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Friday, August 8, 2025
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Topic: Pension

NPS vs UPS: Which Pension Scheme Offers Better Benefits for the Employees in 2025?

As employees evaluate retirement schemes like NPS and UPS, the decision-making process gets tougher, given their unique features and varying benefits.

Complete Guide to NPS Tier I vs Tier II Accounts: Which Should You Prioritise in 2025?

Introduced in 2004, NPS aims to offer financial security to all Indians after 60 years of age, when regular income stops for most.

Should you pick UPS or NPS? It depends on the risk of inflation

Even if the nominal annuity appears adequate at retirement for the NPS, persistently high inflation can significantly reduce the real value of the monthly payout.

Haryana ex-MLAs get more than 3x the pension of an ex-MP. Now they want hike, Rs 25 lakh car loan

Ex-MLAs' delegation has met Speaker with demands including land for housing society & medical benefits. One-time MLA draws Rs 86,500 monthly pension, six-time legislator Rs 2.45 lakh.

UK boosts miners’ pension

Over 100,000 former UK miners will see average £29 weekly increase.

Campaign for digital life certificates for pensioners sees ‘significant success’

Campaign 3.0 generates 77 lakh digital life certificates nationwide within two weeks.

Our take on Jamaat’s re-emergence, UPS and India’s K-shaped recovery—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Guaranteed pensions may cause fiscal ambiguity. Govt may have to raise pension outlay for UPS

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.

What ‘next of kin’ policy for defence personnel says & why death-related pensions are being debated

Parents of martyred Captain Anshuman Singh are demanding a revision in Army's policy, which prioritises spouse over parents post-marriage when it comes to grant of ex gratia.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.