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AIBDPA meets Secretary, DOT on 78.2%

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Advisor, AIBDPA, today, 31st March 2016, met Shri J.S.Deepak, Secretary DOT on the issue of 78.2% IDA Pension fixation for the pre- June 2013 BSNL pensioners. Com.Namboodiri pointed out the undue delay in submitting the case to the cabinet for approval. Secretary DOT assured that the the Cabinet Note is on his table and there will be no further delay in forwarding the same. Com.Namboodiri also demanded that the 60:40 condition for payment of pension should not be there which is creating difficulties in pension revision. He stressed the need for automatic pension revision, since pension revision is part of pension. He brought to the notice of the DOT the extra efforts made by the unions/associations in BSNL for improving the services which is showing results and the need for financial support from the government.

It is expected from the discussion that the file may be submitted to the Minister/Cabinet with out further delay. This is the second time that AIBDPA is meeting the Secretary DOT in this month, in addition to meeting the Minister Communications Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad on 09-03-2016, in which the entire issue was brought to his notice in detail for early decision.

Jeewan Praman – Life Certificate through Digital Process

07 Sunday Feb 2016

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Now Life Certificate for Pensioners can be provided by digital process. The Press Release issued by the Ministry of Communications and IT dated 02-02-2016 is reproduced below:


Government of India

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

02-February-2016 15:00 IST

Jeevan Pramaan- A Hit With Pensioners 

Jeevan Pramaan (https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/) provides a big relief to all pensioners. A pensioner can now digitally provide Annual Life Certificate to the authorities for continuity of pension instead of presenting himself physically or through a Life Certificate issued by specified authorities every year. Lakhs of pensioners on various schemes are already benefitting from it.

             Launched by the Prime Minister on 10th Nov 2014, nearly 12.5 Lakhs pensioners have registered for Digital Life Certificate (DLC) in about a year. Interestingly the enrolled pensioners come from different districts of the country showing the interest the facility has generated all over the country including in far flung rural and hilly districts. Started with Civil pensioners of Central Government only, several other pensioner schemes have adopted Jeevan Pramaan and provide this facility of Digital Life Certificate to these pensioners. Presently apart from civil Central Government employees, Defence services, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), Post Offices, Railways, Defence Pensioners Disbursement Office (DPDOs), several PSUs including Mumbai Port Trust, Chennai Port Trust and New Delhi Municipal Council are providing this service.

State Governments have also recognized the potential of Jeevan Pramaan and adopted the service. State Governments of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Pondicherry, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar, Rajasthan and Jharkhand have already started providing these services.

Jeevan Pramaan service is provided by NIC through a Central Portal developed on Open source. The platform is highly scalable. Developed using in-house manpower, the portal has been developed and maintained free of cost to all the user agencies and is also free for pensioners. 

            In Jeevan Pramaan a pensioner can digitally show that he or she is alive using his/her biometrics. Biometric devices are available in CSC’s, Bank branches, Pensioner associations, Govt. offices etc. More over any citizen can also purchase a finger print scanner and do the identification from home. A typical finger print scanner currently costs around Rs. 2600/- only and the prices are expected to come down in future. The usefulness of Jeevan Pramaan will increase even further as the biometric authentication device gets integrated with mobile phones.

            All pension disbursing organizations, which have a requirement of periodic life certificate to continue disbursing pension are welcome to join this free offering.

            For more details they are required contact Ms Nandita Chaudhri, DDG, NIC (Email: ) 

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Pensions not paid in Delhi Corporations for more than one year

10 Thursday Dec 2015

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It is reported in the Economic Times today that the old age and other welfare pensions in the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi has not bee paid for the last one year due to crunch of funds. All these Corporations are run by the BJP.  How the poor old aged people can manage their day to day lives without getting the pension? This is most cruel.

The Central and Delhi state governments should immediately ensure that the pensions are paid, if necessary by allotting sufficient funds to the corporations to pay the pension with arrears.

60: 40 issue connected with Pension payment of BSNL Retirees

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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As per an RTI received, the pension payment of BSNL retirees was less than 60% of  the various payments like dividend, tax etc.paid by BSNL to DOT till the financial year 2009-2010. From 2010-11 onwards, the pensions payment is more than 60% of the payments made by BSNL.

This is one of the reasons why the DOT was delaying the preparation of the Cabinet note on 78.2% IDA  pension fixation. However, now the cabinet note is prepared and is being forwarded to the nodal departments for approval, after which the same will be submitted to Cabinet.

 

 

Early Settlement of Pension Cases – DOT, BSNL issue orders

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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The sustained efforts on the part of the AIBDPA with the DOT and BSNL for settling the pension cases urgently have got some results. Now the DOT and BSNL both has issued orders and directions to the CGMs/CCAs for early settlement of the  pension cases. The Circle secretaries of AIBDPA and BSNLEU are requested the pursue the case at their level so that the remaining. The orders are put in the websites of BSNLEU and AIBDPA.

