New Delhi, March 3 -- It is reported that the trade unions and associations working amongst 2.8 million employees of the Government of India, including the railways and public sector undertakings, and more than 30 million employees and teachers working with the state governments, have decided to go on an indefinite strike from 1st May 2024 demanding the restoration of what is known as old pension scheme (OPS). In other words, these organized class of government employees want to use their collective mob strength to bring the government to its knees and get whatever they want, unmindful about the problems faced by the government in acceding to their demand.

By no stretch of the imagination, one can think that the government employees in I...