Introduction of opening of Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) Account, Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) and Mahila Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC) through DoP Internet Banking .....
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2023 representing an increase of 4% over the existing rate of 42% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate against price rise. This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.
The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs.12,857 crore per annum. This will benefit about 48.67 lakh Central Government employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners.
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(Release ID: 1968725)India Post achieved the milestone of Rollout of RICT DARPAN 2.0 Android Application in one lakh BOs
India post has rolled out Unified DARPAN Android application (DARPAN 2.0) in 1,00,000 (One Lakh) Branch Post Offices as on 03rd October 2023. It is one of the great achievement by the DOP as the RICT Android darpan application is one of the application developed inhouse by the CEPT Mysuru.
