Railway Employees Cadre Restructuring meeting is scheduled to be held on 20.9.2011 and 21.9.2011

After the implementation of 6 CPC  recommendations with effect from 01-01-2006, subsequently cadre re structuring proposals in all the Departments would have been worked out for implementation well before.If sources are to be believed,very few Departments only asked the Federations of unions to come out with cadre review proposals for discussion.As for as settling the issues related to government...

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CABINET APPROVED 7% HIKE IN DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO BE PAID FROM JULY-2011 TO ALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

DEARNESS ALLOWANCE  TO BE PAID FROM JULY-2011 TO ALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS 58% The Union Cabinet committee  today decided to Enhance the Rate of Dearness Allowance by 7% to all the Central Government employees. Dearness Allowance (DA) will be enhanced from 51% to 58% w.e.f.July -2011. Release of additional installment of dearness allowance for this year to Central...

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Employees of Autonomous Bodies to get Ad-hoc Bonus

Employees of Autonomous Bodies to get Ad-hoc Bonus Earlier the Central Government has announced to grant of Non-productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc bonus) to Central Government Employees for the year 2010-11. Now it may be extended with some terms and conditions to the employees of Autonomous Bodies. An important another office memorandum[No.7/24/2006 E-III (A)] issued by the Finance Ministry...

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DA increase of 7% likely to be approved by Cabinet

The Cabinet may on Thursday raise dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners by 7 percentage points to 58% of the basic pay/pension. The last hike in DA was in March when the government increased it by 6 percentage points. The Cabinet is expected to take a decision in this regard on Thursday, sources said. The Cabinet is also expected to...

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Minister promises for 78 days bonus for Railway employees

Railways is planning to give Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days' wages to its 12 lakh employees. In this connection, Railway Minister Mr.Dinesh Trivedi assured in a meeting with federations that 78 days’ productivity-linked bonus (PLB) would be given to employees in the grade pay ranging from Rs 1,800 to Rs 4,600. The sanction of Bonus would result in additional burden...

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Himachal Pradesh HC seeks progress over implementation of reservation for disabled

Himachal Pradesh HC seeks progress over implementation of reservation for disabled 2.9.2011 (UNI) The High Court of Himachal Pradesh today directed the Director (Elementary Education) to file an affidavit as to whether the policy of reservation for physically challenged persons has been implemented in the Directorate of Elementary Education.  It has also directed to file affidavit as...

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Reservation for Ex-Servicemen

Reservation for Ex-Servicemen There is no provision for earmarking of posts exclusively for ex- servicemen therefore the data on the actual number of reserved posts and unfilled vacancies earmarked for the Ex-servicemen are not maintained. However, percentagewise reservations ranging from 10 to 24.5% of the total available vacancies in Group C & D posts in Government jobs and Public Sector...

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Delhi HC reserves order on whether tax at source can be deducted from Third Party Administrator

Delhi HC reserves order on whether tax at source can be deducted from Third Party Administrator 2.9.2011 (UNI) The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on the petition filed by TPA (Third Party Administrator) challenging the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)'s decision for asking them to deduct tax at source from the patients who get cashless treatment under the Medical Insurance Policy...

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Armed Forces Tribunal

Armed Forces Tribunal The Armed Forces Tribunal has directed the government to constitute an expert committee to look into the issue relating to pension of ex-servicemen with less than 15 years of service in the armed forces. AFT Kochi passed an order on 4.4.2011 on the TA No.41/2010 of Ex-Servicemen Non-Pensioners Association directing the respondents i.e. UOI & Ors to have the above...

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One Rank One Pension

One Rank One Pension Pension improvement is an ongoing process. Considerable improvements have been made in the pensions of armed forces personnel. A Committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of `One Rank One Pension and other related matters`. After considering all aspects of the matter, the Committee did not find it feasible to recommend One...

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