As the drought situation in Maharashtra worsens, allegations of siphoning off of relief funds have surfaced. The leader of the opposition in the state Assembly on Wednesday claimed bogus beneficiaries of fodder schemes. This came as the Centre granted Rs 1,200 crore as a drought relief package. ...
09:55 AM, Mar 14, 2013
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on drought headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday approved Rs 1,207 crore relief package to Maharashtra. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia were at the meeting. ...
11:27 AM, Mar 13, 2013
New Delhi: After Andhra Pradesh, it's now the turn of Maharashtra to receive a relief package from the Centre. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday announced Rs 400 crore Central assistance to Maharashtra which suffered extensive damage to crops on account of unprecedented and unseasonal rains. Singh announced the relief after an all-party delegation led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan called on him and sought a special relief package...
04:36 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Leh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced a Rs 125 crore relief packaged for the Leh cloudburst victims and said all houses destroyed by the natural calamity will be reconstructed within the next two-and-a-half months. Singh had earlier announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs one lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured from the PM's National Relief Fund. Singh, who...
11:42 AM, Aug 17, 2010
A total of Rs 62 lakh have been disbursed by the Maharashtra govt as compensation to the Malegaon blasts victims. ...
10:42 PM, Sep 13, 2006
