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The panel recommends a permanent specialist cadre, compensation for cancelled exams, independent grievance redressal and stronger security, alongside parliamentary oversight.

The proposal includes district-level workshops with industry, trade unions, EPFO and ESIC officials, alongside a demand-led approach to short-term skilling

The transition from pen-and-paper to computer-based testing changes the nature of preparation itself

The plea arises from the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026, originally conducted on May 3, following allegations of a large-scale paper leak

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept a plea seeking the conduct of the NEET-UG 2026 re-test on June 21 in computer-based test mode, saying the National Testing Agency is already faced with too many problems. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Aravind Kumar, which posted the plea by RJD MP Sudhakar Singh and others for hearing on July 27, refused to order the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG, in computer-based test (CBT) mode instead of the existing pen-and-paper method. On May 12, the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the NEET-UG held on May 3 for medical admissions amid allegations of paper leak. The CBI is currently investigating the matter, and a retest is scheduled for June 21. "There is no question of conducting the re-examination in CBT mode. They (the NTA) are already having too many problems. The examination was cancelled, and now it is being re-conducted. Either we dismiss this petition now or after the ...

Body signs MoU with IBPS for recruitment exams as NTA exits; plans annual hiring cycle to address staffing gaps and streamline processes

This is the second year in a row that the EPF interest rate has been kept unchanged at 8.25%

EPFO's Exempted Establishment Committee has approved a consolidated SOP to streamline regulation of exempted establishments, replacing annual audits with risk-based reviews; CBT will review it next

Employers can enrol all existing employees who joined the establishment between July 1, 2017, and October 31, 2025, and who are alive and employed on the date of the declaration

NCL has declared the answer key for the Technician posts to enable candidates to raise objections on its official website. Deadline to raise objections is till July 7

This comes against the backdrop of ebbing stock markets and bond yields in the current financial year

While the full agenda is not clear, sources familiar with the matter say that the issue of higher pension which has protracted for a long time now might come up in the meeting

The prepared estimates are set to be submitted for approval to the Central Board of Trustees (CBT)

The MAT CBT exam is expected to be available on May 14, 2023. Candidates must use their application number and password to download their respective MAT 2023 Admit Card for CBT 1

The meeting is also likely to focus on the steps to widen the social security organisation's coverage to embrace about 100 million workers and address the dip in its corpus

Sources said that the interest rate is unlikely to go below 8 per cent level amid a rising interest rate scenario across the globe

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has finally released the RRB Group D 2022 exam city intimation slip along with the date link on their official website

EPFO has a surplus of around Rs 450 cr after paying at a rate of 8.1%. Employee representatives sought higher interest rates but the Central Board of Trustees settled for 8.1%

The EPFO had provided 8.65 per cent rate of interest to its subscribers for 2016-17 and 8.55 per cent in 2017-18

CBT decision on interest rate fixation is implemented only after concurrence with finance ministry