Highlights: With 391 new Covid-19 cases in Gujarat, state tally rises to 11,380

Budget estimate for MNREGA was ₹61000 cr. Govt will allocate additional ₹40000 cr; this will ensure that those going back will get work during monsoon

The government is working on a mission mode on the next phase of 'ease of doing business' reforms: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

FM Sitharaman lists the health-related steps for Covid-19 containment. ₹15000 crore announced for states, essential items&testing labs&kits along with rolling out of tele-consultation services,launch of Arogya Setu app&protection to health care workers with adequate PPEs, she said

Today I have 7 steps to tell you....MNREGA, health and education related steps, business and Covid, decriminalisation of companies act, ease of doing business, public sector enterprises related matter, state govts and sources related to them: FM

Reforms to be focus of 5th and final tranche of eco stimulus package, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

FM Sitharaman: She gives figures about the DBT to transfer money to the beneficiaries. She also talks about giving food grains, gas cylinders etc when the lockdown began.

FM begins with PM Modi's address to the nation on Monday when he announced the ₹20 lakh crore package.

Rajasthan reports two more deaths -- both from Jaipur -- due to coronavirus and 70 new positive cases, said an official, reports PTI.

The death toll in the state now stands at 128 while the total number of cases are 5030.

A migrant worker , his wife and two other people were killed after being crushed by a tanker truck in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani. All 4 people were returning to Indore from Maharashtra: ANI

Odisha reported 91 new Covid-19 positive cases positive, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 828, death toll has risen to five, according to the State Health Department: ANI

Thirty-two migrants workers were injured after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident near Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, today morning. All injured were taken to Jalpaiguri district hospital and released after preliminary treatment. :ANI

The UP State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has started deploying buses in various districts of Uttar Pradesh to carry migrants to their respective destinations, reports IANS.

"We will send the number of buses required in various districts on the written requests of the district magistrates. We have also directed our drivers and conductors that while coming back after dropping migrants to their destination, if they see other migrants walking on foot, they should make them board empty buses and drop them at pick up points on district borders," said UPSRTC MD Raj Shekhar.

The buses will be deployed at the pick-up points on the borders of all districts.

India recorded nearly 5,000 new Covid-19 cases including 120 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the health ministry figures released on Sunday morning, the country has 90, 927 Covid-19 cases in all. This includes 53,946 active cases, 34,108 cured patients and 2,872 deaths from the disease.

Migrant workers in large numbers gathered at Sahranpur-Ambala highway on Sunday morning, demanding a special train to return to Bihar; police had to be deployed at the site, reports ANI.

Saharanpur: Migrant workers in large numbers gather at Sahranpur-Ambala highway, demanding a special train to return to Bihar; police deployed at the site pic.twitter.com/HGsO24a5p6

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