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Cabinet hails India’s 1 billion vaccination mark
New Delhi, Oct 21: The Union Cabinet noted that India today achieved a remarkable feat by administering 100 Crore Covid-19 Vaccines.
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Highlights of ths Cabinet meet:
- Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners
- An increase of 3% over the existing rate of 28% of the Basic Pay / Pension. Impact on the exchequer would be Rs.9,488.70 Crore per annum.
- 47.14 lakh Central Govt. employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners will be benefitted.
- Additional installment to be effective from 1st July 2021.
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Story first published: Thursday, October 21, 2021, 16:28 [IST]