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 2018The 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 2018MoS 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 2018Lok 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 2018The 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 2018HRD minister Prakash Javadekar says the government has extended 7th Pay Commission benefits to teachers of central and state universities
3 min read12 Oct 2017A 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 2017Here 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 2017The 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 2017The 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 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared