NCCPA Emails and also sends a physical letter to UFBU as follows:
Letter copy emailed to various Affiliates ot UFBU too!
NATIONAL
CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE
OF
PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS
(Registered
undder the T.U. Act.No. RTU01/2021.Dated.7.01.2021
PAN NO:
AAEAN8586F
13C - Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi -110 001
Website: nccpahq.blogspot.in E mail: nccpahq@gmail.com.
Shiva Gopal Mishra K.Ragavendran H.L.Sidhu
President Secretary
General Treasurer
97176 47594 9444919295 9868933421
NCCPA / Pension
Revision / 1 Dated 16.01.2023
To
Comrade Sanjeev K.Bandlish
Convenor
United Forum of Bank Unions.
C/O SBI, LHO, Plot Number 1;
Sector 17A,
Chandigarh – 160017.
Dear Comrade,
We are called “National Coordination Committee of Pensioners Associations” functioning as an umbrella organization of various Central Government All India level Pensioners Associations, Many State level Central Government Pensioners Coordination Committees and many PSU Pensioners Associations including Banks etc. Some of our affiliated associations have membership in SCOVA (Standing Committee of Voluntary Associations) and Pensioners Portal etc. We are a registered Association under Indian TU Act and try to effectively project the issues of Pensioners before various Government Authorities.
The time for negotiations for wage settlement in
the Banking Industry has come and we are happy to note that for the first time
the issue of ‘Updation of Pension’ has been included as one of the
major items. However, we are worried over the remarks of some organizations
which are reportedly talking about ‘financial viability’ and ‘pension
revision in a phased manner’ to postpone the major issue of ‘updation
/ revision of pension’ again during the negotiations. This is quite in
contrast with the CG Employees Pay Commission which is considering the question
of ‘Upward Pension Revision’ also as part and parcel of
the terms of reference and recommends the same fitment formula to
all the Pensioners and Family Pensioners on par with the serving employees.
This should be the attitude of all constituents of UFBU and unfortunately the
stand reportedly taken by some of the constituents is quite unfortunate.
We opine that the theory put forward by the IBA Authorities that the expenditure towards ‘Updation / revision of Pension’ is too much to bear by the Banking Managements is not right. The informationcollected under RTI by the All-Kerala Bank Retirees Forum reveals that the accrued pension corpus is more than sufficient to meet the financial burden. It is pertinent to note that since the inception of Pension in the year 1993, never any revision was made for nearly three decades. There is no justification for the adamancy of the stand exhibited by the IBA and the Central Government.
The CHQ of National Coordination Committee of
Pensioners Association to which the All India Punjab National Bank Pensioners
& Retirees Association and All Kerala Bank Retirees Forum are affiliates
would like to request the UFBU and all its constituents that this time they
should take up the issue of ‘Up dation/ Revision of Pension’ as a major item
during negotiations to finalize 12th Settlement and once again
this item is not diluted or relegated as an item of ‘Residual issues’. This is
very important as it is not an item of mere the existing Bank Pensioners but
also of the existing serving Bank Employees, as the latter will go on joining
the battalion of the former.
The National Coordination Committee of Pensioners
Associations trusts that the item of Bank Pensioners will be given enough
importance by the UFBU and the main item of ‘Pension Updation / revision’ is
sorted out to the satisfaction of all Bank Pensioners.
Yours Comradely
Sd/-
(K.Ragavendran)
Secretary
General
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