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Centre releases first installment of Rs 25 crore to Sikkim to fight coronavirus pandemic

First Published: 4th April, 2020 22:41 IST

As part of the State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund, the Centre has released a sum of Rs 25 crore as first installment to the government of Sikkim to combat the

As part of the State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund, the Centre has released a sum of Rs 25 crore as first installment to the government of Sikkim to combat the Coronavirus crisis.

This was confirmed in a release issued by the Finance Commission Division, Government of India earlier today.

It may be mentioned here that Sikkim is one of the few Indian states not to have reported a single positive case of COVID-19 so far.

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