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The Old State Pension, consisting of the Basic State Pension (alongside the Graduated Retirement Benefit, the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme, and the State Second Pension; collectively known as Additional State Pension), is a benefit payable to men born before 6 April 1951, and to women born before 6 April 1953.
In the unified pension system, a civil servant contributes 10% of their salary while the government contributes 18% each month on their behalf. After retirement, the civil servant receives 50% of their basic pay of the average of the last 12 months preceding retirement. The pension is indexed to inflation and increases every years. [14]
The state pension is based on years worked, with a 35-year work history yielding a pension of £203.85 per week. [1] It is linked to wage and price increases. Most employees and the self-employed are also enrolled in employer-subsidised and tax-efficient occupational and personal pensions which supplement this basic state-provided pension.
Typically this requires payments throughout the citizen's working life in order to qualify for benefits later on. A basic state pension is a "contribution based" benefit, and depends on an individual's contribution history. For examples, see National Insurance in the UK, or Social Security in the United States of America.
However, employee’s contribution is 12% of the basic wage as per sec.2(b) of the act and employer’s share of contribution is also 12% of the basic wage as per sec.2(b) of the act. In employer contribution of 12%, 8.33% transfer to EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) and 3.67% transfer to EPF (Employee Provident Fund).
CPI-M formed the government in the state for nearly 25 years until BJP won the state elections in 2018. CPI-M made electoral promise to persuade the 80,800 pensioners and 1.04 lakh government employees among the 28 lakh voters in the state that OPS will be re-implemented if they vote the party to power again. [ 40 ]
The National Pension System (NPS) is a voluntary defined contribution pension system administered and regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), created by an Act of the Parliament of India. The NPS started with the decision of the Government of India to stop defined benefit pensions for all its employees who ...