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The Andhra Pradesh Government Retired Employees Association’s Joint Action Committee State president Chowdary Purushottam Naidu connected Wednesday urged the State authorities to heighten pension benefits for retired employees aged supra 70 years.
Addressing the media, helium appealed to the authorities to summation the further quantum of pension from 7% to 10% for retirees successful the 70 to 75 years property radical and from 12% to 15% for those supra 75 years. Mr. Purushottam Naidu said the projected revision would instantly payment astir 75,000 aged pensioners and yet widen to astir 4 lakh retirees erstwhile they transverse 70 years of age.
He stated that the enhanced pension would supply overmuch needed alleviation to elder astir retired employees who are coping with aggregate wellness issues and continuing household responsibilities. He alleged that the erstwhile Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities had reduced definite pension benefits and stressed that these should beryllium restored without delay. According to him, a 3% summation successful pension would entail an further yearly expenditure of astir ₹120 crore for the State government.
Mr. Purushottam Naidu said the Joint Action Committee had submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister’s Office seeking aboriginal clearance of pending bills of employees who retired recently. The relation has besides requested the authorities to allot buildings for retired employees successful each districts to alteration them to clasp meetings and connection guidance to serving unit connected administrative matters.
