The government on Wednesday approved an increase of two per cent in the dearness allowance (DA) for the central government employees. The hike will be effective from July 1, 2018.

The government employees are yet to receive arrears accrued to them since the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission by the state government, says Maharashtra Rajya Sarkari Karmachari Madhyavarti Sanghatna general secretary Avinash Daund.

Dearness allowance is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees and pensioners. It is a component of salary, and is counted as a fixed percentage of the person's basic salary.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman finally approved the list of items that will now have to be purchased by each soldier from the clothing allowance now sanctioned.

Though the salaries of the central government employees were increased by 14 per cent from January 2016, the hike, as per the employees, is not enough because of the rising cost of living and high inflation.

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Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said as per the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the centre government has increased the pension of retired faculty and other non-teaching staff in central universities and colleges, which would benefit around 25,000 present pensioners in these institutions.

Indian Railways has invited applications for over 9,739 jobs of constables and sub-inspectors in Railway Protection Force and Railway Protection Special Force. Of total 9,739 vacancies, 8,619 posts are for constables while 1,120 for sub-inspectors.

Protesting against non-implementation of the provisions of the seventh pay commission and attempts to privatise Indian Railways, Railway employees' union has called for a 72-hour relay hunger strike across the country from today.

When the states implement 7th pay commission recommendations, the inflationary impact could be even higher.

A research paper by RBI's monetary policy department has confirmed that revised HRA has impacted CPI inflation by nearly 35 basis points at its peak.

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The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday approved implementation of the seventh pay commission recommendations with effect from January 2016.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday approved implementation of the seventh pay commission recommendations with effect from January 2016.

The World Bank in its report acknowledged that disruptions from demonetisation and events surrounding the implementation of GST led to a setback in economic activity and a potentially larger negative effect on the poor and vulnerable.

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