EPFO data show around 7.98 crore contributing members across about 7.68 lakh contributing establishments, while EPS provides pension benefits to around 82 lakh pensioners.
With a higher risk tolerance and more funds to invest, richer Indian households have enjoyed higher returns from mutual funds and listed shares in the pandemic period.
EPFO payroll data, which captures data related to the organised & semi-organised sector, shows there was a sharp drop in payroll additions among those younger than 25 years.
The third phase will run for 3 years till 2023 and aims to benefit around 58.5 lakh employees. Rs 1,584 crore has been allocated for the current fiscal.
The Houthis are the latest force seeking to dominate Yemen. Before them came Imams, Arab nationalists, Communists, jihadists and political entrepreneurs.
One key reason private players are not bidding is the 33-year concession period after which they have to transfer ownership of the hospital and college to the government.
India summoned Charge d’Affaires of Pakistan High Commission after Pakistani Navy vessel collided with a frontline warship of the Indian Navy Tuesday evening.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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