The flagship scheme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has been selected for the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under the category "Innovation (General) - Central".
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners by 3 percent to 34%, over the existing rate of 31% of the Basic Pay/Pension.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released the 'State of World Population: Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy' Report.
SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch launched the 'Manthan', a six-week-long ideathon, in association with various institutions including BSE, NSE, NSDL, CDSL, KFintech, CAMS, LinkInTime and MCX.