arrangement of animal fodder & supply of essential medicines.
8.The other committee will be headed by the director-general of police to ensure cleanliness in all the jails, training centres and PAC (Pradeshik Armed Constabulary) battalions of UP.
9.There will also be a committee to study the impact on the economy due to the epidemic & to prepare a future strategy to help farmers.
5) GoI sets up 11 empowered groups to deal with COVID-19
About 11 empowered groups:
•The 11 empowered groups aims to give measures to recover the Indian economy as well as the healthcare and to reduce the misery of people as quickly as possible after the 21-day lockdown imposed to contain the Coronavirus pandemic. These groups which are set up under the Disaster Management Act will constitute a senior representative from PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat to ensure smooth coordination. These groups have been tasked to prepare plans and to take all necessary measures for their time-bound execution.
6) Northern Railways makes 1st prototype of hospital isolation coach
Prototype of Hospital Isolation Coach:
•The Northern Railways has removed the middle berth from one side of the coach while all three berths have been removed in front of the patient berth to build an isolation cabin prototype. These Isolation Coaches are being sanitized properly before and after the completion of work.
7) ICICI Bank rolls out banking services on WhatsApp
8) Mega Merger of 10 PSBs to be effective from 1st April 2020
As per the recent RBI circular, 10 PSBs will be merged into 4 in the following manner:
•From 1st April, 2020, all branches of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will operate as branches of Punjab National Bank. Also the customers, including depositors of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India, will be treated as customers of Punjab National Bank with effect from April 1, 2020.
•From 1st April, 2020, all branches of Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank will operate as branches of Union Bank of India. Also, the customers, including depositors of Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank, will be treated as customers of Union Bank of India with effect from April 1, 2020.
•From 1st April, 2020, all branches of Allahabad Bank will operate as branches of Indian Bank. Also the customers, including depositors of Allahabad Bank, will be treated as customers of Indian Bank with effect from April 1, 2020.
•From 1st April, 2020, all branches of Syndicate Bank will operate as branches of Canara Bank. Also the customers, including depositors of Syndicate Bank, will be treated as customers of Canara Bank with effect from April 1, 2020.
After the amalgamation, the total number of Public Sector Banks in the country will come down to 12 banks.
The HINDU Notes – 30th March 2020
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📰 RBI cuts rates, allows loan moratorium
To ease impact of lockdown, repo and reverse repo rates reduced; EMIs deferred for three months
•The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has opened up the liquidity floodgates for banks even as it reduced the key interest rate sharply by 75 bps and allowed equated monthly instalments (EMIs) to be deferred by three months in a move to fight the economic impact of the countrywide lockdown to check the spread of novel coronavirus.
•The repo rate was reduced to by 75 bps 4.4% while the reverse repo rate was cut by 90 bps point to 4%. The higher reduction in the reverse repo rate was aimed at prompting banks to lend more rather than keeping their excess liquidity with the RBI.
Unprecedented crisis
•“We are living through an extraordinary and unprecedented situation. Everything hinges on the depth of the COVID-19 outbreak, its spread and its duration,” RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said.
•“Clearly, a war effort has to be mounted to combat the virus, involving both conventional and unconventional measures,” Mr. Das said.
•The meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) which was scheduled for March 31 and April 1,3, was advanced to March 27 due to the unprecedented crisis.
•While cutting benchmark rates, the RBI has continued with its accommodative stance. Four of the six members of the monetary policy committee voted in favour of a 75 bps rate cut.
•Apart from cutting the repo rate, RBI has also reduced the cash reserve ratio of banks which released Rs. 1.37 lakh crore liquidity. This, along with other measures, will see an infusion of Rs. 3.74 lakh crore into the banking system.
•RBI has also allowed banks to defer payment of EMIs on home, car, personal loans as well as credit card dues for three months till May 31. Since non-payment will not lead to non-performing asset classification by banks, there will be no impact on credit score of the borrowers.
•State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, promptly responded to the RBI’s action and reduced the lending rates linked to a external benchmark and the repo rate by 75 bps. Interest rate on external benchmark linked loans was cut from 7.8% to 7.05% and those are linked to repo rate were cut to 6.65%. “Consequently, EMIs on Home Loan accounts get cheaper by around Rs. 52 per 1 lakh on a 30-year loan,” SBI said.
📰 India cuts back on Afghan missions
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