Assured pensions return as government backtracks on New Pension Scheme

The NDA government on Saturday (August 24, 2024) reversed a 21-year-old reform of India’s civil serv...

UPS a new scheme, not rollback as claimed by Congress, says Finance Minister

Accusing Congress of spreading misinformation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (Augus...

Why did the Centre alter its pension plan?

The story so far: Last weekend, the Union Cabinet signed off on a major shift in the approach for pr...

NPS Vatsalya: Nirmala Sitharaman launches pension plan for children

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) launched the NPS Vatslya schem...

China piles extra work on weary youth to ease pension crisis

China's decision to raise the retirement age will give a brief boost to its strained pension system ...

Swiss voters reject environment, pensions reforms: official results

Swiss voters rejected proposals to bolster biodiversity protections as well as a pensions reform in ...

EPFO logs 20 lakh net new members in July

Retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recorded a net addition of 19.94 l...