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What is power? It is at its most essential the ability to influence an outcome on any or all scales, to protect one’s own interests at a minimum and to influence, even control others at a maximum. 

Violence is constantly misunderstood as power, and it certainly looks like power, and in some respects it is power, but a limited kind of power to harm and destroy. The threat of violence is often used to coerce — but also often has negative consequences, including the loss of other kinds of power, the powers that come with relationship, connection, alliance, trust. Violence isolates and alienates; it makes enemies, it stirs up dangers that linger. Friends are another kind of power built through another set of skills.

Botanist David George Haskell’s new book “How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries” describes a kind of power often ignored or dismissed, just as flowers themselves are. He writes, “When flowers arrived, they upended and transformed the planet. They were late arrivals on the world stage, appearing about two hundred million years ago, long after the evolution of complex animals and other land plants. By one hundred million years ago they were the foundation of most habitats on land.” 

He expanded on the subject in a “Wonder Cabinet” podcast interview, declaring “We often think of power and revolution as about control, authoritarianism, and violence. Might makes right. But that’s not the only way in which revolution and power and transformation take place. Flowers offer a different narrative. They changed the world in revolutionary ways through cooperation, through collaboration, often mediated by beauty, by sensory experiences. So a flower is quite literally speaking to the sensory system of a bee or of a hoverfly or of a bird to draw that animal into establishing a cooperative relationship, a reciprocal relationship. And we’re just the latest animal to become enchanted by the flowers and to become loyal collaborators with the flowers.”

Flowers, as he unpacks, developed the power to influence others’ behavior by building symbiotic relationships: “I’ll feed you fruit if you scatter my seeds; I’ll give you nectar and pollen in return for pollination; I’ll let you domesticate me and provide you with your daily bread and you’ll plant and tend me across countless fields for countless generations.” In an earlier book, “The Botany of Desire,” Michael Pollan speculated that plants had domesticated us as much as we had domesticated them, since we serve their needs so that they may serve ours, from the most practical issue of bodily sustenance to the most poetic one of bouquets and beauty. That’s flower power.

A hawk moth on a morning glory I witnessed a few summers ago in Santa Fe. (Rebecca Solnit)

But as Jonathan Schell reminded us in his landmark book from 2003, “Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People,” violence as military attack is often deployed because politics — the art of persuasion, the building of alliance, the finding of common ground — has failed. Violence itself often fails too. Schell came of age as a young writer who went to Vietnam at the height of the U.S. war there and perceived that for all its superior military might, the U.S. could not conquer the people of that country. Because the U.S. or some of its leaders didn’t learn that lesson, the same mistake was made in Afghanistan, Iraq, and is being made now in Iran. 

People who have violence at their disposal often confuse it with power, and while it can achieve some things it fails at others. I think of the abusive spouses who think they can coerce love but often can only extort a reluctant simulation of the same by someone whose motivating feeling is fear rather than love and whose desire is often to escape.

Something that’s struck me about the Trump administration throughout its second term is its profound misunderstanding of power. Over and over again, Trump and his minions demonstrate that they think they have a monopoly on power and that history will unfold as their actions without any reactions, a literally inconsequential view, as in, “There will be no consequences other than the ones we impose.” It’s a version of reality so simple I would not accuse a toddler of holding it; toddlers know well there will be reactions and consequences, because they know others have power.

But the Trump administration’s thugs, for example, went into Minneapolis thinking they were a conquering army that would terrorize and intimidate the populace into subjugation and found that the populace was fearless in its defiance. It was a defiance motivated by a kind of moral beauty — solidarity, care, loving thy neighbor — that this administration has trouble imagining, especially when that solidarity reaches across differences of ethnicity and religion, as it did in Minneapolis. In this sense love is a power, or a motivating force to exercise the power of solidarity with the oppressed and the power of noncooperation with the oppressors. The abominable JD Vance doesn’t understand these forces; he had earlier misinterpreted Catholic theology to claim that, “We should love our family first, then our neighbors, then love our community, then our country, and only then consider the interests of the rest of the world.” Catholic theologians smacked him down then, and they haven’t stopped since. 

Speaking of the Catholic church, this week The New Republic described this extraordinary situation:

Days after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s U.S. representative, to a closed-door Pentagon meeting for a bitter lecture. ‘The United States,’ Colby said, according to a blistering new report by The Free Press, ‘has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.’ One U.S. official present at the meeting brought up the Avignon papacy, a period in the 14th century in which the French monarchy bent the Catholic Church into submission, ordering an attack on Pope Boniface VIII that led to his downfall and subsequent death and forcing the papacy to relocate from Rome to Avignon, a region inside France.

Yes, these idiots reportedly threatened the head of this ancient institution, on the basis that the pope had better not dare oppose their power. But unless it wants to use violence against the pope and the Vatican, the Trump administration has very little power in that situation. And if it did use violence, the blowback would be profound, domestically and internationally.

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The power the administration constantly squanders without understanding the consequences is soft power. Take for example, the fact that when Trump wanted European countries to help him reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which was only closed because of his feckless unforced mistake of a war, heads of state laughed at him because he’d destroyed the U.S.’s once-good relationships with a number of their countries with his threats against Greenland, his waffling on support for Ukraine and NATO, and his tariffs.

USAID created soft power around the world while also doing actual good in saving lives and preventing suffering; dismantling the organization was one of many actions this administration took that weakens this country in the long run and, really, the short run — that with all that macho strutting and bullying, they don’t understand that they are weak and making this country weak says more about the epic incomprehension. This should remind us that knowledge is power, and understanding is power; stupidity is a weakness of theirs evident in the attack on Iran. The heroic uprising against the regime was undermined, not strengthened, as the Trumpists thought, by this attack. They strengthened the regime instead. And Iran has seized control, for now, of the Strait of Hormuz and is demanding huge tolls from ship traffic there.

The war has had catastrophic impacts around the world on the price and availability of fossil fuel and fertilizer (aka nutritional supplements for flowering plants), and that in turn has sacrificed more U.S. soft power and good will and created more suffering. The fact that this fossil-fuel crisis is pushing both nations and individuals to speed the transition to renewable energy is another consequence the fossil-fuel-allied regime did not foresee. Likewise, the Trump administration has exercised its power to sabotage climate efforts and renewable energy in ways that make this country weaker in the long term, but Trump is on his way out and clearly does not care about the long term in any way other than in masturbatory monuments to himself and illicit wealth for his family. In a similar way, Netanyahu has devastated Israel’s relationships with its neighbors and much of the world, because he apparently only cares about his own fate and not about his country’s, let alone the lives of those he has slaughtered in Gaza and Lebanon.

While the primitive machismo of the Trump administration sees violence and the ability to inflict harm as power, and asserts that because it is powerful it does not need alliances and good relationships internationally, these things have not made it and our country strong, but weak.

Vice President JD Vance has a playground bully’s understanding of power, as has been clear at least since he went to Europe in 2025 and went out of his way to insult and patronize the world leaders he met with there. It too sacrificed the long-term power of having the trust and support of European heads of state and diplomatic leaders. Vance said this week in response to the Iranian refusal to give up the right to enrich uranium, “You know what? My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn’t jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement she’s not gonna do that, because I don’t want my wife jumping out of an airplane.” This stunningly idiotic analogy seems intended to mean that Iran is like his wife, someone who has to agree to his wishes, but he has instead shown that he doesn’t understand analogies, power, Iran and, possibly, wives.

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Last week Vance went to Hungary to try to stump for Viktor Orban, the authoritarian president there who as I write, has just lost the election after 16 years as prime minister, during which he worked hard to spread authoritarianism around the world, including in the U.S. The vice president’s efforts were said to have been the opposite of helpful. Only yesterday, the inexperienced Vance failed to gain anything in his negotiations with a far more skilled Iranian negotiating team. The Trump administration appears to have lost this war — had it won, it would be dictating terms, rather than unsuccessfully negotiating to return to the status quo of an open Strait of Hormuz. And of course the main justification after the fact for the war is Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear arms, but speaking of soft power and the power of cooperation, Trump sabotaged the deal the Obama administration struck with Iran. Soft power trumps the power of violence, over and over.

And then there’s the case of congressman and California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell, exposed Friday by a detailed account in the San Francisco Chronicle of his alleged manipulation and sexual abuse of a staffer and by another report at CNN detailing accounts of sexual misconduct by more women. It’s a sordid story or several of them, and one that is only too familiar. Two things are most striking to me. One is his apparent gambling on getting away with exactly the kind of actions that have in recent years terminated a lot of men’s reputations and careers and sent some to prison (even if some have bounced back or escaped the most serious consequences).

The other is that while espousing Democratic and presumably lower-case democratic values, he allegedly used the power differential to bully and coerce young women, and counted on that inequality to keep them silent. Now he looks likely to pay for his abuse of power with a permanent loss of it. The term democratic values in the sense I just employed it means a world in which the rights and voices of young women matter even when they’re in conflict with a powerful man, a new world just emerging thanks to feminism. The soft power Swalwell had as allies, supporters and endorsers building possibilities of further political power is fast draining from him. By using coercive power, he has lost cooperative power.

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The lesson flowers offer is that when you treat others well, when you meet their needs, you can enter into relationships that serve you as well as them. When you use violence or otherwise exploit and coerce to get what you want, you create adversaries, not allies, and they too often turn out to have power. In a world of increasing equality over the past few centuries, cooperative power matters more, and violence, as Schell points out, has become an increasingly weak way to get what you want.

