Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a bid to bring relief to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is running Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to provide free grains and the scheme has been extended till March 2022.
PM Modi is also going to inaugurate the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project in UP that will help the region access petroleum products from the Bina refinery.
Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed the first squadron of the S-400 air defence missile system in the western Punjab sector which will take care of aerial threats from Pakistan and China.
PM Narendra Modi announced that the government has decided to start a precautionary dose of COVID vaccine for Healthcare and Frontline Workers and citizens above 60 years of age with co-morbidities from January 10, 2022.