Approval on package, metro expansion and increase in MSP to BSNL… What happened in the Modi cabinet meeting?

Modi Cabinet Decisions: Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Union Cabinet meeting was held on Wednesday (June 7) under the leadership of In this, decisions related to farmers, BSNL and Gurugram City Center Metro were taken. After the meeting, Union Minister Piyush Goyal told that for 2023-24, approval was given to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 143 to Rs 2,183 per quintal. At the same time, the minimum support price of moong was increased to Rs 8,558 per quintal.

According to the news agency PTI, the maximum support price of moong dal is 10.4 percent, groundnut 9%, sesamum 10.3%, paddy 7%, jowar, bajra, ragi, table, arhar dal, urad dal, soybean and sunflower. There has been an increase of about 6 to 7 percent on seeds for the financial year 2023-2024.

Modi cabinet took this decision regarding BSNL
Union Minister Piyush Goyal said after the meeting that the Modi cabinet has approved the third Revival Package for BSNL. Apart from this, it has also been decided to allot 4G/5G spectrum to BSNL, for which a package of Rs 89047 crore has been fixed.

What will the people of Gurugram get?
Goyal said that the proposal for metro connectivity connecting Dwarka Expressway side line with Cyber ​​City Gurugram from HUDA City Center has been approved. It will cost Rs 5,452 crore. He said that the proposal of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing was approved in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by PM Modi.

Goyal said that under this, the metro will be expanded by 28.5 kilometers and will have 27 stations. After approval, the project will take four years to complete. This will benefit the people of Haryana, especially Gurugram and Delhi. Being the center of information technology and innovation of Gurugram, new employment opportunities will develop with the expansion of Metro.

What about Odisha train accident and Manipur violence?
Piyush Goyal said that in the cabinet meeting held under the leadership of PM Modi, expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Balasore rail accident and Manipur violence and wished the injured to recover soon. In fact, three trains met with an accident on Friday (June 2) at around 7 pm near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district of Odisha. There were Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train parked at the station. 288 people have died in this accident.

On the other hand, according to the news agency PTI, violent clashes started after the ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organized in the hill districts on May 3 in protest against the demand of the Meitei community for granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status in Manipur. So far, about 100 people have died in the violence.

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