Due to the implementation of Grade 4 in Delhi, schools in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad have been put in hybrid mode. The holiday dates have been announced in Punjab. Students from states like UP, MP, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand etc. are also waiting for the latest update about the winter vacations.

Winter season has arrived in most states of North India. Most schools will be closed from Christmas i.e. 25th December 2024 (Winter Vacation 2024). Many schools have given relief to the students by changing their timings from the second week of December.

School Holidays in MP: School timings changed in Bhind

Amidst the severe cold, the Collector of Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, Sanjeev Srivastava, has issued new orders. Now classes will be held in Bhind schools from 9 am to 5 pm. This decision has been taken in view of the ongoing cold wave in Madhya Pradesh and it has been implemented for every class from nursery to 12th. The Collector has issued these orders keeping in mind the health of all the students studying in government and private schools.

Rajasthan School Winter Vacation: When will schools close in Rajasthan?

Winter vacations usually start in Rajasthan schools from December 25. But this time the new week is starting from December 23. In such a situation, there is confusion about the winter vacations in Rajasthan schools. Whether the winter vacations will start from December 25 or not, it has not been decided yet. In fact, recently Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar had said that it is not mandatory to start the winter vacations from December 25 itself. The decision about the winter vacations will be taken keeping in mind the weather.

Delhi Schools Closed: What is the situation in Delhi?

Grade 4 has been implemented in Delhi. Due to this, schools have been ordered to run in hybrid mode. If schools want, they can decide on online and offline classes keeping in mind the resources and other factors (winter vacations in Delhi schools). The timings of schools have been changed in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad. Many classes from nursery to class 5 are being run in online mode only.

UP School Holidays: When will the winter vacations start in Uttar Pradesh?

Updates regarding winter vacations are awaited in many states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh. Schools located in most of the states are running after 9 am these days. This is expected to give relief to the children from the morning cold.

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It has been implemented from Tuesday (21 November). Bihar government has increased the reservation limit by 15 percent. According to the bill, only SCs and STs will get special facilities in the matter of promotion. This facility of reservation will be available in direct recruitment. These bills were unanimously approved in the Bihar Assembly on November 9 and in the Legislative Council on November 10.

The Assembly Secretariat had sent them to the Governor on 12 November. A total of six bills went to the Governor on the same day. Of these, four returned on 14 November. According to the gazette notification of the state government, the Governor signed the reservation bills on November 18.

Its copy was received by the state government on Tuesday. Chief Minister had requested Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, during his address at the Industry Department function held on November 16, had requested the Governor to put his signature on the reservation bill. He had said that the Governor will sign it today and the new reservation system will be implemented from tomorrow.

The Governor signed these bills two days after his request. Limit increased as per caste-based enumeration: The state government has implemented a new reservation policy based on the latest data of castes found in the caste-based enumeration. In the calculation, the economic condition of every citizen and family of the society has been assessed.

According to the census report, there are 94 lakh poor families in the state whose monthly income is up to six thousand rupees. The Chief Minister decided to provide Rs 2 lakh per family for the economic progress of such families.

The state cabinet approved it. Now the Industries Department is preparing guidelines. Rs 2.5 lakh crore will be spent on this scheme in five years. Similarly, under the Sustainable Livelihood Scheme, approval has been received from the state cabinet to give Rs 2 lakh instead of Rs 1 to poor families.

This amount is for employment generation. – 15 percent increase in total reservation. There is a provision for 75 percent reservation in the new system. That means there has been an increase of 15 percent in the already issued reservation. Of these, 13 percent were included in the backward class and two percent in the Scheduled Caste-Tribe quota.

Who will get how much reservation now in Bihar?

After the implementation of the bill, SC will get 20 percent and ST will get 2 percent in Bihar. Extremely backward classes will get the benefit of 25 percent reservation and backward classes will get 18 percent reservation.

Along with this, the provision of 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker sections of the general category will remain in force. Previous Dalits and Mahadalits will get the benefit of this reservation in educational institutions and government jobs. Students of this category will benefit from this in government colleges and universities.

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Big relief has been given to the employees in Bengal. Holidays have been announced for the next year 2024. State government employees will get the benefit of 14 days long leave during Durga Puja. 45 days of holidays have been included in the holidays list for 2024 by the Bengal government. Its notification was issued on Friday. Which does not include weekends.

