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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New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved a 2 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees effective from January 1, 2026, providing an increase in their take‑home pay.The Cabinet okayed to release an additional instalment of DA to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners, representing an increase of 2 per cent over the existing rate of 58 per cent of the basic pay/pens…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Members of the 8th Pay Commission have begun consultations on the proposed salary revision for central government employees and pensioners.A key meeting is scheduled in Dehradun for April 24, where representatives of employee unions, pensioners’ associations, and other stakeholders are expected to present their views on pay structures, allowances, and pension-related issues.Members of the commission are expected to visit various other parts of the country well to hold s…
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) In a landmark welfare decision, a Mid-Day Meal Scheme for higher secondary students and breakfast scheme for students from pre-primary to intermediate will be implemented across Telangana from the academic year 2026-27.This was announced in the state budget for 2026-27 presented by Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, in the Telangana Assembly on Friday.He stated that the Telangana government will extend the Mid-Day Meal Scheme to studen…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, on Tuesday, raised the issue of minimum account balance penalties in the Upper house of Parliament, urging the Union government to end such charges on small bank accounts, saying that they disproportionately affect the poor and financially vulnerable.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Chadha said banks have collected nearly Rs 19,000 crore in penalties over the last three years from customers, who failed to maintain the req…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Eighth Central Pay Commission has invited representations from all stakeholders and their submissions would be received up to April 30, 2026, according to an official statement.The Commission has provided an online structured format for inviting memorandum/representations from associations and unions of serving employees/pensioners, organizations/institutions as well as from employees, pensioners and interested individuals on its website.“The structured format for…
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) The government of Telangana has released Rs 745 crore towards pending bills payable to government employees in the state.On the direction of Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who is also the Finance Minister, the Finance Department on Friday released the amount.This was the seventh consecutive month that the government has issued the funds to clear the pending bills.As part of the assurance given to employee unions, the government has been sanctioning not le…
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government on Friday issued instructions for the disbursal of salaries and pensions for the month of February before Holi festival, bringing cheers and smiles on the faces of about 18 lakh staffers as well as pensioners.The decision will benefit scores of state government employees engaged in departments ranging from education to civic bodies to various ministries.According to official instructions, the salary cycle has been revised in wake of consecuti…
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 31 (IANS) Over 1.1 crore central government employees and pensioners look for cues from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2026-27 speech on Sunday, for any sign of an accelerated rollout of the 8th Pay Commission.However, the full implementation of salary and pension hikes in FY27 remains unlikely.On the Budget Day, only three months are over since the formal constitution of 8th Pay Commission. “The panel has been given an 18-month deadline to submit its report,…