Andhra pradesh CM YS Jagan mohan reddy is the richest CM in the country with assets of ₹510 crore.
West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee is the only CM who is not crorepati.
This report has been published by Association of Democratic reforms, a watch group which works for political and electoral reforms.
Mamta Banerjee with ₹15 lakh in assets has the least wealth among all the CMs, followed by Kerala’s Pinarayi vijayan and Haryana’s ML Khattar, who have ₹1.2 crore and ₹1.3 crore in assets each, respectively.
# SII
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawala said the company has resumed production of its covid-19 vaccine, covishield, in response to the increasing number of covid infections in India.
The company also has six million doses of Covovax vaccine readily available at private hospitals depending on demand.
The active case count in India has topped 41600 by Wednesday evening.
# Retail inflation
Retail inflation eased sharply in March on the back of moderating food prices and and a favourable base effect and dipped below the 6% mark.
Data released by the national statistical office on Wednesday showed inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), rose an average 5.7 in March.
Vegetables prices contracted by 8.5% while oils and fats declined 7.9%.
# Smartphone
Chinese phone makers were almost absent as Indian smartphone exports crossed $10 billion for the first time ever.
The Chinese companies which dominate 75% of the Indian market are nil in the exporting.