In what could be its last cabinet meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Modi government on Thursday approved a raft of decisions such as setting up 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, a push to infrastructure and power projects and expanding health insurance benefits to ex-servicemen.
Racing to beat the model code of conduct that will kick in after the Election Commission unveils the general election schedule, the cabinet and the cabinet committee on economic affairs together approved 30 decisions, which included projects for Delhi Metro and a committee to draw up norms for unauthorised colonies. The political implications of the decisions were evident with the infrastructure projects slated for several states and a big bonanza for Mumbai’s urban transport by way of 191air conditioned rakes.
 

In what could be its last cabinet meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Modi government on Thursday approved a raft of decisions such as setting up 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, a push to infrastructure and power projects and expanding health insurance benefits to ex-servicemen.
Racing to beat the model code of conduct that will kick in after the Election Commission unveils the general election schedule, the cabinet and the cabinet committee on economic affairs together approved 30 decisions, which included projects for Delhi Metro and a committee to draw up norms for unauthorised colonies. The political implications of the decisions were evident with the infrastructure projects slated for several states and a big bonanza for Mumbai’s urban transport by way of 191air conditioned rakes.