With the government announcing one rank-one pension
scheme for defence personnel, Railway employees are now asking for similar
pension benefit, arguing that their duties too are "hazardous, risky and
complex".
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, National
Federation of Indian Railwaymen has demanded uniform pension policy for railway
employees.
"On an average, 800 railway employees get killed per
year in the course of duty and nearly 3,000 sustain injuries at work," M
Raghavaiah, general secretary of NFIR, said.
Railways, one of the largest employer in the country, has
about 13 lakh employees.
He said over 85 per cent of railway employees work in
remote locations and extremist-affected areas.
Raghavaiah appealed to scrap the New Pension Scheme in
railways and grant OROP to employees "as has been agreed to in the case of
retired defence personnel".
Source:-The Economic Times
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