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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicOld Pensions Scheme

Topic: Old Pensions Scheme

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.

Congress’s Praveen Chakravarty says no ‘internal strife’, day after comment on Old Pension Scheme

In a tweet Monday, Chakravarty said the 'Old Pension Scheme will cost roughly 15% of tax revenues' in Gujarat. The Congress has distanced itself from his comment.

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.