NCCPA writes on Bank Pensioners Revision of Pension to United Forum of Bank Unions

 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

 

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Shiva Gopal Mishra                                     K.Ragavendran                                            H.L.Sidhu

President                                                      Secretary General                                       Treasurer

97176 47594                                                 9444919295                                                  9868933421

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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 12^th 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

 

 

UNITY OF ALL PENSIONERS IS WHAT WE NEED TO WIN CRUCIAL DEMANDS

 NCCPA has written letter to Comrade S.C.Maheswari General Secretary Bharat Pensioners Samaj

Copy endorsed to Comrade D.Balasubramanian General Secretary AIFPA

Requesting to revive BCPC for facilitating a larger unity of Pensioners and United Agitation!

NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE

OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS

(Registered undder the T.U. Act.No. RTU01/2021.Dated.7.01.2021

PAN NO:  AAEAN8586F

 

 

PRESIDENT: SHIVA GOPAL MISHRA( 97176 47594)

SECRETARY GENERAL: K.RAGAVENDRAN (9444919295)

 

NCCPA / Pensioners Unity   - Dated 16.01.2023

 

To

 

Comrade S.C.Maheswari

General Secretary

Bharat Pensioners Samaj

New Delhi

 

Dear Comrade!

 

Thanks for attending the condolence meeting for departed Secretary General of NCCPA Comrade KKN Kutty.

 

Yesterday, on 15.01.2023 our National Executive of NCCPA was held under the presidentship of Comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra. In the Executive I was unanimously elected as the Secretary General of NCCPA in place of departed leader Comrade KKN Kutty.

 

The problems of Pensioners especially the CG Pensioners are plenty, as you know very well. Even the Central Government is not ready to accept the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee. The DR Arrears for 18 months still refused. MACP date of effect from 1.1.2006 is not accepted to Civilians. Full MACP is denied to Postal Promotees as their hard-earned competitive exam-based result is adjusted against the number of MACP. Government continues to take the stand that the judgement in favour of 30^th June Retirees is Judgement in Personam and not Judgment in Rem. CGHS rates are refused to be denied by the Government and many private hospitals are wriggling out of the empanelled list. Full complement of staff at Wellness Centres of CGHS are denied. Many other problems for CGHS beneficiaries and to Pensioners in general.

 

I request you kindly consider reviving the organization of Bharat Central Pensioners Confederation which can lead the entire CG Pensioners at the present time. General Elections are nearing and our combined agitation and approach towards all Political Parties will enable inclusion of our issues in their election manifestos also and even the present Government may relent and implement some of the long pending issues. It is high time that you take the lead in reviving the BCPC.

 

Kindly consider.

 

                                                                                                                                                                          Yours comradely,

Sd/-

                                                                                                                                                                            K.Ragavendran

                                                                                                                                                       Secretary General - NCCPA

Copy to:

Com.D.Balasubramanian

General Secretary

All India Federation of Pensioners Associations

 

Dear Comrade D.Balasubramanian - Greetings - I have been unanimously elected as the Secretary General of NCCPA in our National Executive Meeting due to the sudden demise of Comrade KKN Kutty. I am forwarding the email we have sent to Com.S.C.Maheswari BPS for your kind perusal and  consideration - K.Ragavendran Secretary General NCCPA   

 

Yours Comradely,

Sd/-

(K.Ragavendran)

Secretary General NCCPA

Task is to bring all Pensioners under a fighting platform!

 Thanks comrades!

Let us work together!

Let us work democratically!

Dear Comrades! I was indeed overwhelmed and have been receiving numerous congratulatory messages from different states and different comrades on my election of Secretary General NCCPA. It is not possible to wear the shoes of Comrade KKN Kutty, who had wider experience of dealing with the Government Authorities in several capacities including JCM Standing Committee Member, He had in fact was closer to the JCM Staff Side Secretary Comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra, who is also the President of NCCPA.

Nobody expected that Comrade KKN Kutty will be snatched away by the nature suddenly. His departure has caused a vacuum in the movement including the NCCPA. As the organization has to be taken forward, I have accepted the tuff job of uniting all sections of Pensioners in the capacity of Secretary General of NCCPA. I request all comrades to help spread the banner of NCCPA in all parts of the country by forming Local as well as State level COCs of NCCPA. There shall not be a state or a district / division that do not have a COC of NCCPA. This task can be fulfilled only if all comrades of all Organisations take the task very seriously. I accept the greetings with the rider that all will jointly toil to bring about a united platform of Struggle of Pensioners Community.

As I could not individually thank all comrades, I am using this social media platforms to thank all in my capacity and in the capacity of Comrade S.K.Sharma, who is elected to the vacant post of Working President of NCCPA. Let is work together for building a strong NCCPA and a strong Pensioners Movement. Let us work together and work democratically!

- K.Ragavendran Secretary General NCCPA -

28Natarajan P, Brajakishore Pradhan and 26 others

NE of NCCPA held today!

