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Proceedings of NCCPA NE on 20/06/2023

 Minutes of the National Executive Meeting

of NCCPA at New Delhi on 20.06.2023




Minutes of the National Executive Meeting of NCCPA at New Delhi on 20.06.2023

The meeting of National Executive was held at AIRF Office in Comrade Chaube Memorial Library Hall under the presidentship of Comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra. After observing a minute silence over the demise of Secretary General Comrade KKN Kutty and Organising Secretary Comrade KK Marotkar and other working-class leaders in between our last and the present physical NE Meeting, the President took up the agenda for approval.

Over all 16 National Executive Members were physically present and (4) four NE Members including the Patron of NCCPA attended virtually.

1.    Confirmation of the minutes of previous NE Meeting held virtually on 06.03.2023:

After the agenda was unanimously approved, the President initiated the minutes of the 06.03.2023 virtual meeting of our past NE was circulated by the Secretary General and the same can be confirmed by the house. The House unanimously gave its approval.

2.    Renewal of registration of NCCPA at Jaipur:

The President asked the Secretary General to report and the Secretary General reported to the house that the renewal of registration of NCCPA was done successfully at Jaipur. Comrade M.L.Gupta helped very much in the task and the Secretary General also had gone to Jaipur. The task remains finished successfully and the renewal had been done with the Registrar of Trade Unions.

3.    Review of Solidarity to N-JCA and the independent programme of NCCPA:

The President then narrated the developments on NPS front and the struggles going on throughout the country by the CG Workers and supported by the NCCPA and other Pensioners Associations. He thanked the NCCPA for its cooperation. He said that the Dharna Programme will be in Jantar Mantar on 21.06.2023 on behalf of N-JCA. However, the Parliament scheduled to meet on 17.07.2023 and so the Parliament March against the NPS by N-JCA is kept on 21.07.2023 might be postponed by a few days. But as of now we are not clear.

When some of the NE Members pointed out that reservations and booking of hotel rooms have been done and that more than 1000 pensioners had already reserved to and fro to Delhi from different places, the issue was further discussed. Ultimately it was unanimously decided that NCCPA Programme will be held on 21.07.2023 as decided earlier and that the signature campaign on our 15 point charter of demands will also continue so that we undertake the March to Parliament on 21st July.

It was then decided that effective organizational steps will be taken by all our affiliates so that the March to Parliament Programme on 21.07.2023 and the Signature campaign will be pursued vigorously. If N-JCA programme remains on 21st July we shall join or else we will take the permission for our own rally at Jantar Mantar on 21.07.2023 and 4. go ahead, because we cannot halt the preparations that are going on in all places.

4.    Review of NCCPA Organization at State levels:

The Secretary General reported that in many states there are no NCCPA formation and the programmes of NCCPA are implemented by the affiliates in many states. He said this should be done by the COC of NCCPA. He suggested that CGPA that exists in some states can take the initiative and form the apex body of NCCPA in the states involving all affiliates and state bodies of all India Organzations and even the CGPAs can lead the movement by remaining in the leadership of NCCPA.

Discussion was followed on the issue. Ultimately it was unanimously decided that in all States the formation of NCCPA as the apex body will be formed without dismantling any of the existing organizations including the CGPA structures there; the General Secretary and the President will nominate the State Secretary of NCCPA and the President of State Bodies in consultation with the affiliated organizations functioning in the states. These NCCPA apex bodies will sit and plan implementation of programme calls by NCCPA.

5.    Quota remittances from Affiliates after 6th March NE Meeting:

It was noted that some organizations only remitted quota after the decision taken in 6th March meeting to clear the quota arrears for three financial years of 2020, 2021 & 2022. The suggestion made by comrade K.G.Jayaraj General Secretary of AIBDPA that AIBDPA had remitted legal funds to the NCCPA in 2019 and in the background of no legal action initiated by NCCPA on Option-1 issue, the amount has to be adjusted as quota.

After some discussion the following decisions have been taken: (1) Amount remitted by any organization towards legal fund in 2019 will remain as legal fund with the NCCPA for future legal activities; (2) Quota remitted by each organization during the last four years will be circulated by the Secretary General; (3) All Affiliates shall remit their due quota at the rate of 1/- per member for the years of 2020, 21, 22 and 23 within a month from this NE Meeting and admittance in the ensuing AIC of NCCPA shall be strictly on the basis of the quota remittance made by the affiliates.