Officials indicated that the number of holidays may also increase as the office will be closed on the day of voting for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2024. A total of 45 days of leave has been announced. Republic Day will be celebrated on Friday 26th January while Vivekananda Jayanti will be celebrated on Friday 12th January. 1st January is considered to be Monday.

Declaration of holiday

As per the notification issued, offices will remain closed from October 7 to October 21 for Durga Puja. The same Kali Puja holiday will be from 31st October to 4th November. A long holiday is expected in March also. Holi holidays have been scheduled for Tuesday, Monday, 2 days before Good Friday.

In such a situation, 24 public holidays have been announced by the Bengal government for the year 2024.

Offices will remain closed on this day

• The office will be closed on Monday, January 1 in observance of New Year.
• Swami Vivekananda birth anniversary on 12th January
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose birth anniversary on 23 January and
• Offices will remain closed on Republic Day on 26 January.
• Three holidays have been declared in February, in which Saraswati Puja is on 13 and 14 February while
• Holiday has been declared on 26th February on Shabe Barat.
• 4 holidays declared in March
• Shivratri on 8th March and Holi on 25th March and
• There will be a holiday on 26th March for Dolyatra and Good Friday.
• Two holidays have been declared in April, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr on 10 and 11 April.
• Apart from this, there will also be holidays on 14th April on Bengali New Year and birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar.
• There will be a holiday on 21st April due to it being Sunday on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.
• While 1st May is Labor Day and 8th Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary.
• A holiday has been declared on Buddha Purnima on 23 May.
• Holidays have also been announced in June and July, Eid ul Joha on 17th June.
• And holiday has been declared on Moharram on 17th July.
• Rath Yatra will be on 7th July, Sunday
• Independence Day on 15th August
• Rakshabandhan on 19th August and
• Offices will remain closed on Janmashtami on 26th August.
• Holiday declared on 16th September on Fatiha Dawaz Dahan
• Holiday has been declared on Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary on 15th November.
• December 25 has been declared a holiday on the occasion of Christmas.

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The Dhami government of Uttarakhand will provide the benefits of the old pension scheme to its employees. Those employees, who have been appointed under the advertisement published before October 1, 2005, will be provided the facility of the old pension scheme. Notification has been issued for old pension to 6200 employees. There has been a demand for an option till 15th February.

Benefit of old pension scheme

The cabinet of Uttarakhand had decided to provide benefits to the employees. Whose appointment has been made under the advertisement till October 1, 2005. They will be provided the facility of old pension. In such a situation, advertisements for the recruitment of a total of 6200 employees in Uttarakhand had been issued earlier but their appointment took place after October 1, 2005.

For which now a notification has been issued by the government after the approval in the cabinet meeting. In the notification issued by Additional Chief Secretary Finance Anand Vardhan, it has been said that all the employees who are currently coming under the new pension scheme. He has been appointed through earlier advertisement, he can apply for old pension. Applications have been invited till 15th February.

A form has also been issued by the government. In which information about the name of the employees including designation, pay scale, name of the department, name of the department that issued the release, date of release, date of appointment in the department, date of contribution in the department, date of retirement etc. will have to be given. Necessary orders will be issued in respect of employees who fulfill the conditions for getting old pension. After this, their account of the new pension scheme will be closed from the date of issue of the order.

These employees will have to subscribe to the General Provident Fund. Under the new pension scheme, out of the total amount of pension fund created by employees and contributions, employee contribution will be deposited in the General Provident Fund account of the employee.

Under the new pension system, out of the total amount of the pension fund created by the contribution of the employee state government, the government contribution will be deposited in the account of the state government. Under the new pension scheme, whatever increased value will be received by investing the pension fund created by the research of the employees and the state government, will be deposited in the account of the state government. Earlier, orders were issued by the Central Government to provide benefits to the employees as per the advertisement till the implementation of the old pension.

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Under this, there will be 22 gazetted holidays in the entire year. There will be an additional gazetted holiday for women employees. There will be 16 gazetted holidays in the calendar year 2024 under the Negotiable Instruments 1881. Apart from this, there will be 12 optional holidays. The General Administration Department has issued a notification in this regard on Friday.

