Pensioners to hold nationwide protest at Jantar Mantar from March 9, demand minimum pension hikeThe protest has been called by the EPS-95 National Agitation Committee and will coincide with the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament. The...
07 Mar, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
EPS-95 pensioner to start 3-day protest for Rs 7,500 minimum pensionPensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 will protest at Jantar Mantar from March 9 to 11. They demand a minimum monthly pension...
07 Mar, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Govt assures to look into demand for higher pension, says pensioners body EPS-95 NACThe government assured to consider increasing the minimum monthly pension to Rs 7,500 for 78 lakh pensioners after their recent protests. U...
02 Aug, 2024, 06.38 PM IST
TMC's Abhishek launches old-age pension scheme in his LS seat; BJP questions source of fundsUnder the 'Shroddhargyo' (respect to seniors) initiative launched by the TMC national general secretary, 16,380 party volunteers will contr...
07 Jan, 2024, 08.33 PM IST
EPS-95 pensioners to go on hunger strike on Thursday, demand Rs 7,500 minimum monthly pensionPensioners body EPS-95 National Agitation Committee on Wednesday said its members across the country and in the national capital will go on...
19 Jul, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Revival of Chinese economy 'complicated' due to growing global competition: Chinese President XiIn a tacit admission of the disquieting state of the world's second-largest economy which last year shrank to three per cent registering it...
17 Feb, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Will restore old pension scheme if elected to power in Gujarat: Rahul GandhiCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of making the elderly dependent by abolishing the old pension scheme. He assured th...
20 Sep, 2022, 10.59 AM IST
Millennials don't save, buy a house like older generation: Here's whyIt is quite common for the older generation to presume that the younger generation is set on the wrong path. This story is thousands of yea...
22 Jul, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
For Greece's austerity-hit elderly, bailout 'will never end'Now, the country is looking to the end of its third and final rescue package next week, but for Vagelakos, there is little to cheer about.
17 Aug, 2018, 12.56 PM IST
OROP: After Jantar Mantar crackdown, veterans to step up protests; servicemen may target BJP in Bihar pollsAll eyes are now on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech where he is expected to address the issue.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
Rules bent to give govt job to Geelani's grandson during 2016 Kashmir unrestHe was appointed research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir international convection complex. The appointment was done flouting all rules of recrui...
04 Mar, 2017, 07.48 AM IST
TRS uses stolen photos to give its government humane faceAs it turns out, the two individuals portrayed — an elderly man and a teary-eyed woman — are not from Telangana.
10 Dec, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Activists seek Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's help for pension to elderlyThey asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to intervene and stop the "system of patronage" in the Delhi government's pension programme.
29 Dec, 2013, 10.47 PM IST
Pension protest at PM's House: Aruna Roy, others detainedAll were taken to the Parliament Street police station and let off in the evening, a senior police official said.
06 Dec, 2013, 08.09 PM IST
Protest planned in capital to press for universal pensionOrganisations will hold a dharna at Jantar Mantar tomorrow to press their demand for making pension scheme universally applicable.
26 Nov, 2013, 05.53 PM IST
- Sonia Gandhi assures help to pensioners
Activists demanded a hike in monthly pension for the elderly and also the removal of Above Poverty Line criterion in giving pensions.
22 May, 2012, 02.59 PM IST
- India's welfare programmes are not very good at reaching the poorest of the poor: World Bank
How effective are India's innumerable social security programmes at reaching out to the poorest of the poor? If a recent World Bank report ...
08 Jun, 2011, 03.08 PM IST