Delhis Ramlila Maidan Witnesses Enormous Rally By Authorities Workers In search of Restoration Of Previous Pension Scheme

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of presidency staff from throughout the nation converged at Ramlila Maidan within the nationwide capital on Sunday, looking for restoration of the previous pension scheme (OPS). The staff, underneath the aegis of the Nationwide Motion for Previous Pension Scheme (NMOPS), organised a rally to lift their demand earlier than the Centre. The ‘Pension Shankhnaad Maharally’ has been organised with the purpose of pressurising the Centre to implement the previous pension scheme as an alternative of the prevailing Nationwide Pension Scheme (NPS).

The organisers of the rally informed mediapersons that 4 states have already introduced implementation of the OPS, then why can’t the Centre implement it. Hundreds of presidency staff from numerous components of the nation participated within the rally at Ramlila Maidan. The rally is being organised, even because the Centre in March this 12 months had give you a one-time choice for presidency staff to go for the previous pension scheme. 

In accordance with a notification by the ministry of personnel, the staff who joined the central authorities companies towards posts marketed or notified earlier than December 22, 2003, the day NPS was notified, are eligible to affix the previous pension scheme underneath the Central Civil Providers (Pension) Guidelines, 1972 (now 2021).

The choose group of presidency servants can go for this selection by August 31, 2023. The choice as soon as exercised shall be ultimate, the ministry had mentioned. The transfer got here following numerous representations and references and courtroom selections on this regard, it mentioned. “It has now been determined that, in all circumstances the place the central authorities civil worker has been appointed towards a submit or emptiness which was marketed/ notified for recruitment/appointment, previous to the date of notification for NPS i.e. 22.12.2003 and is roofed underneath the NPS on becoming a member of service on or after 01.01.2004, could also be given a one-time choice to be coated underneath the CCS(Pension) Guidelines, 1972 (now 2021),” the order had mentioned.

These authorities servants who’re eligible to train the choice, “however who don’t train this selection by the stipulated date”, would proceed to be coated by the Nationwide Pension System, the order had acknowledged. Beneath OPS, staff get an outlined pension. An worker is entitled for a 50 per cent quantity of the final drawn wage as pension.

OPS was discontinued by the NDA authorities in 2003 with impact from April 1, 2004. Whereas underneath the NPS, staff contribute 10 per cent of their primary wage in direction of pension whereas the federal government contributes 14 per cent.