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Ludhiana: Educators press for pay, pension benefits during protest at PAU

Ludhiana: Educators press for pay, pension benefits during protest at PAU

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University and college teachers from across Punjab staged a protest at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on Monday, demanding release of 7th pay commission arrears, grant of 60% dearness allowance (DA) and resolution of long-pending pay and pension-related issues. Teachers protesting on the PAU campus in Ludhiana on Monday. (HT Photo) The state-level dharna was organised by the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations (PFUCTO) and the Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association (PAUTA) at Thapar Hall on the PAU campus. Teachers from various state universities, along with members of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) and government college teachers, participated in the protest. The protesting teachers demanded the grant of 60% DA, release of arrears under the 7th pay commission with effect from January 1, 2016, and rectification of pay anomalies. They also sought fixation of basic pay at ₹57,700 instead of ₹15,600 during the probation period and restoration of full pay benefits. The participants further demanded restoration and implementation of benefits under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) on the pattern applicable …

15 years after attack, Allahabad High Court slams ‘wholly insufficient’ Rs 1,000 pension for acid attack survivor | Legal News

15 years after attack, Allahabad High Court slams ‘wholly insufficient’ Rs 1,000 pension for acid attack survivor | Legal News

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5 min readNew DelhiJun 8, 2026 04:00 PM IST The Allahabad High Court recently expressed strong displeasure over the state government’s inability to put in place a rehabilitation policy for acid attack survivors, questioning how such a sensitive and grave issue affecting basic human dignity did not receive the urgent attention it deserves at the highest administrative level. A bench of Justices Saral Srivastava and Garima Prashad was hearing a plea filed by an acid attack survivor seeking enhanced compensation and rehabilitation support. The court lamented that the petitioner suffered the acid attack in 2011 and, despite the passage of nearly 15 years, no meaningful framework for her economic rehabilitation, livelihood support or financial security was produced before it. “The obligation of the State must extend towards ensuring recurring monetary assistance, employment opportunities, social security measures and meaningful economic rehabilitation enabling such survivors to live with dignity guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,” the court noted in its order dated May 25. Court seeks ‘concrete policy’ On the previous date of hearing, …

Army man blinded by tree branch in Sri Lanka terror op gets war pension | Legal News

Army man blinded by tree branch in Sri Lanka terror op gets war pension | Legal News

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A bench of Justices Harsimran Singh Sethi and Deepak Manchanda was hearing a writ petition filed by the Union of India against a March 29, 2022 order of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Chandigarh Bench, which had granted war injury pension to former Army personnel Naik Nahar Singh and directed that his disability element be rounded off from 50 per cent to 75 per cent with effect from December 1, 2006. “It is very unfortunate to note that the petitioners, Union of India, have termed an injury suffered by a soldier in a jungle in an operational area while being posted in a peacekeeping force in Sri Lanka as not to be attributed to the military service. A soldier who was searching for terrorists in a jungle sustained injuries in the eyes due to the bushes and branches of the trees, the contention of the petitioners- Union of India that the said injury cannot be attributed to military service cannot be accepted,” the high court said on May 22. Justices Harsimran Singh Sethi and Deepak …

Chhattisgarh woman walks 3 km carrying 90-year-old mother-in-law to bank for pension

Chhattisgarh woman walks 3 km carrying 90-year-old mother-in-law to bank for pension

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Ambikapur, A tribal woman walked nearly 3 km carrying her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back to a bank to collect the latter’s ₹500 monthly pension, pending for four months due to incomplete KYC formalities, in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district. Chhattisgarh woman walks 3 km carrying 90-year-old mother-in-law to bank for pension The incident took place in the Mainpat development block on Friday, and a video of the woman went viral on social media a day later. In the video, the woman, identified as Sukhmaniya, who is in her late 50s, is seen walking along a road with her elderly mother-in-law on her back. She told the person recording the video that earlier, a ‘Bank Mitra’ used to deliver the monthly pension of ₹500 at her home, but she had not received the pension for the last three to four months as the KYC process had not been completed. Sukhmaniya, a resident of Jangalpara village in the Kunia area, travelled around 3 km to reach the Central Bank of India branch in Mainpat town on foot. Mainpat …

Punjab and Haryana HC fines defence secretary, Army chief ₹2 lakh after delay in ex-Major’s disability pension: Report

Punjab and Haryana HC fines defence secretary, Army chief ₹2 lakh after delay in ex-Major’s disability pension: Report

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a penalty of ₹2 lakh on Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi for failing to implement orders granting disability pension to a retired Army Major, despite repeated judicial directions. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a penalty of ₹2 lakh on Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi. (HT_PRINT) The action came in a case involving Major Rajdeep Dinkar Pandere (retd), who underwent 24 surgeries and developed a kidney-related ailment during his military service, according to a report by The Tribune. Why the penalty against Defence Secretary and Army chief? Major Pandere, a resident of Pune, was commissioned into the Army on September 15, 2012, in a physically fit condition. He served with 4 Ladakh Scouts in Leh and held field, peace, special action group and high-altitude postings. In June 2017, he developed a medical condition while on duty and was examined at the Delhi Cantonment Base Hospital, where he was diagnosed with cystitis cystica glandularis. …