Offices will remain closed for so many days in 2024

According to the calendar, in the year 2024, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti will be on 14 April, Maharana Pratap Jayanti on 9 June, Karva Chauth on 20 October and Bhaiya Dooj holiday will be on 3 November. Due to Makar Sankranti 14th January and Easter Sunday 31st March being Sunday, employees will not get the benefit of these holidays.

Similarly, women working in government offices, boards and corporations will not get the benefit of two holidays, because Karva Chauth next year. And Bhaiya Dooj is falling on Sunday, although women will get leave on August 19 for Rakshabandhan.

Holidays will remain closed for so many days in November

There will be Sunday holiday in all government offices and banks of Himachal Pradesh on November 11, second Saturday, November 12, November 19 and November 26. Banks will remain closed on November 25 due to the fourth Saturday, while other government offices will be a working day.

On Sunday, there will be a holiday for female employees on the occasion of Diwali festival on 12th November and Bhai Dooj festival on 15th November, whereas on this day also male employees will have to come to work like every day. Apart from this, there will also be a holiday on 27th November on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sikh religious guru Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

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Notification issued

Meanwhile, schools will remain open on 6th September on the occasion of Janmashtami by the Haryana government. School holidays have been declared in Haryana on 7th September. Haryana Government has given information in this regard on Twitter (X). According to posts on social media, the Haryana government has declared September 7 as a gazetted holiday on the festival of Janmashtami. The notification has been issued by the Chief Secretary.

Explain that earlier the holiday for Janmashtami festival was notified on 6th September. Now it has been amended. In such a situation, other educational and government offices including schools and colleges will remain closed on 7th September. Students including teachers and staff will get the benefit of leave.

Janmashtami holiday in schools in Bihar and UP on September 6

Here in Bihar and UP, school holiday has been declared on 6th September on Janmashtami. Schools and colleges will be closed during this period. Orders have been issued to keep schools from 1st to 12th including colleges, educational institutions and Anganwadi centers closed. In many states, schools were kept closed on 6 September, while in many states schools have been announced to remain closed on 7 September. This has been announced by the Haryana Government through Twitter (Ex).

Bihar: Reconsideration once again on declared-casual holiday

Here in Bihar, the order for the cut off holidays has been withdrawn. In such a situation, from September to December, teachers and employees including students will get the benefit of 23 days leave. These holidays will be declared on the festival. However, despite the withdrawal of the order, the education department said that the declared and casual holidays in the school would be reconsidered once again.

A decision on this can be taken soon. Issuing a press release on Tuesday, the state government is committed under the Right to Education Act 2005 of the department body. In such a situation, it is necessary to conduct classes for at least 200 days in primary school and 220 days in middle school, but at present, due to many reasons, classes are not running for more than 190 days in a year.

After this the holidays were cut. The order has been withdrawn by the state government on the demand of teachers but it will be reconsidered soon and the government may reach some other issue.

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There is good news for lakhs of coal workers in the country. Notification of new pay scale has been issued. Now from July the employees will get the benefit of the new pay scale. In this regard, after getting approval from the Ministry of Coal, Coal India’s DP (P AND IR) Vinay Ranjan has issued a notification on Thursday. With this the employees will get minimum 43677 and maximum 71030 salary. This will benefit 2.50 lakh employees.

Actually, about 2.50 lakh employees working in various mines of Coal India including South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) have got a big gift. The orders for the 11th wage settlement of the employees have finally been issued, in such a situation, the increased salary for the month of June will be paid in the first week of July. Along with this, the situation of confusion among the workers regarding the approval of DPE and other issues has ended. The arrears of the previous period will be provided separately to the workers.

Notification issued, payment orders in July

After getting approval from the Ministry of Coal, Coal India’s DP (P AND IR) Vinay Ranjan issued a notification on Thursday and issued implementation instructions regarding payment of salaries to CMDs of all subsidiary companies including BCCL, CCL. Under this, for the month of June The salary will be given in July under the new pay scale. Coal India Management has made a provision of Rs 9252.24 crore for this.

Know in whose account how much amount will come

Under the new pay scale, the employees will get a minimum salary of Rs 43677.45 and a maximum of Rs 71030.56. Rs 43677.45 will be given to the workers of Category-1. 71030.56 for the supervisory grade personnel. 23,228.04 in the salary of supervisory grade personnel. Apart from Coal India and its subsidiary company, 2.81 lakh workers working in SCCL will get the benefit of new pay scale.

