Employees welcome extension of OPS benefits
Government employees in Andhra Pradesh held a meeting to express gratitude to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for extending the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to a broader group of workers. The move provides financial security to thousands of families previously covered under the Contributory Pension Scheme.
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Pension reform is a significant political issue in India, directly impacting the financial stability of the public sector workforce and influencing electoral support.
Government employees who benefited from the State government’s decision to extend the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to a section of employees previously covered under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) participated in a thanksgiving meeting at the Swarna Bharathi Indoor Stadium in the city on Sunday, expressing gratitude to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
The programme organised under the aegis of the AP DSC Forum, the Noble Teachers’ Association, the PRTU, the APTF and other employees’ and teachers’ associations representing OPS beneficiaries in north Andhra, drew a large number of employees and their family members from the region. Employees poured milk over a portrait of the Chief Minister in a symbolic gesture of gratitude and raised slogans thanking the government for restoring pension benefits.
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