On April 23, the Central Government had announced that it will provide free food grains under the PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana for the months of May and June 2021. Under this plan, 5 kilograms of free food grains would be provided to the beneficiaries which amount to around 80 crore people in the nation.
Delhi government has written a letter to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh seeking Army's assistance in setting up, operationalising and running some COVID-19 facilities in the national capital
The Centre has notified the Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Act passed last month which grants primacy to Lieutenant Governor over the elected government in the city.