NFIR - New Year Message

New Year Message from NFIR No.IV/NFIR/7 CPC(Imp)/Allowance/2016/Part I Dated: 25/12/2017 MESSAGE Dear Brothers/Sisters, We Will be celebrating New Year Day on January 1, 208 with disappointment and  agony as the Government has done grave injustice by reducing the percentage or various  Allowances and also by not granting the Allowances from 1st January. 2016. Almost all Railway employees in all corners Of...

Re-Employment Of Armed Forces Personnel

Re-Employment of Armed Forces Personnel Government provides non-monetary benefits such as travel concessions, health amenities, housing facilities, re-employment and pension concessions to serving and retired defence personnel including their family members. The details of the benefits are as under: Travel Concessions:- The service personnel and their dependents including father, mother, brothers and sisters, if otherwise dependent on service personnel, are entitled for LTC from Duty Station to Home Station and back...

Promotion of Defence Production

Promotion of Defence Production Defence manufacturing is primarily driven by capital acquisition of defence equipment. Under ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, several measures have been taken to promote indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country by harnessing the capabilities of the public and private sector. These measures include according preference to procurement from Indian vendors under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), liberalization of the licensing regime...

Latest Details Of Premature Retirement And Suicides In Armed Forces

Latest Details of Premature Retirement and Suicides in Armed Forces Suicides by Army Personnel The details of number of incidents of suicide in the defence forces during last three years and the current year, force-wise & year-wise is as under:  Some of the reasons for committing suicide are family issues/ domestic problems, marital discord, perceived grievances and personal issues etc. The details of number of officers and Other Ranks who have applied for premature retirement during the last three years...

No Downgradation In The Existing Equivalence Of The Service Ranks In Defence Service Personnel

No Downgradation in the existing equivalence of the service ranks in Defence Service Personnel Rank Parity The Government is fully sensitive to the concerns expressed by the Armed Forces from time to time, including those relating to rank equation, allowances and benefits. The Government has already clarified that there has been no downgradation or change in the existing equivalence of the service ranks vis-à-vis their civilian counterparts. In recognition of the unique aspects of Defence Service, a number of facilities...

Govt Says No Proposal To Revise Income Tax Rates This Year

No Proposal to Amend Income Tax Rates – Lok Sabha Q&A Govt says No Proposal to Revise Income Tax Rates this year GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1355 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 22ND DECEMBER, 2017 01, PAUSHA, 1939 (SAKA) AMEND INCOME TAX RATES 1355. SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE: Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government proposes to amend the present rates of income tax so that more people may pay income tax; (b)...

Job Creation Under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme

Job creation under PMEGP Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which is a major credit-linked subsidy programme, aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth in rural and urban areas. The rate of job creation under PMEGP for the financial years 2015 – 16 and in the corresponding period of 2012-13 is given...

Employment Generation in FPI

Employment Generation in FPI As per the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), 2014-15, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the total number of registered food processing units (factories) is estimated at 38,603. Based on the Annual Survey of Industries for the years from 2004-05 to 2014-15 conducted by the Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the estimated employment generated in registered food processing units (factories)...