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Here are the highlights of the day:
15:57 hours: Rahul Gandhi knows nothing about rice procurement, he should first understand the issue, Centre and State’s role in rice procurement before putting it on social media. Centre spent Rs 26,600 crore in paddy procurement this year and ready to spend even Rs 30,000 crore, says Union Minister GK Reddy.
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14:53 hours: Just In: England Women’s Hockey Team cancel their travel to India for the double-header FIH Pro League matches on April 2 and 3 in Bhubaneswar due to several members of their team testing positive for COVID-19, reports ANI.
14:42 hours: Calcutta High Court gave orders for a CBI probe into the recent violence in West Bengal. BJP has no connection with it. CBI is conducting an enquiry annd Mamata Banerjee is scared about her family members who are stuck in various CBI cases. We like this fear, says West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar.
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14:12 hours: I’m fortunate to have gotten the opportunity for upliftment of rural sector. I have a lot of things in mind, will discuss with the people in departmen and will do everything possible to deliver our schemes to the needy in a timely manner, says Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister KP Maurya.
13:49 hours: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets the delegation of the World Bank, including Lead Agriculture Specialist Andrew Goodland, in Lucknow.
13:07 hours: Women too have the ownership rights of around 2 crore houses built under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. This right has strengthened the participation of women in making other financial decisions in the household. This is a matter of case study in big universities across the world, says PM Modi.
13:00 hours: The last government – government before me – built only a few lakh houses for the poor in their tenure. Our government has given around 2.5 crore houses to the poor. Of these, 2 crore houses have been built in villages. In last 2 years, despite obstacles due to corona the work didn’t slow down, says PM Modi.
12:55 hours: Be it the BJP government in the Centre, or BJP governments in the states, walking with the mantra of ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’ all of them are working to empower the poor, says PM Modi.
12:50 hours: Some political parties raised a lot of slogans to eliminate poverty but not enough was done to empower poor. I believe when poor gets empowered, it gives them courage to fight poverty. When efforts of an honest government come together with that of an empowered poor, poverty loses, says PM Modi.
12:45 hours: Just In: PM Modi launches ‘Grih Pravesham’ of about 5.21 lakh beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin in Madhya Pradesh via video conferencing.
12:19 hours: Just In: The visit of Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to India has been postponed after he tested positive for COVID-19. He was scheduled to visit India from April 3 to April 5, says Muhamed Heib, Spokesperson of Israel Embassy in India.
11:51 hours: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address the House for the first time in the 18th Legislative Assembly today at 2 pm, reports ANI.
11:07 hours: State Home Department has decided to withdraw all cases filed under IPC 188 during lockdown against students, citizens for violation of lockdown order. Once the decision is approved by the Cabinet, the process of withdrawal of cases will start, says Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip W Patil.
10:39 hours: Just In: PM Modi meets his top ministers in the Parliament.
10:16 hours: At the BJP Parliamentary party meeting today, BJP MPs thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, says MoS Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal.
The main objective of today’s meeting was to hold meetings and conferences between April 6-14 on the issue of social justice, as told by the party’s national president (JP Nadda) and PM Modi, he adds.
9:54 hours: PM Modi attends BJP Parliamentary party meeting at Ambedkar International Centre.
9:35 hours: Just In: India reports 1,259 new COVID-19 cases, 35 deaths, and 1,705 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 15,378, says Union Health Ministry.
9:10 hours: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives for the BJP Parliamentary party meeting at Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi.
8:45 hours: AAP has copied the social and welfare policies of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. We’ve made 50 units of electricity-free in the state. We also provide free health treatment to people. They have come to power in Punjab by copying us, says Rajasthan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas.
After polls, BJP increased petrol and diesel prices. They’re ‘Ravan Bhakts’ not ‘Ram Bhakts’. They should distribute coupons for petrol, diesel just how their ministers distribute movie tickets for ‘The Kashmir Files’, he adds.
8:18 hours: Uttarakhand Congress vice president Aqueel Ahmed expelled from the party for 6 years for “continuously giving unnecessary statements in media”.
7:56 hours: PM Modi will also participate in ‘grih pravesham’ of about 5.21 lakh beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin in Madhya Pradesh today. He will also address the gathering at the event, which will begin at 12.30 pm.
7:49 hours: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today will address the ‘Matua Dharma Maha Mela’ at Shreedham Thakurnagar in West Bengal on the occasion of the 211th birth anniversary of Shree Shree Harichand Thakur via videoconferencing.
“I am honoured to be addressing the Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2022 at 4:30 PM tomorrow, 29th March. We shall also mark the Jayanti of the great Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Ji, who devoted his entire life for social justice and public welfare,” PM Modi tweeted on Monday.
Posted By: Aalok Sensharma
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