Current Affairs Refresher on April 2020 for CLAT 2020

The Ministry of Power has made changes to the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued guidelines for LockDown 2.0 that was extended till May 3, 2020.
The Government of India brought in an ordinance to end violence against doctors and health care workers.
The Supreme Court of India pronounced that it is the quantity of the banned drug mixture that will decide the punishment of the offender and not the purity.
No 100% quota for tribal teachers: Supreme Court
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held it unconstitutional to provide 100 % reservation for tribal teachers in schools located in Scheduled Areas across the country.

Govt ordinance extends various time limits under Taxation and Benami Acts
IndiGo Enters Brand Finance Top 50 Airlines List
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launches new features of e-NAM Platform
400 million Indians at risk of falling into poverty during the crisis: ILO
The Union government released ₹17,287 Crore to the states to enhance their financial services.
Cabinet approves Rs. 15,000 Crore for ”India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package”
The final report on the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) for the fiscal year 2019-25 was on April 29, 2020 submitted to the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The Global Report on Internal Displacement, GRID 2020 released by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, IDMC said that over 5 million people have displaced in India in 2019
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index has been released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). (142nd Rank India)
PM, President and MPs Salary Cut by 30%, MPLAD funds suspended for 2 years

Reserve Bank of India has announced a Special Liquidity Facility of Rs 50,000 crore for Mutual Funds to ease liquidity pressures on the Mutual Funds
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the “World Economic Outlook” report.
India Ranks 53rd in Open Budget Index 2019
State Bank of India has listed green bonds of $100 million (about Rs 750 crore) on BSE’s India International Exchange (India INX).
Tata AIA Life Insurance has become 1st life Insurance Company in India to announce additional benefits related to COVID-19 for Policyholders and Agents at no additional cost.
The Government of India has reviewed the extant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy.
RBI has also decided to reduce the reverse repo rate from 4% to 3.75% with immediate effect

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