Bhopal, Nov 19: Going a step ahead of the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh, the Opposition Congress today promised interest-free agricultural loans while releasing its manifesto for the November 27 assembly elections in the state. (more…)
19.11.2008
Bhubaneswar (Orissa): The State Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved the supplementary Budget-2008-09 for the State. More than Rs 7,250 crore has been placed in the Budget.
The Budget has made allocation for facilitating the implementation of the recommendations of the 6th Pay panel. Earlier on Monday, the Fitment Committee had recommended to the State to implement the recommendation of the 6th Pay Commission. (more…)
New Delhi, Nov 18: With a ministerial committee set up to resolve the four pay commission issues delaying a decision, the Armed Forces have strongly conveyed to the government that there should be “no dilution” on their demands concerning their officers and jawans.
“We have re-conveyed to the government that there should be no dilution as far as the four core issues are concerned relating to the Sixth Pay Commission notification issued in August this year,” Armed Forces officers told reporters today. (more…)
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki’s compact A-Star, which will be launched in October, is expected to surpass the earlier strict emission norms announced by the company.
Emission from the A-Star not only complies with the Euro 3 (Bharat-3) norms that are operational in 13 Indian cities, including Delhi, but also geared to meet stringent emission norms that will be implemented across Europe in the coming years. (more…)
18 Nov 2008
BHUBANESWAR: The Fitment Committee headed by Development Commissioner RN Bohidar has reportedly finalised its report recommending revised payscale for the State Government employees as per the recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission. (more…)
Vadodara, November 17 The state government, it seems, is not conforming to the Central policy on family planning. While old timers in the state government have been receiving benefits under the family planning programme, the young generation of professionals in the public sector have not been that lucky. (more…)
The government had planned to disburse 40% of the Rs29,373 crore as arrears during 2008-09 and the remaining 60% in 2009-10
New Delhi: Many of the five million government employees are yet to receive the retroactive portion of a salary hike that came into effect from January 2006 after the Union government implemented the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations.
The employees started getting a new salary from 1 September, but the delay in clearing the so-called arrears is causing some angst among employees, many of whom live in states where elections are being held now. (more…)
BHUBANESWAR: Teachers and employees of non-government colleges of the State have decided to stage a sitin dharna in front of the Raj Bhawan on November 24 to press for their demands.
Under the banner of All Orissa Non-Government College Teachers and Employees Association, the members met at its 6th annual conference at Rourkela where they discussed the long-pending demands like release of grant-in-aid to teachers and employees appointed before December 31, 1998 instead of 40 per cent block grant, promotion of State scale lecturers, extension of the UGC benefits, implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. (more…)
17 Nov 2008
DEHRADUN: Tourist flow to the Corbett and Rajaji national parks resumed today after the forest guards deferred their agitation in the wake of assurances given by the Uttarakhand government to look into their demands which include hike in their wages. (more…)
17 Nov 2008
The metal sector reported good topline numbers for the quarter ended September ’08. But higher input costs pulled down the operating profit margins (OPM) of companies. In line with past records, the growth in ferrous companies was higher than that seen in non-ferrous companies. The ferrous segment recorded net sales growth of 43.8% compared to the same period last year. (more…)