Digital verification issues are excluding Rajasthan’s elderly and disabled from pensions, with lakhs incorrectly declared ‘dead’ or missing. There’s an embarrassing KYC-shaped hole in Digital India.
One of the most pressing issues affecting women is the gender gap in pensions, where they receive significantly lower retirement incomes compared to men.
Incentivising informal sector workers to save is good, but creating separate schemes for different groups divides an already fragmented pensions market.
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.
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.
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