Chief Minister said that on the issue of OPS, We are looking for a balanced solution

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said no government has done as much work for the employees as our BJP government has done in the last 5 years. Whether it is to remove discrepancies in pay structure or to meet the demands related to designation, to reduce the period of contract or to give a new pay scale.

Jai Ram Thakur said that as far as OPS is concerned, only the double engine government of BJP can solve this issue and we are also making continuous efforts in this regard.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that at the same time we have to look at the history of OPS. In Himachal Pradesh, OPS was voluntarily closed by the Congress government at that time Virbhadra Singh ji was the Chief Minister and he implemented NPS from back date. Then after that when his government was there from 2012 to 2017 even then he kept saying that OPS cannot be restored because it is not practical and the financial burden cannot be sustained by a small hill state of meagre resources.

Jai Ram Thakur said that today when the Congress felt that there was no issue against our government, they tried to mislead the honest simple employees, but we sympathize with the demand of employees and assure them a positive outcome .
He said that our government implemented family pension for the employees coming under NPS and immediately made a provision of Rs 700 crore for it. So it is very clear that we want a practical solution to this issue. Whereas Congress is promising a false guarantee to come to power. They are only doing politics on OPS. The employees of Himachal understand this very well. They know that Congress is only exploiting them. Congress is only spreading lies about OPS on the same pretext of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan while we are considering it seriously and sympathetically.
He said that it is a fact that no state can implement OPS in true sense without the help and financial aid support of the Centre. Right now Modi ji’s government is at the center and it is going to be there for a long time as the Congress is in a disarray. Only BJP’s double engine government can solve this issue and we are making continuous efforts to make it happen and give relief to our employees.