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8th pay commission: Meet Chairperson Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, and other members Pankaj Jain, Pulak Ghosh

New Delhi, June 20 -- Constituted every 10 years, the Central Pay Commissions are expected to make significant decisions impacting salaries of central government employees and pensioners, including ra... Read More


Dearness Allowance: Here's all we know about Punjab, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh govts' discussions on DA hikes

Dearness Allowance, June 20 -- DA is the component of the basic salary of central government employees, public sector staff, defence personnel, bank employees and pensioners that is periodically adjus... Read More


Bank holiday today: Are banks closed on Saturday, 20 June for the weekend? Check RBI calendar here

Bank holidays today, June 20 -- All public and private sector banks in India are operating as usual today, on Saturday, 20 June, as it is a working day according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hol... Read More


Fixed Deposit for senior citizens: Banks offer up to 8.25% interest - SBI, HDFC Bank, Utkarsh Small Finance, IDFC First

New Delhi, June 20 -- Bank fixed deposits (FDs) are among the safest investment tools in India for short-, medium- and long-term savings. They are also the preferred option for conservative investors,... Read More


ITR: Attention taxpayers! Check key changes in ITR-4 (Sugam) form before filing income-tax returns for FY26 / AY27

Income-tax returns, June 20 -- The Income-Tax Department has enabled Excel Utility for ITR-1 (Sahaj), ITR-2, ITR-3 and ITR-4 (Sugam) online forms for taxpayers on its e-filing portal for financial yea... Read More


EPFO: Want to update nomination details or change nominee? Here's how to generate 16-digit Virtual ID for e-sign process

New Delhi, June 19 -- Members of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) can add nominee(s) for their account either online or offline. Funds are handled by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPF... Read More


Income-tax returns: Attention taxpayers! Excel utility for ITR-3 enabled - Here's all you need to know

New Delhi, June 19 -- The Income-Tax Department has enabled Excel Utility for the ITR-3 form for taxpayers on its e-filing portal for financial year 2025-26 (FY26) i.e. assessment year 2026-27 (AY27).... Read More


8th pay commission: How much salary hike can Railway employees expect from demanded 2.92, 3.50 and 3.80 fitment factor?

New Delhi, June 19 -- As the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) engages in active consultations and discussions with unions and stakeholders, major employee representative groups have raised demands reg... Read More


Dearness Allowance: Breakdown of salary components - How is DA different from other allowances?

Dearness Allowance, June 19 -- The 8th pay commission (8th CPC) has begun meeting with employee representative groups, unions and stakeholders as it sets to gather recommendations on pay hikes, allowa... Read More


I asked ChatGPT to plan perfect monsoon family getaway near Mumbai - Here's what AI recommended

New Delhi, June 19 -- I asked ChatGPT to plan the perfect monsoon family vacation near Mumbai in the last week of June. Here's what the artificial intelligence chat bot said. I am planning a 5-day mo... Read More