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Union Home Minister chairs High Level Committee meeting for Central assistance to Rajasthan

Union Home Minister chairs High Level Committee meeting for Central assistance to Rajasthan

India Blooms News Service | | 02 May 2017, 06:15 pm
New Delhi, May 2 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) here on Tuesday for Central Assistance to the state of Rajasthan in the wake of drought (Kharif) of 2016-17.

The Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence, run Jaitley, the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, S. S. Ahluwalia, Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Mehrishi and senior officers of the Ministries of Home, Finance, Agriculture and NITI Aayog attended the meeting.

The Committee examined the proposal based on the report of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team which visited the drought-affected state of Rajasthan.

The HLC approved the assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) in respect of Rajasthan to the tune of Rs 588.34 crore.

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