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Vijayawada: Government employees insist on old pension scheme
Ministers committee holds talks with governemnt employees unions on CPS at the Secretariat on Friday
- Talks between ministers committee and unions go on for about 5 hours
- Minister Botcha says officials are assessing the financial impact on the govt if the old pension scheme is implemented
- Sajjala states that though the govt is in favour of employee welfare, it has to take financial burden into consideration
Vijayawada: Government employees made it clear to the ministers committee that old pension system should be implemented. The meeting convened by ministers committee with employees associations continued for a stretch of more than five hours at the Secretariat on Friday. The committee said a decision will be taken on abolition of contributory pension scheme (CPS) after a series of discussions with employees associations.
Speaking on the occasion, minister Botcha Satyanarayana said the officials are carrying out an exercise to know the additional burden on state government if old pension scheme was implemented. Government advisor (public affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said the state government is in favour of employees welfare but has to take into consideration financial burden. He sought cooperation of employees associations to resolve the issue.
Chief secretary (HR) finance Chiranjeevi Chowdary, secretary N Gulzar, GAD secretary H Arun Kuar, govt advisor (employees welfare) N Chandrasekhar Reddy, AP NGOs Association president Bandi Srinivasa Rao, AP Secretariat Association secretary Venkatrami Reddy, AP Revenue Services Association president Bopparaju Venkateswarlu, AP Government Employees Association president K R Suryanarayana and others participated in the meeting.
