India’s New Home Rent Law 2025 has emerged as one of the major reforms attracting attention in the housing sector. The government’s effort to modernize the overhauled rental regulations to the point where they are equally convenient for both tenants and landlords is further supported by the fact that millions of households still rely on … Read more
The Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS‑95), which is administered by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), provides coverage for more than 8 million pensioners throughout India. Since 2014, the retirees have been raising the same issue again and again to increase the minimum pension which currently stands at ₹1,000 a month. The issue of minimum pension … Read more
The 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) which was formally set up in 2025 has caused great controversy among the various trade union groups of government employees in the whole of India. The commission is to revise salaries, pensions, and allowances from January 1, 2026, but unions want the commission to tackle issues like social security, … Read more
The topic of pension arrears under EPS‑95 has been one of the major claims of seniors in India. Eventually, after much waiting, the EPFO took the first step in 2025 by offering old dues and new amounts of pensions in a phased manner. This action has given a lot of relief to pensioners who were … Read more
The establishment of the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) in 2025 has been a significant turning point for central government workers and pensioners. Due to the inflationary trend and the increasing DA, which is now over 58%, the unions were asking for a merger of the DA with the basic pay. Nonetheless, the government has … Read more
The fitment factor is essentially the multiplier that the Pay Commission recommends to change the basic pay into the revised basic pay through existing pay. It is one number that most weighty determines a central government employee’s salary and pension increase under a new pay structure. The 8th Pay Commission’s work in 2025 has brought … Read more
2025 saw the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) as one of the most talked-about issues by the employees and the pensioners of the government. DA (Dearness Allowance) was at a high of 58% due to inflation, and the unions had made a strong demand for the merger of DA with the basic pay. Now the … Read more
The long-pending matter of 18 months of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) arrears has once more come back to the surface in 2025. The COVID-19 pandemic, which was the main reason for the freeze, affected over 1.2 million central government employees and pensioners. The delay in payments has kept the government quiet on … Read more
The EPS‑95, which is administered by the EPFO, has been under fire for quite some time because of its minimum monthly pension of ₹1,000 which has not been change since 2014. In 2025, EPFO has finally opened the door on proposals to increase pensions, after a decade-long freezing and this has given many retirees a … Read more
Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS‑95) has so far been covering a large number of employees in the organized sector as well as pensioners. The year 2025 will see a new round of protests for better pensions from pensioner groups and trade unions. At the same time, these demands will be put forward not only in Parliament … Read more