JAIPUR: All India Senior Audit Officers Association said that officials of Railways, Income Tax and others should come together to oppose New Pension Scheme, which does not guarantee any amount after retirement as their social security.
Ghanshyam Sharma, president of AG Office Association, said that 50 delegates affiliated to various state units have gathered under the banner of Senior Audit Officers’ Association for a three-day meet in Jaipur and they will thrash out a strategy to oppose the NPS.
“After the deliberations, we will make a charter opposing NPS and submit it the CAG office. We want the government to roll back NPS and adopt Old Pension Scheme,” Sharma said.
He said some of the officials who died during corona have received pensions ranging between Rs 1,000 to 3,000. “What social security we have under the NPS. The state government in Rajasthan has already reintroduced OPS and we also want the Centre to revert to OPS,” added Sharma. If after retiring at 60, employees get no social security, how will theysurvive, asked Sharma.
Ghanshyam Sharma, president of AG Office Association, said that 50 delegates affiliated to various state units have gathered under the banner of Senior Audit Officers’ Association for a three-day meet in Jaipur and they will thrash out a strategy to oppose the NPS.
“After the deliberations, we will make a charter opposing NPS and submit it the CAG office. We want the government to roll back NPS and adopt Old Pension Scheme,” Sharma said.
He said some of the officials who died during corona have received pensions ranging between Rs 1,000 to 3,000. “What social security we have under the NPS. The state government in Rajasthan has already reintroduced OPS and we also want the Centre to revert to OPS,” added Sharma. If after retiring at 60, employees get no social security, how will theysurvive, asked Sharma.
