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Top headlines: FM launches EASE 4.0 for PSBs; 31k new Covid cases in Kerala

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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Banks have been asked to create state-wise plans for north-east: FM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said it is too early to say if there is a lack of demand for credit and announced a district-wise outreach to be undertaken by banks to help credit growth from October. 

A push to credit growth from such outreach efforts will also help the momentum set by the stimulus packages, which have been extended by the government since the onset of the pandemic. Read more

Kerala sees 31,445 new Covid cases, 215 deaths in last 24 hrs; TPR at