India's new pension scheme

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Joseph Mariathasan explains how following a series of delays, India is set to launch its National Pension Scheme

India has big issues on its hands as it struggles to develop a pension strategy that both addresses the issues of the majority of the population, and improves the pensions currently offered to thos...

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