Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Government employees hailed the decision to provide assured pensions to them and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for meeting them on this issue.
Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), a joint forum of Government employees’ organisations, said they were invited by the Prime Minister for the meeting.
“This was for the first time that JCM was invited by the PM. It was a very good meeting. It was a very proud moment for 32 lakh Government employees,” he told reporters in New Delhi.
After the meeting, the Prime Minister posted on X: “Met a delegation of staff side from the Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government employees. They expressed joy on the Cabinet’s decision regarding the Unified Pension Scheme.”
Mishra’s remarks came after the Union Cabinet approved the Unified Pension Scheme, which is set to benefit 23 lakh Central Government employees who joined service under the National Pension System (NPS).
