Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in his Budget speech on Wednesday announced the government’s decision to revert to the old pension system (OPS) for State government employees and double the yearly MLA local area development fund. He carried the Budget papers in a briefcase made of cow dung powder.
The move will benefit over three lakh employees who joined service after January 1, 2004. It, however, will not be applicable to officials of the All India Services like members of the Indian Administrative Service or the Indian Police Service.
With this, Chhattisgarh becomes the second Congress-ruled State after Rajasthan to adopt OPS.
