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There is good news for central and state government employees as well as pensioners as the Cabinet secretary PK Sinha has given an assurance over a key demand of the staffers for which they had been agitating for long.
Employees have been agitating for long about restoration of old pension and scrap the new pension scheme for central and state Govt. employees throughout the country. In a recent development, Delhi Assembly passed a resolution to scrap the new pension scheme for it's employees and sent the resolution for centre's nod. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh constituted a high power committee to look into the aspects of restoration of old pension for it's staff. West Bengal is yet to join the new pension scheme. While the general election knocking at the door, political parties can not ignore the demand of restoration of old pension scheme and the unions are trying to capitalize the situation for the favour of the employees.
A massive protest was organized on Monday in Delhi by the joint platform of state and central workers under the banner of Public Service Association of India. Following the protest, Cabinet secretary called these employees for a late night discussion. The latest update suggests that the outcome of the discussion has largely been positive.
The assurance that has been given to central government employees is that the matter of providing all the benefits of the old pension scheme, which was discontinued previously, to employees will be taken up in the next Cabinet meeting!
This is a massive development and indicates that the Centre is willing to at least think about going back on the new pension scheme, which is being opposed by staffers.
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