UTF vows to protect pension rights of all eligible employees

Leaders of the United Teachers' Federation during a victory meeting in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Leaders of the United Teachers Federation (UTF) on Sunday (August 16, 2026) said that the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for employees appointed before 2003 was possible only because of the sustained struggle by the federation and vowed to continue their fight until the pension rights of all eligible employees were protected.Speaking at a ‘victory meeting’ held in Vijayawada, the leaders recalled that the government had introduced the Contributory Pension System (CPS) for employees appointed after 2003 and said the federation had been opposing it from the beginning, demanding restoration of the OPS.They said several employees who had been appointed before 20