Concept of pension The Central Govt pension rules for minimum pension are 10 years of qualifying service For full pension 33 years of qualifying service Special provision for pension to MLA"s MP's stipulates pension even for a day as politicians. Pension is calculated as per number of years as an elected member .These beneficial rules are made by themselves.Employees earlier had to contribute a certain percentage of their basic salary and equivalent amount contributed by employee.Presently the amount of pension is determined by contribution of employee only without matching grant that is invested into special pension fund .The representatives contribute nothing at all towards their pensions.Employees work for minimum6 to 8 hours per day ,where as the representatives hardly work for 10 to 20 days in year for sessions starting in the evenings.Besides eligible for T A ,DA and highly subsidised food.Often after logging their presence warvh the proceedings from offices or disappear thereafter.Few of them receive multiple pensions as MLA, MP, freedom fighter and also service pensions . Is more than one pension legal?The laws of pension need to be uniform for all and pensions to representatives must be on the lines of general rules.To favour party functionaries they are nominated or elected as MLA'S etc to be eligible for life long pensionary benefits as reward. Nelson Lopes Chinchinimm
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