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The Union Government has notified the final recommendations of the R. K. Manisana Wage Boards for journalists and non journalists. The Government accepted the recommendations with the following modifications. 1.
Dearness Allowance shall be given on the basis of All India Consumer
Price Index
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The rates of neutralization dearness allowance have been enhanced as under:-
3. The rates of House Rent Allowance for classes VI to IX of newspaper establishments shall be fixed at the level as recommended by the Wage Boards or the one the employee is drawing, whichever is higher. (The Wage Boards had recommended fixed amount of rents for these classes); The tentative proposal notified earlier under the provisions of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, along with the original draft proposals, that differed from the tentative proposals, are available at the CRJ Archives. The Wage Boards (appointed in September 1996) took six years to finalise its recommendations. |
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