"We ex-service personnel are overwhelmed by the prime minister's affection for and trust in us," it added. The decision taken at a meeting ...

Ashok Gehlot's decision will benefit 4.40 lakh pensioners along with about 8 lakh officers-employees receiving salary as per rules of Rajas...

The former head and vice-chairperson of a panchayat samiti will get Rs 1,500 and Rs 750, respectively.

Pension Parishad, an initiative by Roy and other activists working for the welfare of unorganised sector, deliberated on several issues dur...

Several human rights groups today came together and held a public hearing in Delhi around the issues that affect the poor and marginalised.

Various government employees under the banner of 'Rajya Karamchari Sanyukt Parishad' took out a cycle rally here last evening to press for ...

They asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to intervene and stop the "system of patronage" in the Delhi government's pension programme.

Delegation of elderly people from Pension Parishad led by Aruna Roy met Rahul to apprise him of their long standing demands of revamp in ol...

All were taken to the Parliament Street police station and let off in the evening, a senior police official said.

Organisations will hold a dharna at Jantar Mantar tomorrow to press their demand for making pension scheme universally applicable.

Old age pension is likely to be linked with inflation on the pattern of MNREGA besides being made universal by doing away with APL and BPL ...

Hundreds of protesters today staged a demonstration here demanding that the government provide universal old age pension scheme for all sen...

Millions of elderly people are living a life of extreme vulnerability and destitution in the absence of any monetary income or support.

The government should accept the Pension Parishad’s recommendation to raise the pension amount to improve the well-being of the elderly.

Activists demanded a hike in monthly pension for the elderly and also the removal of Above Poverty Line criterion in giving pensions.

The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh...

Recommending removal of poverty line criteria for Old Age Pension scheme, Ramesh has said such conditions have harmed eligibility of some d...