NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 26
The Delhi unit of the National Movement for Old Pension Scheme (NMOPS) staged a sit-in protest the against National Pension Scheme and demanded the restoration of old pension scheme before the NHRC Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, said Manjeet Singh Patel, the president of NMOPS Delhi.
“We urge the NHRC to intervene in this matter. The commission has written a letter to the DOPPG asking him to reply within four weeks and also form a committee to resolve this issue,” said Patel, who has been fighting for the scrapping of the new pension system and the restoration of the old one. The NMOPS has over 13 lakh central and state government employees as its members.
Patel said the Centre and state governments have implemented a share-market based pension system for their employees, including the ones in autonomous organisations since January 2004
