’Find less costly ways...’: Raghuram Rajan speaks on Old Pension Scheme
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’Find less costly ways...’: Raghuram Rajan speaks on Old Pension Scheme

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Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has expressed his concern regarding the Old Pension Scheme. He said that restarting the old pension scheme would be an enormous obligation in the long run, adding, "less costly ways should be found to address the demands of government pensioners". The former RBI governor said the old pension scheme does involve massive future outlays because of the indexation of pensions to current salaries. He has advised state governments said the old pension scheme does involve massive future outlays because of the indexation of pensions to current salaries. Last week, the central government asked a group of select government employees to opt for the old pension scheme.

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