8th Pay Commission pension update: 5 key pension issues discussed in NC-JCM meetingCentral government employees' pension demands were discussed at the NC-JCM meeting. Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan assured that pension in...
19 May, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
8th Pay Commission update: Defence civilian employee body seeks pay, promotion at par with Railway employeesDefence civilian employees are seeking equal pay scales, promotions, and benefits as Railway employees. They also want risk and hardship al...
14 May, 2026, 06.08 PM IST
Defence personnel to get disability pension under old formulaFollowing this, the Ministry had referred the matter to the Anomaly Committee.
12 Jul, 2018, 10.02 AM IST
Defence personnel to get enhanced pay from MayLast week, the government had enhanced their pay package after the Union cabinet accepted certain demands of the the three services.
11 Jul, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
Disability pension to armed forces: Govt reverts to old regimeThe government today decided to continue with an earlier system of disbursing disability pension and not to go ahead with a new regime reco...
11 Jul, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
Disability pension: Government aims for more equity in Army ranksThe disparity seemed to reflect in disability being reported in the higher ranks of brigadier and above. Officers retiring with disability ...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.53 PM IST
Government notifies new disability pensions rule for armed forcesSources said that until the September 30 notification, officers and soldiers who had suffered 100 per cent disability in battle were entitl...
11 Jul, 2018, 02.51 PM IST
Election Commission to issue braille voter ID cards to visually challenged votersChief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said the commission has decided to establish auxiliary polling stations during elections for the peop...
04 Jul, 2018, 09.32 PM IST
Government doubles child care allowance for women with disabilitiesAt present, the allowance of Rs 1,500 per month is given to differently-abled female employees for taking care of their newborn child.
18 Aug, 2017, 03.44 PM IST
7th Central Pay Commission recommendations for Defence ForcesBased on recommendations of a high-level panel, the earlier system of a percentage-based regime of disbursing disability pension has been r...
28 Jun, 2017, 02.56 PM IST
Disability pension: Government to bring more equity among various ranksMilitary officers are up in arms against the implementation of 7th CPC recommendations on disability pension and are not buying the claim t...
12 Oct, 2016, 12.13 PM IST
Government planning new inclusions under Disabilities Bill, mulls including dwarfismThese include proposal for admission of special children in govt-recognised educational institutions; specific learning disability to be in...
26 Jan, 2016, 05.28 AM IST
Gratuity & IIT courses to draw youth to forces"Moreover, they can easily undertake a higher course at government expenditure to acquire any other skill that will help them in their civi...
20 Nov, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
Government accepts recommendations of 'Task Force' on PwDsFurther action has been initiated to take the approval of the competent authority through the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC).
15 Mar, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
Universal ID cards for persons with disabilities envisaged in 2014The year witnessed the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment envisaging universal ID cards to persons with disabilities in the coming ...
30 Dec, 2014, 12.32 PM IST
Act against those not implementing disability quota: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary committee has recommended appropriate action against "erring authorities" who are not implementing the provisions of the Pe...
21 Dec, 2014, 11.19 AM IST
- Unorganised sector panel seeks Rs 5k-cr security fund
The national commission for enterprises in the unorganised sector (NCEUS) has asked the government to set up a National Security Scheme (NS...
13 Aug, 2007, 04.05 AM IST