US pauses financial contributions to WTO, trade sources sayThe United States has halted contributions to the World Trade Organization as part of a review of federal spending. The U.S. has already ca...
28 Mar, 2025, 06.36 AM IST
Single pension application Form 6-A for central government employees: Submission of nomination for arrears, commutation of pensionPension for central government employees: The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare introduced a new Single Pension Application For...
13 Sep, 2024, 11.51 AM IST
OROP arrears make impact: Pension Bill high; tech assist fund fails to take offThe allocation for the defence ministry has been pegged at ₹5.93 lakh crore, up from ₹5.25 lakh crore in the 2022-23 budget. The capital ou...
02 Feb, 2023, 12.02 AM IST
What is the latest PPF interest rate?The government has not changed the interest rates on small savings schemes like the PPF. PPF interest income is totally tax-free.
18 Aug, 2022, 04.05 PM IST
All you need to know about payment of pension arrears of deceased pensioner with, without nominationThe Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare has observed that the pensions of deceased pensioners are rarely amended based on Pay Commi...
08 Apr, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
Pensioners can change nominee for payment of life-time arrears: How the Payment of Pension Arrears Act helpsEvery retiring employee must submit a nomination in triplicate on Form "A" to the department from which he or she is retiring. If a pension...
01 Apr, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Indonesia emerges largest buyer of India sugar in first quarter of 2021, says AISTAIndian government had announced a scheme in January 2021 to incentivise exports and thus reduce the surplus sugar in the domestic market. T...
12 Apr, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
Budget 2021: Fertiliser industry seeks cut in import duty on non-urea raw materialsIn its budget proposals sent to the Finance Ministry, the FAI has also sought the government to exempt raw materials/ intermediates from cu...
04 Dec, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
5 RBI directives on pension payment that can help government pensionersKnowledge of these instructions may help you in getting your pension-related problems resolved faster. Let us look at five issues commonly ...
22 Aug, 2018, 09.00 AM IST
Haryana wants to stamp 'Beti bachao' message on votersThe BJP government in Haryana wants to stamp the logo of 'Beti bachao, beti padhao' on the hand of each voter who comes to the polling boot...
28 Dec, 2015, 01.08 PM IST
Government simplifies pension sanction and payment processThe Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare proposes to dispense with the requirement of a number of nomination forms for various ben...
24 Feb, 2014, 04.26 PM IST
Centre planning common form for govt employees for gratuity, provident fund and insurance schemesThe centre is planning to introduce a common form for nomination by central government employees to get benefits of gratuity, provident fun...
01 Nov, 2013, 03.57 PM IST
- File police complaint to get pension of missing government employee
In order to sort out issues related to pension and arrears of missing government employees, the government today issued a set of new direct...
23 Jul, 2013, 09.23 PM IST
- Qualcomm set to get wireless broadband services permit in India
Qualcomm is finally set to get its BWA permit in India after settling its long running dispute, which began in June 2010, with the govt.
25 Feb, 2012, 06.25 AM IST
Budget 2012: Ten big numbers to watch out forOf the many numbers that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will read out in Budget 2012, these 10 matter the most.
06 Feb, 2012, 04.59 PM IST
- Fiscal deficit set to sharply deteriorate from now on
The fiscal deficit for the six months to September 2008 was an estimated 4.1% of the nominal GDP compared to 3.8% at the end of the same pe...
02 Dec, 2008, 02.19 AM IST
- Fiscal deficit set to sharply deteriorate from now on
The fiscal deficit for the six months to September 2008 was an estimated 4.1% of the nominal GDP compared to 3.8% at the end of the same pe...
02 Dec, 2008, 02.19 AM IST