'The social security system in India provides minimal support to the elderly poor,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
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Presenting the Union Budget for the year 2012-13, the Finance Minister informed the Lower House of Parliament that the enrolments into the other system have already crossed 20 crore (200 million) and the Aadhaar numbers generated upto date has crossed 14 crore (140 million).
Fourteen billion dollars goes a long, long way; it would buy you three US aircraft carriers or six NASA rover missions to Mars.
"In roughly seven years, or around 2024, the population of India is expected to surpass that of China," a UN report said.
Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
The overdraft facility has been sanctioned in only 40,000 accounts
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's decision to co-contribute, for 3 years, Rs 1,000 per annum to each individual who opens an account under the New Pension Scheme is more than welcome.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
'Silencing citizens has become a major institutional process under this regime.' 'The anti-Indian argument is a bogey -- meant to silence independent thinking people in India and turn us into goats and sheep.'
Commercial banks are also expected to be soft on loan repayments and restructure the loans, if not write them off.
Khalid Saifullah created Missing Voters, an app which enables people to conveniently apply for voter cards.
Here's a simple five-step plan to put you on the road to proper retirement planning.
'For the first time one single party is getting 49% which is a record of its own.'
The manifesto, on the lines of the party's promise in Delhi in 2015, also says the AAP government will set up Aam Aadmi canteens at sub-division and district levels where one time meal will be available for Rs 5, and reduce the power tariff to half for usages up to 400 unit.
Germany was the fourth best place for older people to live.
But increase in the statutory contribution will boost retirement corpus
The term of the last chairman of the pension regulator, Yogesh Agarwal, was cut short by the finance ministry in November.
A programme that endeavours to graduate the poorest people could have seminal implications for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
When most nonagenarians are content to pass their time in their neighbourhood's gardens, Raj Kumar Vaishya, 96, has enrolled himself in the Patna-based Nalanda Open University to pursue his lifelong dream of earning a masters in economics, reports MI Khan.
In an age when the electorate is increasingly impatient and changes governments every 5 years, how did the Tamil Nadu chief minister beat anti-incumbency?
Perhaps, more daughters will feel more loved if the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme were to be replaced, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Prime Minister Modi has said it is their small units that drive the Indian economy.
Retirees have better options that offer liquidity, better returns and are more tax-efficient.
The COVID-19 pandemic, weak economic conditions, and a few political considerations are some of the challenges he faces.
Modi's name sparks muted enthusiasm, scepticism among youth; people expect better development pace from the prime minister
A tweet by the Press Information Bureau said the states which have imposed lockdown in all districts include Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland. The other states are: Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Ladakh, Tripura, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Daman Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Karnataka and Assam.
Curbing the federal deficit is the government's absolute priority on February 28.
Rediff reader Ashok Gupta, 60 from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh shares his advice on how to keep COVID-19 away.
Will appeasement, rising unemployment and her dictatorial style become major obstacles in her path? asks Payal Singh Mohanka.
'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.
'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.'
She needs to find innovative ways to at least match the growth during Gehlot's rule.
Even if they score administratively, state governments ruled by the party suffer from an inability to communicate positively, say observers.
A few tips on how to be prepared for the uncertainties that may come our way.
'Apart from providing you with the ability to withstand escalating medical expenses, a dedicated financial plan for health will also ensure financial independence in old age,' advises Arun Thukral, MD & CEO, Axis Securities.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for levelling "unfounded corruption charges" against her party and questioned as to why Lokayukta was not appointed in Gujarat for ten years.
Nine hundred and forty-seven people are said to have died in grief after J Jayalalithaa's demise on December 5. But how true is this claim?
