Governance

India fares better as compared to other countries such as the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea and Britain in the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT).

Making full use of technology, he is addressing one significant group or the other every day, keeping up the spirit of the countrymen through effective and inspiring communication. In doing so, Modi is throwing up new ideas and welcoming many coming from the people, thus becoming a bridge between the government and the masses.

Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), an statutory body under Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has processed about 1.37 lakh claims across the country disbursing an amount of Rs. 279.65 crore under a new provision especially formulated by amending the EPF Scheme to help subscribers fight Covid-19.

India has braved what the most developed western countries couldn’t muster up the guts to try: bringing an unprecedented lockdown on the world’s 2nd largest population, a measure so daunting, even an absolutist like Chinese Premier Xi Jinping shuddered to dare try.

Pharmacists, popularly known as “Swasth ke Sipahi”, of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra, are delivering essential services and medicines at doorstep of patients and elderly under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) of the Government of India

The Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India has launched portal www.strandedinindia.com on 31st March 2020, with a view to identify, assist and facilitate foreign tourists who are stranded in various parts of India due to the lockdown situation necessitated by the COVID19 global pandemic.

Amid the nationwide lockdown, the central government has announced various relief packages to decrease the plight of the poor, farmers and workers. Recently, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced ‘PM Garib Kalyan Yojana’ which aimed to offer 1.7 Lakh Crore Package to the poor and needy to fight against the global pandemic COVID-19.

Rajnesh Oswal took oath as a judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on April 2. He became the first one to do so under the Indian Constitution. High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal administered the oath to Oswal in the central hall of the court complex in Jammu.

Speaking to HT, Nabarro called the 21-day lockdown in India a “far-sighted decision,” adding that it was imposed “quite early on.” The PM Modi-led government imposed the lockdown when there were limited cases and that, in Nabarro’s opinion, “gave the whole country the opportunity to come to terms with the reality of this enemy.”