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The National Pension System (NPS) is a defined contribution pension system administered and regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), created by an Act of the Parliament of India. The NPS started with the decision of the Government of India to stop defined benefit pensions, Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for all its ...
Social security includes different kinds of benefits (maternity, unemployment, disability, sickness, old age, etc.) [1] A social pension is a stream of payments from the state to an individual that starts when someone retires and continues to be paid until death. [2] This type of pension represents the non-contributory part of the pension ...
The Government of India has social welfare and social security schemes for India's citizens funded either by the central government, state government or concurrently. Schemes which are fully funded by the central government are referred to as "central sector schemes" (CS) while schemes mainly funded by the centre and implemented by the states are "centrally sponsored schemes" (CSS).
Relaunched on 9 May 2015; 9 years ago. Atal Pension Yojana (APY, translation: Atal's Pension Scheme ), formerly known as Swavalamban Yojana (SY, translation: Self-Support Scheme) is a government-backed pension scheme in India, primarily targeted at the unorganised sector. It was mentioned in the year 2015 Budget speech by the Finance Minister ...
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Aawas Yojana ( lit. 'Prime Minister's Rural Housing Scheme' ), previously Indira Awas Yojana ( lit. ' Indira 's Housing Scheme' ), is a social welfare programme, created by the Indian Government, to provide housing for the rural poor in India. [1] A similar scheme for urban poor was launched in 2015 as Housing for All by 2022.
Smriti Zubin Irani ( née Malhotra; Hindi pronunciation: [smɾɪt̪ɪ iːɾɑːniː] born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model and television producer. She has been Minister of Women and Child Development since 2019, and also Minister of Minority Affairs since 2022 (as the first non-Muslim to hold the position).
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is a ministry of the Government of India in personnel matters specially issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff welfare as well as the post-retirement dispensation. The ministry is also concerned with the process of responsive people-oriented modern administration.
The Jeevan Pramaan portal has facilitated the issuance of digital life insurance to 800+ pensioners, with 96% of pension cases settled through the 'Centralized Information and Pensioner Employees Management system' software developed by IT&C, deployed in the Directorate of Audit & Pension, Naharlagun.