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Modi Govt 3.0 Backtracks On Pensions Now!
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Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) Introduced in India
But, is it for Better or Worse?
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Modi Govt 3.0 Backtracks On Pensions Now!
Is it the Coalition Effect or Has a Deeper Significance Underlying
Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) Introduced in India
But, is it for Better or Worse?
Let's Find Out
A Thread 🧵
India’s new Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) is a big change for the better in how people save for retirement. It’s like putting all the different pension plans into one big pot to make things easier and more secure for everyone who works.
Here’s what the UPS is all about:
- Assured Pension: If you’ve worked for at least 25 years, you’ll get half of your average salary from the last year as a pension. If you’ve worked less, you’ll still get a part of it.
- Family Pension: If something happens to you, your family will get 60% of your pension to help them out.
- Minimum Pension: Everyone will get at least ₹10,000 every month after retiring if they’ve worked for 10 years or more.
- Inflation Protection: Your pension will go up a bit each year to keep up with the cost of living.
- Extra Lump-Sum: When you retire, you’ll get a one-time payment along with your pension, which is a bit of your salary for every six months you’ve worked.
- Assured Pension: If you’ve worked for at least 25 years, you’ll get half of your average salary from the last year as a pension. If you’ve worked less, you’ll still get a part of it.
- Family Pension: If something happens to you, your family will get 60% of your pension to help them out.
- Minimum Pension: Everyone will get at least ₹10,000 every month after retiring if they’ve worked for 10 years or more.
- Inflation Protection: Your pension will go up a bit each year to keep up with the cost of living.
- Extra Lump-Sum: When you retire, you’ll get a one-time payment along with your pension, which is a bit of your salary for every six months you’ve worked.
Why UPS is Great? :
- For Everyone: It’s for all workers, even those in small jobs or without a formal pension plan.
- Take It With You: You can move your pension to a new job or place without any trouble.
- One System for All: A single group will look after the pension, so it’s the same for everyone.
- Better Benefits: Because everything is together, you might get more money when you retire.
- Learn About Money: People will be helped to learn how to plan their money for when they stop working.
- For Everyone: It’s for all workers, even those in small jobs or without a formal pension plan.
- Take It With You: You can move your pension to a new job or place without any trouble.
- One System for All: A single group will look after the pension, so it’s the same for everyone.
- Better Benefits: Because everything is together, you might get more money when you retire.
- Learn About Money: People will be helped to learn how to plan their money for when they stop working.
Some Challenges:
- Making the Change: It’s tricky to bring all the old plans into this new one without problems.
- Money Matters: The plan needs to have enough money to last and work well for a long time.
- New Rules: There will need to be some changes in the laws and how things are done.
- Making the Change: It’s tricky to bring all the old plans into this new one without problems.
- Money Matters: The plan needs to have enough money to last and work well for a long time.
- New Rules: There will need to be some changes in the laws and how things are done.
How is UPS different from the old plans?
- Old Pension Scheme (OPS): The government paid for everything, and you knew exactly how much pension you’d get.
- National Pension System (NPS): You and the government both put money in, and how much pension you got depended on how well the investments did.
- Unified Pension Scheme (UPS): It’s a mix of both. You get some guaranteed money and a chance for your pension to grow with the market.
- Old Pension Scheme (OPS): The government paid for everything, and you knew exactly how much pension you’d get.
- National Pension System (NPS): You and the government both put money in, and how much pension you got depended on how well the investments did.
- Unified Pension Scheme (UPS): It’s a mix of both. You get some guaranteed money and a chance for your pension to grow with the market.
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