INCOMETAX PENSIONERS FEDERATION.
A/2/95 Rajouri Garden,
New Delhi. 110 027.
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Dated: 30.5.2016.
Dear Comrade,
We reproduce hereunder the Circular letter issued by NCCPA and NJCA. which are self explanatory. Kindly take note of the developments. with greetings, yours fraternally, KKN.Kutty. Secretary General.
NATIONAL CO-ORINATION COMMITTEE
OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS.
13/c Feroze shah
Road,
New Delhi. 110 001
Dated:
30.5.2016
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Email. nccpahq@gmail.com
Dear Comrades,
We send
herewith a copy of the NJCA Circular letter dated 27th May,
2016. The same is self-explanatory. You could see there-from that the Government might not positively react to the
demands placed by the NJCA over the recommendations of the 7th
CPC. Simply raising the minimum wage by
a few rupees without any consequential change in the fitment formula or pay
matrix will not bring about any tangible benefit. The revision of the minimum
wage along would benefit only those who are likely to be recruited to the cadre
of MTS in future. As you are aware, the
7th CPC had not accepted any demand of the employees. It is beset with dissenting notes in many chapters. The fight between the personnel in the organized
Group A Services and all India Services had
triggered such dissenting note on the part of the Member who retired from the
IAS. A significant section of the
Secretaries to various Departments, we were told, were against any revision
over the recommendations of the 7th CPC. In any case, we are to await the outcome of
the discussions at the NJCA meeting scheduled to be held on 3rd
June, at New Delhi.
Coming to the
issues pertaining to the Pensioners, we must recall that the 7th CPC
had rejected almost all the demands unanimously placed before them by the
Pensioners organizations. While tendering oral evidence the Staff Side had
inter alia pressed for the parity for the past pensioners before the
Commission, especially in the background of the granting of one rank one pension
to the Defence Personnel. It is ironic
to note that the Defence Ministry which had piloted the demand of the
Ex-service men for one rank one pension i.e.parity between the past and present
pensioners has now taken a stand against such parity for civil servants. No personnel either in the organized Group A
services or All India Services would stand benefited by the present
recommendation of the 7th CPC except a few as most of them were in
receipt of almost time bound promotion in their career. The modified parity one must recall has only
benefited the upper echelons in the bureaucracy. One can understand that the Govt. refusing to
make improvements over the suggestion made by a Commission. But it must be most intolerable when the
Govt. refuses to implement a recommendation which was the outcome of a
persistent presentation jointly by almost all the beneficiaries. The plea advanced for non acceptance of the
recommendation is the alleged impracticability due to the non availability of
the relevant records. Should the
pensioner suffer for the reason that the concerned department of the Government
has not kept the records properly? It is the most callous approach and must be
resisted with all the force that we can command. We cannot afford to have this situation
to develop. We are certain that most of the individual pensioners would be able
to provide the requisite information needed to consider the first option in the
pension fixation to the concerned department and most of the Departments would
be able to verify the same with the available documents with them. We must however await the decision of the
NJCA in the matter.
In the
meantime, all affiliates will take such action needed to mobilize the
pensioners and undertake a serious educational campaign.
With greetings,
Yours
fraternally,
KKN.Kutty.
Secretary
General.
Copy of National Joint Council of Action circular letter dated
27.5.2016.
Dear Comrades,
As there had been no response from the Government to our
communication dated 2nd May, 2016,we decided to seek an appointment
with the Cabinet Secretary. Accordingly
a delegation consisting of the following members of the NJCA met Cabinet
Secretary, Shri P.K.Sinha, on 26th May, 2016.
Com.Shiv Gopal
Mishra, Com.Guman Singh,Com.K.K.N. Kutty.
From the discussions, it appears that the empowered committee has
made up their mind to recommend to the Government a slight increase in the
minimum wage. No indication was,
however, given as to the consequential revision of the fitment formula and pay
matrix. There had also not been hint
about the need to restore the percentage of the house rent allowance which the
7th CPC has recommended for reduction. On advances and allowances abolished, the
government might be advised to set up a Committee to go into the matter and
make suggestions. In the matter of the
New Contributory Pension Scheme also, the government might refer the demand to
a committee.
On the question of pension benefit to the retired personnel who are
covered by the defined benefit pension scheme,
the Cabinet Secretary indicated that, both the Department of Pension and
the Defence Ministry were of the firm view that the first option recommended by
the 7th CPC to bring about parity between the past and present
pensioners being infeasible and impracticable
(due to the non availability of the requisite records) might not be accepted
and acted upon.
Surprised over this development
the delegation request for an official formal meeting of the Standing
committee so that the considered view of the Staff side could be
presented. The delegation informed the Cabinet Secretary that non
acceptance of the recommendation of the 7thCPC in the case of Pensioners will
be extremely disappointing for them and will give rise to avoidable
discontent. The Cabinet secretary
suggested to the Staff side to reach out to the Department of Pension and
Ministry of Defence in the matter, So far he is concerned, he has an open mind
on the subject provided it is workable.
The National JCA will meet on 3rd June,2016 at New Delhi
to consider these developments and take appropriate decisions.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
Shiv Gopal Mishra.
