Supreme Court ordered rank pay arrears for Armed Force

The armed forces won a landmark victory in their long standing battle to get an anomaly in fixation of pay scales for commissioned officers noticed in the 4th Pay Commission.

The Supreme Court today ordered payment of rank pay arrears to all affected officers estimated to number over 20,000 with effect from January 1, 1986.

The government had been told the pay the arrears within 12 weeks. According to sources, the total outgo to government in making this payment will be over Rs. 1500 crore.

Cabinet clears SC/ST quota in job promotions

The Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a Bill which provides for the reservation to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in government job promotions. The Bill envisages reservation-based promotions for SC/ST candidates in government jobs.

The government will introduce the Bill in Parliament on Wednesday or Thursday.

Maharashtra denies hike in retirement age

The demand of various Employees unions for raising retirement age of Maharashtra State Government from 58 to 60 Years was rejected by the State Government.

Sahayak system in army being reviewed

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The system of providing 'Sahayaks' to officers and Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) has been taken up for review following recommendations of the Standing Committee on Defence, government told the Lok Sabha today.
In a written reply to the House, Defence Minister A K Antony said, "As per recommendations of the Standing Committee on Defence, the system of Sahayaks in the Army has been taken up for review.

Himachal announces Grade Pay as Punjab pattern

 In yet another gift to employees ahead of Assembly polls, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today announced 'Grade Pay' to about 2.5 lakh employees on Punjab pattern, incurring annual expenditure of about Rs 500 crore. The announcement about acceptance of the major demand of the employees was made at a rally, organised by BJP to highlight various welfare programmes and speedy development of the state during the Dhumal's tenure. The chief minister said that the state government had carried out uniform and balanced development and implemented most of the promises made in the election manifesto. He claimed that a number of schemes, which had no mention in the manifesto, had also been implemented for the benefit and welfare of people of the state. Meanwhile, party's senior leaders including National Vice President Shanta Kumar, general secretary J P Nadda were also present in the rally.
Source : PTI