Nagaland government employees take to the streets, demand restoration of old pension scheme

On Friday, February 16, a large number of government employees took to the streets in Nagaland demanding scrapping of the ‘New Pension Scheme’ and restoration of the earlier system.

State government employees recruited after 2010, the year the new pension scheme was implemented, gathered at the Civil Secretariat Junction under the aegis of the Nagaland National Pension System Government Service Employees Forum (NNPSGSEF).

NNPSGSEF president Monungsang said the “peaceful protest” was organized to show solidarity with the “national strike” organized by the All India State Government Employees Federation (AISGEF).