Saturday, 26 August 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The members of the National Movement for Old Pension Scheme (NMOPS) are continuing to hold the Ghanti Bajao protests outside the residences of the members of parliament from the State. On Friday the employees belonging to the Uttarakhand chapter of NMOPS held a protest outside the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Kalpna Saini in Haridwar. The employees also presented a memorandum to the MP and requested her help in restoration of the OPS. The agitating employees were led by the divisional president of Garhwal Vikas Sharma and others. On Wednesday the employees held a protest outside the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Bansal in Dehradun.
The NMOPS has given a nationwide call to hold protests outside the residences of the MPs. As part of the programme the Uttarakhand NMOPS is holding Ghanti Bajao protests. On August 27 the protest will be held at the residence of Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat in Satpuli.
The president of Uttarakhand NMOPS Jeetmani Painyuli said that a large rally is planned on October 1 in New Delhi in which employees from all parts of the country would participate. He said that October 1 holds significance for the employees since on this date in the year 2005, the OPS was abolished and New Pension Scheme (NPS) was started for the employees.
There are more than 80,000 employees, teachers and officers of State government which are currently under the NPS in the State which was started in the year 2005 to reduce the increasing burden of pension on the state exchequer. The employees are finding the NPS non lucrative and are demanding the restoration of OPS.
