Central Government Employees

The digitisation of service records through universalisation of e-HRMS for all ministries and departments would be instrumental in reducing mistakes and substantial reduction in processing timelines, the Centre said.

Centre may implement 8th Pay Commission recommendations from 2026, say sources

On the Finance Ministry stating that there is no proposal under consideration to set up the 8th pay panel, the government sources said it was "premature" to ask at this point of time.

3% DA hike for central govt employees gets Cabinet nod

The revision in dearness allowance had been stalled for over one-and-half years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Centre hikes central govt employees' dearness allowance to 28%

In April last year, the finance ministry had put on hold an increment in DA for 50 lakh central government employees and 61 lakh pensioners.

Male govt employees entitled to Child Care Leave if they are single parents: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Describing it as a path-breaking and progressive reform to bring ease of living for government servants, Singh said the orders regarding this had been issued quite some time back but somehow did not receive enough circulation in the public.

Government to announce revised allowances as per 7th Pay Commission in April

Central government employees may be in for some good news this April as revised allowances including house rent allowance (HRA) are likely to be announced after April 12, when the ongoing Budget session of Parliament gets over.

Rs 9000 minimum pension for central govt employees: MoS PMO

The minimum pension has been increased to Rs 9,000 per person besides a two-fold hike in ex-gratia amount for central government employees, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.

7th CPC recommendations not acceptable: Govt employees

Confederation of Central Government Employees today said the 7th Central Pay Commission's recommendations are "not acceptable" in view of the prevailing economic conditions, and threatened to advance by a week an indefinite strike to press their demand for revising the hike.

Nifty likely to open flat on mixed global cues

The Indian equity market is likely to open flat with Asian markets trading mixed after flat US closing as investors continue to mull a likely interest rate hike by Fed in December, and the market indicator SGX Nifty too trading soft -5.50 points at around 7850 in the morning trade.

Central govt employees' pay may be hiked by 30%: Sources

The Seventh Pay Commission's recommendations will be implemented from January 1, 2016. The Department of Personnel and Training will examine the recommendations and consult the Finance Ministry on them.

Central govt employees, pensioners set to get 7% DA hike

Reeling under the impact of diesel price hike and high inflation, the 80 lakh central government employees and pensioners are likely to soon get an increase of 7% in dearness allowance (DA). The proposal to increase the DA from 65% to 72% is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on Friday , sources said.

121 central govt officials under CVC scanner

Nearly 121 central government employees, including one from CBI, are under Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) scanner for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices.

Govt may hike DA by 6% for employees, pensioners

The Centre is tomorrow likely to increase dearness allowance (DA) by 6% to 51%, benefiting over 50 lakh employees and 38 lakh pensioners.