Demand for ₹10,000 monthly pension for retired SCCL workers gathers momentum
Retired workers of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) are pushing for a monthly pension increase to ₹10,000. The demand coincides with a scheduled visit by Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy to the state's coal belt.
Why it matters
The issue highlights the ongoing struggle for social security benefits among industrial workers in India's public sector coal mining industry.
The long pending demand of the retired workers of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) for enhancement of the monthly pension to ₹10,000 has gathered momentum ahead of Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy’s two-day ‘Singareni Bharosa Yatra’ beginning on Monday.
The article reports on political demands and government activities without taking a stance on the validity of the pension increase.
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