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Flexibility: Unlike previous "freebie" models where the government distributed specific items, this scheme allows women to purchase or replace appliances of their choice, such as refrigerators, washing machines, microwaves, or induction stoves from local shops. Strategic Aim: This move is seen as a direct effort to consolidate the women's vote bank, especially with the political entry of actor Vijay and competing promises from the AIADMK. Major Welfare And Financial Pledges The DMK has propos ...Read More >
Chennai: DMK chief M K Stalin on Monday said his party manifesto for the April 23 Assembly election was a "game-changing" plan for Tamil Nadu as it underscored the steps towards progress. The monetary support announced in the poll manifesto, he said, was a "smart economic multiplier" that would uplift the local economy, support small businesses, upskill people, and upgrade long-term outcomes. "Development and welfare move together proving you can build infrastructure, grow the economy, and upl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 10 (UNI) union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh on Tuesday interacted with representatives of various pensioners' associations and chaired the 35th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) in New Delhi. SCOVA was constituted in 1986 by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare to institutionalise coordination between the government and pensioners' associations. The committee functions under the chairman ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) All pension disbursing banks have been directed to monitor non-submission of digital life certificates by pensioners and to make arrangements to ensure their submission, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. To address the issue of difficulty in submission of digital life certificate (DLCs) through biometric mechanisms for elderly pensioners, the Government of India has launched the face authentication technique which requires only a smartphone for generation of DLCs ...Read More >
Lucknow, Mar 11 (PTI) The family of the 32-year-old Ghaziabad man who has been comatose for more than 12 years, in their plea to the Supreme Court, had said that allowing withdrawal of artificial life support will restore his dignity after years of irreversible suffering. The top court allowed passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, who has been in a permanent vegetative state since 2013 after suffering severe head injuries from a fall from the fourth floor of his paying guest accommodation on Augu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): The central government has retained an 8.25 per cent annual rate of interest to be credited on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) accumulations in members' accounts for the financial year 2025-26, according to the Ministry of Labour and Employment of India. The interest rate would be officially notified by the Government of India, following which the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) would credit the rate of interest into the subscribers' accounts. Th ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The budget of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is expected to touch a whopping ₹80,000 crore this year, surpassing last year's outlay and marking the highest-ever budget to be presented in Asia's richest municipal corporation on Wednesday. Following the end of the four-year administrator's rule in the civic body, the standing committee will once again present the budget. The jump in the budget this year is largely attributed to an additional revenue of ₹800 crore in prope ...Read More >
Guwahati: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday presented a deficit Budget of Rs 2,672 crore for the current fiscal year, amounting to around 3.5% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Sangma, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said total receipts for the year are estimated at Rs 26,621 crore, while total expenditure is projected at Rs 29,293 crore, resulting in the deficit. Presenting the estimates for 2026-27, he said total receipts are pegged at Rs 32,000 crore, comprising Rs 2 ...Read More >
Shillong, Feb 23 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday presented the state budget for the financial year 2026-2027 with a fiscal deficit of Rs 2,672 crore, which is around 3.5 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). During the 2025-2026 budget estimates, the fiscal deficit was Rs 1,970 crore, and this year's deficit is increasing by Rs 702 crore. Presenting the budget for the year 2026-2027, Sangma, who holds the finance portfolio, informed the State Assembly that ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a development that underscored the widening rift between Raj Bhavan and the Himachal government, Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Monday declined to read the customary full Governor's Address on the opening day of the Budget Session of the HP Assembly. Addressing the House briefly, Governor Shukla said, "I don't think I should read it," while specifically pointing out that the prepared address contained "comments on constitutional instituti ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The All India Retired Railwaymen's Federation (AIRRF) staged protest at Rail Nilayam in Secunderabad here on Wednesday demanding the government to fulfill their demands. The pensioners belonging to Central government, especially the railway staff urged the government to engage in constructive dialogue and to address their long-pending grievances with urgency and fairness for the dignity and security of the retired workforce. The protestors put forwarded some of their demands as to r ...Read More >
Kullu: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday informed that pensioners above 70 years of age had received 70% of their total arrears, and the remaining 30% would be paid within 40 days.Speaking at a function of the Himachal Pradesh Pensioner Joint Front at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district, Sukhu said pensioners aged 75 years and above were on the priority list of the govt. While the previous govt paid only 20% arrears, the present govt has paid 80% of the same, he said ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Pension regulator PFRDA has revamped the exit and withdrawal rules, allowing non-government subscribers of National Pension System (NPS) to withdraw up to 80 per cent of the fund accumulated at the time of exit. The withdrawal limit earlier was up to 60 per cent of the accumulated pension wealth, and the remaining was expected to be utilised for buying an annuity, providing for a monthly or any other periodical pension. Besides, the regulator has also raised the exit ag ...Read More >
Bilaspur (HP), Dec 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday promised to clear all pension arrears by 2027 and to include effective decisions in the interest of pensioners in the upcoming state budget. Speaking at the Pensioners' Day function organised by the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners' Joint Front at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district, Sukhu said the state government has spent Rs 2,155 crore to clear arrears of employees and pensioners. Stating that the state i ...Read More >
Shimla, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Wednesday said pensioners above 70 years will be paid the remaining 30 per cent arrears within 40 days. Speaking at the state-level function of HP Pensioner Joint Front at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district, the Chief Minister said Pensioner's Day is not merely a formal occasion but an opportunity to honour the services, sacrifices and dedication of those who strengthened the administrative foundations through hones ...Read More >
