Atal Pension Yojana: FM: Atal Pension Yojana offers best guaranteed minimum 8 percent return

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday that Atal Pension Yojana or APY has been designed as an affordable scheme with a guaranteed pension amount. In a post on X, Sitharaman noted that the scheme has given 9.1% since inception, which is quite competitive even compared with other saving schemes. “Any upside above assured pension is … Read more

Rally, strike in Kargil seek sixth schedule, statehood for Ladakh

Hundreds of people participated in a protest march and observed a half-day strike in Kargil on Wednesday to press for the demands of statehood and implementation of the sixth schedule of the Constitution in Ladakh. Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), a grouping of political, religious and social organisations, which had called for the protest march, announced … Read more