Tag: Arun Jaitley

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BJP up in arms demanding Odisha govt to cut taxes on fuel

Bhubaneswar: After Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley declared a cut of Rs 2.50/ltr on petrol and diesel yesterday, members of Odisha BJP today staged protest by burning the effigy of CM Naveen Patnaik and demanded that the state government should reduce taxes on fuel to provide further relief to consumers. “We demand that the state […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian resigns, will return to US

New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian will go back to the United States after serving nearly four years, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said today. “He would like to go back to the United States on account of pressing family commitments. ..He left me with no option but to agree with him,” Arun Jaitley said […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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7th pay commission: 20% average salary hike announced

The Jammu and Kashmir government on April 24 approved implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations and with this it becomes the first state in the country to do so resulting in 20 per cent average hike in the salary of its lakhs of employees. The implementation will have an additional burden of Rs 4,201 crore […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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ATM cash crunch making life miserable in Odisha

Cuttack/Bolangir/Bhubaneswar: With ATMs across the country running dry, there is no respite for people in Odisha as well. Things have come to such a pass that people are comparing the situation to the demonetization days. Cash shortage at ATMs has resulted in a crisis in SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack where people depend on […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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7th Pay Commission: Salary Increased; here’s the hike details

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Centre has increased the salary of the Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories made it on a par with the emoluments of secretaries of the central government. The decision has been taken by the BJP-led central government at a meeting of the Union Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. The […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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7th Pay Commission: April ‘shocker’ for govt employees; no further hike

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Central government employees have been expecting a further hike in the minimum pay next month after several news related to a possible increase in pay were published in the media. However, it seems the expectations have been crushed again as reports are there that the Centre is not going to increase the minimum […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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7th Pay Commission: Motive behind increasing tax-free gratuity and more

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Bill, one passed, will enable the government to fix period of maternity leave and tax-free gratuity amount with an executive order. Meanwhile, the motive of government behind increasing the tax-free gratuity is an inclusive one. Moving the bill […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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7th Pay Commission: New salary without arrears from April

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The end of the 2017-18 financial year is likely to bring in good news for the lakhs of government employees as reports are there that the Narendra Modi-led Central government is mulling to take a final call on the further hike in basic pay demand of the employees. It is believed that the […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Changes in ‘already implemented’ 7th Pay Commission on the cards?

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In the history of pay commissions, the Central government employees would have never found themselves in such a catch-22 situation where they had to spend so much of their time pondering over its recommendations. Since the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, resentment among the employees has been brewing; they are protesting, threatening […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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No more Pay Commission in Future; Jaitley to announce soon?

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Central government employees will no longer get their salary and allowances ‘revised’ as per the recommendations of a pay commission in future as the Centre has “almost” decided not to form any pay commission in future. A top official in the Finance Ministry, on condition of anonymity, has confirmed that no new […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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No further 7th Pay Commission benefits as Govt comes up with new decision?

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: If we believe the rumours that are making rounds and go by the way the issue of further hike in minimum pay of the Central government employees has been dilly-dallied, the employees will have to forget about any further hike as the Centre has reportedly come up with a new proposal prior to […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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7th Pay Commission: More pain than gain; hopes crushed?

Putting an end to all the rumours surrounding the news of further hike in the minimum pay of the Central government employees, a finance ministry source has confirmed that there will not be any hike in the employees’ basic pay against what has already been recommended by the 7th Pay Commission. The news has indeed […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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7th Pay Commission Update: Central govt employees’ minimum pay to go up soon

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: After months of assumptions and presumptions, it seems something good is going to happen for the lakhs of Central government employees as the Centre has finally given its nod to increase the minimum pay of the employees. The National Anomaly Committee (NAC) and the Department of Expenditure will now take a final call […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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For Central govt employees 7th Pay Commission remains a mirage

It has already been over two months since news of the Modi government further increasing the basic pay, recommended under the 7th Pay Commission, of the Central government employee has been hitting the newsstands every other day. However, till now nothing has been confirmed by the government leaving lakhs of the government employee in lurch. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
7th Pay Commission update: CG employees ambiguous of Modi govt increasing basic pay

The National Anomaly Committee (NAC) meeting, scheduled to be held on October 7, has been postponed disappointing and adding to the woes of the lakhs of Central government employees who had been waiting for a ‘Diwali bonanza’ from the Narendra Modi-led Central government. The committee was to meet last week and take a call on […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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