DW BUREAU / PATIALA:

The All-India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has written a letter to Prime Ministers and state chief ministers including Punjab and Haryana to provide old pension schemes to power sector engineers across the country. Shailendra Dubey, Chairman of the AIPEF, wrote that the old pension scheme for the employees working in the power sector in various states and union territories was suddenly abolished unilaterally after the corporatisation of the state electricity boards.

It may be added that there is no mention in the Electricity Act 2003 or transfer scheme that the old pension will not be given to the employees recruited after the corporatisation. Unfortunately today there is no uniform policy for the employees in the power sector in different states.

When the central government employees working under NPS will be provided dignified economic security on retirement, then for the employees working in the power sector, meaningful steps should also be taken to provide dignified financial security on their retirement.
(editor@dailyworld.in)