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In India, gratuity is a type of retirement benefit. It is a payment made with the intent of monetarily helping an employee after his or her retirement. It was held by the Supreme Court of India in Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Its Workmen that the general principle underlying a gratuity scheme is that by service over a long period the employee is entitled to claim a certain amount as a retirement ...
Leaving some change on the restaurant table is one way of giving a gratuity to the restaurant staff. A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.
The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 applies to establishments with 10 or more workers. Gratuity is payable to the employee if he or she resigns or retires. The Indian government mandates that this payment be at the rate of 15 days salary of the employee for each completed year of service subject to a maximum of ₹ 2000000. [24]
Dearness Allowance (DA) is a cost-of-living adjustment, an increase made to the basic pay of government officials and public sector workers’ employees. Public sector unit employees are also government employees, but not civil servants. Some private sector employees and civil servant, are pensioners in India.
National Pension System is a defined contributory pensions introduced by Government of India. It is mandatory for all Central Government employees with effect from 1 January 2004. It extends to all citizens of India including workers of the unorganized sector on a voluntary basis with effect from 1 May 2009. [10]
Government employees in the union government in 56 ministries [1] and departments under latter as of 1 July 2023 has 48.67 lakhs working employees and 67.95 retired employees on rolls. [2] [1] [3] Indian Railways with 1.3 million employees has highest number of employees in union government. [4]
The employees performance review is conducted under the Fundamental Rule (FR) 56 (J) and 56 (I), and also under Rule 48 (1) (b) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, that gives "absolute right" to the appropriate authority to retire a government servant, "if it is necessary to do so in public interest".
The service members work under restrictions and rules of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules. The service serves as the backbone of administrative work [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and provides permanent bureaucracy and functionary staff in the Union Government ministries , Cabinet Secretariat , Central Secretariat and other offices of Government of India .