Key Points
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Friday approved a subsidy of 200 per cooking gas cylinder to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)...
Separately, the Union cabinet approved an increase in the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief to 42% of the basic pay or pension from 38%, a move that will benefit 11.7 million government employees and pensioners...
The CCEA also approved a minimum support price of jute at 5,050 per quintal for the year 2023-24 based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)...
The increase in DA will cost the government about 6,554 crore a year and the dearness relief 6,261 crore..
For a 14-month period through February 2024, the total cost to the government will be about 14,952 crore, information and broadcasting minister Anurag Singh Thakur said after the meeting...
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