Atal Pension Yojana crosses historic nine crore enrolments

Atal Pension Yojana crosses historic nine crore enrolments

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The Union government said on Wednesday that the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has achieved a historic milestone by surpassing total gross enrolments of nine crore subscribers. Gross enrolments during the Financial Year 2025–26 crossed 1.35 crore subscribers, marking the highest-ever enrolments recorded in a single financial year since the inception of the scheme, according to a Finance Ministry statement. Launched on May 9, 2015, with the vision of establishing a universal social security system for all Indians, APY is a flagship social security scheme of the Union government, administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). According to the Ministry, APY is designed to provide a `Sampurna Suraksha Kavach` (Complete Security Shield) by ensuring benefits like a guaranteed monthly pension ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 for subscribers after attaining 60 years of age. Also, same pension continues to the spouse after the subscriber`s demise and the return of the corpus accumulated till the age of 60, to the nominee after the death of both. The pension scheme is open to all …

Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh launch pension scheme for former women cricketers

Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh launch pension scheme for former women cricketers

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The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) launched a new monthly pension scheme for former women cricketers on Thursday. To be eligible for the Karnataka State Cricket Association’s pension, the player must have represented the state in national championships and must be at least 55 years of age as of 1 April, 2026. Those who receive pension under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) won’t be eligible. Those who are selected will receive Rs 15,000 monthly from the KSCA. Meanwhile, the pension scheme from Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association will range from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,500 per month. “Former women players who have played in international Tests and One Day Internationals will be provided Rs 12,500 per month,” said Sudhir Asnani, the honorary secretary of the association. “Those who have played domestic cricket will be given Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000, depending on the number of matches played,” he added. With this development Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh join the likes of Gujarat, Vidarbha, Bengal, Baroda, and Rajasthan, …

Maharashtra staff unions serve strike notice for April 21 over pension, recruitment issues

Maharashtra staff unions serve strike notice for April 21 over pension, recruitment issues

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State-run schools and government offices in Maharashtra face a potential shutdown from April 21, with 1.7 million employees and teachers deciding to go on an indefinite strike. The decision, announced on March 7 by the Coordination Committee of Government, Semi-Government, Teaching, and Non-Teaching Employees, follows months of unresolved grievances ranging from pension rules to chronic staff shortages. “We have held seven meetings so far. We have been trying to draw the government’s attention towards the issue. But it hasn’t acted on the promises it had earlier given to us,” Vishwas Katkar, Coordination Committee of State Government Employees’ Central Union, said. “The protestors will include 5.5 lakh Class III, Class IV State government employees (like employees of state secretariat, sales tax department, etc), 7 lakh teachers and non-teaching staff of zilla parishad and nagar parishad schools, 3.5 lakh Zilla Parishad Class III and Class IV employees (they enjoy semi-governmentt status), and Nagar Parishad employees,” he added. Employee unions have formally informed the State government of their decision to proceed with the agitation. Convenor Mr. Katkar stated …

Telangana salary, pension bill jumps to Rs 6,000 crore in a decade

Telangana salary, pension bill jumps to Rs 6,000 crore in a decade

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Telangana’s monthly salary and pension bill has surged four-fold in a decade to around Rs 6000 crore and according to state chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao, the spike comes amid top government engineers in power utilities drawing up to Rs 7 lakh per month, while senior sanitation workers in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) earning close to Rs 2 lakh a month after long years of service and revisions. Rao said that salary and pensions of workers have expanded 300 per cent due to successive pay revisions, which also clashed with election cycles and led to a surge in expenditures.  This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For …

Smoking 10 Bidis A Day: Supreme Court Rejects Ex-Army Man’s Disability Pension Plea | India News

Smoking 10 Bidis A Day: Supreme Court Rejects Ex-Army Man’s Disability Pension Plea | India News

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Last Updated:February 18, 2026, 18:21 IST The top court examined the First Medical Report and the opinions of the Medical Board, which noted that the ex-soldier had a habit of smoking about 10 bidis daily After the Armed Forces Tribunal rejected his plea, the ex-soldier approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision (AI Image) In a ruling that could influence future claims related to military disability pensions, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a former Army personnel seeking compensation for a brain stroke, holding that the condition was caused by lifestyle issues rather than military service, as reported by Bar & Bench. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale upheld an earlier decision of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), finding no merit in the claim that the illness was attributable to, or aggravated by, service conditions. The case, Sarvesh Kumar vs Union of India, has sparked renewed discussion around the balance between personal responsibility and entitlement to benefits under military pension rules. According to Bar & Bench, the appellant, Sarvesh Kumar, …