Rs.1,000 minimum pension to continue
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of Rs.1,000 minimum monthly pension for pensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme beyond the financial year 2014-15.
 
Currently, it is effective only up to March 2015.
 
The decision to continue with the pension on perpetual basis was taken at a meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, an official release said.
 
The cabinet also approved corresponding grant of continuous annual budgetary support for implementing the minimum pension, which will be to the tune of Rs.850 crore per year on a tapering basis.
 
The present proposal is likely to benefit approximately 20 lakh pensioners.
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Mr Jitendra
1 decade ago
This means "Rob Peter to pay Paul" system of EPS will continue.

The entire EPS scheme 1995 is unrealistic. The amount of EPS deduction(Rs 541 or Rs 1250 now) collected from a EPFO subscriber is irrelevant while giving pensions. Unrealistic pensions are doled out at the end. There remains a shortfall that they keep filling with new new subscribers.
Even if they simply deposit the Rs 541 or Rs 1250 per month in each employee's PPF account those returns will be much better than what they give as pension per month.

I tried explaining this through multiple grievances on pgportal but to no avail. They pretend that they are not able to understand anything what I am saying.

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