Retirement

The Maharashtra State Gazetted Officers' Federation has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to raise the retirement age of government employees to 60 from the current 58, taking a cue from the Centre and 25 other states. In a letter to Fadnavis dated August 10, the federation said the Union government raised the retirement age of its employees to 60 years in 1998, and 25 states adopted the same policy subsequently. It welcomed the state government's recent decision to raise the retirement age of judicial officers serving in subordinate courts to 62 years in compliance with an interim order of the Supreme Court. The government should consider extending a similar benefit to state government employees, the association said, referring to the principle of equality guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution. Of 7.19 lakh sanctioned posts in the state government, around 2.75 lakh, or 35 per cent, are vacant, and vacancies increase by 3 per cent every year due to retirement, the ...

Invest at least 25%of your post-tax income exclusively for retirement

Should you choose 12%, 9%, or a fixed ₹1,800 EPF contribution? The new EPF framework gives many salaried employees more flexibility—but also a crucial financial decision. In this video,

Start by saving 15-20% of your take-home income and gradually increasing the amount as your salary grows

Build a safety pyramid by setting aside cash for immediate needs and making growth investments for distant dreams

Invest regularly to build a corpus that can replace 70-80% of your pre-retirement income annually

You may need to save a higher portion of your income to build a retirement portfolio

A retirement plan is not something you set once and forget. It needs small adjustments over time.

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New framework allows phased pension withdrawals while keeping mandatory annuity rules unchanged

As Microsoft rolls out a voluntary retirement programme for its US workforce, experts say AI may push firms to trim middle layers and redirect costs

India needs a universal retirement account for every citizen beginning at birth in an era when capital, rather than labour, will dominate economic returns

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SBI Research report urges mandatory contributions by large private firms, tax parity and the integration of the Unified Pension Scheme to secure a rapidly ageing workforce

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India’s National Pension System has just undergone one of its biggest reforms in years. Exit rules are easier, liquidity is higher, and annuity obligations are lower. But what exactly has changed

An investor's instinct to live off 'income' and not 'touch capital' is a common bias. Understanding it can lead to better, more tax-efficient withdrawal strategies