After the change of power in Bihar, once again the opportunities for the employees (Employees-Pensioners) along with the youth are increasing. Old pension scheme has been implemented in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand whereas old pension scheme is already implemented in West Bengal.
In such a situation, with the change of power in Bihar, the government has become serious about the old pension. In this a big statement of the minister of the state government has come to the fore. In fact, Education Minister Professor Chandrashekhar has said in a press conference that the state government is serious about implementing the old pension scheme.
This will be considered. Due to this, once again the hope has increased among the pensioners and employees of the state regarding the old pension scheme. However, after being in the government with NDA, Nitish Kumar’s government made a different statement on this during the budget session. During this, in the budget session, Bijendra Prasad Yadav had said that the new pension system is applicable for government employees. No proposal to implement the old pension system is currently under consideration.
With the change of the same government, once again the demand has started regarding the old pension scheme. At the same time, the government sitting in the opposition, which was demanding to implement the old pension scheme, now it will be a big step for them to answer on this. Here the process has been started to implement the old pension scheme in Jharkhand. Apart from Bihar, the demand for implementing the old pension scheme in Uttar Pradesh has intensified. Earlier, in Himachal Pradesh, the employees are constantly adamant about the demand for the old pension scheme.
On which the CM issued a big statement saying that the old pension scheme can be considered. It is noteworthy that from April 1, 2004, the old pension scheme has been discontinued in the country. The pension scheme has been changed to the National Pension Scheme. After which the employees of the country are continuously making increased demands regarding the old pension scheme.
In view of the demand for the same old pension scheme, many state governments are preparing a guarantee pension scheme, while the central government is also preparing to make some new arrangements in the pension system. In such a situation, after the change of power in Bihar, what kind of arrangement does the state government make on the new demand of the employees. It will be interesting to see what is the opinion of the Chief Minister and others on this statement of the Education Minister.
