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TopicPension scheme

Topic: pension scheme

NPS-Lite can streamline welfare funds & pension schemes for the poor—with 2 key reforms

To widen pension coverage in the informal sector, India must use existing infrastructure to its full extent. The mechanism in place for the NPS can be used to implement other schemes as well.

Rs 7,500, Rs 6,000, Rs 5,100 — INLD, Congress, JJP compete on old age pension ahead of 2024 Haryana polls

Purported video from Abhay Chautala's yatra shows him promising Rs 7,500 pension to elderly. Bhupinder Hooda commits Rs 6,000, Dushyant Chautala has talked of Rs 5100 pension since 2019.

Why India’s retired domestic women cricketers are left out of BCCI pension scheme

India's retired women cricketers are ensured some financial security if they have played for the country. For domestic players, it's all down to who can produce what data.

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.

Freebies, bailouts, revival of pension scheme — why many states are at risk of fiscal stress

Power sector reforms, preventing leakages in subsidies payments and avoiding fiscally unwise decisions like reversion to old pension system can help improve their financial health.

‘Lauta do purani pension’: The steady growth of Old Pension Scheme agitations across India 

Starting with Vijay Kumar Bandhu’s initiative, demand for OPS has now become a key issue in UP, MP, Himachal, Andhra Pradesh & Jharkhand and features in the SP’s poll manifesto.

Rajasthan’s pension system reversal is anti-reform, it will reintroduce inequality

The decision to move away from the defined benefit old pension scheme for civil servants was based on the fact that the old pension system was inherently inequitable.

Raise minimum EPS pension to Rs 5,000, start urban MGNREGA: RSS-affiliate BMS’ Budget demands

In pre-budget meet with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BMS calls for income tax exemption for senior citizens, constant interest rates for FD schemes.

5 years of One Rank One Pension scheme a momentous occasion, says PM Modi

OROP is aimed at ensuring uniform pensions for armed forces veterans retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of when they retire.

In photos, Modi woos traders by announcing collateral-free loan & other schemes

PM Modi at the convention also announced that if re-elected, he would form a National Traders' Welfare Board.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.