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The 8th Pay Commission : Between Employee Expectations and Fiscal Reality By Lokanath Mishra Chief Adviser, APA of CBIC The announcement of the Eighth Central Pay Commission has once again ignited expectations among more than one crore serving and retired Central Government...

Delhi High Court Upholds 15-Year Pension Restoration Rule, But Debate May Continue By Lokanath Mishra In a landmark judgment with far-reaching implications for lakhs of pensioners across India, the Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of the fifteen-year restoration period...

The Woman on the Tram By Lokanath Mishra When he said it, he did not even realize how cruel it sounded. “After fifty,” he remarked while stirring his tea, “a woman stops being a companion and becomes a responsibility.” The woman sitting across from him looked out through...

THE LAST JOURNEY By Lokanath Mishra The southwest monsoon had withdrawn from Kerala only a few weeks earlier, leaving behind a landscape washed clean and shining beneath the moonlight. Coconut palms swayed gently in the cool night breeze, while the backwaters reflected countless...