You will also get the benefit of these allowances and arrears.

Under the notification, the new pay scale will be considered effective from 1 July 2021. On July 1, 2021, 2.3% House Rent Allowance, 11.25% Underground Allowance, 5% Special Allowance will be available and 1% electricity bill of Basic Pay will be deducted. Attendance Bonus will be 10% of Basic Pay every 3 months and 19% MGB of the pay as on 30 June 2021. There will be an increase of 3 percent per year in Basic Pay. Apart from this, Nursing Allowance will be effective from June 1, 2023.

If no health insurance policy is taken, a senior citizen can claim a deduction for medical expenses up to Rs 50,000 per financial year for himself or his family. This deduction is not available under the new tax regime.

Deduction for specific medical expenses

Under section 80DDB of Income Tax, a resident senior citizen (60 or above) can claim deduction for expenditure incurred on medical treatment of prescribed diseases/illnesses either for himself or for any dependent.

Under this section, a senior citizen can claim a deduction up to a maximum of Rs 1 lakh per year. People below the age of 60 years can claim a maximum deduction of Rs 40,000. This deduction is not available under the new tax regime.

Deduction for Senior Citizen Savings Scheme

Under Section 80C, senior citizens are allowed a deduction as part of the overall limit of Rs 1.5 lakh per year for investments made in the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS). This deduction is not available under the new tax regime.

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The pension regulator (PFRDA) has told the members of the National Pension System (NPS) that if a member’s PAN and Aadhaar are not linked within the stipulated time frame, then the transaction in his NPS account will be banned (NPS Restriction).

The Pension Regulator (PFRDA) said in a notification issued on 2 May 2023 that it is mandatory for all NPS members to link their PAN with Aadhaar. A notification has also been issued regarding this on March 23, 2023. PAN fulfills the key identification number and Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for NPS accounts. Therefore, it is mandatory to link it, so that continuous and smooth transactions continue from the NPS account.

According to the circular of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), if the PAN given to a person is not linked to Aadhaar by June 30, 2023, it will become inactive. If this happens, penalty and fine will be applicable under the Income Tax Act 1961. At present, late fee of Rs 1,000 has to be paid for linking PAN-Aadhaar. Fee paid under Income Tax Act section 234H will not be refunded.

How to update Aadhaar in NPS account

Aadhaar card is used as KYC details in NPS account. NPS members will have to verify all the details of Aadhaar linked with NPS before linking PAN Aadhaar. If there is any change in the Aadhaar details, then there may be difficulty in getting the benefit of PAN Aadhaar link to the NPS members. Know here the process of updating Aadhaar linked in NPS account online.

1. NPS Subscriber First of all login to your NPS account through https://cra-nsdl.com/CRA/.
2. After this, click on the member menu ‘Update Aadhaar / Address Details’.
3. Members now click on ‘Update Details’ under the new menu that opens.
4. The applicant then selects the option ‘Add/Update Aadhaar Number’.
5. Now enter your Aadhaar number and click on ‘Generate OTP’.
6. Member should enter the OTP received from UIDAI on his registered mobile number.
7. After this, after authentication through OTP, Aadhaar will be linked to your PRAN.
8. The name entered for PRAN of the NPS member should match with the registered name.
9. After this, you will get the message that Aadhaar seeding is successful for your Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN).

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Many state governments have implemented the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in their state. Now good news is coming out regarding old pension. The Himachal government has also decided to restore the old pension scheme across the country from April 1, 2023, that is, from now on all the people of the state will get the benefit of the old pension scheme.

1.36 lakh employees will get benefit

Giving information, the Himachal Pradesh government has said that the old pension scheme is being restored from April 1, 2023. This will benefit 1.36 lakh employees of the state government, who will not face cuts under the National Pension Scheme (NPS).

The Chief Secretary of the State has given the information.

The Chief Secretary of the State has issued a notification for the implementation of OPS (old pension system). The notification states that as per the decision of the cabinet to implement the old pension scheme, the contribution (employer’s and employee’s share) of state government employees covered under the National Pension System will be stopped from April, 2023.

