YC partner on AI's funding gap, Indian startups; TCS CEO talks IT's resilienceHappy Monday! Y Combinator’s Ankit Gupta told ET in an exclusive chat that AI money is crowding at the top while early founders scramble fo...
13 Apr, 2026, 08.18 AM IST
Voluntary pension scheme for all on cards: Won’t be tied to employment, will be open for allIndia is exploring a Universal Pension Scheme that is voluntary and contributory, aimed at offering social security to all individuals. The...
25 Feb, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
China's young people are giving up on saving for retirementChina faces challenges in encouraging young people to save for retirement, with skepticism among youth due to concerns about job scarcity, ...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.55 AM IST
Fault lines in Chinese pension system create challenges for elderly populationChina's pension system faces challenges with demographic shifts and slow reforms, impacting senior citizens like Hao Pengfei. Issues includ...
28 Mar, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
India's pension system improves from 2022: ReportIndia's retirement system has improved slightly from last year but still ranks 45 out of 47 in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Inde...
17 Oct, 2023, 08.31 PM IST
Unfunded pension schemes are attacks on future generations: EAC-PM member Sanjeev Sanyal on Old Pension Scheme revival"It should be very clear that unfunded pension schemes are ultimately attacks on future generations. Therefore, one should be very, very ca...
26 Dec, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
China kicks off its private pension scheme in 36 citiesThe first batch of cities in the scheme include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu, China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Se...
25 Nov, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
India's pension system showing steady improvement: ReportIndia's overall index value has increased from 43.4 in 2016 to 44.9 in 2017 and its pension system is found to be more sustainable than tha...
23 Oct, 2017, 02.06 PM IST
UK business transformation ongoing: Tata SteelThe company confirmed that discussions with British Steel Pension Scheme trustees and the UK Pensions Regulator will be concluded in the co...
02 May, 2017, 09.01 PM IST
Subramanian Swamy raises one-rank one-pension issue with Manohar ParrikarBesides one-rank one-pension scheme, Swamy also brought to Parrikar's notice some strategic issues regarding China's defence capacity.
22 Dec, 2014, 01.33 PM IST
China unifies urban, rural pension schemes under new reformsThe move, part of the efforts to address pension payment gaps between urban and rural areas, was approved by the central cabinet headed by ...
08 Feb, 2014, 03.09 PM IST
- China announces benefits for disgruntled Tibetan monks, nuns
China has announced new social benefits like pensions and medical insurance for Tibetan clergy, in what appears to be an attempt to pacify ...
24 Nov, 2011, 10.09 PM IST
Indian firms jolted by China's social security plan for foreign employees; to push wage bill by over 40%The social security plan has put expansion plans of some companies in a quandary while new investors may have to reconsider their plans.
02 Nov, 2011, 07.48 AM IST
- Indian firms hit as China's social security plan pushes up cost
Indian businesses operating in China are shaken by China's decision to impose social security obligations for foreign employees.
30 Oct, 2011, 02.57 PM IST
- Russia, China sign loan deal for oil
Russia has signed up for a $25 bn (£17.54 bn) deal with China to supply oil from its Siberian fields in return for loans to Russia’s state-...
19 Feb, 2009, 02.20 AM IST
- Central police bodies to get pension benefits
The Central Police Organisations (CPOs) may be in for a major relief with the Union cabinet expected to exempt them from the purview of the...
12 Apr, 2007, 03.05 AM IST
- Bijli for babu: Cabinet gives a stiff packet with pay
In the last meeting of the Union Cabinet before the announcement of the election schedule, the government on Friday cleared a liberal hike ...
21 Feb, 2004, 08.39 AM IST