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Govt announces 2% DA hike for employees, raises IPPB project outlay

The 2% DA hike, which will benefit about 4.84 million central government employees and 6.2 million pensioners, is in accordance with the 7th Pay Commission

2 min read29 Aug 2018
Politics

7th Pay Commission: Central government employees will not get overtime allowance anymore

The government has decided to discontinue overtime allowance given to central government employees except operational staff, according to 7th Pay Commission recommendations

1 min read26 Jun 2018
Politics

No plan to raise retirement age of government employees: Jitendra Singh

MoS for personnel Jitendra Singh says there is no plan to increase the retirement age of central government employees from existing 60 years to 62 years

1 min read21 Mar 2018
Politics

Bill seeking to double tax free gratuity payment to organized sector workers passed

Lok Sabha has passed a bill that seeks to allow organized sector employees to get tax free gratuity upto Rs20 lakh at par with central government employees

1 min read16 Mar 2018
Politics

7th Pay Commission: Dearness allowance for government employees hiked to 7%

The dearness allowance hike is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for central government employees

1 min read8 Mar 2018
Education

7th Pay Commission: Govt approves pay hike for university teachers, nearly 8 lakh to benefit

HRD minister Prakash Javadekar says the government has extended 7th Pay Commission benefits to teachers of central and state universities

3 min read12 Oct 2017
Politics

DoPT to launch mobile app for retiring central govt employees tomorrow

A mobile application will be launched on Wednesday for central government employees who are about to retire to help them monitor the progress of their pension settlement cases

2 min read19 Sep 2017
Money

How gratuity amount is calculated

Here are some basics of gratuity calculation for both government employees and those working in a private company, and the income tax on this amount

3 min read19 Sep 2017
Politics

Union Cabinet approves doubling of gratuity payment

The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2017 seeks to double tax-free gratuity for government and private sector employees to Rs20 lakh

2 min read13 Sep 2017
Politics

DA hiked to 5% for central government employees, pensioners

The Union cabinet hiked dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief to 5%, benefiting 50 lakh central government employees and 61 lakh pensioners

1 min read13 Sep 2017
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