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Digital India: Government Employee Knowledge Sharing Platform - Anubhav

Anubav Sharing experience and knowledge is an very vital steps to keep everything progressing and our government has realised the importance and have implemented a portal called Anubav in English it means experience. Also it create the platform to showcase their achievement in their service tenure and hope our government employee use this platform to keep India progressing. ‘ ANUBHAV ’ - Online System for submission and display of commendable work done by retiring employees A platform for retiring employees to showcase significant achievements made during their service period. While the retiring employees can look back with satisfaction and a sense of fulfilment, this would also create a database of useful suggestions and information. Initially this facility is to be provided only to retiring Central government employees. Employees retiring in the next 6 months may be provided an online facility to submit their outstanding achievements. The departmental website while d...

Indian Freedom Fighters gets a 193% Pension Hike

The Freedom Fighters ’ Pension Scheme (FFPS) was introduced on August 15, 1972 during the Silver Jubilee year of Independence. Till July 31, 1980, the Freedom Fighters’ pension was available only to those who needed financial assistance on account of their meagre gross income; and the minimum pension sanctioned to a freedom fighter was Rs. 200 per month. The revised rate of pension, as on August 1, 2014, after enhancement of DA (from 193 per cent), is Rs. 23,309 per month for former Andaman political prisoners, Rs. 20,129 for freedom fighters/spouses and Rs. 4,770 for unmarried/unemployed daughters. This is due to the hike of 218 per cent in DA in 2014-15 proposed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on 8th August'15 The number of freedom fighters pensioners as on January 1, 2015 was 11,434 and widows and eligible dependents were 24,466, adding up to 35,900. The highest number of freedom fighter pensioners live in Telangana (6,204), followed by Andhra Pradesh (6,031), We...