Cabinet relief for BSNL pensioners

Cabinet relief for BSNL pensioners

The Union Cabinet approved a scheme for BSNL employees which will ensure parity in pension between the serving and the retired staff.

“This decision will benefit over 1.18 lakh pensioners across India,” said Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday following the Cabinet Meeting which approved pension revision for the public sector firm’s staff who retired prior to June 10, 2013.It will cost an estimated Rs.155 crore annually apart from the almost Rs.284 crore to be paid in arrears.

This will help reduce BSNL’s financial burden, according to an official communique.