The Haryana government on Monday announced a raise in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and pensioners from the existing 9 percent to 12 percent. The new DA rates will be applicable retrospectively from January 1, 2019, and will cause an extra burden of about Rs 17.70 crore per month on the state exchequer, a press statement from the

General Provident Fund (GPF), a type of provident fund account, is available only for government employees. Interest rates on GPF are revised as per the government's notifications issued from time to time. At present GPF fetches an interest rate of 8 per cent. A subscriber is required to make monthly contributions towards GPF except during the

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO, which is the nodal agency to monitor EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) contributions, allows subscribers to submit their account's nomination details. Employees can submit their details online through its official website, unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in. EPF is a mandatory contribution from the