employee benefits

Srinagar, April 9 – Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, handed over appointment orders to 90 next of kin of deceased government employees under the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme (RAS) on Thursday.Officials said that Chief Minister Abdullah handed over appointment orders...

Chandigarh, April 8 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab administration to clear the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees and pensioners by June 30.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar was hearing a series of petitions regarding the delay in the...

Bhopal, April 2 – The Madhya Pradesh Finance Department issued orders on Thursday to government employees, stating that the Dearness Allowance (DA) in the state has been increased by three percent.As a result of this increase, employees will now receive a total DA of 58 percent, up from the...

Lucknow, April 2 In a major relief to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday stayed an order of a single-judge bench that had extended the Old Pension Scheme's (OPS) benefits to certain employees, a move that could have imposed a substantial financial burden on the...

Kolkata, March 28 The West Bengal government will pay the outstanding Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears to serving employees, pensioners, and family pensioners in a single installment instead of the two installments announced earlier, an official said on Saturday.This decision follows a Supreme...

Bhubaneswar, March 20 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on Friday the regularisation of junior teachers working under the contractual scheme, officials said."Junior teachers appointed under the contractual scheme in 2023-24 have been regularised. This move will benefit more...

Kolkata, March 19 The West Bengal government announced on Thursday the increase in the ad hoc bonus of Rs 7,400 for civic volunteers and village police volunteers for the 2025-26 financial year.The state had announced on February 27 an increase in ad hoc bonuses for its employees, which has...

Gangtok, March 19 The Sikkim government has announced a 5 per cent increase in the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for its employees and pensioners, respectively, according to an official notification.The increase will be effective from July 1, 2025, retrospectively...

Agartala, March 16 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha announced on Monday a 5 per cent increase in dearness allowance for state government employees, bringing the total DA to 41 per cent.Shortly after Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy concluded his budget speech, Saha announced that the...

Kolkata, March 15 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Sunday that her government will clear the DA arrears of its employees and pensioners, including teachers, non-teaching staff, and workers of grant-in-aid institutions, starting from March this year.The announcement came...

Bengaluru, March 14 – Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad said on Saturday that mandating four to five days of menstrual leave as a legal requirement may not be practically feasible, echoing concerns recently expressed by the Supreme Court on the issue.In a statement, Lad said he had taken...

Bhopal, March 2 – Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced on Monday a 3 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees, bringing the total to 58 per cent.Chief Minister Yadav made this important announcement on the occasion of Holi, extending greetings...

Mumbai, February 27 The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay a compensation of ₹50 lakh to the widow of an employee who died due to COVID-19 in April 2021.A bench of Justices Makarand Karnik and Shriram Modak, in its February 24 order...

Hyderabad, February 27 – The government of Telangana has released ₹745 crore towards pending bills payable to government employees in the state.At the direction of Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who is also the Finance Minister, the Finance Department released the amount on...

Mumbai, February 25 The Dearness Allowance (DA) for employees and other eligible staff of the Maharashtra government will be increased by three per cent to 58 per cent, effective from July 2025, announced Minister of State for Finance Ashish Jaiswal in the legislature on Wednesday.The revised...

In Washington, D.C., the issue of paid family and medical leave was a major topic of discussion on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers were debating whether the federal government should set a national standard or allow states and employers to decide.During a hearing titled "Balancing Careers and Care...

The Government today informed the House that it has adopted pro-labor and pro-gender policies in its contractual and regular engagements in Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Minister for Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo, while replying on behalf of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to...