The present upper ceiling on gratuity amount under the Act is Rs. 10 Lakh. The provisions for Central Government employees under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 with regard to gratuity are also similar. Before implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, the ceiling under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 was Rs. 10 Lakh. However, with implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, in case of Government servants, the ceiling now is Rs. 20 Lakhs effective from 1.1.2016.
Before talking about the Industry or future or scope of it, it is important to analyse the trend of the market which has moved from past 20 to 30 years. Comparing the past movement in the industry across the world there is no doubt in concluding the facts that the business has been made more comfortable and easy approachable to the consumers.
To Avoid last minutes rush and system congestion on the MCA 21 Portal on Account of annual filings during the months of October and November, 2017, Companies are requested to file their financial statements and annual returns at the earliest, without postponing it to the last few days permitted for the same.