Old pension plan: If certain requirements are met, government workers will have access to the old pension plan

 Old pension plan: If certain requirements are met, government workers will have access to the old pension plan

6219 government workers will get the old pension benefit from this state government. Teachers and workers in Uttarakhand will have the Old Pension Selection (OPS) option available to them.

6219 government workers would get the old pension benefit from the Pushkar Singh Dhami administration as chief minister. Teachers and workers in Uttarakhand will have the Old Pension Selection (OPS) option available to them. These are the educators and staff members that were hired based on the notice sent out prior to October 1, 2005, but were unable to report for duty on time for technological difficulties.

As a result, he was no longer covered by the previous pension and was instead placed under the new Contributory Pension Scheme (NPS). Dr. SS Sandhu, the chief secretary, said on Monday announced the Cabinet had chosen to apply the Central Government formula to this group of workers. Employees who were unable to report on time were offered the chance to choose between the old and new pension plans by the federal government.

It is known that on January 1, 2004, the Central Government put the new pension plan into effect. In Uttarakhand, it became operative on October 1, 2005.

According to the Chief Secretary, state workers will also have the option to choose between the existing and new pension plans. October 1, 2005 has been retained as the deadline.

The Finance Department will shortly release its GO in accordance with the decision made at the cabinet meeting. It will also determine the option selection program. Teachers are the group most impacted in this area, according to reports. There are almost 1500 of them. As per the Finance Department, information on 6219 workers has been obtained so far from many departments. This figure may go up much more.

The amount spent on salaries and pensions each year is Rs 25,415 crore.

Currently, 66,557 workers in Uttarakhand are covered under the previous pension plan, while 1 lakh 35 thousand 574 workers retired under this plan. Conversely, 90,247 workers are presently covered by the new contributing pension scheme. There are currently 4342 retired NPS employees.

The Finance Department claims that the state must pay out 6,000 crore rupees in pensions every year. In contrast, the annual cost of paying wages and benefits comes to almost Rs 18 thousand crores. In addition, Rs 815 crore a year is required from the government as a 14% monthly government contribution for NPS workers.

Total amount of uniform allowance in one go: $2400

Haridun. On Monday, the Cabinet decided to provide lump sum uniform allowance, which relieved over 35,000 state Class IV workers. According to Chief Secretary SS Sandhu, while the staff were receiving allowances up till now, they were split up into several categories. The laborers found it challenging to be paid for their efforts. It has been agreed to provide a consistent stipend of Rs. 2400 going forward in such a scenario. This sum was lower in the past. This has also been updated with a few additions.

Additionally, these choices were made.

1. A formula was determined to address the disparity between Finance Service officers' pay scales of Rs. 7600 and Rs. 8700.

2. A budget of Rs 8 crore has been allocated for the Sixth World Congress on Disaster Management, which is scheduled to take place in November in Doon.

Three. The position of Additional Commissioner Administration in the Revenue Department will also be filled by IAS, senior PCS, and IRS officials on deputation.