Keeping its poll promise, the Himachal Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in its first cabinet meeting on Friday approved restoration of the old pension scheme. IMAGE:......
An armymen's trust has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the central government to remove the disparity in the pensionary benefit and to extend the old pension scheme benefits to the......
Retired personnel of various paramilitary forces on Monday began a three-day ‘dharna’ in New Delhi demanding one rank one pension benefits and other privileges under the ex-servicemen......
The interim Budget has attempted to tick all the boxes that could help the Modi government return to power, reports Archis Mohan. With the Lok Sabha polls less than 70 days away, the challenge for......
Facing the brunt of terrorism and insurgency in several states, paramilitary forces Central Reserve Police Force and Border Security Force have sought grant of separate hardship and counter-......
Total burden on the exchequer will increase by Rs 12,000 crore to Rs 87,217.50 crore for the year 2019-20. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In the first Cabinet meeting on Friday, the......
According to official statistics, half of India’s GDP comes from as many as 420 million workers in the unorganised sector including street vendors, rickshaw pullers, construction workers, rag......
The government plans to come up with a contributory pension scheme for its employees who joined service after October 2002,but deferred a decision toset up a National Tax Tribunal to speed up......
Impatient with parliamentary delay in passing the omnibus legislation for the unorganised labour, the Labour Ministry has decided to strike out on its own. The ministry plans to launch a provident......
The Unified Pension System (UPS), approved by the Union Cabinet on Saturday, is “fiscally prudent” as it will be funded within the Centre’s fiscal projections, according to T V......