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Breaking News Live Updates, Oct 21, 2021: Union Minister Anurag Thakur addressed the cabinet briefing today. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken number of important decisions including the hike of  Dearness Allowance (DA) by 3 per cent with effect from July 1, 2021. This will benefit over 47 lakh central government employees.

The DA for Central Government employees has now been increased from 28 per cent to 31 per cent. This will benefit pensioners as well, Thakur said.

Union Minister Thakur has congratulated everyone for achieving 100 crore vaccination mark. “We achieved it despite an atmosphere of apprehensions,” he said during the cabinet briefing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated today the Infosys Foundation made 806-bedded Vishram Sadan at National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Jhajjar Campus of AIIMS New Delhi. As per the press note released by the Prime Minister’s Office, PM Modi is scheduled to address the occasion after the inauguration. The 806 bedded Vishram Sadan, is a part of Infosys’ Corporate Social Responsibility, to provide air-conditioned accommodation facilities to the accompanying attendants of the Cancer Patients, who often have to stay in Hospitals for longer duration, said the press release. It has been constructed by the Foundation at a cost of about Rs 93 crore. It is located in close proximity to the hospital & OPD Blocks of NCI. Union Health & Family Welfare Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murthy, will also be present on the occasion. In the meantime, India is set to cross the 100 crore or 1 billion Covid-19 vaccination mark on Thursday, nine months after the nationwide inoculation programme started to protect the citizens against the coronavirus disease. And the central government has planned a series of events to mark the occasion.