Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The Haryana government has decided to increase the grants given to outstanding panchayats working for the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs) from Rs.50,000 to Rs.1 lakh.

Chief minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini said that such grants are given as an incentive to outstanding panchayats working for the welfare of SCs. The CM also announced the establishment of a standalone investigation wing in every police station.

The CM, who was chairing a meeting of the State-Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee to review the implementation of the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, said among the criteria for selecting outstan...