6.    AIC of NCCPA at Chennai:

The Secretary General intimated the willingness of the NCCPA forum in Tamil Nadu to conduct the next AIC at Chennai provided all States and Affiliates help the reception committee by collecting the donations on the coupons printed and sent to all on the basis of 75%:25% shared between the Reception Committee and the Affiliates so that the portion can be utilized for remitting the delegate fees etc to the AIC. Discussion followed and some comrades stating that the hosting unit shall manage the entire expenses on its own and that no percentage of division may be a good practice.

But after discussion it was decided that all Affiliates and States joining together and helping to organize an AIC is good practice and that on the basis of 70:30 the apportionment can be there because in future also no state may come forward to host the AIC if the state is left to its own to organize the AIC. If any Affiliate or State wants not to take any percentage to them those states or affiliates are free to do so but AIC should be helped financially by all Affiliates and States. It was also decided that the AIC shall be in the month of December 2023 in Chennai.

7.    Finalization of LOGO:

After discussion it was decided that the logo of NCCPA will be finalized in the afternoon session. In the afternoon session at the end it was decided that we cannot have a logo that resemble any of the affiliates of NCCPA. The original logo model circulated by the Secretary General with some minor modifications are accepted as our LOGO until the AIC which can either change or approve the Logo.

8.    New Affiliations to NCCPA:

After discussion it was decided that the following Pensioners Associations will be granted affiliation in NCCPA and the new organisations affiliated shall pay the affiliation fee  and the quota to NCCPA from the year 2023, so that they can be allowed participation in the ensuing AIC at Chennai:

[a] Karnataka P&T Pensioners Association;

[b] Coffee Board Pensioners Association of Karnataka;

[c] All Pensioners Associations of Autonomous / 1statutor bodies of Karnataka;

[d] Dakshin Railway Pensioners Union;

[e] Visakhapatnam All CG Employees Pensioners Association;

[f] Hyderabad Defense Officers Pensioners Association;

[g] Puducherry Pensioners Association;

[h] Andhra Pradesh  Pensioners and Retired Persons Association bifurcated consequent on the Andhra – Telangana States bifurcation.

The AIRRF request for concession to affiliation will be discussed in the ensuing AIC as any constitution amendment requires the permission of AIC. This will be communicated to the leaders through the DRPU leaders.

9.    TUI Regional Conference:

The number of delegates attending from foreign countries of Asia is not yet informed to us. We will pursue the matter vigorously with the
General Secretary of TUI (P&R) so that the delegates attending from other countries are informed. The Indian Delegates may be 100 or 150 divided between the affiliates of NCCPA but it is important to know the number of foreign delegates. NCCPA and the Organizations of Kerala shall keep the information in mind that October 1st is nearing and we have to act very swiftly.

10.New Journal for NCCPA:

After discussions it was decided to find out in Delhi whether the new journal can be registered in Delhi with NCCPA as the owner and publisher and the President NCCPA will explore the situation and inform the SG. However, the editor responsibility shall be borne by the Secretary General and he can form the editorial board also. The printing and dispatch can be at Chennai as we have a strong infrastructure there. The names that shall be projected before the RNI for our new journal shall be “Pensioners Unity”’ “Pensioners Struggle” or “Pensioners News”.

The President Comrade Shiva Gopal Sharma took permission to leave the meeting and attend some important meeting. Comrade S.Rahman Vice President occupied the presidential Chair and the session continued:

11.Any other item with the permission of Chair:

Two issues viz., the continued impounding of DR arrears for 18 months by the Government and the issue of grant of additional pension on reaching the 80th or 85th  year onwards shall be discussed with the Advocates and action to file the cases in Guwhati High Court and Supreme Court / Delhi High Court shall be finalized later  on affiliates coming forward to share the total expenses. This decision was taken in the background of Supreme Court rejecting the SLP on grant of additional pension and the arguments raised by our Advocate as well as the Supreme Court ruling on impounding of pay and pension issue in the Andhra Government Employees and Pensioners case.

It was also decided that all affiliates will discuss the further amendments as well as the nomenclature change of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 into 2021 thoroughly so that the change is only in nomenclature or actually some tightening has taken place on our rights.

Similarly, the Bank Pensioners issue was raised by Comrade Khera of PNB Pensioners Welfare Association and he was assured that NCCPA will take up all Bank Pensioners issues vigourously. The CGHS Problems were discussed and it was decided that CGHS issues will be projected effectively by the NCCPA.

The NE Meeting ended with the formal vote of thanks.

K.Ragavendran

Secretary General NCCPA


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