In RBI's recent report on "Monetary Transmission in India", the share of outstanding loans related to external benchmark lending rates (EBLR-similar to repo rate) increased from as low as 2.4% in September 2019 to 28.5% in March 2021.
Perumkulam, in Kollam District, has been bestowed with the title Kerala's first 'Book Village'. This claim to fame results from years of concerted efforts aimed at encouraging the habit of reading.
A central public sector company in the medical industry has applied for COPP/ WHO-GMP certification for 18 Ayurvedic products. The CPSE is Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd. (IMPCL), Mohan, Dist. Almora, Uttarakhand.