Overview

• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah is scheduled for a one-day tour of Haryana on October 3 with events in Kurukshetra and Rohtak.
• Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said preparations for the programmes are complete.
• Shah is slated to inaugurate an exhibition on the newly implemented criminal laws to raise public awareness.
• The state released Rs 404.79 crore as the second instalment of Finance Commission grants to Panchayati Raj institutions, covering 5,719 Gram Panchayats, 144 Panchayat Samitis and three Zila Parishads.
• Saini announced plans to strengthen cooperative societies with new farmer memberships to open soon through an online process, while criticizing Congress over internal rifts and the delayed appointment of Bhupinder Singh Hooda as Leader of the Opposition.