Retired TNSTC staff stage demo seeking disbursal of pension
Madurai Division alone accounted for ₹ 165.66 crore
31/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,MADURAI
Madurai Division alone accounted for ₹ 165.66 crore
31/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,MADURAI
Claiming their right: Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Retired Employees’ Association members staging a demonstration in Madurai on Friday. G. MoorthyG_Moorthy
The State government evinced interest only in launching new bus services and not in settling the mandatory finances on superannuation of its employees, said members of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Retired Employees’ Association here on Friday.
Leading a demonstration as part of a State-wide stir, State deputy general secretary Devaraj said that the government had failed to honour its employees with pensionary benefits at the time of retirement.
Explaining the reasons for poor financial position, he said that TNSTC and the government were keen on introducing new buses. There were 35,000 retired TNSTC employees across the State.
Though several agitations were staged in the last 45 months for grant of pensionary benefits, nothing tangible had come out so far, he claimed and said that they would gather in front of the Secretariat in Chennai on September 24 to show their protest and draw the attention of the government.
In the past, the association, through a delegation, made representations to the Transport Minister and Secretary four times, but in vain, he said in response to a query from reporters.
The State government had, in its supplementary budget in April 2018, informed that ₹1,093 crore would be earmarked for disbursal of pension to all retired TNSTC /employees.
A Government Order to this effect was issued in August 2018, which stated that Madurai Division alone would get ₹165.66 crore, he said.
The State government evinced interest only in launching new bus services and not in settling the mandatory finances on superannuation of its employees, said members of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Retired Employees’ Association here on Friday.
Leading a demonstration as part of a State-wide stir, State deputy general secretary Devaraj said that the government had failed to honour its employees with pensionary benefits at the time of retirement.
Explaining the reasons for poor financial position, he said that TNSTC and the government were keen on introducing new buses. There were 35,000 retired TNSTC employees across the State.
Though several agitations were staged in the last 45 months for grant of pensionary benefits, nothing tangible had come out so far, he claimed and said that they would gather in front of the Secretariat in Chennai on September 24 to show their protest and draw the attention of the government.
In the past, the association, through a delegation, made representations to the Transport Minister and Secretary four times, but in vain, he said in response to a query from reporters.
The State government had, in its supplementary budget in April 2018, informed that ₹1,093 crore would be earmarked for disbursal of pension to all retired TNSTC /employees.
A Government Order to this effect was issued in August 2018, which stated that Madurai Division alone would get ₹165.66 crore, he said.
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