Business Standard - March 28, 2020

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March 28, 2020

RBI Offers ₹3.7-trn Covid Vaccine

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday came out all guns blazing to arrest a poten- tial slowdown caused by coronavirus (COVID-19), lowering the policy repo rate by 75 basis points to 4.4 per cent, and telling all banks and housing finance companies not to take instalments on term loans for three months.

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India Prepares For Massive Screening Effort After April 14

India, which is under the largest lockdown in the world, is readying to undertake a massive testing programme to identify COVID-19-positive cases after the 21-day period ends in a move that public health experts have been calling for.

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