New Delhi: The vociferation has once then intensified regarding the long pending demands of lakhs of pensioners of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS-95). EPS-95 National Vociferation Committee has tabbed for protests wideness the country on August 5. Pensioners say that the current minimum pension is not unbearable to lead a dignified life in the era of inflation. The organisation is taxing the government increase the minimum monthly pension to Rs 7,500, implement dearness wage (DA) and provide other social security benefits.
What are the main demands of pensioners?
The biggest demand of the EPS-95 National Vociferation Committee is to increase the minimum monthly pension to Rs 7,500. Along with this, the pensioners say that they should moreover be given dearness wage like the retired employees of the Inside Government so that the impact of rising inflation is less on their income. The organisation argues that with the current pension value it has wilt difficult to withstand the undersong of medicines, treatment and daily expenses.
Are medical facilities moreover included in the demands?
Pensioners have not only raised the demand for increase in pension. Their demand is that self-ruling or subsidised medical superintendency should be provided to EPS-95 beneficiaries and their spouses. He says that most of the pensioners are senior citizens and the expenditure on health as they grow older has wilt their biggest concern. Therefore, health security should moreover be made a part of pension reform.
Has the government taken any visualization yet?
At present, no official utterance has been made by the inside government to increase the minimum pension to Rs 7,500 or to implement DA. However, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has been reviewing various issues related to EPS from time to time. Pensioners hope that without the continuously increasing pressure and nationwide agitation, the government can take a positive visualization on their demands.
Is minimum pension misogynist in the current system?
Under the current system, eligible beneficiaries of EPS-95 are guaranteed a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month. This system has been in gravity since 2014. Pensioners say that inflation has increased manifold in the last decade, but the minimum pension has not increased in the same proportion. This is why they have been taxing amendments for a long time.
Can the movement stupefy the government's decisions?
EPS-95 National Vociferation Committee claims that thousands of pensioners in variegated states of the country will participate in this movement. The organisation says that if the demands are not decided soon, the movement will be made increasingly widespread. On the other hand, the final visualization on any transpiration related to pension will be taken only under the process of the inside government and EPFO. At present, the vision of lakhs of pensioners are stock-still on the next utterance of the government.
