A 70-year-old woman in Odisha's Keonjhar district was forced to crawl nearly two kilometres from her home to the panchayat office to collect her old-age pension. IMAGE: The elderly woman said a......
With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the North.Start-ups, IT hubs, and industry majors setting up shop have changed the face of the South.Nearly 79% of......
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a unique pension scheme for the poor called the ‘Samajwadi Pension’ that aims to cover as many as 40 lakh people not......
The BJP may win more seats in the February 5 assembly election, but not enough to trump AAP, notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Aam Aadmi Party national Convener Arvind Kejriwal at an election meeting in......
'Arithmetic could decide the Haryana election given the presence of multi-cornered contests.' IMAGE: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a roadshow in Sirsa, May 23, 2024.......
The Centre has decided to evaluate a major old age pension scheme involving Rs 5,200 crore (Rs 52 billion) for undertaking mid-course corrections. The evaluation of the Indira Gandhi National Old......
The government on Thursday increased the pension amount under the National Old Age Pension Scheme from Rs 75 to Rs 200 per beneficiary per month for persons of the age of 65 and above.The increase......
The National Pension System (NPS) added 21.5 per cent fewer fresh subscribers under the corporate segment in 2023 compared to the preceding year. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Government......
Impatient with parliamentary delay in passing the omnibus legislation for the unorganised labour, the Labour Ministry has decided to strike out on its own. The ministry plans to launch a provident......
Interim pension regulator PFRDA will come out with investment guidelines for its mega pension plan by the middle of this month. "Investment guidelines will be finalised by the middle of the month......