A new stimulus package to tackle the coronavirus crisis and the impact of the extended nationwide lockdown is on the agenda at a cabinet meeting taking place at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence today.
If approved, this will be the second COVID-19 stimulus package since the country went into lockdown to check the spread of the highly contagious virus.
A package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore was approved earlier this month.
Last week, PM Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met to discuss a financial package, which is likely to cover relief for MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) and tourism.
The decision to increase Dearness Allowance for government employees and pensioners has already been kept on hold. The cabinet had earlier cleared a 4 per cent hike in DA from the existing 17 per cent. The decision will impact over 54 lakh government employees and 65 lakh pensioners.
The government said it would consider the hike when India was in a better financial position later next year.
The number of coronavirus cases across the country has climbed to nearly 20,000, including 640 deaths.
World
Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 25,63,480 and 1,77,420 have died; 17,04,478 are active cases and 6,81,582 have recovered as on April 22, 2020 at 7:56 am.
India
In India, there are 19,984 confirmed cases including 640 deaths. The number of active cases is 15,474 and 3,870 have recovered as on April 22, 2020 at 8:00 am.
State & District Details
State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra5218
4245
722
251
Gujarat2178
1949
139
90
Delhi2156
1498
611
47
Rajasthan1659
1404
230
25
Tamil Nadu1596
943
635
18
Madhya Pradesh1552
1328
148
76
Uttar Pradesh1294
1134
140
20
Telangana928
711
194
23
Andhra Pradesh757
639
96
22
Kerala427
117
307
3
West Bengal423
335
73
15
Karnataka418
272
129
17
Jammu And Kashmir380
294
81
5
Haryana254
124
127
3
Punjab245
190
39
16
Bihar126
82
42
2
Odisha79
54
24
1
Uttarakhand46
27
19
0
Jharkhand45
42
0
3
Himachal Pradesh39
22
16
1
Chhattisgarh36
10
26
0
Assam35
15
19
1
Chandigarh27
13
14
0
Ladakh18
4
14
0
Andaman And Nicobar Islands16
5
11
0
Meghalaya12
11
0
1
Goa7
0
7
0
Puducherry7
4
3
0
Manipur2
0
2
0
Tripura2
1
1
0
Mizoram1
1
0
0
Arunachal Pradesh1
0
1
0
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