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  • 10,113 companies voluntarily ceased operations between April-20. ’21: Ministry

    10,113 companies voluntarily ceased operations between April-20. ’21: Ministry

    According to the ministry data, a total of 2,394 companies were closed in Delhi, compared to 1,936 in Uttar Pradesh.

    More than 10,000 companies were voluntarily shut down in the country from April 2020 to February this year, a period when the coronovirus epidemic and subsequent lockdown significantly disrupted economic activity.

    The latest data available with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) showed that a total of 10,113 companies were closed under Section 248 (2) of the Companies Act, 2013 in the current financial year till February.

    Section 248 (2) implies that the companies closed their businesses voluntarily and not due to any punitive action.

    In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 8 March, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur said that the ministry does not keep any record of companies that have gone out of business.

    “During the year 2020-21 (from the month of April 2020 to February 2021) a total of 10,113 numbers of companies have been exempted under Section 248 (2) of the Act. MCA has not conducted any campaign to strike against the companies during 2020-21.

    According to the ministry’s data, a total of 2,394 companies were closed in Delhi compared to 1,936 companies in Uttar Pradesh.

    Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra closed 1,322 and 1,279 companies respectively during this period.

    In Karnataka, 836 companies closed voluntarily, compared to 501 in Chandigarh, Rajasthan (479), Telangana (404), Kerala (307), Jharkhand (137), Madhya Pradesh (111) and Bihar (104).

    Number in other states and union territories: Meghalaya (88), Orissa (78), Chhattisgarh (47), Goa (36), Pondicherry (31), Gujarat (17), West Bengal (4) and Andaman and Nicobar (2 )), Data shown.

    This data was provided in response to a question asked by a member seeking state-wise details of the number of registered companies that went out of business during the year 2020-21.

    In the wake of the epidemic, the central government implemented a nationwide lockout in late March 2020 to curb the spread of coronovirus infection and began loosening the restrictions in May. In the following months, several states banned the movement amid an increase in COVID-19 cases.

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  • COVID-19 | 86.25% new cases in six states: Ministry of Health

    COVID-19 | 86.25% new cases in six states: Ministry of Health

    The ministry said Maharashtra recorded the highest number of 11,141 new daily cases, followed by Kerala 2,100 and Punjab with 1,043 new infections.

    The Ministry of Health said on Monday that Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are the six states that account for 86.25% of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reported in the last 24 hours.

    The ministry said Maharashtra recorded the highest number of 11,141 new daily cases, followed by Kerala 2,100 and Punjab with 1,043 new infections.

    The Center is regularly holding high-level review meetings with states and union territories and is showing an increase in new daily affairs and the Health Secretary is also holding weekly review meetings.

    “Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu COVID-19 daily are reporting an increase in new cases. They constitute 86.25% of the total new cases reported in the last 24 hours, ”the ministry said in a statement.

    The Center has also encouraged high-level public health teams in Maharashtra and Punjab to assist in COVID-19 control and prevention measures, noting the recent spike in cases.

    The central government said that it has already deputed high-level teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir so that their fight against the recent spike in COVID- To support them. 19 cases.

    The ministry said, “These teams interact with state / UT officials and get first-hand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by them to strengthen their ongoing activities and bottlenecks, if any. To get away. “

    It states that eight states and union territories – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana are performing upward in new cases daily.

    They have a weekly positivity rate that exceeds the national average of 2.29%. Maharashtra has the highest weekly positivity rate with 11.13%, the government said.

    The number of active cases in the country reached 1,88,747 on Monday and is 1.68% of the total infections.

    Meanwhile, 18 states and union territories have not reported any COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours.

    These are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim and Tripura. . The ministry said that about 2.10 crore vaccine doses were administered through 3,76,633 sessions, according to the provisional report as of 7 am on Monday.

    These include 69,85,911 healthcare workers (first dose), 35,47,548 healthcare workers (second dose), 66,09,537 frontline workers (first dose) and 2,13,559 frontline workers (second dose), 4,80,669 beneficiaries over 45 years of age. Are included. Specific comorbidities (first dose) and 31,51,794 beneficiaries are over 60 years of age.

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  • Coronavirus | Increase in COVID-19 cases in six states: Ministry of Health

    Coronavirus | Increase in COVID-19 cases in six states: Ministry of Health

    Maharashtra suffered the most casualties, followed by Punjab and Kerala.

    There have been no new COVID-19 deaths in 18 states / union territories in the last 24 hours, but Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have seen a spurt in new cases in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health said on Friday. Said to

    Maharashtra had the highest number of accidents (60), followed by 15 deaths in Punjab. 14 killed in Kerala

    The ministry said that six states – Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi – reported higher numbers of new cases. It said that 84.44% of the new cases reported in the last 24 hours (16,838) were from these states.

    “Maharashtra reports the highest daily new cases at 8,998, followed by Kerala with 2,616 while Punjab has recorded 1,071 new cases. India’s total active case load is 1.76 lakhs [1,76,319]. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shown a decrease in active cases in the last 24 hours.

    It states that Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu are the top five states which have shown a decline in active cases in the last one month, while Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi are showing the top five states. Increase in active cases.

    Twenty states / union territories have less than 1,000 active cases whereas Arunachal Pradesh recorded only 2 active cases. The country has reported 113 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, of which 88.5% of deaths occurred in six states.

    Eighteen states / UTs including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh did not report any deaths in the last 24 hours.

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