Bandhan Bank inks initial pact with Indian Air Force to offer salary accountsBandhan Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to offer the Shaurya Salary Account, a speciali...
India Independence Day 2024: Is it 77th or 78th? Here's how to celebrate, join Har Ghar Tiranga, Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaignsIndia Independence Day 2024: India will celebrate Independence Day on August 15, 2024, remembering the contributions of its freedom fighter...
SPARSH system to transform pension disbursal for 32 lakh defence pensionersThe newly launched SPARSH System aims to benefit over 32 lakh defence pensioners by streamlining the pension disbursal process, which was p...
Army, CGDA synergy facilitates release of Rs 400 crore in pending dues to JCOs, other ranksThe Army headquarters and the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), the office that heads the defence accounts department, carried...
Centre moves SC seeking 3 months more to clear OROP arrearsThe top court, which had on March 16 upheld the OROP principle adopted by the Centre saying it does not suffer from any "constitutional inf...
- Bolstering national security has been our top priority: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
"Bolstering national security has been our top priority since the beginning. The allocation of a total budget of Rs 5.25 lakh crore to the ...
41 AN-32 aircraft require upgrade, process under way: Defence MinistryThere are 53 upgraded AN-32 aircraft in the fleet and aircraft distribution and deployment is as per existing operational requirements acro...
How pay, pensions and sloth eat up India's defence fundsDefence auditor has repeatedly found that revenue component of budget accounts for wasteful expenditure due to outdated processes, lackadai...
Delhi High Court junks plea to withdraw laptops from Defence Ministry officials"We do not find any public interest in the present writ petition. The same is dismissed," a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jay...
Plea in HC to withdraw laptops from Defence Ministry officialsA petition was today filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Ministry of Defence to withdraw the laptops and computers issue...
Defence Pension Adalat at IAF command a big successThe Adalat received an overwhelming response and approximately 500 pensioners attended the adalat and discussed their grievances.
Defence ministry to directly disburse Rs 51,000-crore pension, benefitting 24 lakh ex-servicemenGetting rid of the ‘middleman’, Defence Ministry's ambitious plan will do away with the earlier process of banks that used a disbursement a...
S K Kohli appointed chief defence accounts auditorThe Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Kohli's empanelment for promotion to the post of CGDA, an order issued by Department of ...
Travel fraud: 3,500 fake travel claims made by Indian Air Force personnelAnnie George Mathew, a joint secretary in the finance ministry, has written that submission of bogus rail tickets was a common problem face...
First e-pension Adalat of the country inauguratedThe first e-pension Adalat of the country and the 138th Defence Pension Adalat was inaugurated at the Naval Base in Kochi.
- Government payment of above Rs 25k to be credited to bank account
With an aim to eliminate any corruption, all the departments will henceforth credit payment of over Rs 25k directly into the account of pay...
- Ban custodian of all defence lands, panel urges MoD
The report recommends disbanding of the defence estates in its current shape and transfer of its functions, activities and expert manpower ...