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...
UPS seems more fiscally prudent than Old Pension Scheme, but reverses New Pension System’s equitable coverage. More spending on pension may limit space for spending on productive avenues.
The Short Service Commissioned officers are demanding pension and contributory provident funds rights. The plea also questions disparity with Permanent Commissioned officers.
Congress leader P Chidambaram says 'OPS very much on our minds', but adds it would be 'premature' to take a stand before report by govt committee reviewing NPS & demand for OPS is released.
The Congress has made the return of OPS a poll plank in six assembly elections. But Chakravarty says the party ‘can’t engage in competitive promises & hope that's enough to win’.
The former RBI governor batted for direct cash transfers to citizens, but said these become a problem if the transfers are untargeted and competitive before polls.
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'.
In India, there has been remarkable certainty on taxes, particularly as the government has largely focused on slashing taxes, both direct and indirect, rather than increasing them.
This is the second full-year budget of Modi 3.0. The presentation will begin around 11 am in Lok Sabha, after which a copy will be tabled in Rajya Sabha.
NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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