Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) Acting on the directives of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, the State government has approved a 2 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for state employees and pensioners. With this revision, the Dearness Allowance under the 7th Pay Commission has been increased from 58 per cent to 60 per cent, effective from January 1, 2026.The decision is expected to benefit approximately 7.02 lakh employees and 5.44 lakh pensioners across the st…
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Bhopal, April 16 (IANS) In a significant relief measure, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced an increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees drawing salaries under the 6th Pay Commission scale. The DA has been revised upward from 252 per cent to 257 per cent, providing much-needed financial support amid rising living costs. The hike, which aligns the state’s older pay scale employees with revised rates, will be effective retrospectively from July 1, 2025. Howev…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A regular weekday morning turned into a moment of shock for thousands of employees at Oracle Corporation, as reports of large-scale layoffs surfaced.According to multiple reports, employees across teams began receiving termination emails as early as 6 AM.What started as a normal workday quickly turned into confusion and uncertainty, with many workers trying to understand the sudden decision while the news spread rapidly online.Reports suggest that the company may have l…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) A series of major financial and regulatory changes will come into effect across India from April 1, marking the start of the new financial year and bringing significant impact on taxpayers, employees and daily commuters.Among the most notable developments is the rollout of the new Income Tax Act, 2025, which will replace the decades-old Income Tax Act 1961.The new law aims to simplify the tax framework by introducing clearer language and removing complex terminology.One k…
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) In a move aimed at ensuring maximum voter participation in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission on Thursday directed all private establishments, including companies and factories, to grant paid leave to employees on polling day. The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu are scheduled to be held on April 23, with the counting of votes set for May 4. As part of preparations to facilitate smooth and inclusive polling, the Commission has made it cle…
Shimla, March 18 (IANS) To maintain decorum and modesty at the workplace, the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh has issued fresh instructions to its employees regarding office attire and social media conduct, banning jeans and T-shirts.Employees have also been restrained from commenting on government policies through social media platforms.As per the guidelines, all government employees are required to wear formal, clean and modest clothing in sober colours. Casual or party wear is strictl…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party’s working President Ashwani Sharma on Sunday said that the state Budget “is a major betrayal of the mothers and sisters of the state and is disappointing for farmers, employees and the common people too”. Reacting to the Budget for 2026-27, proposing a total outlay of Rs 260,437 crore and projecting the state’s GSDP at Rs 980,635 crore with an estimated growth rate of 10 per cent, Sharma told the media here that the Aam Aadmi Party…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s verdict directing the West Bengal government to pay Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears to the state government employees and pensioners for the period between 2008 and 2019 and also 25 per cent of that amount by March 31 this year, will cost the state exchequer a little over Rs 10,000 crore immediately and Rs 42,000 crore in the long run.”These figures are tentative. An exercise had started to figure out the actual expenditure on this count, and the final f…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday said it was laying off 16,000 employees globally as part of “additional organisational changes”.This is the second major round of layoffs at the company in about three months in the AI era.Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon, said that “we’re making additional organisational changes across Amazon that will impact some of our teammates”.In a blog post, she said that “I recognise th…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Centre on Friday said it has approved the long-pending wage revision for Public Sector General Insurance companies (PSGICs) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The government also approved pension revision for retirees of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and NABARD. A total of about 46,322 employees, 23,570 pensioners and 23,260 family pensioners across these organisations will benefit from these revisions.“The wage revision for the employe…