-Joint Press Note released by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha network and People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) dated March 31, 2022 The wage rates for NREGA workers for FY 2022-23 were notied on 28.03.2022. The notication of the wage rate has been extremely late, with only 3 days remaining for the beginning of the next nancial year. Such a delay prevents any discussion or debate regarding the wage rates or their adequacy....
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Will restore old Pension scheme if voted to power in Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda
-PTI/ The Hindu The former Chief Minister also assured to restore the quota for sportspersons in government jobs Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday promised to restore the old Pension scheme for government employees in Haryana if the party was voted to power in the state in the 2024 Assembly polls. The former Chief Minister also assured to restore the quota for sportspersons in government jobs. The ruling BJP-JJP had recently abolished...
More »Corruption, pending payments mar implementation of rural schemes: Parliamentary panel
-The Hindu Genuine labourers not getting their dues while money keeps changing hands due to collusion of unscrupulous elements, says report Fake job cards, widespread corruption, late uploading of muster rolls, and huge pending payments for wages and materials are among the issues hampering the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme, apart from insufficient funding, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee report submitted to the Lok Sabha today. The...
More »‘Lauta do purani pension’: The steady growth of Old Pension scheme agitations across India -Jyoti Yadav
-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...
More »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...
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