The Kerala State Govt. Employees will go on strike from 7th January 2013 against the Kerala government decision to implement Contributory Pension Scheme for its employees instead of the existing Statutory Pension.The Kerala Cabinet took the anti-worker decision today, which will be implemented from 1st April 2013.
The Central Government has already implemented a similar scheme w.e.f. 01-01-2004. Except the Left ruled states of Tripura, W.Bengal and Kerala, all the other states also implemented it. Now after the UDF government came in Kerala, it has also implemented this disastrous Scheme. The State Govt. employees and Teachers’ organisations have declared strike from 7th January demanding reversal of the Scheme.
My full support and solidarity to the struggle.
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I am wondering that,whether this new system of pension may impliment to the MLA or MPs
It is not applicable to the MPs, MLAs etc.
The implimentation of Contributory pension will save Kerala from an upcoming total disaster.
You are completely mistaken. This is not only an attack on the employees, but also a reversal from the social security measures like statutory pension, which has been implemented after lot of struggles and many court judgements. Similar system in US and European countries saw the life savings of the employees totally disappearing when the global recession took place in 2007. Any way, the Central, State and other workers are completely opposed to the introduction of the contributory pension instead of the statutory pension.
It is meaningless to say about “social security” when it is limitted only to the organised govt employees. A short look at the current financial situation of our state indicates that it is the high time to think about contributory pension or similar alternatives. When the revenue of the state is 30,000 Cr, 24,000 Cr is used for pension and salary of 5% of total population. 3,000 Cr is the interest on deficit (the highest among Indian states) and the balance is only 3,000 Cr. This money is not sufficient for the development and service of 3.33 Cr people of this state. The total deficit of Kerala has come to 1 Lakh Cr and the per capita deficit is 30,000 Rs. The unorganised and unsupported section (more than 11 lakhs) is not getting even Rs. 400 as pension. There is a hike of 5 times expense for pension in the last few years and if this situation continues, the state econony will collapse in a few years. So employess will have a situation to struggle even for salary and it is better to contribute 10 % to the pension fund. The communist China also implimented 10-30 % contributory pension plan and strengthened its welfare services to the poor.
The argument placed is well understood. But at the same time, the issue can be looked in another aspect. A democratic state has to ensure the social security of the people including the employees. For the same, the revenue has to be increased, instead of reducing the expenditure towards social security. The huge tax evasion by the rich and corporates, the unlimited blcakmoney, the large scale corruptions – why the government is not able to curb these and get billions and billions for helping the people, instead of cutting the benefits to the workers and the people. The working class will have no other way but to fight when their hard earned rights and benefits are being snatched away. Putting the workers demands against the misery of the people will not deceive any body. By the way, if the contributory pension is good, why it is not implemented in the cases of Members of Parliament and Legislatures who are making laws, including the present one.