The biennial Rajya Sabha elections will be held for 13 seats. The seats will be spread across six states including five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam and one each in Tripura, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Seven Storey Flight Control System Integration Facility at DRDO Laboratory Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The Dearness Allowance (DA) of the central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners have been increased by 3 per cent to 34 per cent of the basic pay with effect.