Plea to hike PF pensions and implement declarations

Plea to hike PF pensions and implement declarations

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, June 10, 2014: Staging  a protest in front of the Employees’ Provident Fund building in Mangalore on June 9, the government is pressured to fulfill the demands of  labourers for payment of monthly PF pension to Rs.3000. A joint demand was made by  Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) district committee and Karnataka State Employees’ Provident Fund Association district unit.

 

 

 

 Addressing the protesting group, State Employees’ Provident Fund Association district unit General Secretary Balakrishna Shetty said that despite the opposition from the employees for the implementation of amendment to the Provident Fund Act in 1995, the government implemented it. But, even after 19 years of the amended law coming into existence, the situation of  suffering employees has not improved.

Labourers receive a measly amount of monthly pension ranging from Rs 1 to Rs 150. Following the protest by pensioners in front of the parliament, the Central government declared of hiking the amount to Rs 1,000 with effect from April 1, 2014. But, the government has cheated the labourers by not issuing a gazette notification in this regard, he alleged.

The protesters demanded the government to revise the pension amount to Rs 3,000 and issue a gazette notification at the earliest. The matter is to be set right without delay they demanded.