05 Saturday Nov 2022
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Central government is continuing the injustice to the senior citizens by not restoring the train travel concessions to them as also by not increasing the senior Citizen Pension from the present Rs.200/.
05 Saturday Nov 2022
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04 Friday Nov 2022
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Kerala LDF Government has issued orders granting 50% concession in tickets to the Tourist Spots for the Senior Citizens. Senior Citizen Friends Welfare Association, Kerala congratulates the government for the decision.
V.A.N.Namboodiri, President, SCFWA
04 Friday Nov 2022
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04 Friday Nov 2022
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03 Thursday Nov 2022
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Notice has already been issued for holding the All India Conference of AIBDPA at Mysore on 20th and 21st December 2022.Serious issues like Pension Revision, Medical claims, Implementation of Parliament Standing Committee recommendations, organisational matters etc. will be seriously discussed and agitational programmes decided for achieving the same.
03 Thursday Nov 2022
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Wage revision is due in BSNL wef 01.01.2017. Management is delaying the wage revision and discussion with the recognised unions on the plea that the company is not in profit. This is a lame and ant-worker excuse. BSNL is not profitable due to govt policies and not because of any slackness on the part of the workers. It is necessary that the BSNL management should urgently discuss the matter with unions and revise the wages urgently.
03 Thursday Nov 2022
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One of the Pensioners organisations widely campaigns that BSNL absorbee Pensioners are central government Pensioners and therefore eligible to get CPC fitment in pension revision.
BSNL Pensioners have retired from a CPSE, registered under Company Act .So we are PSU retirees but with Special Status of getting pension from the Central Government.
Whether BSNL pensioners are covered under CCS( Pension) Rules.
Yes, we are covered under CCS (Pension) Rules but with certain conditions.
Why the conditions and why not consider at par with central government Pensioners?
Because we have retired from a CPSE with combined service of both government and PSU. We are at par with central government Pensioners by virtue of Rule 37A of CCS(Pension)Rules,1972 barring pension and dearness allowance. We are getting higher pension due to IDA pay scales. Also we are having dearness allowance based on IDA being granted quarterly, that is four times in an year which is more beneficial. Whereas central government Pensioners are getting Dearness Relief based on CDA and only twice in an year.
These are the basic differences between central government Pensioners and BSNL pensioners.
Whether any provision in PRC for pension revision?
No, but we got our pension based on IDA pay scales from 01-10-2000 and again got our pension revision from 01-01-2007 as per 2nd PRC fitment. We also got the benefits of 78.2% IDA fixation only based on PRC.
Apart from the above benefits non-executives are also getting IDA instalments though there is no mention about them in the orders being issued by DPE.
Whether BSNL pensioners associations demanded 7th CPC for recommendations for BSNL pensioners pension revision.?
AIBDPA submitted a memorandum and had a discussion with 7th Pay Commission along with Com.S K Vyas, Secretary General, NCCPA on all the issues other than pension, dearness allowance and medical benefits.
Why?
We had a definite understanding of the issue that we are better placed on these three issues.
Is there any recommedation of pension revision of BSNL pensioners by the the 7th CPC?
No.
Then, is there any chance of government agreeing for CPC fitment.?
No. This point was elaborately clarified by the government in the discussion Member (Service) had with various Pensioners organisations on 17-10-2022 despite tall claims of acceptance of the demand of CPC fitment by one of the Pensioners organisations.
We can dream big and lavishly. But reality will be different and hard. But certain people refuse to come out of the world of dreams and illusions only to delay the settlement.
Thousands of our fellow pensioners have already expired without getting the benefits and it is continuing every day. So let us think practically and strive for early achievable settlement unitedly.
30 Sunday Oct 2022
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Kerala Circle Executive Committee meeting held on 29th October, 2022 at K G Bose Bhavan, Ernakulam started with paying rich tributes to Com.P V Chandraseharan, the legendary leader who effectively guided and led AIBDPA to a militant organisation. The meeting also remembered the valuable services of Coms.M R Chandran and K Krishnan and other leaders who passed away during the intervening period. In his encouraging inaugural address, Com.V A N Namboodiri, Advisor gave a good account of national situation and the issues of the workers, peasants and the pensioners. He also highlighted the militant functioning of AIBDPA during the last thirteen years filled with numerous struggles on genuine issues of the pensioners, latest being the historic Sanchar Bhawan March on 24-08-2022. Com.K Mohanan, Circle President presided. Com.N Guruprasad, Circle Secretary welcomed and presented the report on activities.
Com.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary reported on the latest developments on medical benefits and pension revision as a result of our sustained struggles, including the great Sanchar Bhawan March. He also appealed to help the Reception Committee of the AIC to make the Myssuru conference a great success. Com.R Muraleedharan Nair , AGS spoke on the excellent arrangements made by CHQ for the Sanchar Bhawan March and a fitting farewell and homages to Com.PVC during his last journey from Ernakulam to Thiruvananthapuram. All the district Secretaries and most of the Circle Office beares participated in the discussion. The meeting took important decisions including agitational programme against the unhelpful and negative stand of certain officers in most of the BAs in utilizing the allotted medical fund.
25 Tuesday Oct 2022
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Above is the proposal presented by DOT with zero percent fitment as per III PRC. AIBDPA demands that it should be 15 percent fitment as recommended by III PRC
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