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  • All portals for pensioners to be integrated: Dr Jitendra Singh

    All portals for pensioners to be integrated: Dr Jitendra Singh

    This was stated today by Union Minister for Personnel Jitendra Singh while addressing a Bankers' Awareness Workshop in Bhopal.

    March 6, 2023
  • 90,248 govt pension beneficiaries in Punjab found dead

    90,248 govt pension beneficiaries in Punjab found dead

    The minister for social security, Dr Baljit Kaur had directed the department to conduct verification of pensioners.  

    October 13, 2022
  • KMC budget poses more questions to its pensioners

    KMC budget poses more questions to its pensioners

    The KMC budget has spelt out that there is a deficit of Rs 177 crore in the year 2022-23 since the expenditure estimate is Rs 4,410.11 crore while the revenue target is Rs 4,233.11 crore. However, what now looms over the civic body is a cumulative deficit of Rs 2,423.70 crores. This amount, as per the budget statement, may increase to a cumulative deficit amount of Rs 2,600.70 crore

    March 4, 2022
  • Social pension hiked by two and a half times, pensioners doubled since 2015 : Haryana govt

    Social pension hiked by two and a half times, pensioners doubled since 2015 : Haryana govt

    An official spokesperson said in 2015, a total of 15,55,440 beneficiaries were given Rs 1000 per month, whereas today the number of beneficiaries has increased to 28,57,529 and the pension has increased to Rs 2500 per month.

    February 8, 2022
  • Kolkata Port, with India Post, initiates drive to biometrically verify its pensioners

    Kolkata Port, with India Post, initiates drive to biometrically verify its pensioners

    For the ease of pensioners, DLC was carried out on wheels where the pensioners drove near the designated post offices in car, taxis, autos or rickshaws and got their registration done while remaining seated in the vehicle. The bed-ridden patients were attended by postmen at their residences at their request and generated the DLC.

    September 20, 2021
  • HP announces 6 per cent hike in DA for govt employees, pensioners

    HP announces 6 per cent hike in DA for govt employees, pensioners

    A notification in this regard was issued by additional secretary finance Prabodh Saxena.

    September 16, 2021
  • Centre hikes dearness allowance by 4% to 21% for govt employees, pensioners

    Centre hikes dearness allowance by 4% to 21% for govt employees, pensioners

    The hike of 4 per cent means that the monthly salary of central government employees’ will go up by Rs 720 to Rs 10,000 per month.

    March 13, 2020
  • E-pension portal, mobile App for employees, pensioners

    E-pension portal, mobile App for employees, pensioners

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has repeatedly stressed on ensuring that employees get their pension immediately after retirement.

    February 7, 2020
  • Aged pensioners can now submit life certificates digitally starting 1 November

    Aged pensioners can now submit life certificates digitally starting 1 November

    The life certificate in the prescribed format is verified by the authorities and has to be submitted to the Pension Disbursing Authority either directly or through the bank.

    October 29, 2019
  • 8 pc interim relief to HP employees, pensioners

    8 pc interim relief to HP employees, pensioners

    In a move that has brought cheers to employees and senior citizens of Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced 8 per cent interim relief to state government employees and pensioners from 1 January 2016. This would provide benefits of Rs 700 crore to the employees, he said, while presiding over the 48th statehood...

    January 25, 2018
  • Haryana gives cashless medical services to employees, pensioners

    Haryana gives cashless medical services to employees, pensioners

    Haryana Health Department has notified the policy for providing cashless medical services to the state government employees and pensioners with effect from November 30, this year. A spokesperson of the department said that the scheme would be only for regular government employees and pensioners. He said that spouses and dependents of regular state government employees...

    November 21, 2017
  • Haryana to act against employees, pensioners defaulting electricity bills

    Haryana to act against employees, pensioners defaulting electricity bills

    Tough time ahead for those government employees and pensioners in Haryana who have a habit of not paying the electricity bills on time as the state government has decided to take strict action against such working and retired employees. A senior Haryana official said it had been noticed that some government employees and pensioners do...

    October 18, 2017
  • HP announces 4 pc DA to employees, pensioners

    HP announces 4 pc DA to employees, pensioners

    Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh announced Dearness Allowance (DA) of four per cent to state government employees and pensioners from January, 2017 to be incorporated in salary of September, 2017 and to be paid in October. In his address on the Independence Day celebrations at Rampur Bushehr, the CM said, “It was a hard-earned independence and...

    August 16, 2017
  • Government allows digital payment of EPF benefits

    Government allows digital payment of EPF benefits

    The Ministry of Labour and Employment has made changes in the social security schemes of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation to allow electronic or digital fund transfer and payment of EPF benefits, pension disbursement and insurance claim. "Such move is likely to benefit 4.5 crore EPF subscribers and around 54 lakh pensioners," a release said....

    May 18, 2017
  • 25 lakh defence pensioners in country: Govt

    25 lakh defence pensioners in country: Govt

    There are over 25 lakh defence pensioners in the country of whom over 1.25 lakh are Nepali citizens, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. In written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence, said as on February 1, there are 25,00,631 defence pensioners with Punjab, Haryana and...

    February 3, 2017