Draft New Drugs and Clinical Trials (Amendment) Rules, 2021

The amendment has revised Form CT-03 in which Registration certificate of Ethics Committee related to biomedical and health research shall be granted. The amendment provides that the registration may be granted by any Designated Registration Authority and not Central Licensing Authority.

Major initiatives taken by RBI to mitigate hardship faced by farmers due to COVID-19.

In respect of loans to allied activities viz., dairy, fishery, animal husbandry, poultry, bee-keeping and sericulture, RBI has issued a clarification that these loans can be taken up for resolution under the Resolution Framework for Covid-19 related Stress issued on 6th August 2020 which, inter alia, provides for a moratorium upto two years.

PM launches digital payment solution e-RUPI.

e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment developed by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).It is a QR code or SMS string-based e-Voucher, which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries.