Domestic Pension Funds Pour Record Sums into Equities

Imagine a piggy bank for people saving for retirement, called a pension fund.

Recently, a lot more of this retirement money is being put into the stock market, which is like a big marketplace for company shares.

This is the most money from these pension funds going into stocks that we've seen in many years.

One reason is that rules for a retirement plan called the National Pension System (NPS) changed, allowing more money to be invested in stocks.

Also, more young people are joining these plans and are comfortable putting more of their savings into stocks.

Another big retirement fund, the EPFO, has also been investing steadily in stocks through special funds that follow market indexes.

Experts believe this trend will continue as more people save for retirement and are open to investing in stocks, which means pension funds will have an even bigger impact on the stock market in the future.