GPF interest rate raised to 8.8 percent

said deposits under the General Provident Fund (GPF) will attract 8.8 percent interest in 2012-13 against 8.6 percent in the previous year....

DA hike for power board staff

2011.However, the enhanced DA would be paid with the salary of November while the arrears of the period from July to October would be deposited in their GPF accounts.Copyright...

PAC havaldar arrested with Rs 23 lakh of GPF amount in Rae Bareli

Havaldar of the 25th Battallion PAC Rae Bareli was arrested last night after he tried to escape with Rs 23 lakhs of General Provident Fund(GPF) here...

AG ask treasuries & accounts to take over civil entitlement accounts

a wake of Accountant General Nagaland asking the directorate of treasuries & accounts to take over civil entitlement accounts like pension scheme, pay slip, GPF account, pension etc, Additional Chief Secretary and Finance Commissioner Toshi Aier, IAS called upon the officers to be well equipped and play a very important role in attending to their multiple duties ahead.Speaking at the 13th general ...

Arunachal first to launch e-GPF

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to introducefacilitating online access to 34,000 GPF accounts through its redesigned website. The website was formally launched by chief minister"The website will help the public to access all updated fiscal information, including 34,000 GPF accounts. Pensioners from anywhere in India can also avail information on their pension,"Swati...

Government hikes GPF rate to 8.8%

government on Wednesday lent cheer to millions of government employees by hiking the interest rate on general provident fund (GPF) to 8.8%, 20 basis points more than the earlier rate. The new rate is applicable from April 2012 to March 2013.This is the second increase in GPF after 2003. The first came in December 2011 when the government lifted the rate to 8.6%.Last year, a parliamentary panel headed...

NGOs allege inequality in Lokayukta compensation

(GPF) have demanded parity with regards to payment of compensation and costs to a public functionary as provided under the Goa lokayukta law. In a letter to the chief minister, coordinator of IAC-Goa Valmiki Naik and GPF convenor Satish Sonak said that after the amendments to the Goa Lokayukta Act, a public functionary is now eligible for 10,000 to 1 lakh as costs and compensation from a complainant...

Revive Public Men's panel: Goa People's Forum

(GPF) has suggested that pending the appointment of Lokayukta, the Goa government should revive the Goa Public Men's (Prevention of Corruption) Commission set up under the Goa Public Men's Corruption (Investigation & Enquiries) Act.The GPF has recalled that the three-member commission was headed by retired high court judge but it became defunct after the members retired, and the government of the day...

Allahabad high court summons UP chief secretary, DGP

along with the relevant records to show what action has been taken in the matter of defalcation of huge amount of GPF in the education department.The order was passed by Justice Sudhir Agrawal on a writ petition filed by Giridhari Lal of Kanpur. Passing the order, the court directed the director secondary education to make inquiry in which director had found that the allegation of defalcation of GPF...

Matthew Ellis, 29, dies after drinking too much WATER after he's 'slipped an Ecstasy pill'

Man, 29, dies after drinking 'pints and pints' of WATER when 'Ecstasy pill was slipped into drink'Tragedy: Matthew Ellis, 29, slipped into a coma after drinking too much liquid. His family believe an Ecstasy pill had been slipped into a drinkA man died after suffering devastating brain damage after drinking 'pint after pint' of water.His family believe the problems started when an Ecstasy pill was...