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Teachers in Telangana staged a massive protest at Dharna Chowk demanding the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). MLC Pingili Sripal criticised the Congress government for failing to act on its promise to scrap the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament there is no proposal to restore the Old Pension Scheme for central government staff under NPS. Instead, the Unified Pension Scheme offers defined retirement benefits while ensuring fiscal sustainability. Household net financial position has improved

He criticized the government for failing to fulfill these promises, despite repeated assurances during the Parliament elections and meetings with teacher and employee unions

Now, there is no alternative left but to resort to direct action,” Shiv Gopal Mishra, Convener of JFROPS, said.

Lakhs of Assam government employees started a two-day protest on Tuesday demanding re-introduction of the Old Pension Scheme

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Harikumar condemned the Centre’s attitude and demanded restoration of the OPS in place of the contributory pension scheme (CPS)

Around 1.8 million Maharashtra government employees started an indefinite strike to press for a return of the Old Pension Scheme

Uttam Kumar Reddy said it was unfortunate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao were both turning a deaf ear to the demand of Central and State employees for the restoration of old pension scheme

Vadodara: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday promised to implement the old pension scheme for government employees in Gujarat like Punjab if his party is voted to power in elections, due in December this year. Kejriwal said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has issued an order considering the implementation of the […]