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New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday formally launched a pension scheme for senior citizens with an assured return rate of eight per cent, favouring efficiency with social security. “Banks have to lend at feasible rates, while senior ...

Bhubaneswar, (IANS) : The Odisha government on Wednesday increased the financial assistance or pension given to the war veterans, who fought in the Second World War, and for their widows from Rs 1,000 to Rs 6,000 per month. “Chief Minister ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : The subscriber base of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) that aims at old age income security for the working poor from mostly the unorganised sector has reached 53 lakh, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. Over ...

Mumbai, (IANS) : Tata Steel UK has completed the consultation process to close its existing pension scheme for its workers from March 31, 2017. A new pension scheme will be implemented from April 1, 2017. Tata Steel Ltd disclosed the ...

London, (IANS) : Tata Steel workers in the UK on Wednesday voted robustly in favour of accepting steel producer’s proposal on pensions, jobs, investment and production. As many as 72.1 per cent of the members who turned out for votes ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : A national pension regulator on Wednesday said that it is expecting a major boost in terms of the New Pension Scheme (NPS) subscribers in 2017-18. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Chairman Hemant Contractor said this ...

Kolkata, (IANS) : State-run general insurer National Insurance Company Ltd has collected Rs 800-900 crore as premium under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), a top official said on Friday. “We are not part of the kharif season, but ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : Defence Minster Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that around 20 lakh pensioners have been paid the benefits of One Rank One Pension so far, and more than 99 per cent of cases will be settled by ...

Chennai, (IANS) : The merger of Max Life Insurance Company Ltd with HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd has hit the regulatory block with the insurance regulator expressing reservations on the proposed scheme, Max Financial Services said on Saturday. In ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch on Wednesday a one-stop solution for pensioners — a web responsive service portal — to ease access to information relating to status of pension cases and speedy redressal of grievances, ...