Centre allocates Rs. 4,700 crore for Maharashtra drought
The Maharashtra government had declared 151 district out of a total 355 districts as drought affected in October 2018.
The state government had demanded 7,962 crore for drought relief from the central government.
Earlier, Maharashtra government had allocated 2,900 crore to aid the drought-hit farmers in the state.
PM Modi delivers his second edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha
PM interacted with students and teachers on examination-related issues, shared his personal experiences, and talked about exam-related stress and anxiety.
The event was held at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi and this was the second edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha.
Around 1 lakh people had applied to participate in the event and 2000 people were selected through a competition.
National Statistical Commission members resign protesting centre’s decision to not publish job report
Two members of NSC, Acting Chairperson PC Manmohan and another member JV Meenakshi, resigned from the Commission.
The members resigned after the job report produced by them was not published by the central government.
The resignation leaves the Commission with just two members, ex-officio member Amitabh Kant and chief statistician Pravin Srivastava.
The group is supposed to have seven members but three seats have been lying vacant.
Anna Hazare to begin his hunger strike over Lokpal
Activist Anna Hazare is set to begin the protest at Ralegan Siddhi village in Maharashtra.
The protest is being launched over the delay in passing of Lokayukt Act in the state of Maharashtra and appointment of Lokpal in the Centre.
This will be activists third hunger strike on the issue of Lokpal.
