GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

The government has changed the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995 to enable members with fewer than six months of employment to receive a withdrawal benefit. Additionally, the government amended Table D to ensure that withdrawal benefits are pa...

EPFO: Specified employees stand to gain due to EPFO's decision of discontinuing GIS deductions and refunding all deductions made thus far. According to Akhil Chandna, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat, "The discontinuation of deductions under GIS will ...

The Centre has instructed all ministries to promptly review employees' performance to identify non-performers for premature retirement. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) mandated adherence to guidelines under Fundamental and Pension Ru...

The Supreme Court upheld a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling preventing the Haryana government from granting 5% marks to state domiciles in certain recruitment posts based on socio-economic criteria. Justices A S Oka and Rajesh Bindal rejected Ha...

Women government employees can now take 180 days of maternity leave if they have children through surrogacy, according to amendments to the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972. The changes also allow "commissioning mothers" (intending mothers...

Non-cooperation from state government employees to the sitting MPs, party workers working against them, and the false narrative that the Constitution would be changed were among the prominent reasons cited by the BJP's Lok Sabha candidates of Uttar ...

State-run banks are optimistic about a more lucrative performance-linked incentive (PLI) for employees and are advocating for a five-day banking week as a new coalition government takes charge. Bank unions and employee associations seek a review of ...

The company aims to upgrade its 400-odd customers to its generative AI platform SAS Viya over the next one year, Riad Gydien, executive VP and chief sales officer at SAS, told ET.

DA hike latest news update: There have been speculations about a possible hike in basic pay for central government employees and pensioners in July 2024 as dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief touch 50%. ​​Usually, the DA and DR of the centra...

DA hike impact: The Center's decision to increase its employees' dearness allowance by 4% to 50% has resulted in significant revisions to other allowances, including retirement gratuity, which is a great benefit for government employees.

The chief of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Rajkot game zone fire, which killed 27 people, announced that they have been authorized to question senior IAS and IPS officials if necessary. This decision follows a review meeting...

In a recent interview, Narendra Modi emphasized the importance of supporting businesses and avoiding demonization. The Prime Minister's stance received positive feedback, contrasting with past socialist inclinations.

Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur criticised the state's ruling Congress party for allegedly harassing BJP members. He highlighted instances of targeted raids and employee issues. Thakur condemned ...

NPS vs OPS: The Centre allowed central government employees to switch from NPS to CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 (now 2021), known as the old pension scheme. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare released FAQs to address queries on the implem...

The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has officially dissolved the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), a technical wing of the ministry responsible for providing technical and logistical support for community nutrition programmes. The FNB had a...

Dearness allowance hike: The EPFO has opted to keep in "abeyance" the retirement and death gratuity increase for workers, which is a blow to those employed by the government and organised sector. In March 2024, the Central government raised the Dear...

General Provident Fund rules: All government employees can open a GPF account and pay a portion of their salaries to the GPF. When they retire, employees receive the entire money accrued in their GPF account over their service tenure.

The Leave Travel Concession (LTC) initiative offers government employees a discounted travel option to go to any destination in India or to their home town during a a block of four years. . Are all central government employees eligible for LTC? What...

Karnataka High Court rules EPF and EPS benefits for foreign workers in India unconstitutional under Article 14, making all related orders unenforceable. The Court made a decision regarding a group of appeals (Stone Hill Education Foundation vs The U...