We are increasingly coming to understand nature itself — Haskell’s book is a fine exploration of this — as orchestrated by cooperation and symbiosis, not the Social Darwinist’s vision of brutal competition for scarce resources. Haskell’s is only one of many splendid books about this new vision of nature to appear recently. Forestry scientist Suzanne Simard, whose book “Finding the Mother Tree” was a hugely impactful account of how forests are essentially communicating cooperatives, a deeply interwoven whole, not a collection of lone competitors, has just come out with a new book I’m excited to start reading, “When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World.”

It is all connected. In my most recent book I quoted the scholar Judith Butler who has another explanation of why violence should not be conflated with strength or power: “In my experience, the most powerful argument against violence has been grounded in the notion that, when I do violence to another human being, I also do violence to myself, because my life is bound up with this other life.”

This article Cooperation is more powerful than coercion was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.

This Earth Day, we’re bringing it back to basics with Environmentalism 101.

If you care about the environment, climate change, public health, and protecting the places and people you love, this is for you. 

We’ve compiled books, movies/documentaries, and podcasts that can help you learn more about environmental issues, better understand the systems behind them, and find inspiration for action.

Whether you’re just getting started or looking to deepen your knowledge, these are resources to help you grow as an environmental advocate.

Books

Want to build a stronger foundation in environmental issues? Start with a good book.

Silent Spring

Written by Rachel Carson, this groundbreaking book exposed the environmental harm caused by pesticides, especially DDT. It helped spark the modern environmental movement by revealing how human actions were damaging ecosystems and public health.

Braiding Sweetgrass

In this blend of science and storytelling, Robin Wall Kimmerer weaves Indigenous wisdom with ecological knowledge to show a more reciprocal relationship with the natural world. The book emphasizes gratitude, respect, and interconnectedness as essential to environmental stewardship.

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman imagines what would happen to Earth if humans suddenly disappeared, exploring how cities, infrastructure, and ecosystems would change over time. It highlights both the resilience of nature and the lasting impacts of human activity on the planet.

What if We Get it Right?

In this forward-looking work, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson explores hopeful and actionable visions for addressing the climate crisis. The book centers optimism, creativity, and justice as key ingredients for building a sustainable future.

All We Can Save

​​Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson, this anthology brings together essays and poems by women leading climate work. It offers a powerful, collective vision for climate action rooted in equity, resilience, and community.

Movies

Sometimes a film can make an environmental issue feel real in a way nothing else can.

The Plastic Detox

This documentary explores the environmental and health impacts of plastic pollution while following individuals attempting to reduce plastic use in their daily lives. It highlights both the scale of the problem and practical solutions for creating a more sustainable future.

The Story of Stuff

This short film breaks down the lifecycle of consumer goods, from extraction to disposal, revealing the hidden environmental and social costs of mass consumption. It encourages viewers to rethink their habits and advocate for more sustainable systems.

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Set in a magical rainforest, this animated film follows a fairy and a human who work together to stop destructive logging and save their home. It delivers a strong environmental message about conservation and the importance of protecting ecosystems.

Erin Brockovich

Based on a true story, this 2000 movie starring Julia Roberts follows a determined legal assistant who uncovers a major case of water contamination affecting a small community. Her persistence leads to a landmark legal victory against a powerful corporation.

Gasland

This documentary investigates the effects of fracking on communities across the United States. Through personal stories and striking evidence, it raises serious concerns about environmental damage and public health risks.

Podcasts

Want to learn on the go? Podcasts are a great way to stay informed and inspired.

Cleaning Up Dirty

This podcast from Clean Air Action focuses on exposing environmental injustice and pollution, highlighting the communities most affected and the fight for accountability. It combines storytelling with advocacy to push for cleaner, healthier environments.

Drilled

An investigative true-crime style podcast about climate change, examining the history of fossil fuel companies and their role in spreading misinformation. It uncovers the people, politics, and strategies behind decades of climate denial.

Sustainable(ish)

A practical and approachable podcast that explores how individuals can live more sustainably without aiming for perfection. It emphasizes small, realistic lifestyle changes that collectively make a meaningful impact.

Dismantled

A podcast that dives into breaking down systems of environmental harm and injustice, often centering frontline voices and grassroots activism. It explores how communities are working to challenge and rebuild inequitable structures.

The Energy Gang

A lively, expert-driven discussion on the latest news and trends in energy, climate policy, and clean technology. The hosts analyze complex topics with insight and humor, making the energy transition accessible and engaging.

Outrage + Optimism

A podcast that blends candid conversations about the climate crisis with a focus on solutions and hope. Hosted by influential climate leaders, it explores how urgency and optimism can work together to drive change.

The energy shocks rippling from the war in Iran have prompted countries, from Cambodia to Peru, to embrace remote work. Leaders in Europe are now joining the push as they look to curb consumption of oil. 

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Deeper Grounds, Darker Shadows is the remarkable memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary who traveled across four different continents to find support for the struggle in his home-country. A book filled with stories of subterfuge and encounters with outlaws and dictators, it sheds new light on the history of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the limitations of its revolutionary strategy.

Starting in 1986, for around eight years Quitoriano’s revolutionary work was essentially that of an international networker. After moving out of the Philippines, Quitoriano was based largely in a safe house in Belgrade, in former Yugoslavia. Attempting to find support for the CPP, he visited a large number of countries, including Nicaragua, Syria, North-Korea and Cuba.

Comrades from Japan

One of the surprising revelations made by Quitoriano concerns the extent of his cooperation with the Japanese Red Army (JRA), and its leader Fusako Shigenobu. The JRA is today best known for the 1972 Lod attack when three JRA members opened fire on people in the waiting area of what is now Ben Gurion International Airport. The attack was carried out in cooperation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and this cooperation of Japanese and Palestinian militants drew considerable attention. But since 2001, when Shigenobu announced the dissolving of the JRA from prison, the organisation had largely been forgotten.

One could wonder what the JRA had to offer the CPP. The JRA was an “urban guerilla group” with at most dozens of members. The CPP, when it was at its height in the 1980s, was a movement with tens of thousands of cadres and a mass base numbering in the millions. Its armed wing, the New People’s Army or NPA had thousands of full-time combatants and could mobilize many thousands more in its militia.

But the JRA could offer international contacts, and this is what the CPP was lacking. Founded in 1968, the CPP declared it was “very fortunate” to be close to China, the “iron bastion of socialism.” But after the CPP, in the early 1970s, botched attempts to ship weapons to the NPA from China, material support ceased and by the mid-1980s the Chinese government was referring to Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos as an “old friend.” Just when the CPP seemed to become a serious contender for power, it found itself isolated internationally.

In April 1986, Quitoriano met Shigenobu in an apartment in Manila where she offered to help in establishing international contacts. It was the JRA who initiated the relationship with the CPP, through a member of a Japanese solidarity group. It was largely because of the support of the JRA and Fusako Shigenobu that Quitoriano could play the role of international emissary for the CPP. Shigenobu supplied Quitoriano with forged documents, cash, practical advice and contacts. The way that Quitoriano tells the story, the JRA had decided to shift from undertaking armed attacks to focus on facilitating international links between armed groups in the service of “world revolution.”

Only months before this meeting, in February 1986, Ferdinand Marcos had been overthrown in a popular uprising. This followed years of a deepening crisis of the regime after the 1983 assignation of Benigno Aquino, a leader of the bourgeois opposition. This crisis of the Marcos regime opened up new possibilities for growth of the CPP.

The myth of people’s war

To understand Quitoriano’s international travels one needs to consider the CPP’s strategy of “protracted people’s war.” The PPW was supposed to be structured in three stages. It would start with small armed propaganda squads in the countryside and limited hit-and-run attacks. Gradually and systematically the NPA would organize support and recruit fighters to “accumulate the strength to win bigger battles and campaigns to be able to move up to a higher stage of the war.” In this second stage, “the strategic stalemate”, the NPA would incorporate elements of regular warfare and its “strength shall be more or less on an equal footing with the enemy’s.” The third stage would be “the strategic offensive, when the enemy shall have been profoundly weakened.”

The PPW strategy posited that revolution in the Philippines would be an essentially military struggle. The populist rhetoric about “serving the people” did not change the fact that the CPP’s vision of revolution was never a process of self-emancipation but rather a substitutionist seizure of power by the party on behalf of “the people.” For the CPP, this strategy was the immediate consequence of its analysis of the Philippine social formation. The Philippines was assumed to be a country in which imperialism had locked social-economic development in a ‘semi-feudal’ stage, and the masses of landless peasants, born of that economic stagnation, were to be the base of the people’s army.

As the regime went into crisis and the movement grew, the limitations of this strategy became clear. On Mindanao, the large island in the south of the Philippine archipelago, there were more recruits than weapons. And to move from the first to the second stage, the fighters needed the kind of weapons that would allow them to engage government forces in longer battles. Quitoriano shows the NPA’s dilemma in a chapter describing an attack by the NPA. After combining several units, the NPA ambushed an army transport. Well executed, the attack was initially successful and the guerrillas pinned down the government forces. But as soon as the government troops received reinforcements, the guerrillas were forced to retreat. Armed with nothing more than rifles, the NPA fighters were no match for a single armored vehicle.

Without shoes

At the time of this attack, Quitoriano had been a party member for several years. He grew up in Misamis Oriental in northeastern Mindanao and was born in a farmer’s family of small land-owners. Although considered better off because they owned their land, life was difficult. But Quitoriano was able to attend school and for college he entered a seminary. It is through Church circles that Quitoriano became politicized in the seventies. Initially, he was associated with the Khi Rho, a group of Catholic social-democrats. But the radical ideas propounded by the CPP and its satellite organizations became influential in progressive Catholic circles and Quitoriano ended up joining the armed struggle. There was no dramatic moment of radicalization or of opting for Maoism. For someone of his social background, this process of radicalization and the importance of progressive Catholicism was not atypical.

