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Pensioners stage demonstration against segregation

Published - April 04, 2025 07:03 pm IST - TIRUNELVELI

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Pensioners staging a protest in front of Head Post Office in Palayamkottai on Friday pressing their demands.

Pensioners staging a protest in front of Head Post Office in Palayamkottai on Friday pressing their demands. | Photo Credit: A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN

Central and State government pensioners staged a demonstration in Tirunelveli on Friday in protest against the Centre’s move to segregate the pensioners as retirees before and after the 8th Pay Commission for fixing the retirement benefits.

As the pensioners, who will retire before January 1, 2026 are likely to be missed out of 8th Pay Commission benefits, the pensioners staged the demonstration. Led by R. Seetharaman, president of Confederation of Pensioners of Central and State Local Bodies and Public Sector Undertakings, the protestors raised slogans against the move to segregate them as retirees before and after the 8th Pay Commission for fixing the pension benefits.

The urged the Centre to treat all the pensioners equally while fixing the benefits of the upcoming Pay Commission.

Office-bearers S. Muthusamy, N. Ramkumar, S. Kannan, K. Sivasubbu and others spoke.

Published - April 04, 2025 07:03 pm IST

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