Centre fixes Rs 15,000 monthly wage ceiling under Employees' Pension Scheme

New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Centre has amended the Employees' Pension Scheme, 2026, to explicitly fix a monthly wage ceiling of Rs 15,000 under a key provision, replacing an earlier arrangement under which the amount was to be specified separately by the Central government. The amendment, notified by the Ministry of Labour and Employment through G.S.R. 890(E) on Thursday, took retrospective effect from September 17, according to the Gazette of India. Under the notification, the government has substituted the words "such sum as may be specified by the Central government" with "wages upto rupees fifteen thousand (Rs 15,000/-) per…