In the first part of Deeper Grounds, Darker Shadows Quitoriano narrates his years as a party member in the Philippines, describing his joining the armed struggle as well as his arrest, imprisonment and torture. Quitoriano also introduces a recurring theme in the book; his ‘selfishness’ in wanting children while dedicating his life to the party, leaving his partner Agnes with the responsibility of caring for them. The CPP did not support families of those who worked full-time for the revolution. Such activists were expected to be able to organize the necessary support themselves. In practice this meant that many fell back on traditional patterns and women ended up carrying most of the burden of the care work that made the full time political engagement of men possible.

The first part of the book gives an insider view of the movement in the Philippines. In only six pages, the chapter ‘Way sapatos’, meaning ‘without shoes’, gives a fascinating picture of the early development of the NPA. The title refers to how upon joining the guerrilla, Quitoriano was told to get rid of ‘petty-bourgeois’ possessions like shoes and tooth-brush. Adopting a lifestyle that was poorer than many of the peasants they wanted to organize was propagandistically useful as it showed the revolutionaries’ selflessness and dedication. But local realities do not match the crude categories of Maoist “class analysis”, as was for example shown by a conversation with a leader of a indigenous community. After explaining to him the evils of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Quitoriano and his comrade were politely asked, “who this Marcos was.” The community was so isolated that roaming wild boars were a more pressing issue.

“Way sapatos” also mentions a darker side to the NPA’s functioning. To gain the support of local people, the NPA needed to make itself useful. Like other NPA members, Quitoriano “assumed various roles”; “health worker, legal advisor, marriage counselor, soldier and political broker.” The NPA also “got rid” of “thieves, rapists, usurers and cattle rustlers.” In the absence of a prison system, “the accused would face capital punishment and burial in unmarked graves.” The cavalier way in which the NPA assumed the role of executioner would come back to haunt the movement in the “purges”that wrecked it in the eighties.

World traveler for the revolution

When Shigenobu offered to facilitate international travel for Quitoriano, his commander, Romulo “Rolly” Kinatanar did not hesitate for a second. After the 1977 arrest of the CPP’s first chairman and ideologue Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, a new leadership led the party to greater heights. Kintanar, who would be killed in 2003 by his former comrades, became the overall commander of the NPA and built an overall command structure. It was Kintanar who asked Quitoriano to join this “general command” and gave him the blessing to travel abroad.

Whether Quitoriano visited the North-Korean Workers Party, Muammar Gaddafi, the Nicaraguan Sandinistas or Palestinian organizations sheltered by Syria, his pitch was the same: the NPA was fighting a U.S.-backed government, so any support they could give would weaken a common enemy. As a representative of the NPA’s “general command”, Quitoriano was not in a position to discuss political links. Quitoriano portrays himself as a loyal soldier, carrying out his assignment. But when describing the Byzantine worship of the Kim dynasty in North-Korea or Gaddafi’s insistence that it is necessary to target the children of the enemy, it is clear what Quitoriano’s feelings are.

The concrete results of Quitoriano’s travels were modest, or even useless, like the Libyans training NPA-members to drive tanks they did not have. Already in the late Cold War years, it was difficult to find a power that was willing and able to provide decisive support to the NPA.

On paper, the CPP was a monolithic organization. Reality was more complicated. The archipelagic character of the country and the poor infrastructure made it difficult to concentrate forces but also provided the NPA with opportunities to evade government troops. The CPP adopted what it called “centralized leadership and decentralized operations.” Cadre were responsible for specific regions and had to implement a “general line” decided upon by the top leadership but to a large degree they were left to their own devices. They could go for months or sometimes even years without contact with the central leadership. Command structures often had an improvised character. The NPA was supposed to be led by a military commission but this commission was never convened. Kintanar instead formed the “general command” from people he picked.

When, after his release from prison in 1986, Sison again became party chairperson, he attempted to assert his authority over the NPA. But by this time, Sison was in exile in the Dutch city of Utrecht. According to Quitoriano, Kintanar “worked hard to enable Sison to return home with his safety and security assured.” But Sison was “unwilling, preferring Utrecht’s safe distance from the Philippine military.” The result was deepening resentment between the two and conflicts over authority.

Kintanar was first of all a soldier trying to address the question of how to move from one phase of “people’s war” to another, a move that required specific skills and resources. The party’s ideology was of little help here. It assumed that the growth of popular support and NPA military strength would correspond to each other in a process of linear development. The inspiration for this was a mythologized view of the Chinese and Vietnamese revolutions, one that did not, among other factors, recognize the role of insurrections, foreign support, as well as international solidarity, and diplomacy.

In the early 1980s the development of the revolutionary movement threw up questions that could not be addressed by the stereotyped notions of the Protracted Peoples’ War. Urban protests and the mass movement outpaced predictions. And especially after the so-called “green revolution”, the capitalist character of social relations in the country-side became more pronounced. The growth of a rural proletariat accelerated. Some activists, such as the head of the party’s Mindanao commission, Edgar Jopson, tried to develop alternative strategic notions. Rather than seeing the rural guerrilla as, per PPW definition, “the highest form of struggle” the role of mass struggles, legal work and urban insurrections was re-evaluated.

The principle of “centralized leadership and decentralized operations” allowed a considerable degree of pluralism in practice but experiences that contradicted the PPW-strategy did not lead to a change in the party’s orientation. The leadership rather tried to force the analysis of developments in the PPW framework. The PPW orthodoxy was not working out, but neither was an alternative strategy elaborated for the party.

Things fall apart

In January 2003, two gunmen killed Kintanar inside a restaurant. The CPP claimed responsibility, declaring a “people’s court” had sentenced Kinatanar to the “maximum penalty” a decade earlier. Arrested in 1991, Kintanar had not rejoined the movement after his 1992 release. According to the CPP, Kintanar had been working for the government. The assination of Kintanar was part of a series of killings by the CPP of former members and other leftists.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a debate about strategy began to take place but this was cut short when Sison and his faction, supporters of Maoist orthodoxy and PPW, began expelling those they disagreed with. In 1992, Sison sent a statement to Philippine newspapers accusing Kintanar and others of being enemy agents.

Quitoriano portrays Jose Maria Sison as arrogant and out of his depth in international exchanges, a judgment that corresponds with that of others. On the other hand, Quitoriano admires Kintanar, stressing his bravery and integrity. But some of Kintanar’s decisions show questionable political instincts. According to Quitoriano, the NPA’s 1987 announcement of a coming “general offensive” was a ruse, an attempt to distract the government army during an ultimately failed attempt by the NPA at bringing in weapons from North Korea. But what were the costs in terms of morale and credibility of announcing an offensive that never came? The single-minded pursuit of material resources also motivated what Quitoriano describes as “diving deep in the pernicious shadow economy”; to “encourage more daring” efforts by militants, they were given “incentives”; “they could use part of their loot – cars, houses, guns and entertainment – as long as these things were justified as part of their operations.” Such practices damaged the revolutionaries’ credibility.

In the end, it was the search for financial resources that would be the end of Quitoriano’s revolutionary engagement. One of the concrete results of Quitoriano’s travels was a gift of one million dollars from Gaddafi. Quitoriano describes how this money became mixed up with forged dollars supplied through the JRA. When a Dutch contact tried to deposit the sum in Swiss bank accounts, the forged bills were detected. The Dutch intermediary was arrested, the party lost access to over a million dollars. In the Netherlands, the affair triggered a scandal over the use of development aid to funnel money to armed revolutionaries. Quitoriano, whose association with Kintanar already made him suspect in Sison’s eyes, was held responsible for the debacle.

The book closes with an epilogue looking back at the purges mentioned before. Although Quitoriano was not involved directly, he does well not to ignore this horrible episode. At several points during the 1980s, CPP leaders became convinced that setbacks of the movement could be explained only as the result of sabotage from within. This led to hunts for so-called “deep penetration agents.” Not only were suspects assumed to be guilty, torture was frequently used to make them “confess” the names of co-conspirators. Predictably, this led to snowballing accusations as terrified victims said whatever they assumed their tormentors wanted to hear. Such “confessions” were sufficient reason to murder people. Especially in Mindanao, the movement “mutilated itself.” Well over 1000 people were murdered by their own comrades.

Deeper Grounds, Darker Shadows could be read as a morality tale. What started out as a heroic endeavor by shoeless guerrillas who as a kind of militant mendicant monks wanted to serve the people, ended up in criminal affairs and fratricidal murder. But such an interpretation would leave out other aspects, equally essential to the history Quitoriano describes. For example, how armed struggle, with all its demands, was essential to maintain resistance against the Marcos regime, even if the specific strategy of the People’s War turned out to be a dead end. The CPP rose to be a mass movement, driven forward by ordinary people fighting for a better life for the poor and oppressed. Its successes, its failure and also its crimes are part of the development of the Philippine Left and need to be kept in mind by those working for a socialist alternative.

Opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or the Tempest Collective. For more information, see “About Tempest Collective.””

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Jika sebelumnya aktivitas ini dilakukan secara konvensional, kini kehadiran platform digital membuat semuanya terasa lebih cepat, praktis, dan mudah diakses kapan saja.

Fenomena ini berkembang seiring meningkatnya penetrasi internet dan penggunaan smartphone. Banyak pengguna kini beralih ke sistem online karena dinilai lebih efisien. Hanya dengan beberapa langkah sederhana, pemain sudah bisa mengakses layanan tanpa batas ruang dan waktu. Hal ini menciptakan perubahan perilaku yang cukup signifikan di kalangan pengguna digital.

