Military men to have say on 7th Pay Commission

'The high court notice could go some way in easing the vitiated civil-military relationship, and the trust deficit between civil servants and the military,' reports Ajai Shukla. All central......

A Tale Of Two Modi Decisions

Why did the political system in the country react to these two decisions of the Modi government in a diametrically opposite manner? asks A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi,......

Adani charges: Cong seeks probe, BJP questions timing

With billionaire Gautam Adani charged in the United States with alleged bribery and fraud, the Congress on Thursday said it 'vindicates' its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation......

US Accuses Adani Of Bribing Officials

Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors for allegedly being part of a scheme to pay $265 million (about Rs 2,200 crore/Rs 22 billion) bribes to Indian officials in exchange of......

Five things to know about the Pay Commission

The recommendations will cost the government Rs 1,02,000 crore. The Seventh Central Pay Commission, headed by ex-judge A K Mathur, gave its recommendations to the government on Thursday.  It......

Central govt employees' DA hiked to 50% of basic pay

The Centre on Thursday hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) to 50 per cent of basic pay from the existing rate of 46 per cent effective from January 1 this year, benefitting over 1 crore employees and......

Separate Pay Commission for armed forces

In a major New Year bonanza for the armed forces, the Prime Minister's Office has informed the defence ministry that the armed forces personnel would henceforth have a separate Pay Commission,......

Pay Commission to decide interim relief: FM

The government on Monday made it clear that it does not propose to tinker with the existing mechanism of setting up Pay Commission for revision of wages for central government employees and said......