Thousands of employees of the Union government and Central public sector undertakings, including the defence establishments, marched to Ramlila Maidan here on Thursday demanding the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme.
After the protest rally, organised by the Joint Forum for Restoration of Old Pension Scheme (JFROPS), a platform of about 60 unions, the employees sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that if the existing National Pension Scheme (NPS) is allowed to continue, employees recruited on or after January 1, 2004, will be discriminated against and will be “left in the lurch” after retirement.