Old Pension Scheme Update :- Pensioners who have retired after working in various government departments of the country have a complaint against the government for a long time. And that is to re-implement the old discontinued pension scheme. Let us tell you that the old pension was stopped by the government in April 2004 itself. After which a new pension scheme was prepared and implemented.
Old Pension Scheme Update
Old Pension Scheme Update :- Pensioners are not satisfied with this scheme of the government and have been demanding re-implementation of the old pension for a long time. In such a situation, keeping in mind this demand of retired employees, the Congress ruled state of Karnataka has announced the implementation of the old pension scheme. Therefore, the government has announced this on social media. Let us know what was written in the announcement, as well as what is old.
After all, what did the Chief Minister write?
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tweeted on his social media So for them the old pension scheme is implemented again.
He says that whenever I made promises to the employees, the employees were on strike against the old pension in the presence of the National Pension System. After this, the Chief Minister further says that I hope that this decision will provide relief to 13 thousand NPS employees. Now all the employees are quite satisfied with this decision of Karnataka state and they have given up on their strike.
Will OPS really be implemented in Rajasthan?
According to the information, the new pension scheme has been implemented by the Bhajan Lal government of Rajasthan along with the appointment of new employees of the state. Please note that no information regarding OPS has been found in the order issued. That is, now it becomes clear that the Government of Rajasthan wants to continue with the new pension scheme instead of implementing the old pension scheme.
As we know that the decision was taken by the former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Gehlot ji to stop the new pension and implement OPS. But after the assembly elections, the government has changed and the new government is not interested in implementing Gehlot's decision. That is why they have rejected their decision and decided to continue with the new pension scheme.
What is OPS and NPS?
Talking about the Old Pension Scheme, when it was operated earlier, benefits were provided to retiring government employees under this scheme. Let us tell you that under this scheme, even after retirement, half the amount of their salary was distributed to the employees every month. But this scheme was discontinued with the advent of new pension.
Old Pension Scheme Update :- About the new pension scheme, let us tell you that this scheme provides much less benefits than the old scheme. Under this, the employee has to invest a part of his salary in the pension fund while working. Then after retirement, the employees receive their invested amount in lump sum. That means, in the new pension scheme, the employees get their own money.