Pengguna yang Semakin Modern dan Praktis

Berdasarkan berbagai pengguna, platform togel digital menawarkan kemudahan yang tidak bisa ditemukan pada sistem lama. Proses registrasi kini berlangsung cepat dan tidak berbelit. Pengguna hanya perlu mengisi data dasar, lalu akun bisa langsung digunakan.

navigasi sistem terasa mudah dipahami. Selain itu, layanan pelanggan biasanya tersedia selama 24 jam, sehingga pengguna bisa mendapatkan bantuan kapan saja saat dibutuhkan.

Tidak hanya itu, kecepatan transaksi menjadi salah satu keunggulan utama. Deposit dan penarikan dana dapat diproses dalam waktu singkat. Inilah yang membuat banyak pengguna merasa lebih nyaman dan memilih beralih ke platform digital.

Peran Teknologi dalam Meningkatkan Sistem

Di balik kemudahan tersebut, teknologi memegang peranan penting. Platform modern kini menggunakan sistem keamanan berlapis untuk melindungi data pengguna. Enkripsi tingkat tinggi menjadi standar utama dalam menjaga informasi pribadi tetap aman.

Selain itu, beberapa platform juga mulai mengadopsi sistem berbasis algoritma untuk memastikan transparansi. Teknologi ini membantu meningkatkan akurasi sistem serta mengurangi potensi kesalahan.

Penggunaan server yang stabil juga menjadi faktor pendukung. Dengan sistem yang kuat, gangguan teknis dapat diminimalisir sehingga pengguna bisa menikmati layanan tanpa hambatan berarti.

Kredibilitas Platform Menjadi Faktor Penentu

Seiring meningkatnya jumlah platform yang tersedia, pengguna dituntut untuk lebih selektif dalam memilih layanan. Kredibilitas menjadi faktor utama yang harus diperhatikan. Platform yang terpercaya biasanya memiliki sistem yang transparan, informasi yang jelas, serta layanan yang konsisten.

Selain itu, reputasi juga berperan penting. Platform yang sudah dikenal luas cenderung memiliki standar operasional yang lebih baik. Hal ini memberikan rasa aman bagi pengguna dalam menjalankan aktivitasnya.

Pengamat industri digital menilai bahwa kepercayaan pengguna tidak dibangun secara instan. Dibutuhkan konsistensi layanan, kualitas sistem, serta komunikasi yang baik untuk mempertahankan reputasi di tengah persaingan yang ketat.

Perubahan Pola Perilaku di Era Digital

Transformasi digital tidak hanya mengubah sistem, tetapi juga memengaruhi pola perilaku pengguna. Akses yang mudah membuat aktivitas ini menjadi lebih cepat dan intens.

Di sisi lain, kemajuan teknologi juga membuka peluang untuk edukasi digital. Pengguna kini memiliki akses luas terhadap informasi.

Penutup

Togel digital telah berkembang menjadi bagian dari ekosistem hiburan modern yang menawarkan kemudahan dan kecepatan.

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New analysis from Carbon Tracker finds that accelerated battery electric vehicle adoption in Colombia could save around US$40 billion in fossil fuel import costs through to 2050. It would also reduce pollution-related health costs and avoid climate-related economic damage.

London, 20 April, 2026 – Colombia’s continued reliance on internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles is creating long-term economic liabilities and increasing exposure to imported refined fuels, according to a new report from Carbon Tracker. Transport accounted for 75% of Colombia’s oil consumption in 2023, with over 25% imported. Under a business-as-usual pathway, Colombia could spend up to US$226bn on fuel import for road transport through to 2050.

By contrast, an accelerated transition to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) would avoid 600 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in fossil fuel use through to 2050 and deliver around US$40 billion in fuel import savings.

The report argues that continued ICE vehicle sales lock Colombia into decades of higher fuel demand, health costs and climate-related economic damage. Carbon Tracker estimates that every new petrol and diesel vehicle sold today adds substantial lifetime costs: nearly US$6k per passenger car, US$120k per medium-duty truck, US$278k per heavy-duty truck and US$350k per bus.

The analysis also points to the pressure on public finances. Carbon Tracker estimates fossil fuel subsidies at around US$6.8bn in 2025, compared with US$6.3bn in government revenues from fossil fuel sales, leaving a shortfall of US$0.5bn.

At the same time, the report finds that the global automotive market is shifting rapidly in ways that de-risk BEV adoption. China’s manufacturing expansion has helped cut battery costs by more than 80% since 2013, while expanding model availability and strengthening supply chains. For emerging economies such as Colombia, this is improving access to lower-cost electric mobility.

Carbon Tracker argues that Colombia is well placed to move faster in BEV adoption. The report highlights three key advantages: a relatively low (car ownership per capita), an electricity system primarily (72%) dependenton (clean) hydropower, and limited exposure to legacy domestic automotive manufacturing. Electricity also remains cheaper than petrol or diesel for road transport, lowering the lifetime ownership cost of BEVs compared to ICE cars for consumers.

Alongside the economic case, the report finds that an accelerated BEV transition could generate health cost savings from lower levels of harmful air pollution. It also estimates that lower vehicle fleet emissions could avoid up to c US$35bn (present value) in climate-related economic damages through to 2050.

Ben Scott, report author and Head of Energy Demand at Carbon Tracker, said:

“Colombia has a clear opportunity to avoid deeper dependence on imported transport fuels and the long-term costs associated with continued ICE vehicle sales. The country has structural advantages that support transition to BEVs, while providing an opportunity to phase down fuel subsidies, reducing pressure on public finances.”

The report calls on the Colombian government to develop a joined-up economic and industrial strategy that positions BEVs as a key sector in a modernised, low-carbon economy. It recommends strong supply-side regulations, co-ordinated fiscal reform, and targeted charging infrastructure rollout.

Read the full report here. Lea la versión en español y descargue el informe.

 

Notes to editors

Leapfrog to Electric: Colombia. The Economic Benefits of Pro-Electric Vehicle Policy can be downloaded, free at [Link]. This report was produced in association with Polen Transiciones Justas.

Spokesperson: Ben Scott, Head of Energy Demand, Carbon Tracker

For more information and to arrange interviews please contact:
media@tracker-group.org

About Carbon Tracker

Carbon Tracker is a not-for-profit independent financial think tank that seeks to promote a climate-secure global energy market by aligning capital markets with climate reality. Part of the Tracker Group, Carbon Tracker’s research on the carbon bubble, unburnable carbon and stranded assets started a new debate on how to align the financial system with the energy transition to a low-carbon future.

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The authority hasn’t settled the claim against Wells Fargo Bank Settlement as of yet. The federal government has set some restrictions on the bank after this 2016 fake accounts scandal. This misconduct has led to significant legal & monetary consequences. In this article, you will get vital info related to Wells Fargo Settlement, Class Action Lawsuit, eligibility, and more. To get more data, read the below section carefully.

Wells Fargo Settlement Amount

In 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has an agreement of a notable $3.7 billion subject to the Wells Fargo multiple settlement. In recent years, they have faced many legal complications including Class Action Lawsuits about unproven biased interest rate practices. This Class Action Lawsuit claimed that Wells Fargo Bank charged unnecessary interest rates from customers on several loan products. Not only that it has addressed numerous practices of the related fake account scandal such as opening an illegal account to harm debtors and mischarging customers.

Wells Fargo Settlement is for those individuals who have their accounts for the duration of 2011 and 2022. The qualifying damage was settled for $3.2 billion, in which the $1.7 billion would be paid for a civil penalty and $2 billion for pretentious customers. The amount would vary for everyone depending on their qualifications and conditions.

Wells Fargo Bank Settlement- Overview

Here is the key info on Wells Fargo Bank Settlement Amount:

Eligibility of Wells Fargo Settlement Amount

Interested individuals have to meet certain eligibility criteria set by the authority in order to get the Wells Fargo Settlement Amount. Below stated is the WFSA Eligibility Criteria:

• Account recipients who were subjected to inappropriate interest charges or misapplied payments.
• Those individuals who confronted improper foreclosures or were incorrectly charged fees.
• Those beneficiaries who had accounts in Wells Fargo between 2011 and 2022 are entitled to this Wells Fargo Settlement.
• Clients who were affected by the creation of illegal accounts by the employees of Wells Fargo.
• The account types include savings, credit, checking, mortgage, or auto loan accounts.
• The eligibility also extends to those who were going through incorrect fees, unfair foreclosures, misapplied payments, illegal account openings, and erroneous interest charges at that time.

Wells Fargo Settlement Payment Amount

The Wells Fargo Bank Settlement Amount depends on the monetary troubles faced by the customers. The compensation will be given on that basis. The total settlement fund is decided at $3.7 billion. This amount was decided on the CFPB and Wells Fargo settlement. Out of this USD 3.7 billion, the USD 1.7 billion is decided as a civil penalty. This portion will be distributed by the US administration to the customers. It won’t be given directly to them. The USD 2 billion is decided to compensate the affected consumers. This amount would help customers who have faced issues like wrongful foreclosure, incorrect fees, unauthorized accounts, and other such issues.

How to Claim Wells Fargo Settlement?

Those who meet the specific eligibility requirements for Wells Fargo Settlement will get the claim amount. The notification released by the authority contains full guidelines on how to submit the claim and the necessary documents required to file the claim. If you missed it then you do not have to worry, as I have mentioned the full procedure below.

