‘Right decision will be taken at appropriate time’: T.N. Finance Minister on Old Pension Scheme

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) maintained that the State government would “take the right decision at the appropriate time” regarding the demands of government employees to resume the Old Pension Scheme.

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) maintained that the State government would “take the right decision at the appropriate time” regarding the demands of government employees to resume the Old Pension Scheme.

During the Question Hour in the Assembly, Mr. Thennarasu said: “The government and the Chief Minister have carefully taken their all demands into consideration. I will discuss this demand with the Chief Minister and consult with the committee. The government will take the right decision at the appropriate time.”

The Minister was responding to a query by AIADMK legislator K. Maragatham Kumaravel (Madurantakam), who sought to know whether the State government would resume the Old Pension Scheme, a demand put forth by lakhs of government employees.

“As for the [demand to resume] the Old Pension Scheme, the government has constituted a committee led by IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi. The Terms of Reference have also been issued,” Mr. Thennarasu recalled.

He said that many associations of government employees and teachers had submitted their representations to the government through the committee. “Minister for Public Works and I have held talks with them,” he recalled.

The Chief Minister is concerned over the welfare of government employees, and the State government has been considering their demands with care, he said. Mr. Thennarasu also recalled the announcement made by him during his Budget speech for 2025-26 for government employees.