Bengaluru: With Tamil Nadu and Kerala headed to assembly polls in two years, the southern states are carefully weighing their response to the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) announced by the Centre on August 24. Less than two months ago, Karnataka announced a major increase in salaries of government employees, entailing an additional annual expenditure of … Read more
The new pension scheme announced by the government on Saturday could substantially impact the National Pension System (NPS) if most central government employees shift to the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as expected. However, this may not be the case if the NPS is mandated to manage the individual pension fund, one of the two funds … Read more
State governments should look to implement the Unified Pension Scheme, or UPS, at the earliest, said Shiv Gopal Mishra, secretary of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), a platform for dialogue between the central government and its employees. The Union cabinet on Sunday gave its nod to the UPS, which will benefit 2.3 million central government … Read more
The Union Home Ministry has posted on its website the Department of Personnel and Training’s (DoPT) order revoking the ban on government employees’ participation in the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The public display of the July 9 office memorandum of the DoPT came as per the directive of the Madhya Pradesh High … Read more
Agartala (Tripura): In a significant move to boost the financial well-being of government employees and pensioners, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on March 05 declared a five per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) effective from January 1, 2024. Manik Saha said, “I announce 5 percent Dearness Allowance to the State Government Employees. This decision effective from … Read more
