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All you want to know about Employees’ Pension Scheme. Scheme can help employees get guaranteed pension throughout retired life How do I secure a regular monthly income after retirement? That’s a vexing financial problem that most Indians of our generation face, after the phasing out of guaranteed pension from the Government. But one guaranteed option that remains and usually flies under the radar, is the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995. This scheme can help employees with long years of service receive a modest but guaranteed pension throughout their retired life. Enrolment All organised sector employees in India who are enrolled with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) automatically become members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) as well. Once you enrol in the EPF, your employer deducts 12% of your basic pay plus dearness allowance every month towards your retirement corpus, with your employer making a matching contribution. While your 12%

Howdy Modi: India PM receives applause for changing Kashmir status The entire audience of 50,000 stood up and applauded in unison. With US President Donald Trump listening keenly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India had bid "farewell" to Article 370 that went against people-centric development in Jammu and Kashmir. "What India has done (revoking Article 370), there are some people who have trouble over it, they are themselves unable to even take care of their own country." "The time has come for a definite fight against terrorism. I want to state with emphasis that in this fight President Trump is with us strongly in the fight against terrorism, and he has shown his determination to fight against terrorism," PM Modi said, and asked the audience to stand up and give a standing ovation to the US President. The entire audience of 50,000 stood up and applauded in unison. Raising the issue of the revocation o

PM Imran Khan reacts to earthquake in Pakistan Army launch rescue operation in affected areas. Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday directed the concerned departments to provide immediate support in the ongoing relief and rescue activities in the quake-hit areas. Also read: Army launch rescue operation in quake-hit areas The prime minister was aggrieved over the losses in the quake-hit areas, PM office said in a press release. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), a number of people lost their lives while several others sustained injuries in a 5.8 intensity earthquake that hit different parts of the country, particularly affecting Mirpur area of Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Air India launches investigation after two flights encounter severe thunderstorms, suffer damages The two flights suffered severe turbulence within this week, leading to passenger inconvenience and fear. Air India has launched an investigation against crew members of flight number AI-467, following an incident in which the plane suffered damages after encountering severe thunderstorm. The plane for flight number AI-467, operating between New Delhi to Vijayawada, was an Airbus 320. The incident occurred on September 17, but the pilot, as well as the crew members on board, did not report the incident to the airline's flight safety department as per the norm, following which an investigation was launched, according to Air India officials. Another similar incident was reported on the aircraft Airbus-321 when the flight number AI-048 was plying from New Delhi to Cochin. The flight encountered bad weather and faced severe thunderstorms, but the pilot immed

Pakistan says to send its first astronaut to space by 2022. 50 individuals would be selected after which the list will be shortened to 25 in 2022. Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said that the country was committed to send its first astronaut to space by 2022. China would collaborate with Pakistan in its space mission, he said during an interview on Sunday, adding the selection process for the astronaut would start in 2020, reports The News International. He revealed that initially, 50 individuals would be selected after which the list will be shortened to 25 in 2022. The Minister added that out of them only one would be sent to space. The Pakistan Air Force, he said, would play an important role in the astronaut's selection.

Pakistan committed one of the biggest blunders by joining U.S. after 9/11, says Imran Khan Pakistan . Prime Minister Imran Khan admitted on September 24 that Pakistan committed “one of the biggest blunders” by joining the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks, saying the previous governments “should not have pledged what they could not deliver”. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think-tank here, Mr. Khan also said the least he expects the international community to do is to urge India to lift the curfew in Kashmir. Responding to a question, Mr. Khan said he had urged his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to “reset” bilateral ties and his government waited to resume talks until after the elections in India were over but then it found that “India is pushing us in the blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force to bankrupt us”. He said that by abrogating Article 370, India had cast aside the UN Security Council resolutions, the Simla accord and its