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HOW COVID 19 CHANGE THE
WORLD AS WELL AS INDIAN
URBAN ECONOMIC AND
SOCIOLOGY
 COVID 19: (CORONA VIRUS 2019)

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 9COVID 19)

IS CAUSED BY NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
THAT LEADS TO COUGH,FEVER OR
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING.

Corona viruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness
in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause
respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases
such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most recently discovered coronavirus
causes coronavirus disease COVID-19.
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently
discovered corona virus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the
outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

Maintain social distancing
Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet)
distance between yourself and
anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Practice respiratory hygiene
Make sure you, and the people around
you, follow good respiratory hygiene.
This means covering your mouth and
nose with your bent elbow or tissue
when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose
of the used tissue immediately.
WHO RECOMMENDATIONS:
Wash your hands frequently
Regularly and thoroughly clean
your hands with an alcohol-based
hand rub or wash them with soap
and water.
void touching eyes, nose and
mouth
Why? Hands touch many surfaces
and can pick up viruses. Once
contaminated, hands can transfer the
virus to your eyes, nose or mouth.
From there, the virus can enter your
body and can make you sick.
 SECTION 144:
SECTION 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code
(CrPC) of 1973 empowers an executive magistrate to
issue orders in urgent cases of nuisance or
apprehended danger. Though the scope of Section 144
is wider, it is often used to prohibit assembly of three
or more persons when unrest is anticipated.

SCHEMES AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT:

CORONAVIRUS THREAT: We are in that time now, where

coronavirus is spread like anything and is everywhere. In this
view, the Indian government has taken certain steps to control
this widespread Covid-19 virus.
 Due to this coronavirus outbreak and seeing what the conditions are, the
government has so far taken a calibrated approach to offering relief by
relaxing compliance requirements under various statutes and a welfare
package for farmers, workers in the unorganized sector and the poor.

 Under the package, the government will provide 5 kg of wheat or rice

and 1 kg of pulses free every month for the next three months. Besides,
204 million women Jan Dhan account holders will get Rs 500 per month
for the next three months.

 The first installment of Rs 2,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan

Yojana will be frontloaded to reach 87 million farmers in April.

PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN YOJANA

 The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla

Sitharaman announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor to help them fight the
battle against Coronavirus.
 Any health professional, who while treating Covid-19 patients, meet
with some accident, then he/she would be compensated with an amount
of Rs 50 lakh under the scheme.

 To ensure adequate availability of protein to all the above mentioned

individuals, 1 kg per family, would be provided pulses according to
regional preferences for next three months. These pulses would be
provided free of cost by the Government of India.

Under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, gas cylinders, free of cost, would be

provided to 8 crore poor families for the next three months.

 Wage-earners below Rs 15,000 per month in businesses having less

than 100 workers are at risk of losing their employment. Under this
package, government proposes to pay 24 percent of their monthly wages
into their PF accounts for next three months.

 There are around 3 crore aged widows and people in Divyang

category who are vulnerable due to economic disruption caused by
Covid-19. Government will give them Rs 1,000 to tide over difficulties
during next three months.
 DECISIONS OF THE RBI:

The DECISION OF THE RBI to cut repo

and reverse repo rate while raising concerns
over central bank's step on putting on hold
EMI payments on all term loans for three
months.

• The statement says: "All commercial, regional,

rural, NBFCs and small finance banks are
• The decision, which are being permitted to allow 3-month moratorium on
implemented through payment of instalments in respect of all term
banks, comes as many loan EMIs outstanding on March 31.“
farmers are not being
able to go to banks for • For the next three months, no EMI would be
payment of their loan deducted from the account of anyone who has a
dues on account of loan outstanding. And all this without any hit
restrictions imposed due on credit score. EMIs will resume after the
to the lockdown. moratorium period gets over.
RBI MONETARY PANEL FINALISES STEPS TO SAVE ECONOMY
FROM CORONAVIRUS

India yesterday unveiled a Rs 1.7 lakh crore spending plan to

curb the impact of the virus outbreak.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration unveiled a

Rs 1.7 lakh crore spending plan to curb the impact of the virus outbreak
that threatens to wipe out growth in the world’s second-most populous
nation. India has been locked down since Wednesday for three weeks,
hitting earnings of millions of daily wage earners and threatening the
existence of thousands of small businesses.

“ In terms of RBI COVID-19 regulatory package, SBI has initiated

steps to defer the instalments and interest/EMIs on term loans falling
due between March 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020 and extended the
repayment period by 3 months. The interest on working capital
facilities for the period March 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020 is also deferred
to June 30, 2020," country''s largest lender SBI said.