RESULT OF THE 7-DAY VARIABLE RATE REVERSE REPO (VRRR) AUCTION HELD ON AUGUST 01, 2025

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following press release: Tenor 7-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 2,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 1,71,795 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 1,71,795 Cut off Rate (%) 5.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 5.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications) Press Release: 2025-2026/822 Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ACHIEVEMENTS OF PENSION ADALAT INITIATIVE

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Pension Adalat is an instrument of administrative reforms of the Government which has adopted a citizen-centric approach. It provides an additional forum for redressal of long pending pension related grievances of Central Government Pensioners, thereby obviating the need to approach Court/ CAT. In 13 Pension Adalats that have been held so far, out of 25,831 grievances, 18,481 have been disposed off. This shows a health...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PENSION GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL UNDER CPENGRAMS PORTAL

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: A total of 63,310 pension related grievances were received, out of which 55,554 were resolved through the Centralized Pension Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPENGRAMS) portal during 2025 (from 01.01.2025 to 15.07.2025). The rate of grievances redressed on CPENGRAMS Portal has come down from 35 days in January, 2025 to 20 days in July, 2025 reflecting the timely and effective resolution of pensioners' concer...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NEED FOR REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is conducted annually by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in accordance with the Civil Service Examination (CSE) Rules notified by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The CSE Rules are finalised by this Department in consultation with various stakeholders including the UPSC, Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) of participating Services and other Ministries/ D...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM COMMISSION

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The decisions taken on the recommendations of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission were conveyed to concerned Ministries / Departments in the Government of India and all State Governments / Union Territory Administrations for taking necessary action for implementation of the accepted recommendations. The implementation of the recommendations is a continuous ongoing process. This information was given by Dr. Ji...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: REFORMS IN CPGRAMS

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Government introduced the 10-step reforms for Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) in April 2022 to make grievance redressal timely, effective and accessible to the Citizens. In the period from 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 the CPGRAMS 10 step reforms enabled redressal of 80,36,042 grievances, mapped 1,05,681 Grievance Officers (GROs), reduced timelines of grievance redressal from 28 days in...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: MISSION KARMAYOGI

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Mission Karmayogi programme has been effectively implemented across ministries. All the Ministries/ Departments of Government of India are onboarded on the iGOT-Karmayogi digital leraning Platform. The iGOT portal offers competency-driven, role-based capacity building to the employees according to the Capacity building Plans of their respective Ministries/Departments. As of 21.07.2025, over 1.26 crore users have regis...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: UNFILLED VACANCIES IN MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The total number of sanctioned posts across all Ministries and Departments under Central Government as on 01.03.2021 was 40,35,203. The occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process, depending upon the position and requirement in various Ministries / Departments of Central Government. The details of unfilled vacancies and appointments made are maintained by the respective Ministries / Departments. Furt...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PROVISION OF LEAVE FOR CARE OF ELDERLY PARENTS

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 provides for 30 days of Earned Leave, 20 days of Half Pay Leave, 8 days of Casual Leave and 2 days of Restricted Holiday per annum, apart from other eligible Leave, to Central Government employee which can be availed for any personal reasons, including that of taking care of their elderly parents. This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: CENTRALIZED PENSIONERS GRIEVANCE REDRESS AND MONITORING SYSTEM

India, July 31 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: A total of 63,310 pension related grievances were received, out of which 55,554 were resolved through the Centralized Pension Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPENGRAMS) portal during 2025 (from 01.01.2025 to 15.07.2025). The Ministries/Departments, where the highest number of grievances were received and are pending during the period from January to July 2025 are Ministry of Defence, Department of Financial S...