Shimla, May 4 -- A delegation of the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners Joint Front, led by its president Atma Ram, on Monday, met Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to apprise him of their various demands. The delegation also submitted a formal demand charter to the Chief Minister during the meeting.

Assuring the delegations, Chief Minister Sukhu highlighted that the state government has taken numerous welfare measures for employees and pensioners over the past three and a half years, despite financial constraints and the discontinuation of RDG.

The Chief Minister noted that while the state government reinstated the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for 1.36 lakh employees in its first Cabinet meeting, the Union Government has stopped financial ass...