Wayanad: Congress general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding regular job status, enhanced honorarium and improved working conditions for ASHA and Anganwadi workers across the country. According to a communiqué from her office, Priyanka Gandhi highlighted that these last-mile workers render unparalleled service in rural areas by facilitating the implementation of various Central government schemes. Their responsibilities include suppor ...Read More >
Aizawl: The Mizoram government will soon sign a loan agreement worth $108 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement and strengthen public healthcare schemes in the state, Health Minister Lalrinpuii said on Tuesday. The Asian Development Bank approved the $108 million loan (approximately Rs 980 crore) on December 5 under the 'Supporting Public Healthcare System Strengthening to Achieve Universal Health Care for Mizoram' project, she said. She added that the Centre will repay 90 ...Read More >
State Bank of India has appointed Ravi Ranjan as its new managing director, effective December 15, 2025. Ranjan, previously a deputy managing director, will serve until his superannuation on September 30, 2028. The Central government made the appointment, and Ranjan is not disqualified from holding the position. State Bank of India has appointed Ravi Ranjan as its managing director with effect from December 15, 2025, India's largest public lender said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The appo ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's response to a petition filed by the mother of an Agniveer, M Murali Naik, who was killed during the armed conflict against Pakistan in May, challenging the disparity in death compensation and service benefits between Agniveers and regular soldiers of the Indian Army. A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe has posted the matter for further hearing on January 15. The petition, filed on November 26, sta ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's response to a petition filed by the mother of an Agniveer, M Murali Naik, who was killed during the armed conflict against Pakistan in May, challenging the disparity in death compensation and service benefits between Agniveers and regular soldiers of the Indian Army. A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe has posted the matter for further hearing on January 15. The petition, filed on November 26, sta ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 16 (UNI) Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav has launched a scathing attack on the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, saying that corruption is rampant in the state and law and order has completely collapsed. Calling the Codeine cough syrup case a "major scam," he said that the poisonous syrup claimed the lives of many people, yet the government is busy protecting the accused. He alleged that thousands of crores of rupees worth of illegal business was conducted thr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Non-government NPS subscribers can now withdraw 80 per cent of their retirement corpus as a lump sum at the time of exit, according to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority's (PFRDA) amended regulations announced on Tuesday. PFRDA's amendments to the National Pension System (NPS) make the exit rules under the non-government sector much more flexible under the Common Schemes (CS) and Multiple Scheme Framework (MSF). Earlier, subscribers could w ...Read More >
Jaipur: The submission period for enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has concluded Thursday.Approximately 3% of voters, out of 5.4 crore in Rajasthan, equating to over 16 lakh individuals or an average of 300 voters per polling station, are required to present one of the 13 specified documents for verification in the upcoming second phase of SIR, as mandated by the Election Commission of India. According to the election department data, mapping of 97% of voters was comp ...Read More >
Kolkata, December 16: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will release the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal on Tuesday, December 16, as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 exercise. The draft rolls, which include names proposed for deletion, will be available both online and offline for public verification. The SIR process in West Bengal began on November 4 and is part of a nationwide drive to update and clean voter lists ahead of upcoming elections. Booth Level Officers (B ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has decided not to constitute a Pay Revision Commission this time to revise the salaries and pensions of government employees and pensioners. Instead, the task will be entrusted to a bureaucratic-level committee headed by the Additional Chief Secretary (Finance). Although the Finance Department had earlier taken a decision to appoint the bureaucratic committee, the formal announcement was delayed. However, in view of the massive setback suffered by the L ...Read More >
A three-member panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week recommended Goyal's name as the CIC. Former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal was on Monday sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by President Droupadi Murmu. A three-member panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week recommended Goyal's name as the CIC. Goyal is a 1990-batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. He superannuat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The government on Monday appointed Ravi Ranjan as the new Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI). Prior to this, Ranjan was the Deputy Managing Director at the bank and succeeded Vinay M Tonse, who completed his term on November 30, 2025. Following the government's notification, Ranjan assumed the charge on Monday, SBI said in a regulatory filing. The government has cleared his appointment up to the date of his attaining the age of superannuation, September 30, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Big news has emerged for Indian Railways employees. Even before the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, Indian Railways has started preparing for a salary increase. Considering the significant increase in expenditure on salaries and pensions in the coming years, the Railways has already started taking steps to strengthen its finances through cost-cutting, savings, and revenue enhancement measures. A substantial increase in employees' salaries is expected once the 8th Pay Commiss ...Read More >
New Delhi: Raj Kumar Goyal, a retired IAS officer, officially took charge as the Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission on Monday. He was sworn in during a formal ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office. Vice President CP Radhakrishnan was also present on the occasion, marking the official appointment of Raj Kumar Goyal to the post. "President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Shri Raj Kum ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central government on Monday rebutted fake information being circulated on social platforms, claiming that post-retirement benefits, including dearness allowance (DA) hikes and pay commission revision, will be withdrawn under the Finance Act 2025. "A message circulating on #WhatsApp claims that the Central Government has withdrawn post-retirement benefits like DA hikes and Pay Commission revisions for retired employees under the Finance Act 2025. The claim ...Read More >
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