Aam Aadmi Occasion on Tuesday introduced that if the get together involves energy in Karnataka, it’s going to re-introduce the Outdated Pension Scheme (OPS), for which the state authorities NPS workers carried out an indefinite strike.
AAP vice-president Bhaskar Rao, who accompanied get together leaders to Freedom Park to increase his help to the protestors demanding OPS, introduced that if AAP involves energy within the state, NPS can be scrapped quickly after the get together involves energy within the state.
Talking on the protest, Bhaskar Rao stated, “Throughout the Punjab elections, the Aam Aadmi Occasion had promised to implement OPS if it involves energy. Accordingly, the cupboard there authorised the implementation of OPS in November and the federal government issued a gazette notification. In Gujarat too, the AAP had given a assure on the implementing OPS however the get together didn’t come to energy there. If we come to energy in Karnataka, we’re dedicated to implementing OPS. We’ll clearly point out this within the election manifesto and the assure card that can be issued to the individuals. AAP is all the time dedicated to defending the curiosity of presidency workers.” he stated.
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AAP chief Brijesh Kalappa alleged that the wants of the frequent man don’t matter to the Centre and the current state authorities and for them “solely capitalist businessmen are necessary”.
“For BJP governments on the centre and within the state, solely capitalist businessmen are necessary. The wants of the frequent man, together with workers, labourers, farmers, small businessmen, don’t matter to the BJP authorities. Individuals from totally different walks of life have been protesting for thus lengthy and now authorities workers have come out on the streets. If BJP leaders have even the slightest of concern for presidency workers, allow them to abolish NPS and implement OPS on the earliest” he stated.
AAP’s labour wing state president Ravi Shankar claimed that abolishing NPS and implementing the OPS will “not put a lot monetary burden” on the federal government.
“The workers who joined the federal government service after 2006 are feeling insecure due to NPS. They’re fearful about life after retirement. Abolishing NPS and implementing OPS is not going to put a lot monetary burden on the federal government. The NPS belief’s contribution is greater than ₹16,000 crore and if OPS is carried out, the contribution can be prevented. When the NPS is scrapped, the cash that’s obtained together with curiosity can be utilized for improvement works of the federal government,” he stated.
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Karnataka is slated to go to Meeting polls subsequent yr.
The Punjab cupboard has authorised the restoration of Outdated Pension Scheme.Confronted with a number of calls for from authorities workers, the Punjab authorities took the choice to revive the Outdated Pension Scheme.
Earlier, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand too went again to the Outdated Pension Scheme and quashed the brand new pension scheme.Below the previous pension scheme, a authorities worker is entitled to a month-to-month pension after retirement. The month-to-month pension is usually half of the final drawn wage of the particular person.Below the brand new pension scheme, workers contribute a portion of their salaries to the pension fund. Primarily based on that, they’re entitled to a one-time lump sum quantity on superannuation. For the document, the previous pension scheme was discontinued in December 2003, and the brand new pension scheme got here into impact on April 1, 2004.