The Indian Railways’ parcel service at the Pune Railway Station, which is the most-preferred service especially when it comes to transport of two-wheelers, has become a hub of illegal activities with touts and security personnel harassing visitors and extorting money from them. The touts along with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) have been

The Cabinet approved further improvements in the Defence Pay Matrix by enhancing Index of Rationalisation for Level 13A (Brigadier) and providing for additional stages in Level 12A (Lieutenant Colonel), 13 (Colonel) and 13A (Brigadier) in order to bring parity with Combined Armed Police Forces (CAPF) counterparts at the maximum of the respective

The Pay commission has recommended HRA should be rationalized by using the factor 0.8 which is used for rationalizing the percentage based allowances. The 7th CPC recommended 24 percent, 16 percent and 8 percent of the Basic Pay for Class X, Y and Z cities respectively. The Commission also recommended that the rate of HRA will be revised to 27