More than 9.5 lakhs women avail benefit under the Maternity Benefit Programme during 2014-15 and 2015- 16

More than 9.5 lakhs women avail benefit under the Maternity Benefit Programme during 2014-15 and 2015- 16 Scheme to be implemented on a Pan India basis w.e.f. 01.01.2017 The Maternity Benefit Programme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme being implemented through the State Governments/UT Administrations. The Ministry issues guidelines for implementation of the Programme, releases funds in the prescribed cost sharing ratio and monitors implementation of the scheme. Whenever, any incident of non-payment of benefits under the...

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Implementation of creamy layer criteria

Implementation of creamy layer criteria In case of recommendation of name of a candidate by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for service allocation, the candidate is considered for allocation to one of those services by the Government for which he has indicated his preference subject to fulfilment of other conditions like Medical fitness, eligibility for availing reservation as per Civil Services Examination Rules and extant instructions on the subject. Further, vacancies reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates...

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Change in nomenclature of Nursing Staff in CGHS

Change in nomenclature of Nursing Staff in CGHS F.No.A.60011/13/2017-CGHS.II Government Of India Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare C.G.H.S. -II Section Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi Dated the 8th March 2017. ORDER Subject: Change in nomenclature of Nursing Staff in CGHS - regarding. In pursuance to Nursing Division's Order No.Z.28015/41/2014-N, dated 09.09.2016, the nomenclature of following Nursing Staff in CGHS have been changed as mentioned against each, with immediate effect: SL.No.Existing Nomenclature of the PostNew...

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Fixed Minimum Wages for Workers

Fixed Minimum Wages for Workers The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 provides for both the Central and State Governments as the appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employments under their respective jurisdictions. Presently, there are 45 scheduled employments in the Central Sphere while in the State Sphere the number of such employments is 1709. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is implemented by the Centre as well as the States in respect of their respective jurisdiction....

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Government may table 4 GST bills in Parliament today: Minister

Government may table 4 GST bills in Parliament today: Minister New Delhi: The government may table four GST supplementary legislations in Parliament today, a union minister said. We can do it today as well. A meeting on GST will be chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said when asked about tabling of the four GST bills in the Lok Sabha. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an infrastructure event here. The Cabinet on Monday cleared the four GST related...

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Air India LTC 80 Fare as on March 2017 for Central Government Employees

Air India LTC 80 Fare as on March 2017 for Central Government Employees Travel by Air while availing LTC - Air India LTC 80 Fare as on March 2017 - Central Government Employees travelling on LTC will have to purchase only Air India Tickets under LTC 80 Fare   Instructions issued by Govt from time to time envisages that Central Government Employees will have to travel only by Air India by purchasing LTC 80 tickets, when...

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Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017 answer key released

Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017 answer key released Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheet released at mecbsekvs.in Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheet : The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan recruitment examination 2017 answer keys have been released at kvsangathan.nic.in The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the written exam for the post of Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) and PRT on January 7 and Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) and TGT (Misc.) on January...

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Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017 answer key released

Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017 answer key released Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheet released at mecbsekvs.in Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheet : The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan recruitment examination 2017 answer keys have been released at kvsangathan.nic.in The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the written exam for the post of Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) and PRT on January 7 and Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) and TGT (Misc.) on January...

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Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017 answer key released

Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017 answer key released Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheet released at mecbsekvs.in Kendriya Vidyalayas PGT, TGT Exam 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheet : The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan recruitment examination 2017 answer keys have been released at kvsangathan.nic.in The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the written exam for the post of Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) and PRT on January 7 and Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) and TGT (Misc.) on January...

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Indian Railways may allow Private Passenger Trains to use its Tracks once DFCs become operational

Indian Railways may allow Private Passenger Trains to use its Tracks once DFCs become operational To accelerate its eroding fare revenue, the Indian Railways (IR) plans to allow private passenger trains, luxury trains and container operators to use its existing tracks once the dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) become operational, as it will move 70% of the freight traffic to the new routes. While one Indian railway official said there is a definite thinking in this direction and a study is already going on for utilisation...

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GST rollout from July 1 to make goods cheaper: Jaitley

GST rollout from July 1 to make goods cheaper: Jaitley New Delhi: Hopeful of the GST rollout from July 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it will create one of the world's biggest single markets and make commodities cheaper and tax evasion difficult. Speaking at the 23rd Conference of the Commonwealth Auditor General, Jaitley said India has hugely a non-tax compliant society and the government banned higher denomination notes to curb the tendency of people to deal in cash that lead to tax evasion as well as terror financing. He...

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Maternity Leave in Private Sector

Maternity Leave in Private Sector Maternity benefits to workers in the private sector are regulated under Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 and Maternity Benefit (MB) Act, 1961. The Government has already enhanced paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for up to two surviving children under the ESI Act,1948 vide notification dated 20.01.2017. So far as enhanced benefits under MB Act, 1961 are concerned, the Government introduced Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 before Rajya Sabha. The said Bill was passed by the...

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