Defence Against Pension Discrimination in BDL
In a letter to the union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 13 December, CITU general
secretary Tapan Sen, MP drew her attention to the ongoing agitation, including relay hunger strike
since 15 November, jointly by the unions of all affiliations in Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), the public
sector Mini Ratna company engaged in defence production, in all its locations in Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh against deprivation of pension benefit of 7% of basic plus DA as management’s
contribution in pension fund for non-executive employees which is applicable to the executives
(PLF) Urge the Government to payment of pensions on time
(PLF) Urge the Government to payment of pensions on time
