'Seven hundred farmers lost their lives.' 'The protesting farmers were demonised and called names like andolanjiwi, Khalistani, anti-national.'
There are 1.9 million employees and 650,000 pensioners in Maharashtra.
The proposed hike is in accordance with the accepted formula based on the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission
In a general notice, the railways said, 'Such misguided activities are the highest level of indiscipline rendering such aspirants unsuitable for railway/government job. Videos of such activities will be examined...and candidates/aspirants found indulged in unlawful activities will be liable for police action as well as lifetime debarment from obtaining railway job.'
Experts said the higher pay out will boost consumption demand.
The state has close to 280,000 employees and 180,000 pensioners.
Central pay commissions in the past have usually been set up after every 10 years and the 10-year period of the current sixth central pay commission would be over by 2015.
All interest free advances stand discontinued with the exception of interest free advance for medical treatment, travelling allowance for family of deceased, travelling allowance on tour or transfer and leave travel concession
Indian economy grew 7.9 per cent in the March quarter.
'He is not looking at the interest of farmers. He only wants to do the politics of elections.' 'This Budget is for the new super India. It is exploiting the villages of Bharat.'
It will benefit about 48.34 lakh central government employees and 65.26 lakh pensioners.
Mr Jaitley should devise methods to attract better talents at the higher level.
The outgo towards salary will further rise in 2017-18 to over Rs 1.28 lakh crore.
People like Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram, who as finance minister had fully supported the NPS, refuse to exercise their moral and political influence to try and stop Ashok Gehlot and others hell-bent on wrecking the states' finances, notes Virendra Kapoor.
A demand for raising wages and allowances of MPs was made in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with members demanding that their salaries should be higher than the revised scale of the Cabinet Secretary.
The pay panel had in November recommended 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay at junior levels.
'The non-implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission, almost a year after it was implemented for civilians, is gradually beginning to hurt morale in the armed forces,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
"The amount of both the family pensions will now be restricted to Rs 1,25,000 per month, which is over two and half times higher than the earlier limit," said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel.
Jaitley said the government has been able to improve its budgeted expenditure.
The hike will benefit about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.
The current salary paid by the Delhi government amounts to 17 per cent of the total expenditure.
'Political parties are following the Divide and Rule policy to break the unity of farmers.'
The Seventh Pay Commission had decided to choose the CPI-IW as the index for adjusting inflation for central government employees.
The challenge of cleaning up the taxation system and introducing the goods and services tax (GST) regime cannot be underestimated.
The new pay scale will come into effect from January 1.
West Bengal and Maharashtra, despite having fewer public sector employees, are likely to face a higher burden of salaries and pensions.
The Centre is expected to increase the dearness allowance by 10% to 100% by the end of February.
Top carmakers, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Honda, are expecting a spike in their sales following the implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
This time, five states, including Tamil Nadu, have requested the Centre to delay the pay hikes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal elections, promising to build a 'Sonar Bangla' by providing employment, strengthening social security schemes and vowing to clear the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the first cabinet meeting of the new government.
The announcement of a deferral is expected to be part of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget speech on February 29.
Analysts expect earnings to become increasingly relevant given that the stocks have rallied on positive sentiment and the gush of liquidity. Macro factors, they suggest, have already led to a large re-rating in most counters
The S&P BSE Sensex rose 216 points to end at 26,740 and the Nifty50 gained 76 points to close at 8,204.
More incentives will be given to agriculture sector for increasing agriculture production.
The Cabinet on Friday gave mandate to the 7th Pay Commission for revising salaries of over 50 lakh central government employees and remuneration of 30 lakh pensioners.
Overnight, the Wall Street closed on a flatter note.
The armed forces are seeking an enhancement of allowances for their personnel posted in "hardship" areas on the pattern of high-altitude Siachen in Jammu and Kashmir.
In his Budget, Jaitley announced a pay hike for the President to Rs 5 lakh per month, Rs 4 lakh for the VP and Rs 3.5 lakh for governors.
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