BJP leader and former Union minister Vijay Sampla has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) for a second time.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has launched the first public outreach programme, 'Lok Milani', which started in Chandigarh to reach out to citizens for redressal of grievances.
The pilot project envisages training for about 250 beneficiaries of 17 clusters of 17 districts selected from six states of India- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Odisha.