CM Stalin forms ministerial committee to review grievances of government employees including teachers
A release issued by the state government on Sunday said the chief minister issued orders to constitute the committee to examine and initiate action on the demands of various government employees associations including teachers
Chief Minister MK Stalin
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday constituted a four-member ministerial committee to consider the demands of various government employee associations.
The committee consisting of PWD minister EV Velu, Finance minister Thangam Thennarasu, School Education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and Human Resources minister Kayalvizhi Selvaraj will hold talks with the representatives of various government employee associations at the Secretariat on Monday.
A release issued by the state government in this regard on Sunday said the chief minister issued the orders to constitute the committee to examine and initiate action on the demands of various government employees associations.
The committee has been constituted less than a month prior to the convention of the State Assembly for the presentation of the Budget for the 2025-26 Financial Year.
Earlier this month, the state government constituted another committee of bureaucrats and economists to study the old pension scheme, contributory pension scheme and unified pension scheme, and submit a detailed report with recommendations within nine months.
Their demands include restoring the Old Pension Scheme after cancellation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for around six lakh employees, and resumption of various incentives that were withdrawn by the State government. Demands also include the regularisation of around 3.5 lakh non-standard and special time pay scale workers, the withdrawal of action against 7,800 employees.
The employees have demanded that the CPS be scrapped, citing discrepancies as compared to the National Pension System (NPS). In the event of their death, the employees under CPS receive a one-time settlement instead of pension. The NPS has benefits of pension, gratuity and a family pension, while the CPS in Tamil Nadu has no such benefits, the association alleged.
More than 3.5 lakh employees in the mid-day meals scheme and anganwadi workers are denied retirement benefits since they are not incorporated as regular time-scale employees.