• Go to the wellsfargosecuritiesclassaction.com.
• Fill in your name, address, phone number, zip code, email address, and more.
• Now upload the documents such as correspondence with Wells Fargo, account statements, and proof of damages. It would help in verifying the claim’s legality and the financial harm level.
• Review the details and uploaded documents.
• Submit it.

After the submission, it goes through a review procedure. This procedure is done to ensure that given info related to Wells Fargo is legit and accurate. In a few cases, you would be asked to upload other documents for confirmation. If your application gets approved, you will be notified by the authority about the detailed amount of compensation that you will get. Approved claims will get the payment after the distribution of the payment. You will get the payment through cheques, direct deposits, or credits in their already existing Wells Fargo account.

Wells Fargo Settlement Amount FAQs What is the overall settlement fund in Wells Fargo Bank Settlement?

The Wells Fargo Settlement payment is around $3.7 billion. Out of this $1.7 billion would be owed as a civil penalty. And the other $2 billion would be designated for remaining affected consumers as compensation.

When will the Wells Fargo Settlement be distributed?

As per the latest updates, there is no approval on the Wells Fargo settlement payment dates by the authority. Once the authority discloses it, they will release the notification on their official portal.

What is the eligibility for the Wells Fargo Bank Settlement?

The individuals who have accounts in the duration of 2011 and 2022, and have gone through issues like incorrect fees, interest charges, unauthorized accounts, or wrongful foreclosures are entitled to a settlement.

How to Claim Wells Fargo Bank Settlement?

Interested individuals can file the claim from the wellsfargosecuritiesclassaction.com site. You can get the whole process in this post.  

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Recently, WBJEEB has announced the WB ANM GNM Exam Date 2025. After that, WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025 will be release. According to West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board will be announce the admit card publish date in June 2025. Applied aspirants will be able to collect their WB ANM GNM 2025 Admit Card from the authorized portal i.e.wbjeeb.in. The WBJEEB will conduct the OMR-based exam for the candidates for admission into ANM (2 years degree) and (GNM 3 years degree). The exam will be conduct on Sunday, 29 June 2025 (Tentative). If you want to know more details then read this article carefully.

WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025

The WB ANM GNM 2025 Registration was completed between 21 March 2025 to 24 April 2025. Candidates who applied for the WB ANM GNM Entrance Exam 2025, will be able to participate in the examination on given date of 29th of June 2025 (Tentative). But Before the examination, you all need to download the West Bengal ANM GNM Hall Ticket 2025 to sit in this exam.

Candidates are eagerly waiting for the West Bengal ANM GNM Admit Card 2025. Applicants will be able to collect their hall ticket from the authorized portal of the board in June 2025. In this article, candidates will know the complete information regarding the WB ANM GNM Admit Card, Exam Date as well as the download link attached at the bottom of this article.

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WB ANM GNM Exam 2025- Overview West Bengal ANM GNM Exam Date 2025

WBJEEB has made an official announcement regarding the WB ANM GNM 2025 Exam Date, the exam will be conducted on 29 June 2025 (Tentative). Candidates who registered themselves for the examination were informed regarding the examination on the official website. The exam will be conducted between 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM on the given WBJEEB ANGM GNM Exam Date 2025. After the announcement of the examination date, applied candidates are patiently waiting for the WB ANM GNM Hall Ticket 2025 which is now released by the officials.

The authority has made a statement regarding the WB ANM GNM Admit Card Release Date and if you have enrolled for this examination can get the admit card from its available date which will be in the month of June 2025 onward. It is a suggestion for you all to keep your eyes on the official website because the WBJEEB has announced the WB ANM GNM Admit Card Link 2025. The WBJEEB has announced the WB ANM GNM 2025 tentative examination date which is 29 June 2025. Individuals are required to be present at the allotted exam centre by 11:00 AM.

WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025 Release Date

Aspirants of the WB ANM GNM 2025 Entrance Exam will be conduct on 29th June 2025, Are patiently waiting for their admit card. Candidates can download their WB ANM GNM Admit Card in June 2025. Admit cards allow students to sit in the examination. On the admit card candidates will be able to see their WB ANM GNM Exam Centre 2025 and the Date of the West Bengal ANM GNM Examination.

WB ANM GNM Examination has been scheduled and candidates who are going to appear in the examination, are eagerly waiting for their WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025. The authority has issued the admit cards on the official website. WBJEEB will conduct the ANM and GNM 2025 Entrance Exam for the various exam centres in West Bengal. Through this examination, the candidate will pursue 2 years of ANM (Auxiliary Nursing & midwifery) degree and 3 years of GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery) Degree. Aspirants are suggested to take a printout of the hall ticket for further necessities.

Steps to Download www.wbjeeb.in ANM GNM Admit Card 2025

Applicants will be able to collect the WB ANM GNM Exam Hall Ticket 2025 through the official website. For more, you can follow the below-mentioned steps to download your admit card.

• Applicants are requested to visit the authorized portal of Wbjeeb.in.
• Move your cursor, to the WB ANM GNM Admit Cards 2025 link.
• Click on the particular link and the display will assist you with the new screen.
• Now fill out the asked details and submit it.
• Then, applicants will be able to collect their WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025.
• Take a printed out of the admit card for exam purposes.

Details Mentioned on WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025?

Candidates will see the below details on the admit card page. You need to ansure the details are correct and relevant to you as submitted. For the details, can read followings.

• Exam Roll Number.
• Candidates Fathers Name
• Candidate’s Name
• Candidate’s photograph and signature
• Registration number
• Birth of date
• Timing of exam
• Name of Exam Centre
• Code of Exam Centre
• Duration of Examination
• Exam Session
• Examination instructions

Documents should be carried with WBJEEB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025

It is important for all the candidates who will appear in the WB ANM GNM Examination on 29th of June 2025 (Tentative) must carry one of the following documents with the admit card at the examination center.

• Pan card
• Passport
• Photograph
• Driving License
• Institution’s candidate card if working or studying.
• Any additional I’d Proof.

WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025 FAQs How to download the WB ANM GNM Admit Card 2025?

Applicants will be able to download their issued hall ticket on the authorized portal of wbjeeb.in.

When will WBJEEB conduct the ANM GNM Exam 2025?

The WBJEEB will conduct the WB ANM GNM 2025 Entrance Exam on Sunday, 29th June 2025 (Tentative).

What are the qualifying marks for the WB ANM GNM Examination?

To know your Qualifying Marks for WB ANM GNM 2025 must wait for the official announcement. It will be available with the result announcement.

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Veterans Disability Benefits are an internal part of Social Security benefits. This benefit is specially designed for veterans who have worked for the American military, Air Force, and Naval and suffering from any disability. VA Disability Rates 2024 set by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Military employees who meet the VA Disability Eligibility 2024 will receive monthly assistance to manage their basic requirements. department of Veterans Affairs has decided the benefit amount for Veterans with disabilities. If you are a person who wishes to get the Veterans Disability Benefits, Read this article carefully.

VA Disability Rates 2024

The Federal government of the United States of America has announced the VA Disability Rates 2024. These rates are based on your disability situation and dependent family members. Citizens who meet the eligibility requirements can apply for the VA Disability Payment 2024. According to your disability situation, the Department of Veterans Affairs will assist you with a maximum amount, and if you have a dependent family then your amount will be increased. Among social security benefits, Veterans Affairs is one of them. Through VA Disability Amount, the government of the US wants to deliver financial assistance to those citizens who served for country.  

Citizens who serve our country have the right to receive financial benefits and the government has a responsibility to provide health care insurance or disability benefits to manage their expenditures. By Veterans Affairs government is assuring the Veterans, regarding their monthly financial assistance. Qualified candidates will receive VA Benefits by Disability Rating. The US government has planned different compassion rates according to the disability ratio. The Department of Veterans Affairs has control over the VA Disability Rate 2024, The DVA will check your eligibility and disability rating, and then the administration will enrol you in the VA Disability Program to receive benefits.

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VA Disability Program and Rate 2024 – Overview 2024 VA Disability Rates

Recipients of Veterans Affairs can check the table to conclude their benefit amount. The benefit amount will be based on your disability percentage or dependent family members.  

01. VA Disability Amount if you have 10 or 20 percent disability: If a Veteran has only 10 or 20 percent disability, won’t be able to receive a high compensation amount even if you have a dependent spouse, child, or parents.  

02. VA Disability Amount if you have 30 or 60 percent disability: If a Veteran has only 30 or 60 percent disability, will be able to receive a high compensation amount even with a dependent spouse, parents, and child.  

03. VA Disability Amount if you have 70 or 100 percent disability: If a Veteran has only 30 or 60 percent disability, will be able to receive a high compensation amount even with a dependent spouse, parents, and child.

How to Apply to Receive VA Disability Benefits?

Interested candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to apply for the Veterans Affairs 2024.

• Applicants are requested to check the eligibility requirements before applying for any benefit, make sure you check the eligibility criteria to be a qualified candidate to receive the VA benefit.
• Provide your SSN and your spouse’s.
• Submit Insurance card information, which the company provides you.
• Submit your military service history and a copy of another document.
• Interested candidates, visit the authorized portal of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, click on the health care section, and fill out the application form.
• Once you successfully submit your application process, please wait until the official letter from the Veterans Affairs Department. Within a certain time, the authority will send you a confirmation letter with your application decision and if you don’t receive the application letter within a week, then don’t apply again and contact 877-222-8387. Department of Veterans Affairs is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00 Am to 8:00 PM.

