Government Reforms Pension Rules for Better Services
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The government is changing pension rules. A pension is money that people get after they stop working.
The government says it will check the rules often. It will change them when needs change.
Dr. Jitendra Singh is a government minister. He talked about the new plan.
He said technology helps pension services work better. Technology means computers and new tools.
He said this brings more efficiency. Efficiency means doing work well without wasting time.
New technology also saves manpower. Manpower means the people who do the work.
It also saves resources. Resources are things like money and materials that people use.
The government wants pension rules to help more people. It wants the system to be modern and easy.
This plan will help workers get their pension money faster and more easily.
Vocabulary15 words
- pension
- money given to a person after they stop working
- technology
- computers and modern tools
- efficiency
- doing something well without wasting time
- manpower
- the people who do work
- resources
- things like money or materials used to do work
- reform
- a change that makes something better
- rules
- instructions that people must follow
- minister
- a person who leads part of the government
- review
- to look at something again carefully
- needs
- things people must have
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- system
- a way of doing things that works together
- modern
- new and up to date
- services
- help or work given to people
- plan
- an idea about what to do
Quiz
Answer key
1. Money given after work stops 2. Dr. Jitendra Singh 3. Makes them more efficient
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The government is changing _____ rules. A pension is money that people get after they stop working.
The government says it will check the rules often. It will change them when _____ change.
Dr. Jitendra Singh is a government _____. He talked about the new plan.
He said _____ helps pension services work better. Technology means computers and new tools.
He said this brings more _____. Efficiency means doing work well without wasting time.
New technology also saves _____. Manpower means the people who do the work.
It also saves _____. Resources are things like money and materials that people use.
The government wants pension rules to help more people. It wants the system to be _____ and easy.
This plan will help workers get their pension money faster and more _____.