The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Australia on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime.

In a significant decision to fast-track India’s domestic nuclear power programme, and give a push to country’s nuclear industry, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for construction of 10 units of India’s indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR).

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the construction of double line with electrification between Guntur-Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh.

Punjab Chief Minister Shri Amarinder Singh today met Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting Shri M Venkaiah Naidu and discussed various aspects of implementation of new urban sector schemes in the State.

Ministry of Rural Development in partnership with the State Governments has been trying to ensure timely payment of wages to MGNREGA workers.