In May 2017, the Central Government had launched SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) with an allocation of Rs 6,000 crore. The scheme was renamed PMKSY in August 2017.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated India's first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.
The 25th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held, under the Chairpersonship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.