Railway employees to get Rs 17,591 annual bonus: But why other central government employees get just Rs 6,908Indian Railway annual bonus: The central government has announced a Productivity Linked Bonus for non-gazetted Railway employees for FY 202...
16 Oct, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
NPS investment in startups: AINPSEF writes to PM Modi seeking probe and asks for dissolution of NPS TrustManjeet Singh Patel has alleged serious financial irregularities concerning the National Pension System Trust. He has requested a high-leve...
15 Oct, 2026, 12.24 PM IST
EPF withdrawals made easier for PF members but this impacts your retirement corpusRecent relaxations in EPF withdrawals allowed easy liquidity to cash-starved members, but it is advisable to resist this temptation and not...
14 Jul, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
Is India suffering from an unemployment issue? PM Modi says the country is generating jobsPrime Minister Narendra Modi defended his government's job creation efforts, citing a significant increase in taxpayers and EPFO subscriber...
23 May, 2024, 05.44 PM IST
DPIIT organises workshop on funds for startupsThe Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Anurag Jain chaired the workshop, which was organised as part...
10 Jan, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
EPFO wants to ease pressure on pension fundsEPFO must vastly improve its fund management, and ensure robust governance. Over 85% of its corpus - at about ₹12 lakh crore - is invested ...
05 Sep, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Sovereign green bonds may need to be more attractiveSince 2015, only a handful of companies, such as Yes Bank and CLP Wind Farms, sold just about ₹4,100 crore or $625 million of green bonds i...
04 Feb, 2022, 06.26 AM IST
A welcome shift in retirement savingsThe EPFO will have the option to invest in AIFs whose corpus is equal to or more than ₹100 crore, with maximum exposure to a single AIF cap...
23 Nov, 2021, 11.57 PM IST
PFRDA chief wants a fix on startup valuations before using pension money to fund themOn the performance of National Pension System (NPS), Bandyopadhyay said retail sector participation in NPS has reached a subscriber base of...
18 Aug, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Right Venture, LIC and EPFOIf more startups could be funded, the number of successes could climb. And LIC and EPF would secure higher returns for those who have put t...
17 Aug, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
Government keen on allowing pension, insurance funds into startupsThe Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is in talks with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and ...
17 Aug, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
EPFO can invest up to 5% in alternate investment funds to support infra pushThe EPFO manages more than Rs 12 lakh crore of retirement savings of over six crore subscribers. The new investment pattern will be effecti...
30 Apr, 2021, 06.11 PM IST
Private PFs can invest up to 5% of surplus in AIFs that back MSMEsThe EPFO manages more than Rs 12 lakh crore of retirement savings but the changes in the investment pattern announced by the finance minist...
17 Mar, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
Budget 2021: Is it now time for LIC, EPFO to invest in Indian startups?The government has started deliberations on allowing domestic pension and insurance funds to invest in Indian startups. While the idea isn’...
01 Feb, 2021, 06.53 AM IST
PEs, VCs want pension fund money in startup fundsIndia’s EPFO, which has a corpus in excess of Rs 10 lakh crore, is allowed to invest in government debt, corporate debt and public sector u...
18 Dec, 2019, 09.11 AM IST
The policy hack: Time for Indian sovereign funds to wake upAs per research data company, Preqin, venture capital funding in Asia touched about $20.7 Billion in 2017. Preqin, in a special report on S...
06 Oct, 2018, 11.25 AM IST
Government wants LIC to prop up startups with fundsThe Small Industrial Development Bank of India is implementing the Fund of Funds. “We want to fast-track it, processes are rather slow. We ...
08 Oct, 2016, 12.32 AM IST