Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Vizag MP urges minister to address EPS-95 pensioners' woes
When people work for many years, they get money every month after they retire.
This money is called a pension.
Some retired workers in India get only a very small pension.
Many of them get between one thousand and one thousand five hundred rupees every month.
That is not enough to pay for food, medicine, and other needs.
A leader from Visakhapatnam, named M Sribharat, went to New Delhi to talk to a minister.
He asked the minister to give retired workers more pension money.
He also asked that pension amounts go up when prices go up.
The leader wants retired workers and their families to have a comfortable life.
Visakhapatnam MP M Sribharat met Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi and submitted a representation on EPS-95 pensioners' issues.
Thousands of EPS-95 pensioners, including former Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employees, receive pensions as low as Rs.1,000–Rs.1,500 per month.
The MP highlighted the absence of inflation-linked Dearness Relief, which has eroded the real value of pensions over the years.
He urged the government to act on Koshyari Committee and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour recommendations to enhance the minimum pension.
The MP also sought urgent release of Rs.14 crore under the Khelo India Scheme for a Multipurpose Indoor Hall in Visakhapatnam's Chinagadili–Arilova area.
- Who
- Visakhapatnam MP M Sribharat, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya, and EPS-95 pensioners including former RINL and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employees
- What
- The MP submitted a representation urging immediate steps to address low pensions, lack of Dearness Relief, healthcare needs, and higher pension issues of EPS-95 pensioners, plus release of Rs.14 crore for a Khelo India indoor hall.
- When
- The exact date is not specified in the article; the meeting took place before the report was published.
- Where
- New Delhi (meeting location); Visakhapatnam, home to RINL's Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and the affected pensioners
- Why
- EPS-95 pensioners receive as low as Rs.1,000–Rs.1,500 per month, which is inadequate given the rising cost of living, inflation, and increasing old-age medical expenses.
- Member of Parliament
- M Sribharat (Visakhapatnam)
- Union Minister approached
- Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister for Labour and Employment
- Affected group
- EPS-95 pensioners, including retired RINL and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant employees
- Monthly pension cited
- As low as Rs.1,000–Rs.1,500
- Key demands
- Higher minimum pension, inflation-linked Dearness Relief, healthcare for pensioners and spouses
- Committees cited
- Koshyari Committee; Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour
- Khelo India request
- Rs.14 crore for a Multipurpose Indoor Hall in Chinagadili–Arilova, Visakhapatnam
- Meeting location
- New Delhi