BSNL issues instructions for timely payment of pension benefits

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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AIBDPA has been continuously taking up the issue of payment of pensionary benefits at the time of retirement itself. The BSNL had issued necessary instructions also. But in many circles, these are not settled in time and the retiring employees are put to much difficulties. This was taken up with the Member (Finance).

On the day of the Parliament March by AIBDPA on 20th November 2015, the leaders of AIBDPA submitted the demands to the Secretary, DOT and had a detailed discussion with the Member (Finance) in the matter. Now the DOT has directed BSNL for timely settlement of the retirement benefits. BSNL vide its No. 40-06/2015-Pen(B) dated 02-03-2015  has indicated how the retirement settlement process should be taken.

Now it is for the CGMs and CCAs to ensure for the timely settlement. AIBDPA units should take the issue seriously and the settlement are done in time.

PLF Protests against delay in payment of pension

27 Sunday Jul 2014

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Pakistan Labour Federation  Demanded to pay the pension to the PCSIR workers – A report from TUI (P and R)

Haji Muhammad Saeed Arian Founder/Secretary General, Mrs Atia Saleem Chairperson,Mr Asaf F Vardag President  Pakistan Labour Federation (PLF) said that It is the height of apathy that when Eid is hardly a two days away, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) had not paid the  pension of  the last two months  and the third month is running They  said that During recent visit of  Prime Minister Muhammad  Nawaz Sharif,  to Karachi, He very kindly promised to  help and facilities to the new pensioners so that they may start getting their pensions without unnecessary delays. They requested to His Excellency to intervene and instruct the Federal Ministries concerned to do the needful and avoid delays in the payment of pensions. (TUI of Retirees and Pensioners)

DOT issues strict instructions for settlement of Pension cases

16 Wednesday Jul 2014

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Member (Finance), DOT has issued strict instructions to the BSNL as also CCAs to settle the pension cases urgently and without delay. The BSNL C.O. has also issued strict instructions accordingly.
We are happy that the efforts of BSNLEU and AIBDPA on this issue has been seriously taken by Member (Finance). During my meetings with Ms. Annie Moraes, Member (Finance) the long delay in some circles for settlement of the pension cases were pointed out and she has assured that these will be taken care of. She has immediately issued the orders for immediate action at BSNL/CCA Levels. Circle Secretaries of BSNLEU and AIBDPA should contact the CGMs and CCAs and ensure that the orders are implemented.

Pakistan Workers Demand pension increase

05 Saturday Jul 2014

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(PLF) Demanded to raise the pension as Announcement by the Government

Pakistan Labour Federation Founder/Secretary General Haji Muhammad Saeed Arian has said that despite Federal Government announcement of raise in pension in 2013-14 budget EOBI (Employees Old Age Benefit Institution) management has not raised it to Rs5,000 from Rs3,600 which should have taken effect from July 2013. In a statement issued here July 3 he said that similarly in 2014-Federal Minister raised pension to Rs6,000 but such directives are not issued for EOBI which may enable workers to get Rs6,000. He said that it appears that workers were first deprived of Rs5,000 and they would continue to be deprived of Rs6,000 as well.He said that Government is basically against workers and it is regrettable that not a single member of National Assembly has the guts to ask Federal Finance Minister why the raise in pension of 2013-14 is not allowed to workers and what kind of legislation is being done now to ensure increase in pension of workers for 2014-15. He said that sitting EOBI chairman is not taking action. He demanded of Government to ensure payment of pension as per announcement made in last two years should be given to workers.
A meeting of Pension Claimants Action Committee which was held here under chairmanship of Haji Muhammad Saeed Arian condemned anti workers attitude of EOBI The meting noted that applications of affected people for pension claim are pending and it’s a fake announcement that pensions would be paid in 45 days.
The meeting said that claims are filed one to two years back but no decision is taken It said that ever-since presence head has taken over the charge situation has aggravated and he has even issued directives not to issue claim forms, depriving workers of their rights.

Reaction Rally by the Pensioners in Cyprus

08 Thursday May 2014

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Reaction rally by the pensioners is being held by EKYSY for the hard measures taken by the government against them, resulting to a hit on their living standard by about 30%, especially of those who have incomes below the poverty level.

This decision was taken during the Extraordinary Pancyprian Meeting of the Pensioners that was on Friday 11th April 2014 at the Conference Room of ETKA PEO in Nicosia.

The rally is being held on Tuesday 13th May outside the Presidential Palace in order to express the intensive complain of the pensioners for the arbitrary decisions taken by the government against them and without any dialogue. (TUI) of Retirees and Pensioners)