THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ∙ A committee comprising Finance and Law Ministers and the Chief Secretary has been appointed to study in detail the recommendations of the Re-examination Committee regarding the Participatory Pension Scheme for State Government Employees. The government has not yet released the contents of the report submitted by the review committee in April 2021, even after being instructed by the Information Commissioner. The case in this regard is now in the Supreme Court.
The scheme, which was launched in the state on April 1, 2013, now has one and a half lakh employees as members. In the 2016 assembly elections, it had promised to review the participatory pension scheme if the Left Front came to power. However, the committee was appointed when the tenure of the first Pinarayi government was about to end. The report given by the committee was not examined by the government even after 2 years.
The cabinet has taken a decision on one of the main demands of the employees amid intense anger among the employees over non-payment of salary revision and dearth allowance. The approaching Lok Sabha elections also led to this decision. It is indicated that the recommendation of the expert committee report is that there are practical obstacles to the withdrawal of the participation pension scheme and instead more benefits should be given to the employees.
The government has two options either to withdraw the participation pension scheme or to maintain the scheme with more benefits. Even though the central government and many states have increased the government allocation for the pension scheme, Kerala is not ready to increase it.
March against the project in Delhi
The Parliament along with the CPM’s service organizations are marching tomorrow demanding the withdrawal of the Participatory Pension Scheme across the country. CPM organizations had to face severe criticism from the employees in the campaign for this. 6 states including Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have withdrawn from the scheme.
English Summary:
Contributory pension: Re-committee for re-examination
2023-11-01 19:40:39
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