Why removing govt officers isn't easy

Compulsory retirement is part of a half-yearly exercise now for cases where government wants to weed out officers, but without taking the disciplinary proceedings route. IMAGE: Dr Jitendra Singh,......

It's All About Job Creation, Nirmalaji

'Is the Agniveer scheme or their post-retirement re-employment in paramilitary forces or in the state governments the BJP's answer to the crying need on the job front?' 'Or, even Finance Minister......

Freebies Dominate Andhra Assembly Polls

The state's economic health is in focus as it has consistently breached the fiscal deficit in eight of the last 10 years since Telangana's formation. IMAGE: YSRCP leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy......

Rajasthan CM Confronts Dire Financial Crunch

Rajasthan is reeling under a huge financial burden with the state's debt having gone beyond Rs 5.59 lakh crores.Rajasthan has increased expenditure on education by 203.4 percent, by 105.4 percent......

UPS no burden on future govts, says Somanathan

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......

Trade unions against increasing pension, retirement age

A national co-ordination committee comprising all trade unions in the country for Employees Retirement Pension Benefits (1995) has strongly opposed the raising of retirement age from 58 to 60......

Extraordinary Story Of EPFO Digitisation

A remarkable story which helped transform a bureaucratic organisation to a customer centric organisation. This experience may inspire several government/private organisations to modify or adopt......

Bank staff get 17.5% wage hike, pension benefit

Banks and unions today settled on a 17.5 per cent hike in the salary of 702,000 public sector employees, besides agreeing to make 332,000 serving and retired employees eligible for pension. State......