Report on Kargil to be tabled tomorrow

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, FEB. 22. The Government today announced that the Subrahmanyam committee report which went into the Kargil conflict would be placed in Parliament on Thursday.

Announcing this, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Cabinet spokesman, Mr. Pramod Mahajan, said the full report would be placed before Parliament. It could be accompanied by the action taken report. The ATR was presently under preparation, he added.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Union Cabinet, Mr. Mahajan said the Government also decided to introduce a Centrally-sponsored scheme, under which senior citizens would be provided 10 kg of foodgrains free of cost every month.

According to the 1991 census, the country had 5.66 crore senior citizens, defined as those above 60 years of age., and already there was a scheme under which a pension of Rs. 75 per month is being given to 53.35 lakh people. `Annapoorna', the new scheme for which a provision of Rs. 100 crores was being made, would benefit an additional 13.76 lakh persons.

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