NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS
13/c Feroze
shah Road,
New Delhi. 110
001
Dated: 22.12.2015.
Circular No. 2/2015-16.
Dear Comrades,
As
you are aware, the 7th CPC submitted its report to the Government on
19th November, 2015. The
National Joint council of action or organizations participating in the JCM at
the National level characterized the recommendations as the most retrograde and
perhaps the worst ever in the wage increase any Pay commission has ever made in
the past. Many affiliates and State committees had sent in their comments on
those recommendations pertaining to the Pensioners and other retirement
benefits.
We
explored the possibilities of convening an emergent meeting of the office
bearers of NCCPA elected at its Kolkata Conference. However, due to paucity of time and other
logistics, we had to abandon that idea.
It was then decided in consultation with Com. President to convene a
meeting on 8th December, 2015 at New Delhi to discuss the
recommendations of the 7th CPC.
Accordingly, besides, the President and Secretary General, all the Vice
Presidents, Patrons, Treasurer and the two Deputy Secretaries General attended
the said meeting. Due to the delayed
running of the train, the President could not attend the meeting. Com. S.S.Roy, Working president presided over
the meeting. On the first day, the meeting decided upon the issues that must be
referred to the Staff Side JCM National Council, for inclusion in their charter
of demands. The demands so formulated
are as under:-
I. Revise the pension and other retirement benefits as
under:-
(a)
Parity between
the past and present pensioners to be brought about on the basis of the 7th
CPC recommendations with the modification that basis of computation to be the
pay level of the post/grade/scale of pay from which one retired, whichever
is beneficial.
(b)
Pension to be 60%
of the last pay drawn in the case of all eligible persons who have completed
the requisite number of years of service.
(c)
The family
pension to be 50% of the last pay drawn.
(d)
Enhance the
pension and family pension by 5% after every five years and 10% on attaining
the age of 85 and 20% on attaining the age of 90.
(e)
Commuted value of
pension to be restored after 10 years or attaining the age of 70 whichever is
earlier. Gratuity calculation to be on the basis of 25 days in the month
(f)
Fixed medical
allowance for those pensioners not covered by CGHS and REHS to be increased to
Rs. 2000 p.m.
(g)
Provide one
increment on the last day in service if the concerned employee has completed
six months or more from the date of grant of last increment.
II. The
full fledged meeting of the NCCPA Sectt. will be held either in the last week
of January or in the first week of Feb. at New Delhi.
III. NCCPA
website will be maintained by Com. K. Ragavendran, Deputy Secretary General in
consultation with the Secretary General,
IV. A
joint Bank Account will be opened in any Nationalized Bank at Delhi operated by
the Secretary General and Treasurer.
V. The
present arrangement of publishing the journal from Kolkata will continue. Com. Pavitra Chakraborthy will be in charge
of the journal publication. An Editorial
board with Com.K.K.N. Kutty Secretary General as Chairman and Com. S.S.Roy and
Com. Pavithra Chatterji will be constituted.
The advice and assistance of Com. R.L. Bhattacgarya Patron will be
solicited.
VI. Remittance
of annual subscription by the affiliates, state Committees and other
individuals will be made to Com. H.L.Sidhu, Tresurer only in the form of Bank
Draft or through Bank transfer.
VII. Remittances
in respect of the journal will be made over to Com. Pavitra Chakrsborty, Deputy
Secretary General at his Kolkata address.
He along with the Assistant Treasurer will maintain the requisite
account for the journal.
IX. The
Constitution copy of the NCCPA will be placed on the website. Suggestions and comments for amendment may be
sent to the Secretary General. The same
will be discussed for appropriate action by the next meeting of the National
Secretariat.
X Com.
V.A.N. Namboodiri, Patron of NCCPA will
help in getting affiliation and registration with the TUI for NCCPA for which a
formal decision was taken at the last Conference.
XI. Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri Patron of NCCPA will
take steps to get the NCCPA registered under the Registrar or Societies and a
final decision in the matter will be taken at the next meeting of the National
Secretariat.
XII. The
meeting also decided to endorse the call of the NJCA in pursuance of the
charter of demands.
The
NJCA in its meeting on 8th
December 2015, accepted the proposal of the NCCPA in so far as the acceptance
of the demands pertaining to pensioners were concerned and included the same as
Item No. 13 of the Charter of demands.
They have decided to go on indefinite strike if no settlement is brought
about on these demands. As a prologue and
in a bid to mobilize the employees, they have also decided the following programmes
of action in the month of January and Febraury, 2015.
30.12.2015:
Holding demonstrations and hand over copy of the NJCA’s letter dated 10.12.2015
to the Head of the Office for onward transmission to the Cabinet Secretary,
demanding for immediate settlement of the issues.
19-21.01.2016:
3-day dharna in all the State capitals and
industrial centers/ establishments for educating and mobilizing the employees.
We request all the affiliated
Associations and State Committee to part take in the programmes of action either independently or in co-operation with
the working employees and make it s a grand success. What should be modus of our participation as
and when the strike action is decided will be the subject matter of
deliberation at our next meeting of the National Secretariat.
With greetings,
Yours
fraternally,
Sd/-
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
