Tag: Salary Hike

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet today decided to revise the pay scale of teachers of universities and colleges in Odisha as per the recommendations of the Fitment Committee. The teachers of different universities including BPUT and OUAT, medical colleges, government colleges and non-government aided colleges, who are already getting a pay scale under the University Grants […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced several sops for Anganwadi workers & helpers including salary hike and increase in the age of disengagement from service. “While the monthly salary of Anganwadi workers has been increased to Rs 7500 from Rs 6000, Mini Anganwadi workers will get a salary of Rs 5375 instead of […]

Bhubaneswar: Banking transactions are likely to be affected today as the banks will remain closed due to a strike called by the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) over various demands. The AIBOC has called for the strike demanding revision in salary and calling off the merger of three public sector banks – Bank of […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Wendesday approved the revision in the wage structure and allowances of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) of the Department of Posts. The revision in the wage structure would entail an estimated expenditure of Rs 1257.75 crore (Non-recurring expenditure – Rs 860.95 crore and […]

Bhubaneswar: The agitating teachers under the aegis of Odisha Sikshya Sahayak Association decided to put their agitation on hold for one month after a discussion with School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patro on Thursday. The development came after the State government accepted four out of the seven demands of the association. The Sikshya […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The home guards staging dharna at the Lower PMG square here demanding fulfilment of their seven-point charter of demands, including restructuring of pay scale according to 7th Pay Commission, were forcefully dispersed by the police today, informed President of Rajya Gruharakhi Mahasangha (Odisha Home Guards Association) Upendra Mohapatra. The home guards were holding a […]

Bhubaneswar: The cease-work stir by contractual nurses appointed under the National Health Mission (NHM) entered its ninth day today as the agitators stayed put with their protests demanding regularization and hike in salary. “Our agitation has entered its ninth day however the State government has turned a blind eye. We will not return home and […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Hitting out at the BJP-led Central government, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today asked the saffron party to refrain from misleading Anganwadi workers and confirm the amount of salary it is paying to the workers in BJP ruled States. “We have increased Rs 500 in 2008, Rs 500 again in 2013 and Rs 2000 […]

Bhubaneswar: The agitation of Anganwadi workers took a new twist today with one group of the women activists declaring to have called off their stir while another group continuing to sit on dharna at the Lower PMG here. It is alleged that while one group linked with the ruling BJD’s trade union Biju Shramik Samukhya […]

Bhubaneswar: Medical services have been partly affected following demonstration by employees at Apollo Hospital in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Nearly 1,700 employees reportedly staged a dharna demanding hike in salary and bonus. According to employees, the hospital authorities had arbitrarily considerably reduced their bonus and have not increased the salary since long. The agitation by the […]

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of Anganwadi workers are sitting on an indefinite dharna at Lower PMG since September 14 pressing for fulfillment of their various demands, including salary hike. After staging demonstration in front of the state Assembly on September 12, the activists have been staging the stir at Lower PMG under the banner of the All […]

Jajpur: Over a hundred Anganwadi workers took to streets demanding fulfillment of various demands, including salary hike, at Dharmasala of Jajpur district today. The ASHA workers assembled before the office of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDC) at Dharmasala under the banner of the All India Ladies Workers’ Union and staged a demonstration shouting slogans. […]

Bhubaneswar: The State finance department today issued a notice to head of all departments and all district collectors regarding the procedure for regular State government employees to draw salary after the implementation of the 7th pay commission. In reference to the resolution for the revised scales of pay, the notice mentioned the employees can draw […]