New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Union Cabinet meeting at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi on Wednesday.
On June 24, the Union Cabinet had approved setting up of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) amounting to Rs 15,000 crore.
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It also approved the extension of tenure of the Commission constituted under Article 340 of the constitution to examine the issue of sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes, by 6 months - up to 31/1/2021, besides the declaration of Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh as an International Airport.
After the Cabinet meeting, Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that a new institution - Indian National Space, Promotion and Authorisation Centre - has been formed which will guide the private industries in space activities s through encouraging policies in a friendly regulatory environment.