Rajnath expresses concern over vacant posts in police

Exuding concern an official statement said, "Rajnath Singh expressed concern at the large number of vacancies, the delay in the empanelment of IPS (Indian Police Service) officers at senior levels as well as in the finalisation of the recruitment rules and notifications pending for different levels of officers in the police," the statement said.

The Home Minister mentioned that the procedure for finalisation of the recruitment rules in consultation with the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) should be streamlined and simplified.

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PM reviews progress of monsoon

Modi, who chaired a high-level meeting here on Thursday to review the progress of the monsoon so far, emphasized on ensuring adequate power and seed availability for the agricultural sector, and directed that NREGA be used to generate rural employment, if necessary. 

Officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) apprised Modi of the monsoon situation.

“Though the monsoon has been delayed, rainfall is likely to improve substantially in the months of July and August,” the IMD officials said.  

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Arunachal Pradesh BJP asks Centre to expedite 'action oriented' measures

The party asked Home Minister Rajnath Singh to launch welfare schemes and provide basic amenities to people across the border areas in the state so that they could lead a peaceful life without any threat and fear, party spokesman Techi Necha said on Monday.
  
Welcoming the prompt and focused attention by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the party said that the Union Home Ministry has allocated an amount of Rs 5000 crore to settle locals along the border.

"The ministry also proposes to create 54 new ITBP posts and construction of fast track roads along the Sino-Indo international border in Arunachal Pradesh. The policy will highly benefit the people living along the border," Necha pointed out.
  
The party also welcomed the move of the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests to launch a new system for online submission of application to speed up clearance for constructing border roads and strategically important projects in a transparent manner.
   

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