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The 6th annual IIEF
Pensions Sector Summit '04
08 - 10 November 2004, The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, India
Session 1:
Opening
Opening remarks and backdrop
Gautam Bhardwaj
Director, Invest India Economic Foundation
Imperatives for India's pension reform
C. Chidambaram
Union Finance Minister, Government of India
Session 2:
The New Pension System
Implementation status and road-map for NPS at the Centre
U.K. Sinha
Joint Secretary (CM & Pensions), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Questions
Extending NPS to the unorganised sector: Key recommendations from the ADB TA
Chris Butel
Chief of Party, ADB Unorganised Sector Pension Reforms TA
Questions
Session 3:
Special Address
Imperatives for India's pension reform
D. Swarup
Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
Dr. Parthasarathi Shome
Advisor to the Union Finance Minister, Government of India
Session 4:
Adoption of the NPS by States<
Policy framework and implementation road-map for NPS
U.K. Sinha
Joint Secretary (CM & Pensions), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Overview of the institutional and operational framework of NPS
Gautam Bhardwaj
Director, Invest India Economic Foundation
NPS interim arrangement: Operational overview and implementation issues
S.M. Kumar
Joint Controller General of Accounts, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Session 5:
NPS Adoption by State Governments
Status update on NPS adoption by state governments
Session Chairman
U.K. Sinha, Joint Secretary (CM & Pensions), DEA, Ministry of Finance
Panelists
Government of Tamil Nadu
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Government of Rajasthan
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Questions
Session 6 :
Existing provisions: Parametric and systemic reforms
Session chairman
Subhash C. Garg
Joint Secretary (State Finances), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance
Opening remarks by the Session Chairman
Civil service pension reforms: Policy choices, transition & implementation issues
Susan Thomas, Associate Professor, IGIDR
Panel discussion with State Governments
Government of Kerala
Government of Madhya Pradesh
Government of Tamil Nadu
Government of Maharashtra
Government of Orissa
Government of Bihar
Government of Manipur
Questions
Summary of discussions and closing remarks by the Session Chair
Close of workshop
DAY TWO:
Pensions Policy and Business Roundtable
Backdrop
Opening remarks and backdrop
Gautam Bhardwaj
Director, Invest India Economic Foundation
Keynote: The role for economic policy in facilitating broad-based social security
Civil Service Pension Reforms: Status and implementation road-map
Ashok Jha
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India
Questions
Country Case-studies
Session Chairman
Vinod Rai
Additional Secretary (FS), DEA, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Opening remarks and introduction by the Session Chairman
China's pension sector and policy outlook on reforms
Prof. Mukul Asher
Professor, National University of Singapore
Bhutan's pension sector and policy outlook on reforms
Ugen Chewang, Director, National Pension and Provident Fund, Bhutan
Maldives' pension sector and policy outlook on reforms
Dheena Moosa, Assistant Director, Social Security
Ministry of Gender, Family Development and Social Security, Government of Maldives
Questions
Closing remarks and summing up by the Session Chairman
The potential impact of pension reforms on financial markets, household savings and poverty in India: The ADB TA for the unorganised sector
Dr. Sudipto Mundle
Deputy Country Director - India, Asian Development Bank
Questions
India's new pension system: status and implementation road-map
Session Chairman
H. Prabhakar Rao
Controller General of Accounts, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance
Opening remarks by the Session Chairman
Policy framework, regulatory and institutional infrastructure, and implementation road-map for NPS
U.K. Sinha
Joint Secretary (Capital Markets & Pensions), DEA, Ministry of Finance
Panel discussion
L. Krishnan, Special Secretary (Finance), Government of Tamil Nadu
S.V. Mony, Secretary General, Life Insurance Council of India
G.V. Nageswara Rao, Managing Director, IDBI Bank
S.V. Prasad, Managing Director, Birla Sun Life AMC
Questions
Summary and closing remarks by the Session Chairman
NPS process design, administration and recordkeeping
Session chairman
U.K. Sinha
Joint Secretary (Capital Markets & Pensions), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Opening remarks by the Session Chairman
CRA operations, eligibility and selection process
Gautam Bhardwaj
Director, Invest India Economic Foundation
Panel discussion
C.B. Bhave, Managing Director, National Securities Depository Limited , Akshay Sood, Additional Secretary (Finance), Government of Himachal Pradesh
Hemant Sahai, Managing Partner, Hemant Sahai Associates
Summary and closing remarks by the Session Chairman
End of day one
Pensions Policy and Business Roundtable (Day three)
Management of Retirement Savings under NPS
Session Chairman
Dr. S.A. Dave
Chairman, India Pension Research Foundation
Opening remarks by the Session Chairman
09.35 PFM operations, eligibility and selection
Director, Barclays Global Investors (Singapore)
Panel discussion
Dr. Shashank Saksena
Joint Director, DEA, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Anuroop Singh
Managing Director, Max New York Life Insurance Co. Limited
Milind Barve
Managing Director, HDFC Asset Management Company Limited
Nilesh Shah
Chief Investment Officer, Prudential-ICICI AMC Limited
Questions
Summary and closing remarks by the Session Chairman
Consumer policies, products, benefits and taxation
Session Chairman
Ajai Singh
Commissioner of Income Tax, CBDT, Government of India
Opening remarks by the Session Chairman
Member policies and benefits: International experience
Jon Robinson
Managing Director, Vanguard Investments Singapore
Panel discussion
Dr. Ajay Shah, Consultant, DEA, Ministry of Finance, Government of India Arbind Modi, Officer on Special Duty, DEA, Ministry of Finance, Government of India Shikha Sharma, Managing Director, ICICI-Prudential Life Insurance Co. Limited
Nihal Kothari
Head of Taxation, Hindustan Lever Limited
Questions
Summary and closing remarks by the Session Chairman
EPFO: The next 10 years
Update on key initiatives and outlook of the EPFO
A. Viswanathan
Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, Ministry of Labour, Government of India
Comments
Prof. Mukul Asher, Professor, National University of Singapore
Questions
State Government Pension Reforms
The policy outlook and challenges for State Government pension reforms
Subhash C. Garg
Joint Secretary (State Finances), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Questions
Coverage Strategies: Access, service delivery, sales and distribution
Session chairman
Anand Bordia
Adviser, National Highways Authority of India, Government of India
Opening remarks by the Session Chairman
Coverage strategies: access, service delivery, sales and distribution
Elsbeth Johnson
Regional Director, Customer & Market Strategy, Prudential Corporation Asia
Panel discussion
Rajiv Inamdar, Executive Director, AC Nielsen ORG-MARG
Alok Pande, Assistant Director General, Department of Posts, Government of India
Mathew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan
Gautam Bhardwaj, Director, Invest India Economic Foundation
Questions
Summary and closing remarks by the Session Chairman
Vote of thanks
Close of Roundtable
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