In order to reach out to minority communities, the Narendra Modi government has set a new target – to give out scholarships to five crore students from those communities in the next five years. The scheme will have a big focus on girls.
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According to media reports, the Centre has directed the state governments to expedite the list of farmers eligible for the dole in their respective states.
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The Narendra Modi government has presented the interim Union Budget for 2019-20 that primarily focused on wooing the middle class, workers from the unorganized sector and farmers, ahead of this year’s Lok Sabha election, which is about two months away.
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Arun Jaitley, the finance minister, will not present the Narendra Modi government’s last Budget on February 1, as he left for the United States for a medical check-up. Piyush Goyal, railway and coal minister, has been given temporary charge of the finance ministry.
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