Pension money
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 30 2010:
Even as the earlier pension scheme was abolished and a new scheme introduced according to which a certain percentage was deducted from employees who joined service after 2005, the deducted amount was not deposited in the relevant authority.
Following cancellation of the earlier pension scheme, a new pension scheme was introduced with effect from 1/1/2005 under which 10 per cent of the employees' salaries were deducted for payment after retirement.
The State Government has not yet produced the amount deducted from its employees nor it has deposited the Government's due share in the relevant central agency.
The whole amount is being kept in the State Government's account.
Of total Govt employees from which a certain percentage of the salaries is deducted for the new scheme, 160 belong to Education Dept, 14,200 to Home Department, 789 to Health Department, 17 to Finance Department, 29 to Law and Legislative Affairs, 32 to Revenue Department, 8 to Social Welfare, 23 to Veterinary Department and 109 to other departments.
Due interest for the amount deducted from the employees is being paid by the Government for the last five years.
As the Government launched the new scheme on December 27 last, the State Government had to deposit more than Rs one lakh just for 54 employees.