Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, after being sworn in on Thursday for the third straight term, immediately got to work by convening the first Cabinet meeting in the afternoon in Itanagar and laid the foundation for building a Viksit Arunachal in the next five years.
The Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and other senior officials of the state government and staff of the Chief Minister's Office welcomed Khandu after he arrived at his office.
After a special cabinet meeting held this morning, the Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan-led government announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for those who were injured in the June 12 mishap in Kuwati's city of Al-Mangaf.
Before the beginning of the cabinet meeting, the council of ministers congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time and the cabinet also congratulated CM Mohan Yadav for winning all 29 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired his first Union Cabinet meeting after taking the oath as PM of his third term and decided to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
"In the (state) cabinet meeting, the date of June 10 for (Assembly) Session has been postponed to June 27. We also discussed the steps to provide better help to senior citizens by the Maharashtra government. Devendra Fadnavis attended the meeting virtually," Mungantiwar said.
A day after the results of the Lok Sabha elections were declared, both Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc will hold meetings today to chalk out strategies for future course of action.