AGARTALA, March 11 (TIWN): BJP Govt has introduced 2004’s Central Pension Policy in Tripura for Govt employees who have been appointed from 1st July, 2018 are not eligible for some key benefits. The decision had been slammed by the job aspirants and newly appointed employees. But when people are deprived, it is important to remind the Govt that the MLAs, MPs are not under this scheme. Rather they have various facilities along with pensions even after retirement and if they die, their family will get pensions. This issue was raised as Tripura BJP Govt is closing doors of employment in Govt Depts and handing over recruitments in maximum sectors to private companies. But such changes are not imposed on the constitutional position holding politicians. In the Govt notification issued on July 13,2018 it has been said, “Pension liabilities growing over years".

"The situation has been aggravated as there is no asset to back this liabilities… Pension  liabilities of the Govt of Tripura has been increased from Rs. 267.35 croes  in 2006-07 Rs.1606.01 which Is 6 times jump in the pension expenditure…The State govt has approved the new defined contributory pension scheme to all to all new entrants to state govt service joining on or after 2018, July 1st”.

The NPS (New Pension Scheme) will also be applicable for fixed pay employees under the state govt who are being appointed to a fixed post appointed created by keeping regular pay post in abeyance on or after July 1^st, 2018.

Thus employees joined since July 1st will not come under Central Civil Services rules 1972 as adopted by the Govt of of Tripura. They will not be entitled to GPF (General Provident Fund).

However the law will be applicable only for those employees who will be recruited from July, 2018.

On June 19, Finance Minister Jishnu Debbarma has announced that State govt likely to implement a new pension policy for them who will be recruited from the next month i.e. July-2018.

Former Finance Minister Bhanu Lal Saha said to TIWN, “Central Govt since Congress era had been pressuring us to implement the new pension policy but it was Left govt which always saved the earlier pension policy. What the new policy wants to say is once an employees is done with his/her job then govt will have no liability, which according to us is very cruel”.

(Right now, the Pension scheme has only available at state West Bengal)