Summary:
The delay is due to the TNSTC Employees' Pension Fund Trust, which is managing the disbursal of pension benefits. The protesters also pointed out the inordinate delay in sanctioning the retirement benefits for TNSTC employees who retired from the service till June 2017. The protesters in particular demanded the disparity in the dearness allowance provided (DA) to the pensioners of TNSTC and those from other departments. S.
Krishnan, State president, TNSTC REWA, who presided over the protest here, said that similar protests took place in nine places across the State on Tuesday. “While the pensioners of other departments are getting DA of 139 %, our DA has been frozen at 119% since November 2015,” said R.
Devaraj, State deputy general secretary of TNSTC REWA..