All central government offices and industrial establishments in Delhi will remain closed for the Assembly poll on February 5, according to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Friday. Employees will also be eligible for a special casual leave if they are resident of a constituency and registered as a voter but employed in any central … Read more
The Central government has authorised government employees to utilise Tejas, Vande Bharat, and Humsafar trains for Leave Travel Concession (LTC) purposes. Government employees now have the option to travel in a total of 385 trains, including 136 Vande Bharat, 97 Humsafar, and 8 Tejas Express trains. Prior to this, they were able to enjoy luxurious … Read more
The objective of offering appointments on compassionate grounds is to alleviate financial hardship faced by the family members of a government employee who passes away while in service. But are married daughters of deceased or medically retired government servants eligible for government job appointments on compassionate grounds? The government has recently verified that married daughters … Read more
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently notified the revised allowances available to central government employees. In March 2024, the dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees has recently been increased by 4 per cent to 50 per cent. Besides this, the Union Cabinet also cleared additional dearness relief (DR) of 4 per … Read more
The Government has decided to recruit 17 senior officers in the Central government from the private sector through lateral entry. The recruitment is for the post of three joint secretaries and 14 officials at the rank of directors and deputy secretaries in the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Power, Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, … Read more
The government on Friday named V Anantha Nageswaran, a former member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), as its next chief economic advisor (CEA), ahead of its Economic Survey and Union Budget. The position has been vacant since December 17, 2021, when KV Subramanian demitted the office. An IIM-Ahmedabad graduate, Nageswaran teaches international … Read more