Hyderabad:(IANS) Lawmakers in Telangana will now get a monthly package of Rs.2.50 lakh against the existing Rs.95,000 with the state assembly on Tuesday unanimously passing a bill hiking their pay and allowances. Members of both the houses of state legislature will...
By Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari With a 14-percent rise in funding for the programme run under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the 2016-17 Budget, the world’s largest state-run jobs plan, after a decade of operation, continues...
London:(IANS) Around 74,000 shops, employing more than 900,000 workers in Britain's retail sector, are under threat, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned on Monday. The consortium, which represents high street stores, said the introduction by Chancellor George...
Shimla:(IANS) The 2016-17 union budget has disappointed government employees as a rebate in income tax limit remained a distant dream for them, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Monday. He said the fresh taxes of Rs.20,000 crore will burden the...
Shimla:(IANS) Employees of the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board will stage a state-wide protest next month against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill of 2014 proposed to be tabled in the Lok Sabha in the winter session, the representatives said on Saturday. "The...
New Delhi:(IANS) The government on Saturday issued the notification regarding implementation of 'One Rank One Pension' for defence personnel. The government had announced on September 5 the modalities for implementation of OROP. About 25 lakh military personnel are...
New Delhi:(IANS) Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Friday said the central government was formulating a national policy for domestic workers to provide them social security. "My ministry is working on a national policy for domestic workers to assure them...
Srinagar:(IANS) Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Thursday said the Centre should continue the job schemes that the erstwhile UPA government had initiated in Jammu and Kashmir. His remarks came as he expressed solidarity with National Youth Corps (NYC)...
New Delhi:(IANS) The government on Wednesday gave the green signal to a six percent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for the central government employees. "Cabinet today (Wednesday) approved six percent DA to central government employees," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley...
New Delhi:(IANS) Essential services, including transport and banking are likely to be affected on Wednesday (today) with 10 central trade unions going on a nationwide strike. Taxi and auto drivers will also participate in the protest, All India Trade Union secretary,...