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Topic: Pension

After sweeper’s long fight for pension, SC slaps Rs 1 lakh cost on TN govt for dragging out case

SC told Tamil Nadu's school education department they can recover the amount from the officers responsible for protracting the litigation and sanctioning such ‘frivolous’ petitions.

‘Thara fufa jinda hai’ — 102-yr-old Haryana man, declared ‘dead’, fights for pension renewal

Duli Chand of Rohtak, Haryana says he hasn't received his old-age pension since 2 March and has been trying to prove that he is alive for the past six months.

India’s old age poverty will be big by 2050. Only 2% informal workers have invested in NPS

If this situation is allowed to persist, by 2050, India will have nearly 300 million elderly without pension benefits.

The corrupt won’t be spared, says Punjab CM Mann. Cites ‘One MLA, one pension’ as example

Under the scheme, MLAs will get pension for only one term, instead of for each term served. The CM has said his govt plans to table a bill on the same in the ongoing budget session.

After 60,000 veterans fume about delayed April pensions, defence ministry promises payout today

The Ministry of Defence has granted 58,275 pensioners time until 25 May 2022 to get their identification data updated on SPARSH online system.

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.

BJP minister remark on national flag communal. Karnataka needs sanity instead of imitating UP

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Modi govt raises family pension for bank employees to 30% of last drawn salary

The govt has also decided to increase the employer’s contribution in New Pension Scheme to 14% of the salary from the current 10%.

Govt owes Indians an explanation. Or its gag order & pension rule can be seen as blackmail

Retired officials’ freedom of expression has been threatened by empowering the government to withhold pension even before 'guilt' is established.

Modi should ask MPs, MLAs to give up pension & use the funds to support youth — Rakesh Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait also batted for safeguarding interests of people engaged in milk supply, apprehending a new policy could jeopardise the community’s livelihood.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.