Instructions from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT); Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014

Instructions from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT); Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014 Candidates taking Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014, being conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 24 August, 2014 may note the following:- 1. The Paper II of the CSE (Preliminary) is of 200 marks and 2 hours duration. It contains … Read more

BRMS demands to merge 50% DA and Grant Rs.7000 as Interim Relief

BRMS demands to merge 50% DA and Grant Rs.7000 as Interim Relief

Merger of 50%DA allowances into Basic Pay.
5th CPC has recommended that whenever the dear allowances exceeds 50% , it should be merged in the basic pay. While 6th CPC had also observed that a portion (25%) of DA should be merged whenever it exceeds of 50% for certain part of the pay packet.

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Reduction of Other ATM Free Transactions from 5 to 3 Per Month

Reduction of Other ATM Free Transactions from 5 to 3 Per Month

As per the instruction given by the Rerserve Bank of India, the following revised directions with effective from November 01 2014…

Taking into account the high density of ATMs, bank branches and alternate modes of payment available to the customers, the number of mandatory free ATM transactions for savings bank account customers at other banks’ ATMs is reduced from the present five to three transactions per month (inclusive of both financial and non-financial transactions) for transactions done at the ATMs located in the six metro centres, viz. Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Nothing, however, precludes a bank from offering more than three free transactions at other bank ATMs to its account holders if it so desires.

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Highlights of Prime Minister’s Address on Independence Day

Highlights of Prime Minister’s Address on Independence Day 1. Dear countrymen, on this auspicious occasion of Independence Day, many good wishes from the Prime Servant of India. I am here amidst you not as a Prime Minister but as the Prime Servant. 2. I bow to all freedom fighters who sacrificed and dedicated their lives … Read more

State Government employees are not covered within the terms of reference of the 7th central Pay Commission

State Government employees are not covered within the terms of reference of the 7th central Pay Commission

While answering to a question in Parliament on 12th August 2014 regarding the employees working in State Government, Ministry of State for Finance Smt.Nirmala Sitharaman said that the State Government employees are not covered within the terms of reference of the 7th central Pay Commission.

She replied in written form to a question asked by a member that service conditions of State Government employees fall within the exclusive domain of respective State Governments. Therefore, State Government employees are not covered within the terms of reference of the 7th central Pay Commission.

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