New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday, demanding that the Central government address a range of long-pending issues concerning workers, employees, pensioners, scheme workers and the unorganised workforce.

Among the key demands raised by the workers' organisation are an increase in the minimum pension, revision of the EPF and ESI wage ceilings, restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and changes to provisions of the recently introduced labour codes.

The BMS had announced the nationwide demonstrations earlier, stating that workers across sectors would participate to draw attention to issues that, according to the organisation, have remained unresolved for a con...