Central Government Employees: Cabinet may approve 6% dearness allowance (DA) hike next week.

Central Government Employees: Cabinet may approve 6% dearness allowance (DA) hike next week. Cabinet may approve 6 percent DA hike next week Finance Minister Arun Jaitley New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to approve hiking dearness allowance (DA) to 113 per cent from existing 107 per cent benefiting 30 lakh central government employees and 50 lakh pensioners in its meeting scheduled in next week. “The Union Cabinet will take a proposal...

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Goa government has dropped Gandhi Jayanti from the list of public holidays

Goa government has dropped Gandhi Jayanti from the list of public holidaysPanaji: In a decision that could spark nationwide outrage, the Goa government has dropped Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 from the list of public holidays.Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, has not been marked as a holiday in the current year’s calender, released yesterday.The decision has triggered strong reactions from a section of legislators in the state.Interestingly, Gandhi Jayanti disappeared from the list of commercial and industrial holidays...

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Indian Government Important Official Websites for Central Government Employees

Indian Government Important Official Websites for Central Government Employees 1. DOPT’S Recent Orders2. Financial Orders 3. Air Travel Orders 4. Allowances Orders 5. APAR Orders 6. Advances Orders 7. CGEGIS Orders 8. HRA/ HAA Orders 9. Leave Orders 10. LTC Orders 11. MACP Orders 12. Miscellaneous Orders 13. Pay Orders 14. Pension Orders 15. TA Orders 16. Transport Allowance Orders Source: Central Government News...

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Railway takes steps under “swachh rail swachh bharat mission”

Railway takes steps under “swachh rail swachh bharat mission” Ministry of Railways 13-March, 2015 Under the “Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Mission”, regular events on cleanliness are planned to be organized Railways at all railway premises. The focus of Indian Railways is to ensure clean and hygienic toilets, maintenance of cleanliness at stations, trains etc., tree plantation, and removal of encroachments, improving drainage, public awareness campaign and periodic monitoring of the mission. ”Detailed instructions regarding waste management have...

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No Proposals To Increase Working Days To 6 Per Week: Centre

No Proposals To Increase Working Days To 6 Per Week: CentreNew Delhi: The central government today said it has no proposals to shift to six-day week working for its offices or reduce the retirement age of employees to 58 years.“At present, there is no proposal to change working days for the Central government offices from five to six days a week or to reduce the retirement age of the Central government employees to 58 years,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. At present, the retirement age of the Central...

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Bank News: Over 3.70 lakh complaints against banks in 5 years

Bank News: Over 3.70 lakh complaints against banks in 5 yearsNew Delhi: Over 3.70 lakh complaints have been received by the banking ombudsman during last five years with highest number of complaints, 1.02 lakh, against State Bank of India, reveals an RTI response.The data received shows that 3,70,543 complaints have been received by 15 banking ombudsman during 2009-10 to 2013-14.During 2013-14, 76573 complaints have been received against Public Sector Banks, Private Banks and Foreign Banks operational in the country with maximum number of complaints,...

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