A parliamentary committee has strongly recommended the government to increase the minimum pension of employees, which is currently just ₹1000, to ₹7500. The central government fixed the minimum pension for EPFO subscribers from ₹250 to ₹1000 per month in 2014.
Trade unions and pensioners associations have long been saying that with inflation skyrocketing, the minimum pension should be increased to at least ₹7500 per month. They also say that there has been no increase in this pension amount in the last 11 years, making it difficult for lakhs of pensioners to survive.