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VA Disability Payments 2024 is a tax-free benefit that is offered by the Department of Veteran Affairs every month to eligible veterans. The 3.2% Veteran Affairs Compensation Rate Increase 2024 has given relief to those who are getting disability benefits. This amount increase has come after the circulation of COLA. The compensation amount would vary for everyone depending on the lasting effects of those illnesses and injuries through the service.

Read the article to get info on VA Compensation Rates Increase 2024, eligibility, pay chart, and more.  

VA Compensation Rates Increase 2024

The US Department of VA gives VA Compensation 2024 to retired military members, their dependents, and survivors. This benefit is given on the following month’s first working day usually on 1st day of the month. But in case of any national holiday, the beneficiary would get the payment on the preceding month’s last working day. The beneficiary would get the VA Disability Payment 2024 depending on their disability rating. For say, the individual with no dependent who has a 10% to 20% disability rating will get a monthly compensation under $338.49. This rating varies from 0% to 100%. Generally, the Veterans who have a 10% or higher rating are eligible for the Veteran Affairs Compensation. The disability has to be related with veteran military service. The injury or illness could have happened during the service, got worse during that, or is supposed to be connected to the service conditions.  

VA Disability Payment 2024- Overview Eligibility for Veteran Affairs Compensation 2024

The authority would make compensation to the individuals who meet the VA Disability Benefits Eligibility 2024. Below are the Eligibility Criteria for VA Compensation 2024:

Both must be fulfilled by the applicants:

1. You worked on active duty, inactive duty training, or active duty for training, and
2. You are going through an illness or injury which is affecting your body and mind.

One must be filled out of these three by the applicants:

1. You had an injury or illness before joining the military and due to service it got worse also known as a pre-service disability claim. or
2. At the time of service, you got injured or sick. You can connect this condition to your injury or illness also known as in-service disability claim. or
3. After you end your service your disability which is linked with your active-duty service appears also known as a post-service disability claim.

VA Disability Pay Chart 2024

Refer to the tables below to know the VA Disability Pay Chart 2024:

10% – 20% (No Dependents)

30% – 60% Without Children

70% – 100% Without Children

30% – 60% With Children

70% – 100% With Children

VA Disability Payment Dates 2024

The US Department of Veteran Affairs distributes the VA Disability Payments 2024 every month to the qualified veterans of the country. It is made on the following month’s first business day. If the payment dates arise on a nationwide holiday, then it would be paid on the last working day of the previous month. You can check the table presented below to know the VA Disability Payment Dates for 2024:

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TNPSC will release the TNPSC Group 4 2025 Result soon on their official site. The TNPSC will conduct Group 4 TNPSC Exams on 12 July 2025 to fill out the Group 4 vacancies. The applicants who have taken the exam can check the result on the TNPSC certified portal which is tnpsc.gov.in once it is released. Along with the result, the Commission will issue the cut off marks & merit list for the Group 4 TNPSC 2025. The cut off marks would vary for all categories. It would be created based on the exam difficulty level, the entire number of candidates who appeared for the examination, and more such information. After the result, the selected candidate has to appear for a counselling round along with document verification.

Read the full article to know more about Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Group 4 Result 2025, cut off marks, merit list, and how to check the TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025.

TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025

As per the recent update, the TNPSC hasn’t yet confirmed the TNPSC Group 4 Result Date 2025. However, the candidate can expect the result in September 2025. The Group 4 TNPSC Exams 2025 will be conduct on the 12th of July 2025. The Aspirants who will qualify for the Group 4 Exam will be able to check their name on the merit list released by the commission. It will be professed along with the result only. Qualified applicants then have to appear for the TNPSC next round which would be the counselling round.

TNPSC has conducted the Group 4 TNPSC Exams 2025 to recruit candidates to fill out the 3935 vacancies. The Job post available under TNPSC Group IV are Junior Assistant, Bill Collector, Village Administrative Officer, Draftsman, Field Surveyor, and more. The highest among all of these are Village Administrative Officer (VAO). The shortlisted candidates will be selected for these posts in the TNPSC Group 4 Counselling Round 2025, which will be conducted after the results are declared. You can check the result and latest updates by TNPSC on @tnpsc.gov.in.

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Tnpsc.gov.in Group 4 Result 2025 – Overview TNPSC Group 4 Merit List 2025

Those Candidate’s names are included in the TNPSC Group 4 Merit List 2025 who cleared the exam and are qualified for the next round of the selection process. TNPSC will upload the merit list soon on their official site i.e. tnpsc.gov.in in PDF format. It will be announced with the TNPSC Group IV Result and its Cut Off List 2025. The Candidates who clear the minimum cut off marks of Group 4 TNPSC 2025, can check their names on the merit list.  

Group 4 TNPSC Cut-Off 2025

The TNPSC will release the Group 4 TNPSC Cut-Off Marks 2025 and TNPSC Group IV Results 2025 together. The Candidates can check both on the official portal of TNPSC i.e. tnpsc.gov.in. TNPSC sets the detailed cut-off marks based on the exam level, vacancy obtainability, number of applicants appearing for the examination, and more. Cut off marks vary for categories including General, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Class (OBC), Physically Handicapped, and others. The candidates had to score for the minimum cut off marks set by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission to qualify for Group 4 TNPSC 2025. You can expect the TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025 in the month of September 2025. You will be notified on the official gateway of TNPSC.

How Can You Check TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025?

Aspirants who appeared for TNPSC Group 4 Examination 2025 will be able to check their results in September 2025 from the authorized website of TNPSC i.e. tnpsc.gov.in once it is released. You can check and download the TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025 from the below stated steps:

• Go to tnpsc.gov.in, the authorized site of TNPSC.
• Select the “Result” option on the site.
• Choose the “TNPSC Group 4 Exam 2025 Result” linkage.
• Enter your DOB & registration number and submit it.
• On the webpage you’ll see the result. You can now review your marks.
• For future reference, download or save it. It is advised to take a print of it for your records.

TNPSC Results Group 4 2025 Recruitment FAQs When will TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025 be professed?

The TNPSC hasn’t proclaimed the TNPSC Group 4 Result Date 2025 as of now. Visit the official page to get the newest information.

How can you check the Group 4 TNPSC Result 2025?

The Aspirants can check their TNPSC Group 4 Result 2025 from the official portal of TNPSC i.e. tnpsc.gov.in. Check the above section of the article to know the complete steps.

What is the next procedure after TNPSC Group IV Result 2025?

Aspirants who clear the TNPSC Group IV 2025, now have to appear for the TNPSC Group 4 counselling session conducted by TNPSC. There they have to go through their Document verification process, post-selection choice, and more.

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Social Security Disability provides financial assistance to those citizens who suffer from any disability affecting their ability to work. The government delivers SSDI Payments every month. Citizens who suffer from a disability are eligible to get SSDI Monthly Payments in 2024. Your disability benefits include monthly financial assistance and medication; the individual benefit amount is based on their work history before disability started. Candidates are required to meet the Eligibility Criteria to get the SSDI Payments in 2024. Social Security Administration controls the Social Security Disability payment. Under this article, you will get to know about the eligibility requirements and Payment Dates for SSDI Payment 2024.  

SSDI Payment Schedule 2024

SSA has Scheduled the payment schedule for SSDI Payments 2024. US Citizens who are suffering from any disability and are unable to work can apply for the Social Security Disability Benefit 2024. The federal government of the United States of America organized multiple social security assistance to help citizens of the US, among them SSDI is also a part of social security. Through these Social security benefits, the administration wants to deliver monetary help to those citizens who need it the most.

Many citizens are unable to manage their basic requirements due to low income or no income because they are suffering from a disability, which stops them from working. Due to this situation, these citizens hit the poverty line and live their lives by making compromises, to avoid this situation or overcome the poverty line; the US government designed different kinds of Social Security Assistance. Through these Social Security Benefits government is assuring the citizens that they will receive a sufficient amount to manage expenditures such as rent, food, clothes, and medication. SSDI is an internal part of Social Security benefits. SSDI Payment 2024 is specially designed for disabled citizens, who are unable to work.

SSDI Payment Date July 2024 – Overview Eligibility Criteria for SSDI Benefit

To get the SSDI Payment 2024, citizens are required to meet the Eligibility Requirements for SSDI 2024. It is a suggestion for you all to check the eligibility requirements before applying for any benefit. candidates must fulfill the below-mentioned requirements to be eligible citizens.  

• Candidates must be long-lasting citizens of the United States.  
• Candidate job must be covered by social security.
• Candidates must be suffering from any disability that affects their ability to work for a year or more or will cause death.
• Generally, SSA provides monthly SSDI benefits to those citizens who are unable to work due to any disability.
• Candidates must have enough work history, at least worked for 5, or 10 years to qualify for the disability benefits.
• If you choose to continue your work, your monthly income must be $1550 or $2590 according to the SGA (substantial gainful activity).
• If your spouse, ex-spouse, or child suffering from any disability, you will be able to get the family benefit.

Candidates are required to meet all the mentioned eligibility requirements, once you meet the requirements Social Security Administration will consider you as a qualified candidate for the benefit. Disabilities include mental or physical. Any citizens who are suffering from any mental or physical disability can apply for the Monthly SSDI Benefit Payment 2024.

Social Security Disability 2024 Payment Schedule

The Social Security Administration has scheduled the SSDI Payment 2024. Qualified Candidates can expect their SSDI Payment on the below-mentioned scheduled dates:

• If you were born between 1 to 10 for any month, you will receive your SSDI Payment on the second Wednesday of each month.
• If you were born between 1 to 10 for any month, you will receive your SSDI Payment on the third Wednesday of each month.
• If you were born between 1 to 10 for any month, you will receive your SSDI Payment on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

SSA announced different dates for each social security benefit. Social Security Benefits are controlled by the Social Security Administration and SSA has declared the Payment Schedule for SSDI Benefit 2024. Citizens will get their SSDI Payment Amount through direct deposit, the benefit amount will directly get credited into their linked bank account. Candidates are required to provide correct and complete bank account information to receive the payment, incorrect or incomplete information may cause a delay in your Social Security Disability Insurance Payment.

