Tag: Pay Commission

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 […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: “It has been enough. Our demands have been made a joke. We were promised but the matter was intentionally dilly-dallied by the ruling BJP government,” said a Central government employee. If the government will not take note of our demands, it will have to face dire consequences as we are not fools to […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, the state government has finally abolished the post of Sikhya Sahayak and decided to appoint them as Junior teachers. Odisha School & Mass Education Minister Badrinarayan Patra after holding discussions with the agitating teachers informed that the Sikhya Sahayak post will be abolished and the teachers will be posted as […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could bring more cheer for employees and pensioners, Odisha government has decided to clear arrears pending on account of retrospective implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations from 01.01.2016 As per sources from the Chief Minister’s office, the state government will be clearing the arrears during 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years. While the […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In what comes as good news amidst uncertainty with Centre yet to take a final call on the further hike in basic pay demand of the employees as per the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission, the Union Cabinet today hiked the Dearness Allowance (DA) of the central government employees and pensioners by 2 […]

Bhubaneswar: In what comes as a joy for employees of State PSUs, CM Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday ordered for a revision of their salary as per recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. The revision will be effective retrospectively from January 1, 2016, a statement issued by the CMO said. In August last year, the CM […]

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 […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: While the central government employees are still ambiguous of the government further increasing the minimum pay, a big news is making rounds that the Centre will increase the minimum pay further as recommended under the 7th Pay Commission taking into consideration the demand of the employees. According to media reports, the government will […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Pensioners, retired before 2016, who were confused about the revision of their pension can now breathe a sigh of relief. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched an online application, Arpana, to ensure they receive their due in a hassle free manner. Under the e-governance applications of the Finance Department, the new pension application […]