Pawar, who was accompanied by the Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, stated that he had immediately cleared the proposal in his capacity as the finance minister from the home department to increase the allowance to C-60 Commando Force jawans.
The troops of 113 Battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were fired upon in Tumrikasa Village of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli at about 4 pm on Thursday.
Maoists triggered an IED blast near a polling booth at Etapalli in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Thursday even as voting is underway in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections. No injuries have been reported yet.