Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 9: National president for National Old Pension Restoration United Front (NOPRUF) B P Singh Rawat along with along with other leaders of the Front raised voice for restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) from Kashmir.
During the meeting with Front leaders, Rawat deliberated on the right of pension to the employees and at the same time he took suggestions from the stakeholders of the Front to build a proper future roadmap for carrying out various activities and programs under the banner of NOPRUF, in order to make the campaign for restoration of OPS more strong and result oriented in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the whole country.
Later a press conference was held by NOPRUF at Press Club Srinagar. While talking to media persons, B P Rawat and other NOPRUF leaders termed NPS full of demerits and flaws. They said that it is not beneficial for post retirement life of an employee, who can even not meet the expenses of medicines from the meager pension through NPS.
Leaders claimed that the future of employees and their families is not secure under the privatized new pension scheme (NPS), which is subjected to high risk share market. They said that there are many pension cases under NPS in which it has been witnessed that retirees are getting just an amount of around Rs 1000 as monthly pension in present times while the prices of basic commodities are sky rocketing.
He said the Government should accept the legitimate demand for restoration of OPS otherwise NOPRUF would intensify its countrywide agitation to mount the pressure on Government for the same, peacefully under the democratic way.
UT president NOPRUF Gulzabair Daing, chairman Government Employees Forum Sheikh Firdous, president J&K Lecturers Association Mansoor Ahmad Khan and many others were present in the press conference.
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