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Global Pension Index 2025: Top 10 countries with the best pension systems: Where does India rank?

October 28, 2025 6:11 am

Global pension index 2025, Top 10 countries with the best pension systems for retirees: Singapore made history as the first Asian country to achieve an A-grade, listed among the best pension systems globally in 2025.

UPS or NPS? A police officer’s unexpected lesson in life and death

October 22, 2025 1:00 pm

For those who confront their mortality everyday, even a bureaucratic exercise can feel deeply personal

The proposal will be tabled at the Cabinet meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, on Thursday.

4 months on, Punjab Cabinet to meet today, hiking acid attack victims’ pension on agenda

February 13, 2025 9:56 am

The Cabinet will be meeting after over four months, consequently about 150 agendas are waiting for its consideration.

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Labour Min formulating transaction-based pension policy for gig workers

February 07, 2025 12:09 am

Explaining the proposal, the source said that the division of the pension share between the gig worker and the employer will be specified in the same way as the Centre’s and states’ shares under Goods and Services Tax transactions.

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Unified Pension Scheme: All that matters for UPSC Exam

February 06, 2025 2:43 pm

As the Centre notifies the UPS as an option under the National Pension System, let's see how does it differ from the earlier pension schemes?

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Centre notifies new Unified Pension Scheme as an option to NPS for govt employees

January 27, 2025 9:57 pm

The scheme will see a hike in the government's contribution to 18.5 per cent of the combined sum of basic pay and dearness allowance from 14 per cent earlier, while the share of the employee will be the same at 10 per cent.

Global SWF, in its recent rankings, listed countries as per the public pension assets, reflecting decades of strategic financial planning and investment. (File)

Top 10 countries with the most public pension wealth in 2025: Where does India stand?

January 22, 2025 8:38 am

Countries with most public pension wealth in 2025: On the contrary, India, despite being the world's most populous nation, ranks 14th in public pension wealth, with assets totalling $305 billion, according to SWF 2025.

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EPFO head office flags concerns over delay in finalising higher pension cases

January 21, 2025 10:34 pm

Union Minister of Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya has been taking regular meetings with EPFO officials to review the status of higher pension cases.

Delhi Government Approves 80,000 New Old Age Pensions

Delhi Govt's old age pension scheme— eligibility, application process and all you should know

November 26, 2024 3:49 pm

The newly announced Old Age Pension Scheme by the Delhi Government targets senior citizens with limited financial resources or inadequate family support.

On Friday, the Union Cabinet adopted the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), which intends to give 'Assured Pension', 'Assured Family Pension', and 'Assured Minimum Pension' to government employees.

What is Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) 2024: Here's all you need to know

November 22, 2024 9:02 am

Presently, government employees are covered by the National Pension System (NPS), and now have the choice of switching to the UPS plan.

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Differently-abled protest against PWD in Chennai

February 08, 2016 10:30 am

Chennai, Feb 08 (ANI): More than 300 differently-abled people protested outside the Public Work Department (PWD) office in Chennai on Monday, demanding better amenities and pension for people with 40% disability. They also demanded probe into the misuse 3% reservations, which was given to the differently-abled people. They have decided to carry on the protest till their pleas are heard.

EXPLAINED: One Rank One Pension

July 16, 2015 11:45 am

One rank, one pension (OROP) for military veterans was one of the first public promises made by Narendra Modi in his campaign which immediately won him the support of a majority of veterans in the country.