Lockdown, Day 53: Reforms to reboot India
Round 4 of Nirmala Sitharaman's Covid package promised seamless air travel, end of coal monopoly, Make-in-India weapons and an entry for Elon Musk in Isro.Eight sectors saw reforms in her fourth tranche, part of Modi's Rs 20 lakh crore reboot for a virus-hit economy, on a day when India surpassed China's Coronavirus case score.
Track the latest updates from the day...
COUNT SO FAR
 | Maharashtra reports 29,100 cases, toll at 1,068 |
| Delhi reports 438 new cases, total count 9,333 |
| Rajasthan reports 4,924 cases, 125 casualties |
| Bihar's tally reaches 1,079 with 46 fresh cases |
| Indore's cases go up to 2,378, toll 99 |
| CISF reports 3 more cases, total count 118 |
| Andhra reports 2,205 cases and 49 deaths |
| World | India | ||
| Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll |
| 45,63,458 | 3,08,165 | 85,940 | 2,752 |
| Commercial mining in coal sector on revenue sharing basis |
| Rs 50,000 cr allotted for coal evacuation infra |
| A seamless composite exploration-mining-production regime |
| A mineral index for different minerals |
| FDI limit in defence manufacturing raised from 49% to 74% |
| Air space to be rationalised to save flying time and fuel |
| 6 more airports to be auctioned for pvt participation |
| Discoms in Union Territories to be privatised |
| Research reactor in PPP mode for production of medical isotopes |
| Boosting social infrastructurewith a total outlay of Rs 8100 cr |
| Pvt firms allowed to use Isro facilities |
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
| 24 migrants killed in road accident in UP’s Auraiya |
| National Population Register 2021 postponed in UP |
| MP govt declares nine districts COVID-19 free |
| UP withdraws its order of 12-hour shifts for workers |
| After a week, booze sale resumes in Tamil Nadu |
| Railways operates 1,074 Shramik trains |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
| Lockdown mints more than a million new stock trader |
| Non-migrant workers in Delhi see income drop by at least 57% |
| RIL's Rs 53,125 crore rights issue to kick off on May 20 |
| Tata Chemicals Q4: PAT down 48% to Rs 198 crore |
GLOBAL ECONOMY
| Warren Buffett dumps most of Goldman stake |
| Fitch lowers outlook on France debt rating to negative |
| Italy to allow travel to and from abroad from June 3 |
| U.S. House passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill |
| Virus claims another US retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney |
| Air Canada to lay off half its workforce |
AROUND THE WORLD
| US records 87,493 deaths with 14,42,924 cases |
| Russia reports 9,200 new infections |
| Germany cases rises to 1,73,772, toll at 7,881 |
| France death toll tops 27,500 |
| China reports 21 new cases |
| Kazakhstan third in Asia to lift emergency |
