Know about BJP's plan of expansion in South India

In the first cabinet meet of the newly formed Modi government on Friday evening, major changes were approved in the ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund. PM Narendra Modi  approved increase in the rates of scholarship from Rs. 2000 per month to Rs. 2500 per month for boys and from Rs. 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls. The scholarship has also been extended to the wards of State Police officials who were killed in terror or naxal attacks.