How do you fund a pension bill?

Often while travelling through Delhi roads, one notices an autorickshaw sporting a wise crack. The one that seems most apposite for the moment, as the UPA government stumbles at getting any of the key Bills passed, is, waqt se pehle aur muqaddar ke aage kisi ko kucch nahin milta (before the right time and destiny, nothing will come to fruition). Possibly the Pension Bill has neither reached its time nor destiny to pass the Parliament gauntlet, despite being in the works for eight years. It does not really matter who decides to play spoilsport, but this Bill has earned an uncanny ability to get a filibuster.

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