Imagine spending decades working in a busy factory and then facing retirement with a mere ₹1,000 pension cheque that cannot meet expenses for even one week of groceries. For millions of Indian workers of the private sector, this was the nightmare scenario of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95) until things changed in 2025. A Supreme … Read more
Picture an imaginary scenario of spending your entire lifetime working from factories to offices and then facing retirement with nothing more than a ₹1,000 monthly pension, which is enough for only about a week’s groceries at current prices. This was the reality of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95) for millions of Indian workers. But the … Read more
Imagine scraping by on ₹1,000 per month in 2025. That might suffice for a week’s groceries on present-day high prices. For millions of retired Indian workers, it was a cruel reality under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95). October, though, brought illuminations. The government carried out an unprecedented, game-changing hike-an increase in the minimum pension to … Read more
Here, are you trying to envision spending a lifetime moving back and forth to the factory and office for their work, only to retire with ₹1,000-odd pension with which one can hardly meet a week’s essentials against rising price levels? For millions of EPS-95 pensioners, such foods for thought unleashed a surge of nationwide fury. … Read more
Envisioning the scenario wherein a person works for decades in a factory or office-job and retires either barely able to eat, or to the extent of Indian workers numbering in millions and falling under the EPS-95 scheme-would get a pension of ₹1,000 per month, too little to buy groceries for a week, thanks to ballooning … Read more
Consider that for numerous years such as the ones spent in factories and offices, just to be confronted by retirement with an unforgiving 1,000 INR monthly pension, which is hardly enough to purchase groceries for a week in these days of rising prices. This tough situation for millions of Indian workers was one of the … Read more