The rejected the Congress demand for restoration ofold pension scheme(OPS) for its employees on the pattern of the Congress-ruled states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh as well as Jharkhand where the it is a partner in the Hemant Soren government.
Replying to a non-government resolution of Congress MLA Ajay Kumar Singh inBiharVidhan Sabha on the last day of the monsoon session, states finance and parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary said, The Bihar government neither has a plan to reconsider the demand for restoration of the oldpensionscheme nor feels its necessity.
Around 2.5 lakh permanent employees and officers of the state government have been demanding restoration of the OPS in lieu of the NPS, which was introduced first at the Centre with effect from April 1, 2004 during the regime of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.