Seven Days

All India
Pension Tension

After using ‘one rank one pension’ as a trump card during the LS polls, has the Modi regime developed cold feet? Or is it being wise in thinking through the financial implicati­ons (Rs 10,000 crore more every year)? Either way, it sho­wed little political sagacity in bre­aking up the pensioners protest on I-Day eve. Public outrage and a joint letter by 10 ex-chiefs of staff led to Delhi police publicly apologising for their heavyhandedness. But the elephant is still...well...on the road.