Kerala reiterates demand to Centre in increasing the borrowing limit

Thiruvananthapuram, May 15: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today repeated the demand of the State Government to increase its borrowing limit from the current 3% to 5%. “Because of the lockdown, there has been a drastic fall in the revenue collection and to overcome the financial constraints, we need a hike in the borrowing limit. The Central Government has recently increased its borrowing limit to 5.5% but the State’s limit is still at 3%. Despite repeated requests, the Centre has not bothered to increase the borrowing limit. It is…

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Ten new cases and one recovery today, total 41 patients under treatment

Thiruvananthapuram, May 13: Minister for Health, Smt K K Shailaja has informed that ten new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Kerala today. The infection was detected in three persons from Malappuram district, two each in Wayanad and Palakkad districts, and one each from Kottayam, Kannur and Kozhikode districts. Four of them have recently come back from abroad, two have returned from Chennai and four have got infected through local contact. This includes two police personnel also. One truck driver who came from Chennai to Wayanad has so far infected…

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