Chennai, Jan. 3 -- In what could be seen as a election masterstroke with the key Assembly pollsin 4 months' time, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday fulfilled the more than two-decadeold demand of Government employees and teachers, by literally restoring the old pension scheme undernew avatar called the 'Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme' (TAPS).
It was seen as a New Year and Pongal bonanza that would benefit nearly two to three lakhs government employeesand teachers and it comes a day after JACTTO-GEO members held talks with a Ministerial team comprisingFinance Minister Thangam Thennarasu and PWD Minister E V Velu and announced that they would take thenext call on their proposed strike after the Ministers assured that a good...