The Centre today approved an assistance of 791 crore rupees to drought affected Telangana from the National Disaster Relief Fund. A high level committee chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved it after examining the proposal based on the report of the Central Team, which visited the state.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and senior officers of the Ministries of Home, Finance and Agriculture attended the meeting.