Qualified candidates of SSDI, are patiently waiting for their payment, in this order SSA has announced the payment schedule. Candidates will get their SSDI Benefit Payment 2024 based on their date of birth and the payment amount will be based on their total work history. The US government understood the needs of disabled citizens and designed assistance according to that, Social Security Disability Insurance was specially planned for disabled citizens who are unable to manage their basic requirements due to disability mental or physical.  

What if you didn’t receive the SSDI payment?

For several reasons, Your SSDI payment will be delayed. Those reasons include:

• Slowdown process from SSA end.
• Updates your personal information.
• Update your payment information such as new bank details.

If your Social Security Disability Insurance gets delayed, you have to contact the SSA on a priority basis or you can also visit the local SSA office to determine the reason of delaying. It is important to provide correct information while applying because it may create a delay in your Payment. Make sure, you check all the filled information while applying for the benefit. or any further information candidates can visit the official website of ssa.gov.

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SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Results 2025 will release soon by the SSC. The Applicants can check the SSC Various Post Result 2025 from the approved website @ssc.gov.in. The SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Exams 2025 will take place on 24 July 2025 to 4 August 2025 (Tentative). Each year SSC conducts the SSC Post Phase Exam for several posts level. Candidates with 10+2, Graduation qualifications can participate in it. This year there is a total of 2423 openings for SSC Phase 13 2025.

The Aspirants can check their SSC Various Selection Post Phase 13 Results 2025 online through the certified website of the SSC. In this article, you can learn more about SSC Post Phase 13 Expected Cut Off Marks and SSC Phase 13 Merit List.

SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Result Date 2025

The SSC conducts the SSC Selection Post Phase every year to recruit applicants for the various selection posts. Candidates must be 10th pass, 12th pass, and graduate for that. The applicants can fill out the application form from 2 June to 23 June 2025. The exams will take place on 24 July to 4 August 2025 for 2423 vacancies for 10+12 pass and graduate candidates. With the help of the expected cut off list, the candidate would get an idea of how much marks they can expect to clear the round. The official cut off list will be released along with the SSC Selection Post Phase 2025 Result only on the official portal of SSC i.e. on ssc.gov.in. 

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SSC Various Selection Post Phase 13 Result 2025- Overview SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Result Date 2025

The SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Result Date 2025 hasn’t been declared yet. The exams for SSC Phase 13 2025 is scheduled from 24 July to 4 August 2025. The Candidates can assume the result in the upcoming days. With the help of the SSC Post Phase 13 Expected Qualifying Marks 2025 given in this article, the student will get an idea of how much they have to score to qualify. However, the Result for SSC Selection Phase 13 2025 will be notified on the official portal of SSC.

Ssc.gov.in Post Phase 13 Merit List 2025

The Staff Selection Commission will release the ssc.gov.in. Merit List 2025 Pdf along with the SSC Phase 13 Result 2025. The Staff Selection Commission Phase 13 Merit List 2025 consists of the names and roll no. of the aspirants who are entitled for the next levels. Therefore, it is suggested to download the Merit list once the results for SSC Phase 13 are declared to know if you have scored qualifying marks or not.

SSC Selected Post Phase 13 Expected Cut Off Marks 2025

The SSC Phase 13 Cut off List 2025 will be released along with the SSC Post Phase 13 Results 2025 by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). The results are going to be proclaimed soon as the SSC exams are already done. The SSC Selection Post Phase exam cut off marks depend on several factors such as exam difficulty level, number of candidates who appeared for it, available post vacancies, previous year cut off marks, and many other reasons. Also, the cut off marks differ for all the posts. It is the least succeeding mark that the applicants have to obtain to clear the examination. From the below table, the participants can verify if they qualify for the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Exam 2025 or not.

Only those candidates will qualify for the SSC Various Selection Post Phase 13 who will score equal to or more than the desired marks then only they will move forward for the next procedure. So, it is advised to check the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Cut off Marks 2025 to confirm your selection position.

How can you Check SSC Phase 13 Results 2025?

The aspirants who have taken the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Exam 2025 on 24 July to 4 August 2025 can check the result from the steps below.

• Firstly, visit the SSC official portal at ssc.gov.in.
• On the SSC home page, search for the SSC Phase 13 Result 2025.
• Then on the website click on the “SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Results 2025” link.
• Or you can even find the direct link of it on the site only.
• Fill in your application no and DOB on the shown fields to check the SSC Results 2025.
• Your SSC Post Phase 13 Result 2025 will be shown on the screen.
• Then click on the download button. It is suggested to keep it safe with you for future reference.

SSC Selection Post Result 2025 FAQs How to Check SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Merit List 2025?

The Candidates can check the SSC Selection Post Phase 13 Merit List 2025 on the authorized website of the SSC i.e. ssc.gov.in.

What are the qualifying marks for SSC Post Phase 13 2025?

The expected succeeding marks for SSC Phase 13 are UR: 30%, OBC/EWS: 25%, and other categories: 20%.

When will the SSC Various Posts Phase 13 Result 2025 will be declared?

The SSC Selection Post Exam 2025 will be conduct between 24 July to 4 August 2025 and the results for that will announce soon.

Where can I Check the SSC Post Phase 13 Result 2025?

The Applicants can see their results on the official site of the SSC @ssc.gov.in.

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Staff Selection Commission will release the online forms for SSC Multi-Tasking Recruitment 2025 on 26 June 2025. Interested applicants can fill out the form from their official portal @ssc.nic.in. Applicants who have completed their 10th from a recognized board can apply for several positions in the Multi-Tasking Staff and Hawaldar in CBIC and CBN. They should also meet the age requirement set by SSC. The SSC MTS 2025 Application Form Last Date will be 24 July 2025 and the last date to deposit the SSC MTS Application Fees 2025 in August 2025. Read the article to get more info about SSC MTS Recruitment 2025, eligibility criteria, and more.

SSC MTS Recruitment 2025

The SSC is conducting the SSC MTS (Non-Technical) and Hawaldar Examination 2025 to fill out the available posts. It is a national level examination. The SSC will release the SSC MTS Vacancy 2025 Notification on 26th of June 2025 on its official website. Along with that, the online registration process has also started. Aspirants who fulfil the SSC MTS Eligibility Criteria 2025 can apply for it.

The Commission organizes the MTS Exam 2025 to select candidates for numerous positions in several departments, ministries, and offices of the Indian Government. SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam involves a computer-based examination, PST/PET (only for hawaldar posts), and document verification. The SSC MTS Recruitment 2025 offers the posts of Hawaldar, Jamadar, Multitasking Staff, Peon, Mali, Chowkidar, etc. The selected candidates are entitled to the 7th Pay Commission Salary.

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SSC MTS Vacancy 2025- Overview SSC MTS 2025 Notification

Individuals who have completed their 10th from a recognized board can apply for the SSC MTS 2025. If you are interested in applying for the Multi Tasking Staff or Hawaldar position, then you can apply for it by 24 July 2025. The salary offered in these positions ranges from Rs. 18000 to Rs. 22000 as per Pay Level 1. Applicants must check the official site of the Commission to get the latest updates & SSC MTS 2025 Exam related information.

SSC MTS Eligibility Criteria 2025

The Commission has set some minimum eligibility standards for the SSC MTS 2025. Those applicants who fulfil the SSC MTS 2025 Eligibility for age limit and Educational Qualifications can apply for it. Check below if you fulfil the eligibility or not:

Age Limit

The candidates applying for the Hawaldar post must be from 18 to 27 years old. On the other hand, for MTS posts he/she must be between the age of 18 to 25. However, some categories will get an age relaxation, which you can check below:

Educational Qualification

The Applicant must have completed its 10th or its equal from a recognized Board to become eligible for the SSC MTS 2025 Apply Online.

SSC MTS 2025 Application Fee

The candidates who have filed their SSC MTS Application Form 2025 have to pay the required amount. If they don’t pay it, then their application won’t get approved. However, some aspirants would get a relief in the application fee. The aspirant who belongs to the General and OBC categories has to pay a sum of Rs. 100. Women aspirants and those who belong to SC, ST, and PWD categories are excused from the application fee. You can pay the fee through Net Banking, Debit/ Credit Card, etc.

SSC MTS 2025 Application Dates

SSC is going to be release the SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Notification 2025 on 26 June 2025, regarding the online application form. Interested candidates can fill out the applications by 24 July 2025 and must pay the application fee by August 2025. After that, only their application would get approved. Check the table below to know the SSC MTS Important Dates 2025:

How Can I Apply for SSC MTS Recruitment 2025?

If you want to participate in the recruitment of SSC MTS & Hawaldar Vacancy 2025, you can follow the steps mentioned below on how to submit the form.

1. Visit the authorized portal of the Staff Selection Commission i.e. ssc.nic.in.
2. On the site, look for the Quick Links field. There you will get a choice to Apply, click on that.
3. After that, you’ll get an option for “Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Examination 2025”, select that.
4. If you have an account before then enter the login credentials and log into it. If, you do not have then make one and register yourself first.
5. Enter the registration no & password.
6. Now, look for the post name as MTS. Enter the education details and basic information.
7. Upload the mandatory documents such as your sign and photograph.
8. At last, pay the application fees and tap on the Submit button.
9. Your form will be submitted.

