-ThePrint.in Starting with Vijay Kumar Bandhu’s initiative, demand for OPS has now become a key issue in UP, MP, Himachal, Andhra Pradesh & Jharkhand and features in the SP’s poll manifesto. New Delhi: Amongst the various poll promises covering all the party manifestos for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the entry of one new item in the Samajwadi Party’s programme is testament to a longstanding demand. It is the widespread call to reinstate...
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After Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh set to go for Old Pension Scheme for employees -Sachin Saini
-Hindustan Times The Rajasthan government’s announcement not only created a buzz in other states but also became a subject of discussion across the country, especially in states where elections are either underway or due shortly. JAIPUR: Chhattisgarh is set to reintroduce the Old Pension Scheme for government employees that provides an assured pension after retirement, party leaders said on Sunday. Chhattisgarh will be the second state to revert to the old pension...
More »Congress: Follow Ashok Gehlot on Old Pension Scheme
-The Telegraph Rajasthan chief minister has shown the way to other states on how to take pro-people decisions: Ajay Maken Days after the Ashok Gehlot government restored the Old Pension Scheme in Rajasthan, the Congress on Friday demanded this for the entire country. Fulfilling a long-standing demand, Gehlot announced in the budget placed on Wednesday that the Old Pension Scheme was being restored for employees appointed on and after January 1, 2004. The...
More »Second Hunger Watch Survey shows high level of food insecurity among the poor & vulnerable people of 14 states
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated February 23, 2022 * 66 percent respondents said that their income has decreased compared to the pre-pandemic period * 80 percent reported some form of food insecurity, 25 percent reported severe food insecurity * 41 percent said that nutritional quality of their diet deteriorated compared to the pre-pandemic period * 67 percent could not afford cooking gas in the month preceding the survey. * 45...
More »Utter Disgrace! Modi Sarkar Refuses Hike in Rs 200 Monthly Old Age Pension -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in The government’s brazen class bias is crystal clear, as it gives away national assets built with public money to its favourite capitalists, together with tax breaks. Junior Minister for Rural Development in the Central government, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, ruled out in Parliament any increase in the amount of monthly pension given by the Centre to the elderly under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). The amount currently being given to each...
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