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TopicNational Pension Scheme

Topic: National Pension Scheme

NPS Account: The Benefits of Staying Active and Contributing Regularly

When it comes to planning for retirement, long-term consistency matters more than short-term intensity. The National Pension System (NPS) is designed to reward discipline...

Indians can’t invest retirement funds internationally. Govt should study the viability

With the Union Budget coming up, there are a host of measures India could take to improve its pension system. The first one is clarifying the difference between NPS and UPS.

NPS for Private Sector Employees: Retirement Planning Options

The NPS is an ideal retirement planning option for investors, as professional fund managers manage the scheme at very low charges. Moreover, it offers significant tax benefits under different sections of the Income Tax Act.

States going back to Old Pension Scheme will hurt India. Here’s what 8th Pay Commission can do

The first payment need not be 50 per cent of the last wage, but could potentially be linked to the proposed indexation of the pensions in payment.

Pension payments for over 2,000 dead people — CAG report flags lapses in govt welfare schemes

In 122-pg report tabled in Rajya Sabha, Comptroller and Auditor General showed other gaps in disbursal & recommended 'specific measures for cleaning/weeding out ineligible beneficiaries'.

Pension or tension scheme? Restoration of OPS will lead to fiscal instability

State govts must examine current and projected revenue receipts before burdening future generations with commitments that will eat up resources.

Giving up on NPS a tragedy for state govts. DB pensions are ad hoc, delay fiscal stress

Several of the problems of the National Pensions Scheme can be easily remedied. The solution to fiscal stress isn't going back two decades ago.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.