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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In pre-budget meet with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BMS calls for income tax exemption for senior citizens, constant interest rates for FD schemes.
Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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