Central Government Employees

Coronavirus outbreak: Work from home, staggered working hours for central govt employees

The Central government on Thursday allowed 50 percent of its employees to work from home and the remaining to attend office every day besides implementing different time slots for working hours in its effort to further check the spread of the coronavirus disease

Govt increases dearness allowance by 5% for central govt employees, pensioners; move to cost exchequer Rs 16,000 cr

The government on Wednesday announced the highest ever 5 percentage points increase in dearness allowance (DA) which will bring cheers to 50 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners ahead of Diwali

Union Cabinet hikes dearness allowance by three percent, move to benefit 1.1 crore govt employees and pensioners

The decision in this regard was taken at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Govt hikes General Provident Fund interest rate by 40 bps to 8% for Oct-Dec quarter

The interest rate would apply on Provident Funds of central government employees, railways and defence forces.

Cabinet approves additional 2% hike in DA and DR; to benefit 1.1 crore central govt employees, pensioners

The impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs 6,112.20 crore per annum and Rs 4,074.80 crore in the financial year 2018-19

No selfies please, this is a pension form, govt tells retiring employees

The ministry has issued the fresh set of guidelines to all central government departments.

Railway employees to go on 72-hour relay hunger strike against non-implementation of 7th Pay Commission

The All India Railwaymen’s Federation said despite several meetings with leaders of the central government organisations and Home Minister, Finance Minister, Railway Minister and Minister of State for Railways, no decision has been taken yet

7th pay commission: Central govt staff may get revised allowance from July, says report

The move is aimed at boosting consumption growth, which had lost some pace in the fourth quarter of last fiscal,

Govt notifies revised pay grades for employees

Government has notified revised pay grades for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, giving nearly 10 lakh government employees 2.57 times hike in basic pay

High-level committee to look into employees' demands on 7th Pay Commission

A high-level committee will soon be set up to look into issues raised by various unions of central government employees on pay scales.