The additional quantum of interest on Employees Provident Fund deposits would be exempted from income tax, the Lok Sabha was informed today. The provident fund trustees had on September 15 decided to raise the EPF interest rate by a per cent to 9.5 for 2010-11. "The matter has been discussed with Finance Ministry and […]
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Vacant Posts in Postal Department
The number of posts lying vacant in the Postal Department category-wise and scale-wise is as under: Number of posts in the pay scales of Group ‘A’ lying vacant Number of posts in the pay scales of Group ‘B’ lying vacant Number of posts in the pay scales of Group ‘C’ lying vacant 103 2404 46506 […]
One Rank One Pension
The Parliamentary Standing committee on Defence has urged the government to reconsider the demand of “One Rank One Pension” for the ex-servicemen. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence (15th LOK SABHA) on 1st and 7th Reports reiterated that the Government should consider the issue of ‘One Rank One Pension’ afresh. Since the issue of One […]
GOOD NEWS FOR ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL
The Hon’ble Supreme Court ordered the immediate constitution of a separate commission to examine the pay / pension anomalies and other grievances of the defence services. The functioning of the commission would be directly monitored by the Supreme Court. The Commission would comprise of Justice Kuldip Singh, Retired SC Judge as the Chairperson and would […]
Pay hike for Kerala Government employees
Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac said here on Saturday that the new wage structure for more than 5.5 lakh-odd government employees including teachers in the State would come into effect from April 1, 2011. Inaugurating a seminar on “Development of Kerala and economic structure of the State “ organized by the NGO Association in connection […]