 National Executive - NCCPA

Today from 3.00 P.M to 5.00 P.M (15.01.2023) the National Executive of NCCPA under the presidentship of NCCPA President comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra was held. Almost most of the Patrons, Office Bearers and General Secretaries of Affiliated Unions and State CGPAs attended and overwhelming number of them addressed also. 

The National Executive unanimously approved the proposals of President for the vacant posts of Secretary General (caused by the sudden demise of comrade KKN Kutty); and the Working President (caused by the demise of comrade S.S.Roy) and elected the following comrades:

1. Com. K.Ragavendran - Secretary General.

2. Com. S.K.Sharma - Working President. 

Other important decisions:

1) Total support and solidarity to all programmes of National JCA against NPS. NCCPA will depute a small contingent of 7 comrades led by com.Ishwarsingh Dabas Asst.SG NCCPA to the 21st National Convention in Delhi organised by NJCA.

2) In February the National Executive will meet and discuss all problems and take appropriate decisions.

3) Accounts and other papers to Registrar of TUs will be submitted by Secretary General shortly. SB Account in the joint names of comrades H.L.Sidhu and KKN Kutty will hereafter be operated jointly by comrades H.L.Sidhu and K.Ragavendran. 

4) The President Comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra then concluded the meeting. 

- K.Ragavendran SG NCCPA-

Support and Agitate along with National JCA against NPS

 NCCPA calls all to join and support the clarion call of National JCA against NPS!

NCCPA expresses its total support and solidarity to the call of National Joint Council of Action against NPS. The National JCA meeting held in New Delhi at AIRF office had planned a series of programmes against NPS. AIRF, NFIR, AIDEF, Confederation, Primary Teacher's Federation's, State Government Employees Federation's of Various State's ,Para military's staff federation's and representatives of PSUs have taken the decision to launch a series of programmes against discontinuance of NPS and reintroduction of OPS irrespective of date of recruitment and joining.

Today, all over India, demonstrations are being launched by the National JCA. NCCPA and all its affiliates will join and strengthen the programme of demonstrations and all programs of National JCA. Please send photos of our solidarity with our banners and flags to CHQ!

K.Ragavendran

Deputy SG NCCPA

For NCCPA

2T Ravindranathan and Jagdish Chandra Chhimwal

Many Parliament Standing Committee Recommendations Rejected!

 Many Recommendations of Parliament           Standing Committee goes in SMOKE!

Report of Parliament Standing Committee submits ATR in Rajyasabha  and expresses satisfaction on many issues over the action taken by the DoP&PW! Here we are analyzing the document to some extent and a full analyzation of the Report will be done later. Comments are welcome from all readers either by email to nccpa.hq@gmail.com or in Whatsapp Group of NCCPA - KR Deputy SG NCCPA

Action Taken Report on the recommendations of the Parliament Standing Committee submitted in Rajya Sabha – CAT is out of the BAG now!

The ATR (Action Taken Report) on the recommendations of the 110^th Report of the Parliament Standing Committee is tabled in Rajya Sabha by the above Committee. The community of Pensioners all over the country were wondering about the nature of recommendations as many of them were recommended though rejected by the 7^th CPC! The Pensioners were pinning much hope that these recommendations will be implemented by the Union Government! But the National Executive of NCCPA that met in June 2022, had clearly opined that these recommendations were only publicity stunt and not for real implementation! The averment of NE of NCCPA has come out true today with the ATR submitted in Rajya Sabha. Let us see the aspects of the report:

1.      The ATR itself is clear in stating that out of 28 recommendations made by the Committee only five (5) are accepted. It says that recommendations in Paras 2.12; 3.12; 3.23; 3.31; and 4.7 are accepted. What are these Paras? Para 2.12 stated that the pension related grievances can also be lodged in CPGRAMS Portal. Para 3.12 deals with the grant of Provisional Pension until the grant of regular pension and the regular PPO. Para 3.23 recommends for provision of non-CGHS Pensioners with the medical facilities on par with serving employees or an idea for cashless health insurance facility in lieu of FMA should be mooted by Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare. Para 3.31 expresses hope of the Committee that additional funds are sanctioned by the Government to provide for deserving pensioners organizations based on their previous performance. Para 4.7 deals with the issue of digitisation of entire process of pension sanction. These are the recommendations accepted and the Parliament Standing Committee expressed happiness and satisfaction over the action of accepting just 5 of its recommendations!

2.      Implementation of even the above issues require to be seen by us to what extent various departments and Ministries are going to take them seriously for implementation though the replies are assuring and OMs also are issued. But very important issues recommended by the Standing Committee stand rejected by the Government!

