In the last few weeks, there has been a rapid demand to implement the Old Pension Scheme for government employees.Â
In fact, the Rajasthan government has abolished the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and not only announced the inclusion of all state government employees under NPS back in the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), but the process of implementing it. has also started.
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7TH CPC Latest News: In the last few weeks, there has been a rapid demand for the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme for government employees.
In fact, the Rajasthan government has abolished the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and not only announced the inclusion of all state government employees under NPS back in the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), but the process of implementing it.
has also started. Due to which there is a demand to bring OPS for lakhs of central employees by abolishing the new pension scheme
So will now the Central Government also abolish the NPS on the lines of the State Government of Rajasthan and include all the Central Government employees in the OPS? The answer to this has recently been given by the Central Government in Parliament.
Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad, while answering a question in the Rajya Sabha last week (on March 15), said,
The State Government of Rajasthan in its budget speech on February 23, 2022, for all employees appointed on or after January 1, 2004, in the coming year. Announced to implement old pension scheme from However, no such proposal is under consideration before the Government of India.
It has become clear from the reply of the Union Minister of State for Finance that at present, the Modi government is in no mood to restore the old pension scheme instead of the new pension scheme for its employees. It is to be known that in the year 2004, the old pension scheme was abolished.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday that following the decision of the state government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should announce the implementation of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for government employees across the country.
He said that after his budgetary announcement to restore the old pension scheme for state employees, Chhattisgarh has also announced to implement it while many other state governments are considering it.
CM Gehlot said, “In view of our decision, Prime Minister Modi should also announce the implementation of OPS in the country.” He said that this decision has been taken on humanitarian grounds. It has been welcomed nationwide by the personnel as well as the general public. He also clarified that no development work will be affected by the implementation of OPS.
