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Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mech...

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

A woman resident of the Wazirpur slum washing utensils before setting off to work. Photo: Jignesh Mistry. As expected, t...

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The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is ta...

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The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate

CFA Explainers The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) launched by the government as its compromise formula is being celebrated...

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Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

India is ranked 45th in the Pension Grade System of 47 countries. The USA ranked 22nd is a capitalist country but 1...

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Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

Representational image: An old person sitting on an Indian street. Photo: Flickr CC BY 2.0 (ATTRIBUTION 2.0 GENERIC) The...

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Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

There is an urgent need to review the National Social Assistance Programme for it to be effective and meaningful. While ...

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The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The l...

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Pension and other Social Security – India lags far behind

Our country’s constitution talks of equality, equal opportunity and social justice. But unfortunately, even after 74 ye...

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More Privatisation, less Accountability- How did the Indian Economy fare last month?

Land Monetisation corporation In pursuance of its policy of monetisation of national assets, the government earlier t...

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September 16, 2026

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mechanisms not only reflect economic growth but also indicate the capacity of the state to deliver welfare to its poorest and most marginalised populations (Sülzer 2008). The Internati...

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February 18, 2025

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

A woman resident of the Wazirpur slum washing utensils before setting off to work. Photo: Jignesh Mistry. As expected, the budget for the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) – a crucial centrally-sponsored social security scheme that provides non-contributory pensions to the most marginalise...

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September 24, 2026

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The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

A reading of the budget and the Economic Survey is a crucial exercise to understand the direction that the economy is taking. It gives a sense of how responsive is a government to the actual challenges in the economy and the real needs of the people. The current budget as such was crucial as it come...

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September 3, 2024

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The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate

CFA Explainers The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) launched by the government as its compromise formula is being celebrated by the godi media as the “best of both worlds”, i.e. the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and the New Pension Scheme (NPS). But a close scrutiny reveals otherwise, but before that, a litt...

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September 3, 2024

Thomas Franco

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

India is ranked 45th in the Pension Grade System of 47 countries. The USA ranked 22nd is a capitalist country but 100% of its population is covered under a pension system. In most countries the employer, whether government or corporate, has to provide a pension to their employees. In India, pen...

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February 18, 2025

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

Representational image: An old person sitting on an Indian street. Photo: Flickr CC BY 2.0 (ATTRIBUTION 2.0 GENERIC) The government’s budgetary allocations and poor implementation of welfare policies paint a concerning picture of oversight and disregard. The Economic Survey of India 2023-24 wa...

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February 18, 2025

Asmi Sharma

Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

There is an urgent need to review the National Social Assistance Programme for it to be effective and meaningful. While presenting the Union Budget 2024-25, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman lauded the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s achievements. She claimed that over the last 10 years ...

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December 23, 2022

Thomas Franco

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The labour codes even take away existing rights. The e-Shram portal has over 28 crore registrations, but no benefits are available to them. EPF benefits, including a pension of Rs 3,600...

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April 16, 2022

Thomas Franco

Pension and other Social Security – India lags far behind

Our country’s constitution talks of equality, equal opportunity and social justice. But unfortunately, even after 74 years, we lag far behind in social security. The organised workers who form just 3% of the total workforce in the country get contributory provident fund, gratuity, and pension. Even...

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April 1, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

More Privatisation, less Accountability- How did the Indian Economy fare last month?

Land Monetisation corporation In pursuance of its policy of monetisation of national assets, the government earlier this month approved the setting up of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC). It would be a government-owned company with the express purpose of monetising “surplus land”...

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Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

Pension and other Social Security – India lags far behind

More Privatisation, less Accountability- How did the Indian Economy fare last month?

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Budget For National Social Assistance Programme Remains Stagnant Yet Again

The Ostrich Budget: An Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26

The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate

Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker

Social Security Budget: A Forgotten Footnote

Budget 2024: How the Modi Government Has Neglected Social Security Pensions Once Again

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

Pension and other Social Security – India lags far behind

More Privatisation, less Accountability- How did the Indian Economy fare last month?