September 2019

11Sep

India. PM to launch farmers’ pension scheme in Ranchi on Sept 12

"The Prime Minister will launch three national and two state level schemes here on September 12. The first scheme is Kisan Mandhan Yojna, under which farmers will get Rs 3,000 pension; the second is laying the foundation stone for 462 Eklavya schools exclusively for quality education; the third is a pension scheme for small shopkeepers," the Chief Minister said in a press conference here on Tuesday. Das said that under the farmer's scheme, more than one lakh farmers have...

September 11, 2019
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August 2019

21Aug

Indian regulator clears Canadian pension fund stake in Delhivery

An Indian government regulator cleared the way for the investment arm of Canada’s public pension fund to acquire up to 8 percent of the logistics firm Delhivery. The Competition Commission of India announced the decision in a tweet on August 20. The deal, reportedly worth about $150 million, gives the e-commerce fulfillment company the backing of one of the world’s largest private equity investors, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). CPPIB will purchase shares from existing investors, according...

August 21, 2019
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July 2019

30Jul

¿Qué podría aprender México del sistema de ahorro voluntario de pensiones de India?

En 1997 México introdujo su nuevo sistema de contribución definida de cuentas individuales orientado a trabajadores del sector privado y una década más tarde entró en vigor el correspondiente a trabajadores del sector público. La Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE) destaca el éxito de la iniciativa al aumentar la capacidad de la economía mexicana en cuanto a financiamiento de pensiones. Sin embargo, señala este organismo internacional, se requieren significativas mejoras. ¿Qué podría aprender México de...

July 30, 2019
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16Jul

India. Congress submits adjournment motion notice in LS over ‘pension of disabled Army personnel’

An adjournment motion is an extraordinary procedure which, if admitted, leads to setting aside the normal business of the House for discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance. The disability pension till now was not taxed by the government but recently, the government decided to tax it leading to opposition from the veterans community. On July 2, the Army headquarters clarified that though it is concerned for all personnel who are invalidated out of service in combat conditions...

July 16, 2019
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10Jul

India. State to develop social protection delivery platform

To make delivery of G2C services (government to citizen) more accurate and quicker, the state government has initiated the development of Social Registry and Integrated Social Protection Delivery Platform (SPDP). A national level workshop to this effect was held here Tuesday wherein experts from World Bank, Central government and various states shared their expertise and best practices in the field. Inaugurating the workshop, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said, “SPDP is based on 5Ts (Teamwork, Technology, Transparency, Transformation and...

July 10, 2019
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05Jul

Indian government warns of ageing population; says retirement age should rise, schools merge

The Indian government on Thursday warned in a study that its population is going to start to age and it needs to be prepared to merge schools and raise the retirement age. While India should be set to benefit from the so-called “demographic dividend” over the next decade as its working population is set to increase by about 9.7 million a year between 2021-31, that will quickly fade as the nation’s fertility rate plunges below replacement level. The conclusions in the...

July 5, 2019
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June 2019

21Jun

India becomes investment darling for sovereign wealth and pension funds

Sovereign wealth funds are piling into India, buying stakes in everything from airports to renewable energy, attracted by political stability, a growing middle class and reforms making it more enticing for foreigners to invest. Wealth and state pension funds are expanding their horizons to private markets, to complement an existing focus on stocks and bonds. “India is popular with sovereign wealth funds,” said Tihir Sarkar, London-based partner at Cleary Gottlieb, which counts several prominent sovereign funds as clients. “Almost...

June 21, 2019
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May 2019

17May

Sex Workers Lobby for Pensions and Health Services in India Amid Elections

India is holding general and legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim until 19 May. Sex workers are lobbying candidates in the Indian general election asking them to support their demands for better health and welfare services in return for votes. The AINSW reportedly has 5 million members, yet sex workers have no special influence. Indian society and politics are known to be too conservative to talk about sex work openly, much...

May 17, 2019
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06May

India. Pension fund regulator to work with Nasscom, startups for National Pension System

The pension fund regulator is in the process of undertaking steps to identify the areas under the National Pension System (NPS) which could utilise the financial technologies (fintech) using the regulatory sandbox approach for the benefit of subscribers and NPS as a whole. A regulatory sandbox (RS) usually refers to live-testing of new products or services in a controlled and test regulatory environment for which regulators may or may not permit certain regulatory relaxations for the limited purpose of...

May 6, 2019
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March 2019

05Mar

India. Serving, retired staff of government insurers to benefit from pension scheme

Retired and serving employees of government-owned insurance companies are happy at the Centre's decision to offer another chance to opt for pension scheme. "I am happy with the development. With the interest rates on bank deposits sliding down, getting a steady pension income is good. I am going to opt for pension," said Y. Sivam, a retired employee of National Insurance Company Ltd. A serving employee in the same company said: "Earlier I didn't opt for the pension...

March 5, 2019
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