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Budget 2026 should announce tax relief on bank deposits, insurance and pen
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The central government in the upcoming budget 2026 should announce reforms across taxation, insurance and pension sectors to boost household financial savings, reduce compliance challenges and improve social security coverage in the country, highlighted a report by State Bank of India (SB
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Key amendments in PFRDA rules give more freedom to National Pension System
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has changed the rules for how people can take money out of their National Pension System (NPS) accounts. These updates apply to the PFRDA (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) Regulations, 2015. The main goal o
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Pakistan: Government employees stage protest against pension reforms in Is
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Government employees demanded an end to what they termed as discriminatory policies, including the abolition of dual pensions and changes to the pension calculation formula. In addition, they demanded a 10 per cent rise in disability allowance.
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Pakistan: Govt employees stage protest for better salaries, reversal of pe
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Government employees in Pakistan, under the banner of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA), staged a protest outside the Pakistan Secretariat on Wednesday, demanding better salaries and the reversal of recent pension reforms, as reported by the Dawn.
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Pakistan’s New pension reforms aim to reduce PKR 45 trillion liabilities a
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistan government has imposed a ban on receiving double pensions from the national treasury to meet the requirements set by multilateral lenders such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
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Pakistan: Govt employees hold massive protests against salary cuts, pensio
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged widespread protests on Thursday, vehemently opposing proposed salary cuts and pension reforms, as reported by Dawn.
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France: Macron reshuffles cabinet amid criticism after riots
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The reshuffle came in the second term of President Emmanuel Macron which has been facing internal crises including months of demonstrations over pension reforms and five days of rioting after the police shot of an Algerian and Moroccan teenager during a traffic check.
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Govt employees in Pakistan protest against pension reforms
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
They said that the government had recently introduced pension reforms that were not acceptable to them. They said the 35 per cent deduction in pension of government employees was an injustice. They added that the decision was not acceptable to government employees.
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French woman put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macro
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The complaint focused on a post on her Facebook page made on March 21, the day before Macron gave a lunchtime interview to TF1 television to defend his controversial pension reforms that have sparked nationwide protests.
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Britain's King Charles III's visit to France postponed amid protest over p
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Given yesterday's announcement of a new national day of action against pension reform on Tuesday, March 28 in France, the visit of King Charles III, initially scheduled for March 26 to 29 in our country, will be postponed," the statement read.
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Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron's govt fa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The French President on Thursday pushed the unpopular pension reform scheme which proposed to raise the retirement age for most workers to 64 from 62 without a vote of lawmakers in the National Assembly, defying mass protests throughout the country, The New York Times reported.
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Protests in France over plans to raise the retirement age
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
More than one million people protested against the government's plans to raise the retirement age for most workers.
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