Current Affairs 24th November, 2015
- Indo-Pak border in Jaisalmer lighted with Solar power
- India, Singapore ink pacts on defence, cyber security
- Noted economist T.S. Papola passes away
- Kagiso Rabada named newcomer of the year at SA awards
7th Pay panel moots 23.5% hike, to cost govt. Rs.1.02 lakh cr.
The Seventh Central Pay Commission has recommended an overall increase of 23.55 per cent in pay, allowances, and pension for government employees. Within this, the Commission̢۪s report recommends a 16 per cent increase in basic pay, a 63 per cent increase in allowances and a 24 per cent hike in pension. The recommendations are to come into force on January 1, 2016.
Nuts and Bolts of Call Drop Issue
For cellphone users in India, it is becoming common to be cut off mid-sentence - and not just because the other person's bored with the conversation. -Call drops- have doubled in the last one year, according to telecom regulator TRAI, and are now four times...
Hot Points of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, you need to know
The winter session of Parliament is round the corner and the Congress is warming up to counter the ruling BJP on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. Here is your cheat sheet to the debate: • Officially, the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill 2014. • It was introduced in the...
