MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

The Ministry of Education has constituted a high-level committee led by former ISRO chairman Dr. K. Radhakrishnan to address issues with the National Testing Agency (NTA) due to lapses in multiple examinations, focusing on reforming the examination ...

Amid concerns over exam leaks, the Indian government has introduced a new law with stringent penalties, including jail terms and fines, to combat cheating in public exams. The law, effective from June 21, aims to bring transparency and credibility t...

Union Minister Jitendra Singh highlighted the revolutionary governance reforms undertaken in the last decade under the NDA government, focusing on increasing citizen centricity and ease of living. He emphasized the continuity of this work in the ong...

NDA Full List Ministry Portfolio: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third consecutive term on Monday by allocating key portfolios to ministers following their swearing-in ceremony. This cabinet formation includes 30 cabinet ministers, 36 minist...

With the National Democratic Alliance assuming power, all Union ministries are set to launch their 100-day plans. ET provides a snapshot of the key government initiatives and actions planned for the next three months.

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.

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...

Any citizen can lodge grievances pertaining to central government departments, states and Union territories on the Centralised Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. In a written r...

The Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration has undergone restructuring to acknowledge the performance of civil servants based on targeted individual beneficiaries and the implementation of government priority programs. The r...

New Delhi: In a brainstorming session organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), senior government officials and industry experts discussed the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for public grievances and u...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured that technology is used as a tool to ensure transparency, accountability and citizen centricity in the governance, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said.

An analysis of the age-wise generation of DLCs reveals that more than 24,000 pensioners above the age of 90 years used digital mode, the statement said. The leading states for DLC generation are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, having ge...

The Indian government plans to launch a nationwide campaign in November to promote submission of digital life certificates (DLCs) by pensioners. The Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has been promoting the use of DLCs (Jeevan Prama...

Centre's Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare on Friday held an awareness programme with two pensioners' associations here. According to the DoPPW, the programme was held with a view to dispense information, understand issues faced by pensi...

Over 2,000 rules and laws were scrapped by the Centre in the last nine years for ease of governance and ease of business, said Jitendra Singh, the Minister of State, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions on Sunday.

India is likely to pitch for four 'high-level principles' at the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group's first meeting this week, focussing on sharing of information on economic offences, strengthening law enforcement and recovery of stolen assets from ...

The comprehensive guidelines regarding observance of proper procedure in official dealings between administration and Members of Parliament and state legislatures were issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in 2011.