All public sector banks and regional rural banks are open on Sunday, September 27, after the finance ministry directed them to operate ahead of a three-day nationwide strike called by the United…
Bharat Pensioners' Samaj (BPS) has asked the Centre and the 8th Pay Commission to cut the commuted pension restoration period from 15 to 11 years. The demand follows a Himachal Pradesh High…
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that the initial five years of pre-regularisation service of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers will be counted as notional qualifying service for pension…
The Nurses Welfare Association (NWA), representing nurses in central government hospitals, met the 8th Pay Commission in Chandigarh on Friday, September 18, and submitted eight core demands. The NWA has asked for…
Punjab government employees and pensioners will strike on August 27 over pending dearness allowance (DA) dues worth Rs 15,000 crore. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has agreed to meet union representatives on the…
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairman S. Ramann said India's retirement-income replacement rate is around 35-40%, well below the global benchmark of about 60%. Speaking in Chennai on Friday, Ramann…
The RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) held a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 17 August, pressing the central government for long-pending demands. These include a minimum monthly wage…
The Union government has no proposal to restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for its employees, citing an unsustainable fiscal burden, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha…
A central government school teachers' body under the All India NPS Employees' Federation presented a list of demands to the 8th Pay Commission in New Delhi on August 7, according to reports…
Hundreds of Punjab government employees and pensioners protested in Chandigarh on Friday over the AAP government's failure to restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), release 18% pending dearness allowance (DA), and regularise…
