India Political Highlights | Rs 2 lakh for families of Indian workers who died in Kuwait fire from PM Relief Fund
Hello readers. TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu took oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time today. A few hours later, Majhi was also sworn in as Odisha CM, the first BJP CM in the state. With Union ministers allotted portfolios, Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman took charge of their respective ministries earlier today. The date of the first session of the new Lok Sabha was also announced, with the House set to convene on June 24. Meanwhile, political bickering continued over the NEET-UG 'paper leak' issue. The Kuwait fire and the J&K terror attacks are the first challenges for Modi 3.0's govt. The PM has been quiet on the terror attacks but chaired an emergency meeting on the Kuwait fire tragedy and coordinating India's response to the incident that sends thousands of its workers to the West Asian country. Thanks for tracking the latest political updates from all across India, with DH.
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PM announces ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh to the families of deceased Indian nationals from Prime Minister Relief Fund
"Upon reaching back to Delhi after today’s two oath taking ceremonies, chaired a meeting to review the situation in the wake of the fire mishap in Kuwait, where people of Indian origin have been affected. GoI is doing everything possible to assist those affected by this gruesome fire tragedy," said PM Modi in a tweet, linkinking to a press release from the PMO.
The release stated: "Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a review meeting on the fire tragedy in Kuwait in which a number of Indian nationals died and many were injured, at his residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi earlier today.
Prime Minister expressed his deep sorrow at the unfortunate incident and extended condolences to the families of the deceased. He wished speedy recovery of those injured.
Prime Minister directed that Government of India should extend all possible assistance. MOS External Affairs should immediately travel to Kuwait to oversee the relief measures and facilitate expeditious repatriation of the mortal remains.
Prime Minister announced ex- gratia relief of Rupees 2 lakh to the families of the deceased India nationals from Prime Minister Relief Fund.
The Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar, the Minister of State for External Affairs Shri Kirtivardhan Singh, Principal Secretary to PM Shri Pramod Kumar Mishra, National Security Advisor Shri Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Shri Vinay Kwatra and other senior officials were also present in the meeting.
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