Breaking: 100% DA neutralisation for Bank pensioners/family pensioners retired before 1st November 2002
Excerpts of minutes of understanding arrived at between IBA and UFBU during the meeting held in Mumbai on 28 July 2023 attached below. Where the Dearness Allowance Scheme is applicable to employees, officers, and retired up to 31st October 2002 was based on a tapering percentage formula and multiple slab systems and Where the Dearness…
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Whether you can refuse to accept coins beyond a limit?
The coins issued by the Government of India under Section 6 of The Coinage Act, 2011, shall be legal tender in payment or on account provided that a coin has not been defaced and has not lost weight so as to be less than such weight as may be prescribed in its case. However, a…
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What does it mean when you find Star (*) symbol in the number Panel of a Rupees Note?
The Reserve Bank of India adopted the “STAR series” numbering system for the replacement of defectively printed banknotes in a packet of 100 pieces of serially numbered banknotes. The Star series banknotes are exactly similar to the other banknotes, but have an additional character viz., a *(star) in the number panel in the space between…
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Do you know this? Excess Interest collected by the banks by rounding off the applicable interest cannot be retained by the banks
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its Judgment dated April 16, 2004, has ordered that excess interest collected by the banks from the borrowers through rounding off the applicable interest rate should be recovered from the banks and credited to a Trust to be created for the benefit of disadvantaged people. In the same judgment, the…
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Govt. approves 8.15% interest rate on Employees’ Provident Fund for FY23
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, has conveyed the approval of the Central Government under para 60(1) of Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, to credit interest @8.15% for the year 2022-23 to the account of each member of the EPF Scheme as per the provisions under Para 60 of EPF Scheme, 1952,”. Last…
Interview tips for jobs and promotions
An interview is a two-way communication process between a candidate and the interviewers. The objectives of an interview are to assess the candidate’s personality competencies such as attitudes, morals, enthusiasm, respect for others, friendliness, the level of acquired knowledge or information, etc., which cannot be assessed through a written test. The rationale behind conducting an…
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