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Six Congress guarantees for Telangana: Housing, electricity, pension & more

The Congress party has begun its campaign in Telangana with the promise of financial aid to students and special assistance to women, including LPG cylinders at Rs 500 and Rs 2,500 per month

RBI authorises Bandhan Bank for disbursing civil pension on behalf of CPAO

Private sector lender Bandhan Bank on Tuesday said it has been appointed by Reserve Bank of India as an authorised pension disbursement bank on behalf of the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) for the civil pensioners. The bank will soon be integrating with the office of CPAO, Ministry of Finance, to operationalise the disbursement process, it said in a release. The authorisation entitles the bank to disburse pensions to the central government employees in civil ministries/departments (other than railways, posts, and defence), National Capital Territory of Delhi, Union Territory Administrations without legislatures, retired judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court and All India Service Officers. This scheme also covers payment of pensions to former Members of Parliament and the payment of pension and other amenities to former Presidents/Vice Presidents of India, the private sector lender said.

Railways seeks finance ministry's help in addressing pension liabilities

FinMin had earlier rejected the request; Railways had met pension needs for FY23 from its own funds

80% informal employees expect ESI security, medical benefits: Report

Informal sectors employees prioritise factors such as prestige, career potential and security over wages today, adding that technology has helped raise awareness of formal employment benefits

China's $400 billion pension sends new warning over its debt risks

The recent Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd.'s debt rout raised the pension fund's concerns as one of its biggest asset managers holds a large position in the state-backed developer's bonds

Improving pensions

Policies and regulations can increase the returns on pension funds; these can reduce the politics over the issue

Committee to review govt employees' pension, suggest changes: FinMin

The Finance Secretary-headed committee to review the pension system for government employees is in the process of consulting stakeholders and is yet to finalise its report, the ministry said on Thursday. The ministry in April set up a committee under Finance Secretary T V Somanathan to review the pension scheme for government employees and suggest any changes, if needed, in the light of the existing framework and structure of the National Pension System (NPS). "The Committee set up under the chairmanship of the Finance Secretary in pursuance of an announcement made by the Union Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha in the last Budget Session, is at present in the midst of its deliberations and is in the process of consulting stakeholders. The Committee has not yet reached any conclusions whatsoever, the finance ministry tweeted. As per its terms of reference, the committee would suggest measures to modify the same with a view to improving upon the pensionary benefits of government ...

Govt likely to offer assured base pensions in compromise with states

The current National Pension Scheme requires employees to contribute 10% of their basic salary and the government 14%

CPI MP asks FM to initiate pension updation for banking sector retirees

He further said that the demand of bank retirees was not fulfilled even though the All India Bank Retirees' Federation has met the Finance Minister four times in the past one and half years

'Catch them young with their family' strategy for Atal Pension Yojana

As per the scheme administered by PFRDA, a subscriber will get a pension of Rs 1000-Rs 5,000 depending on the contribution from the age of 60

Now, Rajasthan govt employees to get full pension after 25 yrs of service

Also, pensioners or family pensioners of 75 years will get 10 per cent additional pension allowance

Himachal abolishes income limit for women's social security pension: Sukhu

The Chief Minister said that he government was committed to ensure welfare of every section of society, particularly the under-privileged groups

TCS selected as strategic partner of Teachers' Pension Scheme in Eng, Wales

The IT major has been awarded a 10-year contract to manage the second-largest pension scheme in the UK using a platform powered by TCS BaNCS

Jitendra Singh to inaugurate all India pension adalat on Wednesday

Union Minister Jitendra Singh will inaugurate an all-India pension adalat here on Wednesday, where chronic cases will be taken up and resolved, an official statement issued on Tuesday said. Till date seven all-India pension adalats have been organised, in which 24,218 cases were taken up and 17,235 cases were resolved. The pension adalat initiative was started on an experimental basis in 2017 by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare. In 2018, national pension adalat was held by leveraging technology for the speedy resolution of pensioners' grievances. According to the model adopted, all stakeholders to a particular grievance are invited on a common platform and the case is resolved as per every stakeholder to complete the pension processing so that the pension is started on time. Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, will also preside over the 50th pre-retirement counselling (PRC) workshop in New Delhi on Wednesday. "Conducted by Department of Pension & ...

This is how EPFO's calculator calculates pension on pro-rata basis

Under the old EPS pension scheme, basic salary cap is taken to be Rs 6,500 until Aug 31, 2014 and Rs 15,000 thereafter

Centre-State tussle over funds casts a shadow over Rajasthan OPS move

The Gehlot govt has announced OPS for its employees and has also asked the Centre to release the Rs 39,000 crore accumulated under the new pension scheme in the account of Rajasthan govt employees

With swelling wage bills, pension arrears, OPS may push HP to the wall

As per the policy, the OPS beneficiaries would also be brought under the ambit of GPF and those employees under the NPS, who retired after May 15, 2003, will be given OPS from the prospective date

What happened when in power? BJP questions Cong's sudden interest in OPS

While the issue has emerged as a 'lifesaver' for the grand old party; for the BJP, it is becoming tougher to counter this issue

RBI sounds note of caution on OPS, says it may add to liabilities in future

By postponing the current expenses to the future, the report said states risk the accumulation of unfunded pension liabilities in the coming years

Enrolments under APY cross 52 million mark; AUM over Rs 27,200 crore

It saw its highest-ever enrolments in FY23 since the inception of the scheme