SSC MTS Recruitment 2025 FAQs How to apply for MTS SSC Recruitment 2025?

The aspirant can fill out the form from their official website i.e. ssc.nic.in.

When will the SSC MTS 2025 be Held?

The SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Examination 2025 will be held from 20 September to 24 October 2025.

When is the SSC MTS 2025 Last Date?

According to the SSC MTS 2025 Notification, the Application form will be accepted on 24 July 2025 through the official portal.

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The SSC will announce the official SSC CGL Notification 2025 on June 9th, 2025 (Monday). After that, the applicant can visit the official website of SSC i.e. ssc.gov.in to know the required eligibility conditions and other necessary conditions. The Commission is most likely to release the online applications along with the notification on its official site. Interested SSC aspirants will be able to apply for SSC CGL Tier 1 online till July 4th, 2025. The Tier 1 exams will be held on 13 to 30 August 2025.

In this article, you can find about SSC CGL Eligibility Criteria 2025, Latest Notifications, application forms, exam dates, and more.

SSC CGL Notification 2025

Every year SSC conducts the SSC CGL Exam for employee applicants for various divisions of administration under “Group C” and “Group B” posts. As per the latest updates, the SSC will release the official notification PDF on June 9th, 2025, for the SSC CGL 2025 Exam. If there would be any changes in the dates, then the officials will announce the same. The Notification will include needed info regarding the exam such as eligibility criteria, age limit, recruitment process, updated exam format, and more which you can find in the official portal of SSC. Interested candidate needs to create their One-time Registration (OTR) number to fill out the SSC CGL 2025 Application form.

The SSC CGL exams are conducted in 2 tiers. If the candidate clears Tier 1 then he/she is eligible for Tier 2. They just need to register for it. Both the exams are Computer Based that are done on an online mode.

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SSC CGL 2025 Recruitment Application – Overview SSC CGL 2025 Recruitment- Eligibility Criteria

The SSC has set some eligibility criteria to appear for the SSC CGL Exam 2025. The Eligibility Criteria are based on Education qualification, nationality, and age limit. Only the eligible applicants who fulfil the criteria will appear for the exam. Below you can find out the criteria based on last year’s notification:

Education Qualification

1. Junior Statistical Officer (JSO): Bachelor’s Degree from an approved College with 60% marks in Maths in 12th class. OR bachelor’s degree with Statistics as a subject in graduation.
2. Assistant Audit Officer/ Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO): A Bachelor’s degree from an authorized University. Additional Qualifications such as a CA, CMA, CS, M.COM, MBA (Finance), master’s in business studies, or master’s in business economies.
3. Statistical Investigator Grade-2: Bachelor’s degree from an authorized university with Statistics, Economics, and Mathematics as an obligatory or optional subject.
4. Assistant in National Company Law Appellate Tribunal: bachelor’s degree from a certified university. A law degree is preferred from a certified university.
5. Research Assistant in National Human Rights Commission: Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university. And at least 1 year of research experience from a recognized Research Institution or any recognized university.  
6. For Remaining posts: A Bachelor’s degree in any field from a recognized university.

Nationality

An applicant must be an inhabitant of Nepal, India, or Bhutan. Or an individual of Indian origin who has migrated from Burma, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Uganda, East African countries of Kenya, Zambia, Zaire, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Malawi, or the United Republic of Tanzania with the purpose of setting in India enduringly.

Age Limit

The SSC has set some age limits for all posts. The lower age for it is 18 years and it can go to 32 years. If you want to know more about the age criteria of all the designated posts, then you can check the official notification by SSC in the coming days.

SSC CGL 2025 Application Fees

Applicants applying for the SSC CGL Exam 2025, need to fill out the online application form which will soon be uploaded to the official site of the SSC. You have to make a compulsory payment of Rs. 100/-. The payment can be done via online or offline modes, including BHIM, UPI, debit card or credit card, Internet banking, and SBI challan. Check below to know the category wise details for SSC CGL Application Fees 2025:

SSC CGL Pay Scale

The SSC CGL 2025 offers an attractive pay scale and perks for Group B and Group C posts in the Government segment. Every post has a different pay scale and benefits offered by the SSC. Apart from basic pay the candidates also get House Rent Allowances, transport allowances, and more depending upon which post they are selected for. If you want to know detailed info on the SSC CGL Pay Scale, allowances, and benefits check the official site.

SSC CGL Selection Process 2025

The aspirants must know the selection procedure for the examination. The SSC CGL Selection Process 2025 conducts tier 1 and tier 2 exams to recruit applicants for “Group B” and “Group C” posts for the government sector. The SSC CGL Exam will held in 2 stages:

How to Apply for SSC CGL 2025 Notification?

The SSC aspirants have to follow the below-mentioned steps to know the procedure of the SSC CGL 2025 Apply Online:

• First, visit the official portal of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) i.e. on ssc.gov.in. A new tab will open.
• Tap on “New User/Register Now”.
• Then the candidate needs to fill out the necessary details such as their name, date of birth, email address, father’s name, mobile number, and other mandatory details.
• Check if all the information you have mentioned is correct. After reviewing it thoroughly submit the form by attaching the necessary documents and pay the fees.
• After submission you will get a unique registration ID. That you have to keep safe for future use.
• Candidates can now print out the form.

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The federal government of the United States of America has decided the social security tax limit for 2024. The US Government sets how much of your annual income goes into the Social Security Tax 2024. In 2023, the tax limit was $160,200 but now the Government of the United States has decided to increase the Social Security Tax Limit 2024 to $168,600. In 2022, the Social Security Administration confirmed that around 70.6 million American citizens received Social Security Monthly Benefits, with an average benefit amount of $1,681. Under this article, you will get to see information about the Social Security Tax limit as well as how it is increasing in the current year.

Social Security Tax Limit 2024

Recipients of Social Security Benefits such as SSI, SSDI, and VA, have to pay a certain amount with their income as a social security tax. This social security tax is based on your income and resources. The 2023 Social Security Tax Limit was $160,200 based on the social security benefits, which were monthly $1,681 but this amount was later increased due to a high rise in Cost of Living Adjustment. The Social Security Benefit 2024 Increased to $1,907 per month. Social Security is known as old age and disability benefits. Social Security Administration has control over the social security taxes or benefits.

To receive the Social Security Benefit Amount, citizens of America are required to contribute to Social Security Taxes. The limit of contribution in the taxes is determined by the department according to your annual gross income and the assistance you are getting from Social Security in preset time. The US government understood the financial situation of those citizens who have fewer sources of income and designed social security benefits accordingly. Recipient of financial assistance by the US Government contributed to Social Security Taxes according to their annual income and living situation. The Social Security tax limit and Social Security Benefits Amount are set by the Social Security Administration.

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Social Security Tax Limitation for 2024 – Overview Social Security Taxes 2024 Increase Update

In 2024, the Social Security Tax has risen to $168,600 and for 2023 the tax limit was 160,200. If you made more than 160,200 last year, citizens didn’t need to pay the Social Security payroll tax that exceeds that limit. The Payroll taxes are based on citizen’s wages, salary, and tips. In 2024, the Tax Limit for Social Security has been increased by 5.2%. this increment happened due to the high Cost of living standards.

These Social Security Benefits are for eligible citizens of America, funded by the Social Security Tax. Citizens who pay Taxes on Social Security regularly are eligible to receive the Social Security benefit but contribution in taxes is important to get the benefits.  

Individuals’ Payroll Tax Limit is based on their annual income or resources. In 2024, the Government of the US found an increment in COLA and increased the Monthly Social Security Benefits to eligible citizens, due to the increment in benefits amount government was required to increase the Social Security Tax limit for 2024. The Tax Limit for 2024 has been set to $168,600 and on the other hand, this tax limit for 2023 was $160,000, The US Government has increased the Tax Limit by 5.2 per cent for recipients of Social Security Benefits.

Why does the Government decide Social Security Tax Limit in 2024?

In 2024, the Cost of living standards increased by 3.2 percent, due to the high ratio of COLA low-income citizens who were unable to manage their basic expenditures such as rent, food, clothes, and Medication, which affected the economy of the US States. To maintain the economic level, the government has decided Social Security Benefit Increase 2024, so a low-income group of citizens can manage their requirements.

Social Security Taxes fund these benefits, but with limited funds, the Social Security Administration was unable to provide increased Monthly Social Security benefits. Because of this, The Government of the US decided to increase the Tax Limit for Social Security to $168,600.

The federal government of the United States of America understood the need to increase the Tax limit for recipients of Social Security benefits and has increased the tax limit by 6.2% in 2024.

What was the Social Security Tax Limit in 2023?

Social Security Taxes 2023 was $160,200 and the minimum monthly financial assistance was $1,681 for eligible citizens who qualified to get the Social Security benefits. In 2023, the US government didn’t change the Social Security Tax Limit for citizens. Because the citizens can manage their basic requirements with the $1,681 benefit amount as social security.

In 2023, the COLA was affordable and citizens of America were able to manage their rent, food, medication and Social Security Taxes based on their annual income and resources. The federal government of the United States of America runs different kinds of social security benefits for citizens who need financial assistance and all these benefits are funded by the Social Security Taxes only.

However, COLA has increased by 3.2 per cent in the present year, and the government increased the Social Security Tax Limit in 2024 which affects the Social Security benefits as well as the Social Security Contribution rate. Due to this, the administration of Social Security increased the Tax Limits for Social Security 2024 to provide better assistance Social Security Funds are important. The administration has announced the Increased Tax Limits for Social Security on the official website of sss.gov.  

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