The armed forces have asked the government to withdraw a controversial order stopping Lt Colonels from being sent on deputation. In a letter dated January 14, the services say that not doing so will cause man management problems and reduce the army's combat worthiness.

As per the recent orders issued by DOPT, Government has decided to set up Anomaly Committee to settle the Anomalies arising out of the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.  The panel will receive anomalies upto six months from the date of its constitution and will dispose them within ...

In a major New year bonanza for the armed forces, the Prime Minister's Office has informed the Defence Ministry that the armed forces personnel would henceforth have a separate pay commission, which is delinked from the civilian pay panel. In a communication to the Defence Ministry the PMO also granted the ...

It's a New Year cheer for the armed forces with the Government agreeing to increase the salaries of Lt Colonel and equivalent by upgrading their pay band and hiking their grade pay. Sources said Prime Minister's Office has told the Defence Ministry that the armed forces’ proposal for an increase in ...

The Time of India, one of the leading news publishing groups in India in its online arm, timesofindia.indiatimes.com has reported that hundreds of MBA graduates in the city's B-schools are disappointed by the corporates due to recession.

Rejecting a long-standing demand of ex-servicemen, the government today said it was not contemplating providing "one rank-one pension" to similarly placed officers and jawans after their retirement. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said the demand was "not found acceptable" ...

The plan of the higher judiciary for a three-fold-plus hike in salaries of members of the higher judiciary has not found favour with the Union Finance Ministry. According to sources in the Finance Ministry, it has recommended a cut in the salary structure proposed by a three-judge committee constituted by the ...

Government has proposed to raise income tax exemption limit for gratuity funds to Rs 10 lakh from the present Rs 3.5 lakh for both government and private sector employees consequent on implementation of sixth pay commission report which fixed the maxium limit of gratuity that payable to Central Government employees ...

The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore one of the best business schools in the country but it seems, no one wants to work there. The institute aims at hiring 40 more faculty members by 2012. But over the last year-and-a-half, they've managed to recruit just six. Some IIMs have complained to the HRD ...

As the Minister Mr.Pranab Mukherjee-led ministerial committee is grappling with armed forces' pay-related grievances, the three Services have now taken a fresh controversy to A K Antony's doors over "issues created" by Defence Ministry bureaucrats. The Defence Ministry's special instructions on the 6th Central Pay Commission notification, the Services say, have ...