A survey by the Central Bank and the ESRI has found the impact of Covid-19 on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) has been "profound".' The survey reveals that almost a quarter of SMEs could be vulnerable to liquidation when insolvency criteria begin to normalise.

The survey, carried out between July and September last year, found that over 70% of firms had seen sales fall during the lockdown.

The median, or mid-point, fall was 25% but it was as high as 65% in the hotels and restaurants sector. SMEs from all sectors were affected, the report showed.

It also found there was no correlation between a company's past performance and what happened to it during lockdown. Company expenditure fell by 8.5% on average with 40% of companies

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NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and reviewed the preparations undertaken by the armed forces to deal with the second wave of covid-19 infections, a government statement said.In addition to deploying additional medical officers, doctors and nurses at hospitals, the armed forces were aiming to make military-grade medical infrastructure available to civilians, Rawat said.“The CDS briefed the Prime Minister that all medical personnel from armed forces who have retired or taken premature retirement in the last two years are being recalled to work in covid facilities within proximity of their present place of residence," the government statement said.“Other medical officers

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IIT scientists revise prediction on when covid cases could peak in India

New Delhi: Active cases in the ongoing second COVID-19 wave in India may peak at 38-48 lakh between May 14-18 and daily new infections could hit a high of 4.4 lakh from May 4-8, according to a mathematical model by IIT scientists who have revised their projections upwards.India on Monday saw a single-day rise of 3,52,991 (3.52 lakh) COVID-19 infections and 2,812 fatalities with 28,13,658 (28.13 lakh) active cases.The scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and Hyderabad applied the Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed Approach' (SUTRA) model to predict that active cases would go up further by over 10 lakh by mid-May.The latest projection tweaks the time frame as well as the numbers.Last week, the

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