Centre to increase dearness allowance to 21%, up from 17%
New Delhi: Central government is likely to approve a hike in dearness allowance (DA) to 21 per cent from the existing 17 per cent, benefiting around 49.93 lakh Central government employees and its 65.26 lakh pensioners More...
FM Sitharaman attends traditional ‘halwa ceremony’ ahead of the Budget
New Delhi: Ahead of printing of documents relating to Union Budget 2020-21, the customary ‘Halwa ceremony’ was held on Monday at the Ministry of Finance, North Block. Visuals from the ceremony at the More...
Centre to hike DA by 4%
New Delhi: Central government is likely to approve a hike in dearness allowance (DA) by 4 per cent to 21 per cent from the existing 17 per cent, benefiting around 30 lakh Centre’s employees and its 50 lakh More...
No proposal to put retirement age either at 60 or after completion of 33 years of service: Govt
Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh New Delhi: There is no proposal to put retirement age at 60 or after completion of 33 years of service for central government employees, the Rajya Sabha was informed More...
No plans right now to reduce retirement age of central employees: Govt
New Delhi: There is no plans right now to reduce the retirement age of central government employees from 60 years to 58 years, the government said on Wednesday. Representative image “No Sir. Presently, there More...
Stipulated time over for sanction to prosecute 100 corrupt officials: CVC
New Delhi: It has been over four months since the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has been awaiting sanction to prosecute nearly 100 central government employees, including IAS officers, for their alleged involvement More...
Centre increases monetary limits for accepting gifts for its employees
New Delhi: The Central government has increased the monetary limits for accepting gifts for all its employees, relaxing the ceiling by more than three-fold, officials said on Tuesday. Representative image All officials More...
Centre notifies 17 Per Cent Dearness Allowance
New Delhi: Centre today notified its decision to give dearness allowance (DA) to 17 per cent from existing 12 per cent from July 1, 2019, benefiting 30 lakh central government employees and 50 lakh pensioners. Finance More...
Centre hikes dearness allowance 5 per cent
New Delhi: The Centre today increased dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief by 5 per cent to 17 per cent, benefiting 30 lakh central government employees and 50 lakh pensioners. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman This More...
No DA for central employees before Dussehra
New Delhi: The central government employees will for the first time in recent memory not receive dearness allowance (DA) before the Dussehra. Durga Puja celebration “It is true that DA has not been paid to the More...