The issue of OPS was included in the promises of the assembly elections

Restoration of old pension was included in the major promises of the Congress in the 2022 assembly elections and a decision in this regard was taken in the first cabinet meeting on January 13, 2023.

What are the advantages of old pension scheme?

Talking about the benefits of the old pension scheme, its biggest advantage is that it is made on the basis of the last drawn salary. Apart from this, as the inflation rate increases, DA also increases. Even when the government implements the new pay commission, it increases the pension.

OPS has already been implemented in many states, Rajasthan ranks first among the states to implement old pension scheme. After this, the governments of Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh have also restored the old pension scheme.

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Let us tell you that apart from the Central Government, the State Government also runs many schemes from time to time for the poor and the needy. Let us tell you that 1000 rupees will be transferred to the account of the people of which state.

Tamil Nadu Government will give money

Tamil Nadu Government has announced to give this money to the people of the state. State Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has directed to give Rs 1,000-1,000 to ration card holders on the occasion of Pongal festival next month.

Chief Minister issued the order

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. While ordering, Stalin has said that on the occasion of Pongal next month, he has promised to give Rs 1000-1000 to the ration card holders. The state government gives some amount to the poor every year on the occasion of Pongal. Along with this, items like rice, sugar are also given as gifts.

One kilo of rice-sugar will also be given, according to a government statement, apart from giving Rs 1000, all ration card holders will be given rice as a gift. Please tell that this order will also apply to the families living in Sri Lanka rehabilitation camps. According to the official statement, one kg of rice and one kg of sugar will also be given to the beneficiaries.

Will start distributing money from January 2.

About 2.19 crore card holders of the state will be benefited by this decision taken by the government. This decision will put a burden of about Rs 2356.67 crore on the exchequer. Stalin will launch the Pongal gift scheme here on January 2 and the festival will be celebrated on January 15.

Even before this, the state government has given money.

In the year 2015, the state government had given gift bags. At the same time, in the year 2019, a cash amount of Rs 1000 was transferred to the needy of the state, Rs 2500 in 2020 and Rs 2500 in 2021. This amount is given by the government so that all the people of the state can celebrate this festival happily. Along with this, rice, sugarcane and sugar are also gifted. Let us tell you that it was first started in January 2014. At that time, the state government had given one kg of raw rice and one kg of sugar along with a cash amount of Rs.100.

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In an effort to further expand and improve the scope of the BH Series, the ministry has proposed new rules. Explain that on August 26, 2021, a new registration mark named ‘BH Series’ has been included in the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 and it was implemented on September 15, 2021.

Under the BH Series, vehicle owners get rid of the hassle of re-registration of vehicles when they move from one state to another and transfer there. It has been introduced on a voluntary basis for citizens working in Government offices or offices of private organizations in four or more States/Union Territories and under the purview of State Governments/UT Administrations overseeing the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 comes.

These documents are required for BH Series registration.

Applicants working in government offices can avail BH Series facility on the basis of their official ID card. It is necessary to give a working certificate to the private sector employees and it is necessary that their organization has offices in 4 or more states / union territories.

Registration of new vehicles continues

At present only new vehicles are being registered under BH Series. Let us tell you that on October 04, 2022, the Ministry had issued a draft notification GSR 672 (E) to amend the rules governing the Bharat Series Registration Mark.

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Many big decisions are being taken by the Central Government regarding government and public sector banks. Meanwhile, the government has issued a big update for the bank employees. The Central Government has increased the maximum tenure for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Public Sector Banks to 10 years. This step will help the government to retain the best talent of the banking sector for a long time.

Earlier the period was 5 years-

The government has given information about this by issuing a notification on 17 November 2022. The government has told that the period of appointment has been increased from the earlier five years to ten years now.

Know what were the rules earlier?

Let us tell you that earlier the managing director or executive director of public sector banks used to get a maximum tenure of five years or till the age of 60 years (whichever is earlier). The same criteria used to apply for whole-time directors of public sector enterprises.

These people will get benefit-

The notification said that the initial tenure of whole-time directors, including the managing director, should not exceed five years, which can be extended, but this should also not exceed ten years including the initial tenure. This decision of the government will help the banks to retain such talents who have reached the post of full time directors at the age of 45-50 years.

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