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Shimla, March 30 Hundreds of pensioners staged a protest at Chaura Maidan near the Vidhan Sabha, demanding their long-delayed payments.The protesters were gathered under the banner of the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners Joint Executive Committee.According to the demonstrators, pensioners who...

Lucknow, March 28 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court said on Saturday that if a government employee or pensioner dies during treatment or becomes unable to make a claim, their legal heirs can also claim reimbursement of medical expenses.The bench of Justices Alok Mathur and Amitabh...

Jaipur, March 25 – Tikaram Jully, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, has strongly criticized the BJP government and the Chief Minister over the prevailing situation, including the collapse of the RGHS scheme and the LPG crisis in the state.He stated that while...

Aizawl, March 25 The Mizoram government has restructured healthcare benefits for pensioners under the Mizoram Universal Healthcare Scheme (MUCHS) 2.0 to reduce specific medical expenses and ensure greater enrollment of retired employees, a senior official said on Wednesday.Finance Commissioner...

Bhopal, March 23 – The Madhya Pradesh government has approved a 3 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state employees and pensioners, raising the total rate to 58 per cent, effective from July 1, 2025. The decision, taken by the Council of Ministers, aligns the state’s DA with the...

Bhopal, March 23 The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a 3 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners, and also cleared development and construction projects worth Rs 6,940 crore, officials said.The DA increase will benefit approximately 10...

Jaipur, March 23 – Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched a sharp attack on the government led by Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday, alleging that Rajasthan's once "world-class" healthcare model is being systematically weakened due to neglect.Speaking on the social media platform X, Ashok...

Hyderabad, March 20: In a significant welfare decision, a midday meal scheme for secondary school students and a breakfast scheme for students from pre-primary to intermediate will be implemented across Telangana from the 2026-27 academic year.This was announced in the state budget for...

New Delhi, March 19 – The ED has attached two immovable properties worth ₹97.92 lakh in Jharkhand and Bihar, belonging to a former Branch Manager of the State Bank of India (SBI), in connection with a ₹5.4 crore fraud involving inactive accounts of deceased pensioners, an official said.The...

New Delhi, March 18 The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government after a parliamentary panel recommended an urgent review of the Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995, and demanded that it take concrete steps to address the issue.Congress general...

New Delhi, March 17 – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha raised the issue of penalties for minimum account balance in the Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday, urging the Union government to abolish such charges on small bank accounts, saying that they disproportionately affect...

Shimla, March 16 Pensioners across the state staged protests on Monday against the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government over non-payment of their dues, following a call by the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners Joint Struggle Committee.In Shimla, hundreds of pensioners staged a...

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 the state government would pay arrears in Dearness Allowance (DA) to its employees from 2008, as directed by the Supreme Court.The announcement was made through a statement posted by the Chief Minister on...

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...

Srinagar, March 13 BSNL in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir launched a program on Friday to address the concerns of pensioners of the public sector company, officials said.As part of the program, officials visited the homes of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) pensioners in...

A Pensioners Outreach Programme (POP) was organized in Ganderbal on March 12, 2026, to strengthen engagement with pensioners of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and address their concerns in the region.Srinagar, March 13: A Pensioners Outreach Programme (POP) was organized in Ganderbal on...

New Delhi, March 12 All banks disbursing pensions have been directed to monitor the failure of pensioners to submit digital life certificates and to make arrangements to ensure their submission, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.To address the issue of difficulty in submitting digital...

Chandigarh, March 10 The Haryana government has empanelled four reputed hospitals in Punjab to provide advanced treatment for government employees, pensioners, and their family members, Health Minister Arti Singh Rao said on Tuesday.These include the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research...

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, will chair the 35th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) in New Delhi today. The meeting, organized by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, aims to address issues...