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Need to raise state-wise fiscal deficit limit, says Maharashtra's Jayant Patil

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Closure of businesses and restrictions on movement of people and goods due to the covid-19 pandemic has crippled the country’s commercial activities.

While the country’s covid-19 cases are just below 16,000, rapid-tests by local authorities present a grim picture for Maharashtra, with the number of cases crossing 3,300.

Mumbai seems to have suffered the worst blow among all Indian cities with over 2,120 covid-19 cases. In an interview, Maharashtra’s cabinet minister for irrigation and water resources, Jayant Patil told Mint that despite covid-19’s attack, the state government is planning to resume farming and commercial activities in zones that have nil or very few covid-19 cases to curb more revenue losses, prevent joblessness and help.

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