Patna, Oct. 30 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today announced that if the Grand Alliance (GA) comes to power in Bihar, it will reinstate the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) on the lines of Himachal Pradesh to ensure financial and social security for government employees after retirement.
Sukhu told news persons here that when he took charge as Chief Minister, employees in Himachal Pradesh were getting merely Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 per month under the National Pension System (NPS).
"We restored the Old Pension Scheme, under which the pension now ranges from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 per month," he said, adding that the move was meant not as a political gesture but to provide social security to long...