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Among various allowances, the Union cabinet is likely to discuss the House Rent Allowance (HRA) which has been a major concern for government employees. 

The long wait for nearly 50 lakh Central government employees over revised allowances could end today. The Narendra Modi-led Cabinet is expected to meet today to take a final call on allowances under the Seventh Pay Commission.
Some reports had suggested that the Modi government could start rolling out revised allowances from July.
The Union cabinet had okayed the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission in June last year, and since then it has been a long wait for employees to get the full benefits of the report's implementation.
Central government employees, on several occasions, have expressed their disappointment over the long delay in rolling out revised allowances.
Earlier, the Union Cabinet was expected to take up the subject of allowances in its last meeting held on June 7.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to table the proposal for the revised allowance structure at the Cabinet meet today.
Among various allowances, the Cabinet is likely to discuss the House Rent Allowance (HRA), which has been a major concern for government employees.
HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. The Seventh Pay Commission recommended axing 53 of the 196 allowances that Central government employees get besides merging 36 smaller allowances into bigger ones.
2. The Seventh Pay Commission also suggested bringing down the House Rent Allowance (HRA) rates for Central government employees by varying degrees depending on the type of city. For Metros, the pay panel suggested reducing the HRA from 30 per cent to 24 per cent.
3. As Central government employees protested against the recommendations, the Modi government constituted a committee under Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa in July last year to review the suggestions. The Lavasa panel submitted its report to Arun Jaitley on April 27.
4. Before filing the review report, the Lavasa panel held discussions with all stakeholders, including representatives of Central government employees and various government departments.
5. A Finance Ministry statement on the Lavasa report said that "modifications have been suggested in some allowances which are applicable universally to all Central government employees as well as certain other allowances which apply to specific employee categories".
6. The Ashok Lavasa report was sent to the Department of Expenditure for a first round of review before being placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) for another round of screening.
7. Before the E-CoS submitted its report to the Union cabinet, representatives of Central government employees wrote to Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha and said that they were clueless about the recommendations of the Ashok Lavasa Committee on Allowances. They also expressed anguish over inordinate delay in implementation of the Lavasa panel's report.
8. After screening the Ashok Lavasa report on allowances, the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) forwarded the report along with its suggestions to the government after a June 1 meeting.
9. If reports are to be believed, Central government employees are likely to start getting revised allowances under the Seventh Pay Commission from July.
10. The Central government, however, may not be keen on giving arrears on allowances, one of the key demands by employees. According to some reports, employee unions have planned protests if the demand of arrears on allowances is not met.

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surender gupta dunar BJP sweeps Maharashtra, trails Sena in Mumbai

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surender gupta dunar Boost for Fadnavis as party wins 8 out of 10 municipalities

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continued its political dominance in Maharashtra with resounding electoral victories in key municipalities and zilla parishads across the State. It won eight of the 10 municipal elections that were held on February 21. The Shiv Sena, its erstwhile ally, won in Mumbai and Thane.

In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), it was a close call, with the Sena winning 84 out of the 227 seats and the BJP 82. In Thane, the Sena won 67 of the 131 seats, while the BJP won only 23, fewer than the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which bagged 34 seats.

In eight other municipal zones, the BJP swept the elections, giving Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis a major image boost as well as an upper hand against the Sena, a party that is a part of the government. For the municipal elections, the Sena had broken the alliance and dared the BJP to go it alone.

In Pune, the BJP won 98 of the 162 seats, with the NCP coming a distant second with 40 seats and the Sena bagging a mere 10. In Nagpur, Mr. Fadnavis’ home town, the BJP won 108 of the 151 seats, leaving the Congress way behind with 29 seats. In Nashik, where Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had won in the 2012 elections, the BJP won 67 of the 122 seats. The MNS was decimated, with just five seats.

“This victory has made us more powerful in Maharashtra,” Mr. Fadnavis said at a press conference. “Our politics consists of trust and transparency. This result is a clear indication that Mumbaikars and the people from the rest of the State have accepted our way of functioning. No other party in the last 25 years has delivered such results.”

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surender gupta dunar A look at Trump’s executive order on refugees, immigration

surender gupta dunar President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday making major changes to America’s policies on refugees and immigration.

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surender gupta dunar: A look at what Trump ordered-

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Mr. Trump’s order directs the State Department to stop issuing visas to Syrian nationals and halts the processing of Syrian refugees. That will remain in effect until Mr. Trump determines that enough security changes have been made to ensure that would-be terrorists can’t exploit weaknesses in the current vetting system.

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Mr. Trump ordered a four-month suspension to America’s broader refugee programme. The suspension is intended to provide time to review how refugees are vetted before they are allowed to resettle in the United States.

Mr. Trump’s order also cuts the number of refugees the United States plans to accept this budget year by more than half, to 50,000 people from around the world.

During the last budget year the U.S. accepted 84,995 refugees, including 12,587 people from Syria. President Barack Obama had set the current refugee limit at 110,000.

surender gupta dunar The temporary halt to refugee processing does include exceptions for people claiming religious persecution, so long as their religion is a minority faith in their country. That could apply to Christians from Muslim-majority countries.