The Odisha EPF Pensioners’ Association, Brahmapur Branch has urged Prime Minister Nahendra Modi to raise the monthly pension amount to Rs 9,000 and provide them other benefits. There about 20,000 EPF pensioners in Brahmapur alone.
A representative submitted a memorandum, addressing the PM, to the RDC in this regard.
They have also demanded early release of increased pension based on last salary drawn as per Supreme the Court order and inclusion of all EPF-95 pensioners under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
They said both the Union Government and the State Government are ridiculing them by paying pension of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 at their old age.
Ganjam EPF Association president Pratap Chandra Satapathy, Secretary Balabhadra Rajguru, joint secretary Prasant Satapathy, vice-president Prafulla Mishra were present.