3.      Many important recommendations of the Parliament Standing Committee are just given up in the wind! The ATR says that the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of the replies given by the Departments of Government on 16 of the recommendations made in Paras 3.3; 3.4; 3.10; 3.13; 3.19; 3.20; 3.21; 3.22; 3.28; 3.35; 4.9; 4.14; 4.15; 5.11; 5.12 and 5.16 of the Report! The Committee says that it is satisfied with the explanations advanced! Well; we are not satisfied! Para 3.3 deals with enhancement of Group Insurance quantum; Para 3.4 states to change the savings fund to insurance fund be modified; Para 3.10 recommended to maintain GPF Account in electronic mode and transferred to the parent department; Para 3.13 wanted to end the delay caused in sanction of pension due to corona; Para 3.19 recommended for proper medical facilities to pensioners as ruled by the Apex Court and rules to immediately reimburse the bills of treatment shall be finalized and that the FMA to be enhanced to 3000/- to mitigate the problems of pensioners; Para 3.19 recommended for enacting rules for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by CGHS beneficiary in a non-empanelled hospital fully as per apex court direction and to avoid pensioners spending huge money for getting justice in different courts; Para 3.20 recommended that CGHS should be expanded to district headquarters also and allow CPENGRAMS to admit medical related grievances also; Para 3.21 recommended for enhancement of FMA to 3000/- by accepting the points of Pensioners Associations that at old age pensioners are faced with lot of diseases; Para 3.22 suggested for a hassle free surrender certificate of FMA in online; Para 3.28 recommended for grant of additional pension from 65 years itself as the joint family system is breaking up and the pensioners are forced to live separately to meet the additional expenditure and stressed the DoP&PW to vigorously pursue this issue with the MOF; Para 3.35 recommended for change of date of upgradation under MACP from 1.1.2006; Para 4.9 recommended for improvement in CPAO Portal; Para 4.14 recommended that the Head of Office start the pension process before one year of retirement; Para 4.15 deals with the delay in sanction of family pension; Para 5.11 recommended for wider modern technology for pension; Para 5.12 dealt with the system of withdrawal of pension from homes to the elderly pensioners; and Para 5.16 recommended for streamlining of pension and family pension sanction.

4.      All the above are vital and important for the pensioners and family pensioners. If the Committee expresses satisfaction over the nature of action taken on these issues by the Government Departments and comes to the conclusion that it does not want to pursue further these issues, then we are sure that these vital issues are thrown to air by the Parliament Standing Committee! In nut shell, the Parliament Standing Committee enacted a drama for the amusement of lakhs of pensioners in the country and that the amusement is over!

5.      The Parliament Standing Committee did not accept the replies given to seven (7) recommendations stated in Paras 2.10; 2.16; 2.21; 2.30; 2.33; 3.37; and 4.13! In Para 2.10 the Committee wanted the pension complaints to be streamlined by forming a social audit panel; In Para 2.16 it had recommended for accountability mechanism to deal with the grievances of pension; Para 2.21 recommended for an Appellate mechanism to be operationalized for improving the effectiveness of the grievances; Para 2.30 recommended for virtual pension Adalats once in six months; Para 2.33 recommended for a pre-litigation conciliation for avoiding grievances in the pre-litigation time itself; In Para 3.37 the Committee had recommended for full liberalized pension on par with widows of defense personnel to widows of  Paramilitary / Civil Servants also; and 4.13 wanted the Government to be proactive in reaching out family pensioners and for liberalizing the procedures for children of the deceased Government servants.

6.      From the Action Taken Report it is clear that the Government has rejected (1) Additional Pension from 65 years; (2) No MACP from 1.1.2006; (3) No notional increment to 30^th June Retirees as per Para 2.37 of the present Report No.120 submitted in Rajyasabha. Therefore, many basic aspects of the recommendations are thus rejected. The increase in FMA quantum is of course not outrightly rejected but under consideration and we do not know the exact quantum of enhancement. But one thing is clear; it will not be 3000/- as recommended by the Committee. 

 

Beloved leader Kutty passes away!

 

Comrade KKN Kutty our beloved Secretary General NCCPA Amar Rahe!

Hold Condolence Meetings at all Places unitedly with NCCPA Affiliates as well as Confederation and CG Employees Federations and Unions wherever feasible!

Comrade KKN Kutty our Secretary General NCCPA as well as the Vice President of Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers had breathed his last on 08.12.2022 at about 09.30 A.M in Calicut. His funeral was held on 09.12.2022 at his residence in Tirur in which our Patron Comrade VAN,Namboodiri; AIBDPA General Secretary Comrade K.G.Jayaraj; Kerala CGPA General Secretary Comrade Venkateswaran and many other leaders and comrades participated and paid their last homage to the mortal remains of Comrade KKN Kutty. The services rendered by Kutty for the welfare of the Central Government Employees and Pensioners are immeasurable and the loss caused is irreparable.

NCCPA calls upon all its Affiliates to organize condolence meetings in all places preferably by unitedly with all Affiliates and also with the Confederation Units and Central Government Employees Federations and Unions. Please place the report in the NCCPA Whatsapp Group or send by email to nccpa.hq@gmail.com

With immeasurable grief,

Shiva Gopal Mishra

President - NCCPA