Dearness allowance is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees and pensioners. It is a component of salary, and is counted as a fixed percentage of the person's basic salary.

India has a huge official data and statistics problem and the problem is only growing bigger by the day.

According to ratings agency ICRA, the aggregate loss of the aviation sector is expected to reach Rs 3,600 crore in 2018-19, up from around Rs 2,500 crore in 2017-18.

The move, the first in over three decades, will likely to result in greater cost efficiencies for logistic companies as they would be able to ferry more goods per trip.

So far, 30 state governments/Union Territories have signed MoUs with the Civil Aviation Ministry for participating in UDAN and providing various concessions to the airline operators.