MINUTES OF THE SECETARIAT MEETING
OF NCCPA HELD AT NEW DELHI On 15.12.2019
The Secretariat of NCCPA was held
in the AIRF Office Library Hall New Delhi on 15.12.2019. The meeting commenced
at 11.00 Hrs with the Working President Comrade S.S.Roy in chair. Soon the
President Comrade Shiv Gopal Mishra reached and presided over the meeting. The
meeting commenced with homage to the
departed leaders. Comrade KKN Kutty Secretary General introduced the Agenda and
the same was unanimously approved. 21 Office Bearers and 7 observers from various affiliates attended
and took part in the meeting. The
discussions were held as per the agenda and the following decisions were taken.
Review of 4th triennial conference
of NCCPA. During the debate on the secretary general’s report at the
conference, the delegates had pointed out certain omissions and the Sectt. had
agreed to include those. They were: (1)
Parliament Elections; (2) Role of Media; and (3) Climate Change. The draft paragraphs on these issues as prepared by the Secretary
General were presented and circulated and the same was approved for inclusion in
the report.
The draft resooutions prepared by
the Steering Committee were subjected to discussions. Com.K.G. Jayaraj, Com. S.K.Sharma and Com.
Nagabhoshanam made certain suggestions
to improve upon those resolutions. After
discussions, the following course of action was agreed upon.
(a) Com.
K.G. Jayaraj will e mail the addition required ; The suggestion concerning the
non deduction of TDS wll be discussed by the Secretary General with the Governmental authorities and appropriate decisions
taken; the word “towns” will be
added and the demand for inclusion of DD
along with on line payment on CGHS will be included.
(b) Comrade
Basudeb Sen Gupta the Auditor NCCPA
pointed out that the Railway Hospitals in Malda, Asansol and Kharagpur suffer
from serious inadequacies and the
beneficiaries are affected. Com. President
Shiv Gopal Mishra stated that the issue will be taken up by him with the
authorities on receipt of details from Basudeb Sen Gupta.
There were detailed discussions
on the health insurance scheme as was circulated by the Secretary General. It
was concluded that since there had been no sufficient time provided for a wider discussion amongst the members of
the decision making fora of the affiliates and state units, that the draft
proposal would be subjected to wider discussions and the views would be
communicated to the CHQ within 15 days.
The final draft after taking into account the views canvassed by the
affiliates would be placed on the website.
It was also decided that the proposal in its final form must be conveyed
to the Govt. by the end of January, 2020.
Solidarity support for the
striking workers. The Secretariat decided to launch the following
programme:
(i)
To organize demonstration or dharna under the
banner of NCCPA at all State Capitals in support of the strike of the workers
on 7th January, 2020 ( as per the local conditions)
(ii)
To take
part in the demonstration, procession etc. organized by the central trade
unions and employees organizations on 8th January, 2020 in support
of the strike action.
Journal:
It was decided that the name of
Publisher and Printer will be changed to ‘Pavitra Ranjan Chakraborti’. Necessary
steps will be taken to effect the changes by the West Bengal Unit. Even though the sale price has been
increased, it was found to be necessary to increase the circulation. The
affiliates were requested to make efforts in this direction. As
decided by the NCCPA Conference the rate of subscription shall be 120/- from
January but the change will be incorporated in the print after the due process
of change of publisher. The Secretary General pointed out that the list of latest
renewed subscribers will be intimated by the Kolkata Comrades and the next
meeting will take up the issue and fix the quota for each affiliate.
National Executive Committee
meeting.
The Secretariat decided to hold the
National Executive Meeting in Ernakulam ( Kerala ), which would be hosted by
the AIBDPA . The meting will be held in
the month of April 2020. Dates will be finalized and intimated later.
Composition and structure of
NCCPA.
Comrade S.K.Sharma (Rajastan)
reiterated the contention he raised at the National Sectt. Meeting at Jaipur
and complained that the stand of the NCCPA presently amounted to encouraging the
department-wise pensioners Association and weaken the composite Central Govt.
Pensioners Association. He took strong objection over the attendance of the
Secretary General in the meeting of the All India Audit and Accounts Pensioners
Association at Kolkata and attending and forming the ITPF Rajastan Unit at
Jaipur. Quoting Com. Vyas he said that
the stand taken by the NCCPA was against the policy of the NCCPA earlier and no
decision to deviate from the earlier stand had been taken in any organizational
forum by the NCCPA. Com. Secretary General informed the house that Com.Vyas who
was then the Secretary General of the NCCPA had gone on record in writing of
the need to form department-wise Pensioners Association in order to widen the
base of the NCCPA. He added that it was
on the clear understanding that the recruitment of Pensioners as members of
NCCPA would be better possible if the same is made into a federal set up rather
than a unitary one. He also said that the
difficulties in the transition stage had been appreciated and the condition to
compulsorily affiliate with the NCCPA is made a pre condition for all such
department-wise organizations. Com.VAN Namboodiri, Patron explained the
background of such decision and wanted the controversy ended by mutual
discussions and deliberations. Com.
President pointed out that the NCCPA has no intention to weaken its own CGPA
Units as alleged. Since the issue requires discussions, deliberations and
decision to end the controversy for ever,
Com. Secretary General suggested that the issue may be properly placed
on the agenda through a note and the same could be subjected to deliberation at
the next NE meeting. Accordingly, it was
agreed that the Secretary General will prepare a Note and will be circulated
well before the next NE meeting.
Programme of action
It was decided that the charter
of demands has to be modified by rearranging the issues and including the PNB pensioners’
demands. In view of the ensuing workers
strike slated for 8th Jan. 2020, the Secretary General, President
and the Deputy General Secretaries will sit together and finalize the charter
after getting the requisite feedback from the concerned organizations. It was
also decided that Option No. 1 and MACP will delinked and will make into two
distinct demands. The Committee consisting of the above stated office bearers
will also finalize the programme of action in pursuance of the demands.
Parliament March against NPS
President Comrade Shiv Gopal
Mishra pointed out that the NJCA had decided to take out a Parliament March in
the budget session on the issue of NPS and that the NCCPA should join the
programme. This was agreed upon.
Registration of NCCPA
The suggestion to seek
registration under the T.U. Act was accepted.
Accordingly, Com.M.L. Gupta Vice President was entrusted with the
responsibility of seeking such registration from Jaipur.
On Option Number 1 . The
Secretariat, on the basis of the legal opinion
obtained by the CGPA Kerala, which was not in favour of filing the case
, decided to discuss with Advocates of Delhi and proceed with the case.
However, the Secretariat found that the prayer made by the present litigants in
the principal bench of the Tribunal was not acceptable and accordingly will
revise the prayer on the lines made out by the NJCM Staff Side to the Pension committee..
MACP: The President and Secretary General will seek
a meeting with the secretary Personnel and Expenditure to explore the
possibility of extending the Supreme Court decision to all similarly placed
pensioners as assured by the Cabinet Secretary. In case their attempt in this
direction fails, the NCCPA wil go ahead and file the case. Such discussion with
the Government must be concluded by 15th Jaunary, 2020.
Before
the meeting was formally concluded by the President, Com. Secretary General
thanked the AIRF CHQ for providing facilities for conducting the meeting as
also the sumptuous lunch provided to the members. He also thanked the AIPRPA Delhi Unit in
sponsoring the file folder for the members to keep the documents. The meeting thus came to a close at 1.30 PM on
15th December, 2019.
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