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Dushyant Chautala's JJP, Ally Promise To Buy All Crops At MSP In Haryana
The Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) alliance on Sunday released its poll manifesto for the Haryana assembly polls, promising to procure all grains at MSP, unemployment allowance of Rs 11,000 and old age pension of Rs 5,100 per mont
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62-Year-Old Man Dies While Waiting In Queue For Old Age Pension In Kashmir
A 62-year-old man died while waiting for verification of his credentials to get an old age pension at the social welfare office in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Srinagar.
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Elderly Be Provided Medicines, Masks, Sanitisers By States: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that all eligible old age persons should be regularly paid pension and states should provide them necessary medicines, masks, sanitizers and other essential goods in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Provide PPE, Face Masks To People In Old Age Homes: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Tuesday said pension to elderly persons should be disbursed on time and those living in old age homes across the country be provided with personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitisers and face masks during the persisting COVID-19 pandemic.
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Court Slams Officials For Stopping Woman's Pension Assuming She's Dead
The Madras High Court on Thursday lashed out at revenue department officials for stopping a woman's old age pension four years ago assuming she was dead, calling it a "reckless act".
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KCR Announces Rs 1 Lakh Farm Loan Waiver; Doubling Of Old Age Pension
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday assured Rs one lakh farm loan waiver, besides increasing assistance under the Rytu Bandhu scheme to Rs 10,000 per annum from the current Rs 8,000 if the TRS was voted to power once again.
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Huge Gaps In Implementation Of Old Age Pension Schemes: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court yesterday said that the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), which deals with pensions for elderly and other issues, was "prima facie" a good scheme but there were "huge gaps" in its implementation which needed to be filled.
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Protest For Universal Old-Age Pension Scheme In Delhi Tomorrow
Senior citizens from across the country will stage a protest in the national capital on Sunday to draw the government's attention towards their measly pension of Rs 200 per month and to demand a universal social security scheme to cover all those aged 65 and above.
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Millions Denied Pension As Finger Prints Don't Match Aadhaar Data: BJP Lawmaker
A BJP member in the Lok Sabha today said millions of people were not getting pension as their thumb impressions no longer matched the impression stored in the Aadhaar data due to old age.
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Government Clears Pension Scheme For Seniors With 8% Return
The scheme will be implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in the current financial year to provide social security during old age and protect elderly persons aged 60 years and above against a future fall in their interest income due to uncertain market conditions.
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Abandoned, Exploited, Destitute - How The Elderly Suffer In India
In India, more than half of the population of older persons, particularly in rural areas, continue to suffer from financial problems leading to a miserable situation in old age and about two-third of the older people have to depend on others for their day-to-day maintenance.
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Beijing's Population Greying Rapidly: Government
As China faces demographic crisis with rapid rise in population of old age people, the national capital is feeling the heat with numbers of pensioners climbing up to 23.4 per cent of about 22 million population.
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Denied Pension, 64-Year-Old Slashes Tongue In Telangana
A 64-year-old man who has not been receiving his old age pension slashed his tongue as a mark of protest at the Telangana Secretariat on Tuesday.
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Reserve Bank Allows NRIs to Subscribe to National Pension System
To enable Indians living abroad to access old age income security, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS).
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Madras High Court Orders Old Age Pension to 95-Year-Old Man
'Coming to the aid of a 95-year old man who was denied old age pension on the ground that he was fit enough to work, The Madras High Court in Madurai on Friday ordered that he be provided the financial assistance within four weeks.
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Dushyant Chautala's JJP, Ally Promise To Buy All Crops At MSP In Haryana
The Jannayak Janta Party-Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) alliance on Sunday released its poll manifesto for the Haryana assembly polls, promising to procure all grains at MSP, unemployment allowance of Rs 11,000 and old age pension of Rs 5,100 per mont
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62-Year-Old Man Dies While Waiting In Queue For Old Age Pension In Kashmir
A 62-year-old man died while waiting for verification of his credentials to get an old age pension at the social welfare office in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Srinagar.
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Elderly Be Provided Medicines, Masks, Sanitisers By States: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that all eligible old age persons should be regularly paid pension and states should provide them necessary medicines, masks, sanitizers and other essential goods in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Provide PPE, Face Masks To People In Old Age Homes: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Tuesday said pension to elderly persons should be disbursed on time and those living in old age homes across the country be provided with personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitisers and face masks during the persisting COVID-19 pandemic.
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Court Slams Officials For Stopping Woman's Pension Assuming She's Dead
The Madras High Court on Thursday lashed out at revenue department officials for stopping a woman's old age pension four years ago assuming she was dead, calling it a "reckless act".
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KCR Announces Rs 1 Lakh Farm Loan Waiver; Doubling Of Old Age Pension
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday assured Rs one lakh farm loan waiver, besides increasing assistance under the Rytu Bandhu scheme to Rs 10,000 per annum from the current Rs 8,000 if the TRS was voted to power once again.
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Huge Gaps In Implementation Of Old Age Pension Schemes: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court yesterday said that the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), which deals with pensions for elderly and other issues, was "prima facie" a good scheme but there were "huge gaps" in its implementation which needed to be filled.
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Protest For Universal Old-Age Pension Scheme In Delhi Tomorrow
Senior citizens from across the country will stage a protest in the national capital on Sunday to draw the government's attention towards their measly pension of Rs 200 per month and to demand a universal social security scheme to cover all those aged 65 and above.
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Millions Denied Pension As Finger Prints Don't Match Aadhaar Data: BJP Lawmaker
A BJP member in the Lok Sabha today said millions of people were not getting pension as their thumb impressions no longer matched the impression stored in the Aadhaar data due to old age.
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Government Clears Pension Scheme For Seniors With 8% Return
The scheme will be implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in the current financial year to provide social security during old age and protect elderly persons aged 60 years and above against a future fall in their interest income due to uncertain market conditions.
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Abandoned, Exploited, Destitute - How The Elderly Suffer In India
In India, more than half of the population of older persons, particularly in rural areas, continue to suffer from financial problems leading to a miserable situation in old age and about two-third of the older people have to depend on others for their day-to-day maintenance.
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Beijing's Population Greying Rapidly: Government
As China faces demographic crisis with rapid rise in population of old age people, the national capital is feeling the heat with numbers of pensioners climbing up to 23.4 per cent of about 22 million population.
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Denied Pension, 64-Year-Old Slashes Tongue In Telangana
A 64-year-old man who has not been receiving his old age pension slashed his tongue as a mark of protest at the Telangana Secretariat on Tuesday.
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Reserve Bank Allows NRIs to Subscribe to National Pension System
To enable Indians living abroad to access old age income security, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS).
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Madras High Court Orders Old Age Pension to 95-Year-Old Man
'Coming to the aid of a 95-year old man who was denied old age pension on the ground that he was fit enough to work, The Madras High Court in Madurai on Friday ordered that he be provided the financial assistance within four weeks.
