Bank of Baroda launches new MSME offerings-‘Baroda Mahila Swavalamban’ and ‘Baroda Smart OD’Both existing and new Bank of Baroda customers can apply for the Baroda Mahila Swavalamban scheme through all Bank of Baroda branches acros...
NPS Lite exit rules revised; what subscribers must knowFresh enrollment under the NPS-Lite Swavalamban plan was discontinued in 2015 after the introduction of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), with...
SIDBI launches Swavalamban Challenge Fund to promote entrepreneurshipA challenge fund is a fund support mechanism to allocate funds for specific purposes using competition among organisations.
Tenders to be floated this year for construction of tunnel at Sela passThe tunnel will ensure faster movement of troops in the strategically located parts of the state bordering China.
PFRDA relaxes NPS exit rules on medical groundsThe PFRDA has relaxed the exit rules under NPS on medical grounds if the subscriber is physically incapacitated or has suffered a bodily di...
Pfrda looks at doubling Atal pension scheme accounts to 5 mnTalking about Swavalamban scheme he said "we are not taking any fresh investment under this scheme but only existing investments."
Swavalamban subscribers can switch to APY: PFRDASubscribers of micro-pension scheme 'Swavalamban', which closes tomorrow, can switch to the 'Atal Pension Yojana' (APY) and retain the gove...
Water conservation mission in Rajasthan kicks offThe 'Mukhyamantri Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan' launched recently by C M Vasundhara Raje, has now garnered support from various sections of soci...
How to open a new Atal Pension Yojana accountThe Atal Pension Yojana aims to provide a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 to workers in the unorganised sector.
PFRDA chief eyes increasing pension coverage by 20% for the poor by FY'18Pension fund regulator PFRDA today said it aims at increasing pension coverage for the deprived section to 15-20 per cent over the next few...
PFRDA aims to open 56 lakh Swavalamban Pension accounts through banks & NBFCs in 2014-15Swavalamban is a government initiative in which the government co-contributes Rs. 1000/- per annum to all eligible Swavalamban pension acco...
PFRDA seeks bankers help to promote pension in countryPension fund regulator PFRDA asked bankers to promote pension through various schemes and advised them to meet the target for selling Swava...
80 lakh subscribers target under Swavalamban pension scheme by FY15: PFRDAPFRDA Chairman said the banking industry is working in close co-ordination with the PFRDA and the Ministry of Finance to cover more people ...
New Pension System for low income group in AssamThe Swavalamban Pension Scheme for all citizens of low income group in Assam will be implemented by the government in a phased manner.
- Government to give Rs 2,065 cr more to Swavalamban pension scheme
In 2010-11, there were about 3.02 lakh subscribers under the scheme, whereas during 2011-12 (till March,9, 2012) there were 1,93,238 subscr...
- Finance ministry to meet PSU bank chief based in south on Swavalamban
In a bid to push Swavalamban Yojana- D K Mittal, secretary - department of financial services will be meeting chiefs of south based banks
- MFIs may get to set up banks
The Reserve Bank of India may soon allow micro-finance institutions (MFIs) to set up banks, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said.