A sustainable and scalable approach in India Pension   Authors : Ajay Shah (2005)   Download PDF (Filesize: 170 kb ) This paper highlights a sustainable approach in India's pension reform. It analyses existing mechanisms and the difficulties in pension system. It also focuses on the significance and need of the pension reform in India.

Civil Service Pension Reform:Time to Act   Author : Prof Mukul G. Asher and Deepa Vasudevan (2004)   Download PDF (Filesize: 106 kb ) First Published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.39, No.51, December 18-24, 2004, pp 5363-5365.

Issues in Pension System Reform in India   Author : Dr. Ajay Shah (2003)   Download PDF (Filesize: 50 kb ) This paper is focused on India s policy choices in pension system design. The author first deals with India 's unique initial conditions, which consist of both strengths and weaknesses, and which have a considerable impact upon the pension system design. From this backdrop, the author offers some arguments about a series of choices in pension system design. Finally, the author summarises the contours of the new pension system that is being considered for India .

The Case for a Regulatory Authority for India 's Pensions System   Author : Basudeb Sen (1999)   Download PDF (Filesize: 25 kb ) As the Indian policymakers begin to focus on reforming the pension system, one of the major issues they will face relates to the regulatory capacity. This paper argues that there is a strong case for setting up a separate regulatory agency, provisionally called the Provident and Pension Funds Authority (PPFA) to regulate India 's pension sector.

Old-Age Income Security for the Poor   Author : Rajeev Ahuja (2003)   Download PDF (Filesize: 66 kb ) This paper argues that while the new pension system that is being promoted in the country is appropriate for those who can save for their retirement, there is need for an alternative approach for low-income people who cannot fully provide for their retirement, for which reason a significant proportion of workers may not be able to benefit from the new system.

Reforming India 's Social Security System   Author : Prof Mukul G. Asher (2001)   Download PDF (Filesize: 395 kb ) This paper analyzes the evolution of India 's social security system since 1947. It provides a system-wide overview of five different pension provisions -- schemes run by the EPFO, central government pensions, pension schemes of public sector enterprises, voluntary tax advantaged savings schemes, and social assistance programs for the lifetime poor. This paper also provides a brief discussion of the direction of India 's pension reform.

Growth-Mediated and Support-led Social Security in Unorganized Sector in India   Author : S. Mahendra Dev (2000)   Download PDF (Filesize: 296 kb ) The objective of the paper is to provide an overview of the growth-mediated and support-led social security arrangements for the unorganized sector in India . This paper concentrates on preventive and protective schemes for the unorganized sector.

Greying of the Indian railways   Author : S.N. Mathur (1998)   Download PDF (Filesize: 160 kb ) This paper focuses on the implicit debt which has been accumulating over the years on account of insufficient contributions made to the India Railways pension fund. The paper also suggests reforms in the pension scheme currently being operated by the railways, /with a view to improving its financial position in the coming years.

India's pension reform: A case study in complex institutional change (New)