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The Madras High Court has found that a Caste Hindu had joined the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in 1982 in a post reserved for a Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidate, served the organisation for 32 years by prolonging the inquiry into his caste status and attained the age of superannuation in 2013 thereby depriving an unknown…
India’s retirement-income replacement rate is currently around 35–40%, compared with a roughly 60% level globally, according to Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairman S. Ramann, as the regulator seeks to cover 30 crore people through the National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) over the next four to five years. “Roughly,…
Ranjit K. Jain | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Name: Ranjit K. Jain Profession: Distributors and channel partners Number of family members: 4 Annual Income: ₹30 lakh For a family in the ₹30-lakh income bracket, the Union Budget is a study in contrasts. While it delivers a major victory for our global aspirations, it remains stubbornly…
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The Finance Department, over the years, has put in a process to filter the ineligible beneficiaries. Thiruvananthapuram: A detailed inspection done over the way the Kerala government’s monthly Rs 1,600 social welfare pension is being distributed has revealed that the amount is also being taken by at least 1,458 serving government officials including Gazetted officers….
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Upon investigation, police found that the man had been dead for a long time. A woman in Taiwan has been accused of hiding her dead father’s body in her home for years to claim his military pension. According to the South China Morning Post, the woman, whose identity has not been revealed, lived with her father…
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