THE CENTRAL CABINET IN ITS MEETING ON TODAY,THE 28TH FEBRUARY HAS GIVEN ITS NOD FOR ENHANCING THE MINIMUM PENSION OF EPF PENSIONERS TO RS.1000.THE LABOUR  MINISTRY HAD APPROVED FOR THE RS.1000 MINIMUM A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WAS WAITING FOR CABINET DECISION.

THE EPF PENSIONERS WERE ON CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR A MINIMUM PENSION OF RS.6500 AND THEREFORE THE PRESENT HIKE IN THE MINIMUM PENSION IS FAR FROM THE DEMAND.