Rahul Gandhi, the
leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, reiterated his call for a national caste census by using
india Today's Mood of the Nation poll. In addition to demonstrating strong public support for the caste census, the study also revealed support for a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP) of crops, a problem that the
narendra Modi-led
nda government has been battling.
According to the
august Mood of the Nation
survey (MOTN), 86.6% of participants were in favor of a legislative guarantee for maximum supply pricing (MSP). Farmers have kept fighting for this measure even after the
narendra modi administration withdrew the three agricultural legislation in
november 2021.
Farmers staged months-long protests against the three agriculture regulations, squatting on Delhi's boundaries. After the laws were removed, they withdrew, but they are still at the with Shambhu, advocating for a law that would guarantee MSP for a number of crops.
For the
government, this is one problem that may turn into a forest fire. Since the
government has moved on to handle the outrage over the New Pension Scheme (NPS), the issue is: will it preempt it?
The
congress has been attempting to capitalize on the resentment that federal
workers have toward the NPS problem. It ran for
office in many state
elections on a platform of returning to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) if elected. In addition to the
congress administrations in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh, the AAP
government in
punjab also brought back the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).
The
government is burdened with an enormous amount of pension dues as a result of the OPS. The Center's pension liabilities has increased significantly over the past few decades, rendering it unmanageable.
The OPS was replaced with the NPS in
january 2004, during the tenure of the
bjp administration led by
prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. However, because
workers believed the New Pension Scheme (NPS) did not provide a minimum income, they continued to demonstrate and demand improvements.
The
bjp adopted a proactive stance in resolving the matter. The
government decided to implement a Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) after forming a committee led by former finance secretary
tv Somanathan to investigate employee complaints.