New Delhi: National Movement for Old Pension Scheme (NMOPS) continued their protest in the National Capital for the second day in continuation. Yesterday, the government employees have held a protest on the roads of Delhi.
Today, the massive protest was joined by government employees hailing from almost all the states shouting “NPS GO BACK, OPS COME BACK” and “Narendra Modi hosh me aao, hosh me tumko aana hoga, nahi to wapas jaana hoga”.
Women from different parts of the country also travelled hundreds of kilometers to join the mega protest occurring in New Delhi.
Thousands of government employees went to the National Capital to protest against the current pension scheme and press for implementation of the old pension scheme.
According to the protesting employees, “we spend a major part of our life (35-40 years) in service of the government and every employee has the right to live with respect which is mentioned in our constitution but the government working under the pressure of financial institutions like World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ending the pension schemes. After January 1,2004 National Pension Scheme (NPF) was implemented among employees serving in the state and centre.”
The protestors claimed that if a person is elected as a corporator, lawmaker or parliamentarian, they are eligible for pension even if that person has assumed office only for a day.
Here are some of the reasons that Government employees give for demanding Old Pension Scheme
# The old pension scheme has Government Provident Fund (GPF).
# Prescribed deduction of 8.33%.
# GPF can be withdrawn any number of times.
# On retirement, the whole amount is given to the employee without levelling any taxes.
# On the death of employee, pension is guaranteed.
# Full amount of GPF is under the control of government.
The massive protest was joined by several organisations including Indian Railways Employees Federation (IREF) and National Movement for Old Pension Scheme (NMOPS).
