Pension Balancing
The recent introduction of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) by the Centre aims to balance the conflicting demands of fiscal responsibility and guaranteed pensions for public employees.
The recent introduction of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) by the Centre aims to balance the conflicting demands of fiscal responsibility and guaranteed pensions for public employees.
Addressing a press conference in Jaipur, the Union finance minister slammed the former chief minister for allegedly not taking up an important issue like water seriously and working to stall the ERCP Scheme.
Adversaries of the Old Pension Scheme are honing their lethal weapons by the day to bludgeon the New Pension Scheme. Yet the governments of five states, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh have already reintroduced the Old Pension Scheme.
The increasing social insecurity, job losses, contractual mode of employment, loss of social security benefits has compelled people to critically examine the New Pension scheme. And most of the employees' unions want the old pension scheme back in totality
The party has announced candidates for nine assembly constituencies, all bordering UP, in alliance with Congress.
With Punjab's current debt of whopping Rs 3.12 lakh crore, the 13-month-old AAP government seems further pushing the state into a debt trap through increased borrowings and offering freebies promised in the run-up to the Assembly elections like free water and electricity up to a limit.
A total of 225 nominations were filed for the post of General Secretary but only the nomination of Palaniswami were accepted.
The court was dealing with a batch of pleas relating to the tussle between former Chief Ministers O Panneerselvam (OPS) and EPS over AIADMK leadership.
The O.Panneerselvam (OPS) faction of the AIADMK is likely to withdraw its candidate, Senthil Murugan, from the Erode East by-election scheduled to be held on February 27.
“The aim of the government is to provide social security to all. Affordability of OPS expenditure will be achieved through financial discipline and cutting down on expenses,” said Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
