Pension protest

Former employees of AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies accused the institute director of denying them their pension benefits.

The employees have allegedly not received pensions for the past 14 months. The condition has remained the same even after the intervention of the Bihar Human Rights Commission.

Most of the employees, who are economically weak, have been facing difficulties in sustaining life. There is no support from the side of the authorities concerned.

The employees said the government had issued grants for them, yet they had not received the benefits.

The director had stopped the pension without any prior notice, they added.

The president of the AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies Pension Scheme Beneficiaries Association, S. Narayan, alleged the director of the institute of doing away with the concerns of the pensioners.

"There is no dearth of funds, which has also been highlighted in the directive of the commission, and it is sheer injustice," he said.

The employees have pledged to sit on a peaceful demonstration from July 1.

Promotion demand

Rajya Seva Sanwarg Sangharsh Samiti organised a rally in the city on Sunday to demand for the promotion of employees of Scheduled Castes and Tribes.

The organisation said the Supreme Court had passed a judgment regarding the promotion of the members of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes, who were employed in government services

The organisation demanded that the government should allow a meeting of the promotion committee as soon as possible because many employees were retiring without any promotions.

Vacancies were increasing and the morale of these employees was down, the samiti claimed.