The Maharashtra cupboard Thursday gave its nod to the proposal to challenge Rs 5 per litre subsidy to the milk producers within the state. The choice was introduced within the winter session of the state legislature held final month.
The Maharashtra cupboard additionally cleared a proposal that gives an choice of availing the Previous Pension Scheme (OPS) to the state authorities workers who joined the service after November 2005.
The Maharashtra cupboard determination comes days after the federal government in addition to semi-government workers and officers went on a strike to press for his or her demand of restoring the OPS, newswire PTI reported.
The cupboard gave its nod to the proposal that gives an choice of the OPS to the state workers who joined the service post-November 2005, the Chief Minister`s Workplace (CMO) stated.
Speaking to PTI, Vishwas Katkar, normal secretary of the Maharashtra state workers` confederation, stated, “The Maharashtra cupboard`s determination will profit some 26,000 state authorities workers who had been chosen earlier than November 2005 however acquired becoming a member of letters later. This determination will profit solely these 26,000 state workers.”
There are as many as 9.5 lakh state workers who joined the service earlier than November 2005 and so they already get pleasure from the advantages of the OPS, the PTI report stated.
Below the OPS, a authorities worker will get a month-to-month pension equal to 50 per cent his/her final drawn wage. There was no want for contribution by workers. The OPS was discontinued within the state in 2005.
Below the New Pension Scheme (NPS), a state authorities worker contributes 10 per cent of his/her primary wage plus dearness allowance with the state making an identical contribution. The cash is then invested in one of many a number of pension funds accepted by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Improvement Authority (PFRDA) and the returns are market-linked.
The Maharashtra cupboard additionally cleared a proposal to cost Rs 250 as toll quantity for vehicles for utilizing the Mumbai Trans Harbour Hyperlink (MTHL), the nation`s longest sea bridge that connects Sewri in Mumbai to Nhava Sheva in neighbouring Raigad district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the MTHL on January 12. The 21.8-kilometre lengthy bridge will carry down the journey from the present two hours to round 15-20 minutes.
In one other proposal okayed by the Maharashtra cupboard, the clerks-typists working within the Mantralaya will likely be given a month-to-month allowance of Rs 5,000 over and above their present remuneration, the CMO stated.
