Budget 2024: Debate over the NPS sharpened last year after Congress-ruled states such as Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh decided to go back to the old defined benefit system, which offered government employees 50% of their last-drawn salary as monthly pension. In contrast, the NPS is a defined contribution scheme through which an employee accumulates a corpus for retirement.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,