The retired employees of various Boards and Corporations in Himachal Pradesh, who are deprived of any pension benefits despite repeated government assurances, are now forced to work for MNREGA as daily wagers.
“Some of them who are getting old being thrown out from this scheme too”, said Govind Chatranta, coordinator of the corporate sector workers.
The marginalised employees, who have now planned to go on an agitation from next week, said they have been exploited by both the successive Congress and BJP governments in the State. Despite government notification of October 1999 when they were promised pension benefits like other State employees in accordance with the provision laid down in the Central Civil Services Rule , they were denied the benefit on the name of financial crunch.
These employees allege that out of around 39,000 regular PSU employees, about 32,000 are being given regular pension and only a handful are being denied the benefit.
