As you are aware that the Union Government is set to roll out the Unified Pension System (UPS) from April 1, 2025 to give fixed, inflation-linked pensions to subscribers. As of now, the scheme is meant only for 23 lakh central government employees and the state government employees are permitted to opt for them. Wealth … Read more
The Government of India has announced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), a new pension plan for employees working under the government. The new scheme will provide an assured pension scheme to benefit nearly 90 lakh pensioners under the central government. The central government launched the UPS to cater to the demands of the employees regarding … Read more
Since June 4th, the national market has been thriving on a strong foundation. The formation of a stable government and high expectations for the upcoming budget have been key drivers for this rally. Optimism may have grown further when the final budget date was extended to July 22nd, allowing for the preparation of comprehensive amendments. … Read more
If you are an EPF (Employees Provident Fund) subscriber and want to use one or more of the services given on the unified portal, then you need to visit the official website of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) i.e., epfindia.gov.in. Navigating through the portal is quite straight-forward. Let us explain how this can be done. … Read more
Having been introduced on May 1, 2009 for all citizens of India; National Pension System (NPS) has recently completed 15 years of its existence. The Government of India introduced NPS from Jan 1, 2004 (except for armed forces) before rolling it for the general public five years later. The scheme is aimed at providing pension … Read more
An argument that is often heard against the National Pension Scheme(NPS) is the long lock-in till age of 60 years. Another concern is the accessibility of the corpus in case of early retirement. Subscribers have for long been used to defined benefit scheme like the employee provident fund which gives a fixed return and find … Read more