The Government of India has announced a series of reforms in recent years to streamline taxation and strengthen long-term retirement security on popular pension schemes.

The Union Budget 2026 has maintained the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) wage ceiling at Rs 15,000, a limit unchanged since 2014. Experts highlight that an increase would have significantly boosted ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026 in the Lok Sabha on Sunday. After the presentation of ...

E-commerce platforms such as Blinkit have been directed to drop claims of 10-minute deliveries after Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked them to prioritise the safety of delivery partners.

A major revision in the provident fund eligibility rules is under discussion that could significantly expand social security ...

The pension corpus is built from two primary sources: an employer contribution of 8.33 per cent of wages and a 1.16 per cent ...

EPS-95 pensioners have been long demanding that the minimum monthly pension be raised from Rs 1,000 to Rs 7,500. Arguing that ...

The Modi government has reiterated in Parliament that there is no immediate plan to raise the minimum EPS-95 pension from Rs ...

The Central government is reportedly considering a proposal to raise the wage ceiling for mandatory EPF contributions to ...

Various labour unions and employees' representative bodies have been demanding the revision for years citing rising inflationary pressure and inadequate pension amount under the EPS scheme. At present ...

While EPF helps build a sizeable corpus that can be withdrawn at retirement, EPS ensures a fixed monthly pension after the ...

The Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) Scheme, launched in 2019, is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme for unorganised workers with a monthly income of up to Rs 15,000 who are not ...