The unions, including CITU, AITUC and HMS, said they have presented their eight-point charter of demands to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a meeting in New Delhi on Monday. The unions, in a memorandum submitted to Singh, warned that they would oppose the government's "new initiatives" in disinvesting public shares in profit making PSUs through initial public offers.
Government employees' pay packets will get fatter, with the Cabinet on Thursday approving three per cent hike in dearness allowance.
6 per cent increase in DA for Central govt employees
Paying attention to your remuneration package will lessen your tax outgo.
The ordinance will raise the eligibility limit of bonus payments to those who earn Rs 10,000 a month as basic salary and dearness allowance, from the earlier cut-off of Rs 6,000 a month.
Anticipating elections, the United Progressive Alliance government plans to introduce an ordinance to relax the rules on the payment of bonus by the private sector and the Central government ahead of the festival season.
The data gathered by activist Commodore (Retd) Lokesh Batra through his RTI application, show that till June 2016, Indian Air Force aircraft were used for the prime minister's visits to 11 countries -- Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Qatar, Australia, Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Fiji and Singapore.
Over 10 million central government employees and pensioners will get five per cent additional Dearness Allowance with retrospective effect from July 1, this year.
The government on Tuesday approved a four per cent hike in dearness allowance to central government employees and pensioners, which is expected to cost the exchequer Rs 1460 crore (Rs 14.6 billion) in a full year.\n\n\n\n
Officers of public sector oil companies were detained by police on Friday as they marched towards the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi to submit a memorandum demanding higher wages.
It helps in getting excellent monthly pensions
Central and state government employees would be entitled to five per cent additional dearness allowance of basic pay and 50 per cent DA from July 1, 2006 following proportionate increase in price index since January this year.
The demand for raising retirement age has been a long-pending one.
"We decided to call off the strike since we did not wish to inconvenience the citizens. That was not the aim of the strike," union sources said in Mumbai.
The Union Cabinet on Friday cleared the proposal to hike dearness allowance for central government employees following the rise in inflation.
In a 'Holi' bonanza to central government employees and pensioners, the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to increase the dearness allowance by three per cent.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said a notification banning strikes by government staff, issued in July 2003, would not be renewed after its expiry on July 23.
There shall be two dates for grant of increment - January 1 and July 1 every year
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh while presenting the Interim Budget for fiscal 2004-05 in Parliament on Tuesday said 50 per cent of dearness allowance of the pay will be merged with basic salary of central government employees.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh presents an interim Budget on Tuesday amidst mounting pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party to hike income tax exemption limit to Rs 100,000 and to merge 50% of DA with basic pay of government employees.
'Put the assets of PMC Bank and the personal assets of the HDIL promoters and head of PMC Bank in an escrow account and ring-fence it from the ad hoc action of the revenue departments and creditors,' recommends Debashis Basu.
The government is likely to approve on Tuesday a four per cent hike in Dearness Allowance to central government employees and pensioners, which will cost the exchequer Rs 1460 crore (Rs 14.6 billion) in a full year.
A lot has been written about the impact of the recommendations.
In a bonanza to its employees ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, the government on Friday decided to merge 50 per cent of dearness allowance with the basic pay
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Tueday presented the Interim Budget for 2004-05 in the Lok
After careful consideration, the finance ministry appears to have rejected the proposal of merging 50 per cent of dearness allowance with basic salary of government employees and setting up of the Sixth Pay Commission.
The idle talk at street corners, cafes and public places since May 23 is that the winds of change are blowing across Bengal.
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has been allowing members to contribute more than mandatory amount towards their pension account.
At present, workers whose basic wage at the time of joining is up to Rs 6,500 per month.
Air India currently has a workforce of 27,500 people with 20,500 of them regular employees and rest on contract.
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