 Hello and welcome to NewsClick, I am Sumedha and today we are bringing you a glimpse of some of the most important stories that we report about at NewsClick. With four months to go for the general election of 2019, the BJP has already started doling out benefits. The GST rates have now been slashed with only 28 items in the 28% bracket. The items that are now going to cost much lesser than what they used to before are computer screens, television screens and video games. The new rates were announced by Arun Jaitley on Saturday. Tax on 17 items and 6 services has now been reduced. This is likely to cost a revenue impact of over 5,500 crores. This major tax rationalization is coming after recently Narendra Modi announced to bring 99% of the goods under the slab of 18% or lower. Talking of promises, after facing the farmer's ire and multiple protests in Maharashtra, the state government of Maharashtra announced a relief package of over 150 crores for onion farmers. The relief package offered by the Devendra Fadnavis government is a move that is now being seen as something which was too late and too little. Series of agitations in Maharashtra have gained momentum, with farmers being compelled to sell fresh onion produce at as less as 1 rupee per kg. The farmers bearing the brunt of the agrarian distress in the state should have been given a package of rupees 1500 crore. However, the state government has given them only a budget of rupees 150 crore, 10 times less than the earmarked amount. The BJP government came to power on the promise of fighting corruption and graft. A latest RTI reply shockingly shows that the Lokpal selection committee did not even meet once in the last four years, making it clear that the process of selection of the Lokpal was shrouded in secrecy all this while. The reply also highlights that the committee met only once in March 2018, 45 months after the BJP government first came into power. The RTI reply highlights the lack of the commitment on the part of the BJP government and also goes on to show the possibility of a breakdown of the framework of accountability and transparency in India. The activists of the People's Health Movement in the MENA region have called for a boycott of a mental health conference in Israel. The upcoming conference in Tel Aviv is being termed as an acceptance of violent and racist policies of the Israeli government. The activists have also called the Israeli occupation clearly as an impediment on the health of the Palestinian people as well as their mental health. Israel's occupation of the Palestinian region has caused a massive health crisis, especially in Gaza where the continuous blockade leads to medicine shortages. The crisis in health was particularly highlighted in the Great March of Return where those who were victims of incessant firing could not access medical help. That's all that we have for you in this episode of the Daily Roundup. Keep yourself updated and follow our stories on www.newsclick.in. Also follow us on Twitter, Facebook and subscribe to us at YouTube.