A meeting of the Union Cabinet during which the government is expected to increase the dearness allowance to 119 percent from 113 percent is presently underway.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, HRD Minister Smriti Irani, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and various other ministers are present in the meeting at the South Block here.