Members of Income Tax Employees' Federation stage sit-in in Ghaziabad

The Income Tax Employees' Federation of Ghaziabad staged a sit-in here on Tuesday under the banner of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers to press for various demands.

A group of employees joined the demonstration outside the Income Tax office on the CGO complex premises near Hapur Chungi in the city.

The federation's district general secretary K C Shukla said that out 125 employees, 15 abstained from work.

The protesters pressed for various demands, including scrapping of the new contributory pension scheme and restoration of defined benefit.