It consolidates nine existing social security laws into a single, streamlined framework that extends coverage to organised, unorganised, gig, and platform workers alike, an official statement said.
Ahead of the Diwali festival, the Odisha government on Thursday announced a 3 per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for the State government employees and pensioners.
Arrears for the period from April to September 2025 will also be deposited in employees’ bank accounts this month, while separate orders will be issued for arrears from July 2023 to March 2025.
The decision was taken on Tuesday at the cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav at the State Secretariat in Bhopal.
The combined impact on the exchequer on account of an increase in both the DA and the DR would be Rs 10,083.96 crore per annum.
Prem Singh Tamang (also known as Golay), chief minister of Sikkim, led his new Council of Ministers in his first Cabinet meeting here today, after the swearing-in-ceremony that took place yesterday.
Calcutta High Court today granted conditional permission to the DA protesters to staging dharna at the Nabanna bus terminus for three days beginning tomorrow till Sunday
Payment of dearness allowance (DA) is not mandatory for the state government, said the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee while addressing the state Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
The trouble started when an unknown person carrying a helmet in his left hand suddenly got into the dais and asked Naushad what the latter had done for developments of minorities as a MLA.
Senior paerty leaders will meet on Friday to find out the ways and means that will be followed in the ensuing panchayat polls
