Vijayawada to host govt employees national meet on July 14-15

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers Association (APNGOs) state president P Ashok Babu on Thursday said the two-day All-India State Government Employees Federation (AISGEF) executive body meeting will be held in Vijayawada on July 14 and 15. 

• Employees from 22 states are expected to participate in the event to be held on July 14-15

Addressing media here, Ashok Babu said about 100 delegates from 22 states will attend the meeting and discuss the demand for scrapping of Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and other important subjects. He said lakhs of employees working in both Central and state governments across the country were strongly opposing the CPS.

He said the national level meeting of AISGEF was held in Hyderabad 15 years ago in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and now Vijayawada will host the national-level meeting to discuss on various issues particularly the CPS. APNGOs Association general secretary N Chandrasekhar Reddy and western Krishna president A Vidya Sagar were present.