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Draft ordinance on GSP replete with errors and ambiguities, says A.P. employees’ association

There is no clarity on annuity plan selection option to get maximum percentage of guarantee and whether the government will provide minimum pension on par with the OPS employees, say members of the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat CPS Association, and reiterate their demand for restoration of the OPS

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‘Why not Old Pension Scheme’, ask various government employee unions in Andhra Pradesh

With the State government announcing its decision to go ahead with the implementation of the Guaranteed Pension Scheme through an Ordinance, the unions, excepting A.P. JAC Amaravati and APNGOs’ Association, are gearing up for a ‘chalo Vijayawada’ protest on September 1 saying that Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has let…

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Restore Old Pension Scheme before 2024 election, employees urge Centre

The employees sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Central government employees warned against participating in rally to demand Old Pension Scheme restoration

Government warns employees against joining rally to restore Old Pension Scheme (OPS); DoPT instructs secretaries to dissuade employees from strike, not sanction leave, and report names of those who take part in protests

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BJP-AIADMK alliance: A marriage on the rocks. Can it last till next year?

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Andhra Pradesh United Teachers’ Federation reiterates demand for restoration of Old Pension Scheme

Andhra Pradesh United Teachers’ Federation’s State executive body has resolved to oppose tooth and nail the Guaranteed Pension Scheme (GPS) proposed to be implemented by the government for its employees, demanding that the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) be restored.

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Ignoring OPS restoration could invite electoral trouble for incumbent BJP in Haryana

The Haryana Assembly election is due in the later part of the year 2024, yet the restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for government employees has started to emerge as a key poll issue in the run-up to the poll, in which the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) led government…

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AP JAC Amaravati calls off protest as government ‘agrees to implement’ majority of employees’ demands

The decision to regularise the services of contract employees is among the demands met and is a result of the sustained agitation by the employees’ association, says Bopparaju Venkateswarlu

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Andhra Pradesh: Teacher unions oppose Guaranteed Pension Scheme, demand restoration of Old Pension Scheme

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who promised to restore OPS within one week of coming to power, has gone back on his word, says leaders of the teacher unions

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Andhra Pradesh: Government decides to introduce GPS in place of CPS

The State Cabinet, at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, clears the draft A.P. GPS Bill; under GPS, the pensioners will receive 50% of their last drawn salary as pension as against 20.3% under CPS, says I&PR Minister Venu Gopala Krishna

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A.P. Secretariat CPS Association demands govt. to revert to Old Pension Scheme

The Andhra Pradesh Secretariat CPS Association has demanded that the State government restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and do away with the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) instead of the proposed Guaranteed Pension Scheme (GPS). In a letter submitted to the Principal Secretary (HR), Finance Department, on June 6 (Tuesday),…

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Congress will ‘compel’ Centre to implement old pension scheme in entire country: Rajasthan CM Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said the Congress will “compel” the Centre to implement the old pension scheme (OPS) in the entire country.

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Should States revert to the Old Pension Scheme?

Should States revert to the Old Pension Scheme

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Bowing to government threat 1,400 JPS, OPS join duties

A large number of junior panchayat secretaries and outsourcing panchayat secretaries are continuing their agitation demanding regularisation of their jobs after the end of the extended probation period despite government threat to terminate their employment

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Guaranteed pension is not bad economics

With multiple State governments announcing reversion to the old pension scheme (OPS) and some more speculating to do the same, the debate on pensions is hotting up.

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Find less costly ways to address pension concerns instead of OPS, says Raghuram Rajan

NEW DELHI: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has expressed his concern over the decision of some states to restart the old pension scheme and suggested that some less costly ways should be found to address the demands of government pensioners.

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Old Pension Scheme: Demands gets louder in Haryana as PBSS announces to Ghereo CM's residence

CHANDIGARH: With the The Pension Bachao Sangharsh Samiti (PBSS) of Haryana on Friday opening a new front, the demand of restoration of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) has started getting louder now.

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Former TN CM O Panneerselvam announces election committee; Awaits BJP’s announcement

CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Saturday announced a 118-member election committee led by former minister R Vaithilingam for Erode East bypoll. However, the expelled AIADMK leader awaits the decision of the BJP to announce his candidate.

The Conversation

Supervised consumption sites reduce drug overdoses and disease transmission — and deserve government support

Since 2016, more than 32,000 Canadians have died from drug overdoses. In response to this overdose epidemic, several provinces have established Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS), which provide people who use drugs with a safe space to administer drugs under the supervision of trained staff.

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Himachal government takes historic decision to provide Old Pension Scheme to its NPS employees

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh on Friday became the fourth state of the country to provide Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to the government employees.

Chicago Sun-Times

Too many people are dying from opioid overdoses. Prevention sites would save lives.

Illinois are on track for another record-breaking year of opioid overdose deaths, most of which occur on Chicago’s West Side. Prevention sites, commonly known as ‘safe injection sites,’ keep people alive and connect them to drug abuse treatment.

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Money in NPS belongs to people, can't go back to state govts as per law: Nirmala Sitharaman

SHIMLA: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the money in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) belongs to individual contributors and as per law, state governments cannot get it back.

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Himachal Pradesh: Why the fight for better pension is making the BJP sweat

The crew of Delhi-based news channels in Shimla are putting up at the Willow Banks hotel on the Mall road – the venue of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s media centre in the Himachal Pradesh capital. On Friday morning, reporters from Zee News, ABP News and TV9 Bharatvarsh stepped out of the…

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