The Maharashtra Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to provide free text books to students up to the tenth standard in government-aided schools in the urban and rural areas of the state. | |
| Rs 20 crore has already been allocated for this. The scheme would be applicable to schools in zilla parishad- and municipal corporation-administered regions. |
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| Addressing mediapersons, chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the Cabinet approved a proposal for providing free houses to the residents of tenements within textile mill land premises in Mumbai city who are facing imminent eviction. |
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| Under the proposal, alternative housing would be made available for the residents only after which they would be asked to vacate their current residences. |
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| On the chief secretary Ajit Nimbalkar's retirement on May 31, Shinde said there was no proposal to give the chief secretary a second extension in tenure. |
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