Amid COVID-19 crisis, RBI eases access of funds for healthcare
India’s healthcare system, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday announced that it will provide a term-liquidity facility of Rs 50,000 crore to ease access of funds for emergency medical services. Under the fresh lending support to a broad range of entities, including vaccine manufacturers, importers/suppliers of vaccines and priority medical devices; hospitals/dispensaries; pathology labs; manufacturers and suppliers of oxygen and ventilators; importers of vaccines and covid-related drugs; logistics firms and also patients for treatment, the RBI said. All loans disbursed under...