After Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities in Punjab on Friday introduced that it has reverted to the outdated pension scheme (OPS) for state authorities workers.

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“This scheme can be applied from at this time. It was a long-pending demand of the workers because the OPS was denied to them in 2004. This is a historic determination and the very best Diwali reward ever to workers of the state,” Mann stated in a video message after a cupboard assembly. On Monday, the cupboard had given in-principle approval to implement the OPS.

Mann stated AAP nationwide convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had requested him to ship on guarantees made.

The authorities’s transfer is being seen as a bid to attain political factors within the marketing campaign to the meeting elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the place the AAP is making a determined try to develop its base.

In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has additionally promised to revert to the OPS if voted to energy.

Once applied, the transfer is prone to profit round 1.6 lakh Punjab authorities employees, who joined service after 2004, in keeping with state worker union leaders.