New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- In a major step towards taking pension awareness and retirement security to rural households, the Department of Rural Development (DoRD) and the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create and support a community-based outreach mechanism of 'Pension Sakhis' across rural India.

According to the Ministry of Rural Development, the MoU was signed between Amit Shukla, Joint Secretary, DoRD, and Sumeet Kaur Kapoor, Executive Director, PFRDA, in the presence of Rohit Kansal, Secretary, Department of Rural Development.

The partnership seeks to leverage the extensive community institutional network created under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana: Nationa...