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MTNL LEADERS TOO DEMAND PENSION REVISION
WITH CPC FORMULA
25/03
MTNL retirees are also getting pension from government of India
directly under rule 37. Hence, they too demand pension revision. A welcome
feature is that all the leaders of MTNL staff Unions of Mumbai and Delhi and
the Retired Officers Welfare Association of Delhi are united in demanding the
pension revision with the fitment formula suggested by seventh Central Pay
Commission.
On 22-3-2018, Sri Arvind Sawant MP of Shiv Sena, the founder
leader of MTNL Kamgar Union of Mumbai, met Shri Manoj Sinha, Honourable
minister for communications and discussed the issues of pay revision and
pension revision in MTNL.
On 23-3-2018, on a directive from the minister, Smt. Aruna
Sundararajan ITS, Secretary Telecom met leaders of MTNL staff union leaders of
Mumbai and Delhi and the leaders of RTOWA Delhi. Of course, the main issue
discussed was PAY revision in MTNL.
At the end, all the leaders unitedly raised the issue of Pension Revision, based on the report of Seventh CPC. According to Com. S S Nanda,
GS of RTOWA Delhi, the Secretary was positive and assured favourable action in
the matter.
We hail the correct stand taken by leaders of
MTNL staff Unions of Mumbai and Delhi in demanding pension revision for MTNL
retirees based on Seventh CPC report in unison with our demand. Our Shimoga
comrades met the minister on 24-3-2018 and placed the same demand.
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SHIMOGA (KARNATAKA) COMRADES MEET MINISTER
24/03
Today, a team of Shimoga
members of AIBSNLPWA, led by Com. K K Ganapathy (District President) and Com. G
S Ajjappa (District Secretary) met Shri Manoj Sinhaji, Minister for
Communications, at Shivmogga and submitted a memorandum reiterating our demand
for pension revision with effect from 1-1-2017 with fitment benefits
recommended by Seventh Central Pay Commission.
The Minister informed
the delegation that he is quite aware of the issue and it is under active
consideration of the DoT. He assured a positive approach towards the matter.
[In the photos above: Com. Ajjappa, DS with white shirt
discussing the issue with the Minister)
We congratulate our
Shimoga comrades and Karnataka leaders .... PSR
23/03
Observing that a plethora of instructions issued by the central
government on granting pension created confusion among retired government officials, theSupreme
Court on Thursday asked it to frame a law to
regulate the retirement benefit. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak
Gupta said the government had no clarity on
how to fix the pension amount and retired officials had to suffer. The apex
court passed the remarks while deciding the plea of a retired railwayemployee who is fighting a legal battle 27 years after his
retirement on fixation of his pension amount.
The Supreme Court finally decided against the retired official but
asked the central government to take steps to prevent pension woes of retired
officials.
“We recommend to the department of personnel and training of the
government of India to try and make life after retirement easier for a
government servant by having appropriate legislation enacted by Parliament or applicable pension rules rather than a ‘khichdi’ of
instructions, office memoranda, clarifications, corrigenda and so on and so
forth,” said the apex court bench.
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Pension
is a right, not subsidy. How can you link Aadhaar to it, asks SC
22/03
NEWS:The Supreme
Court questioned the Centre on Wednesday (21-3-2018) about its
decision to link Aadhaar with
pensions, reasoning that it is not a subsidy but an entitlement of a person for
years of service he or she has rendered to the government in discharge of
official duties.
Referring to the argument of petitioners that many pensioners
have been denied their only subsistence in old age due to technical and
physical reasons, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak
Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud
and Ashok
Bhushan asked attorney general K K
Venugopal whether the Centre was going to deny pension, a
rightful entitlement, just for want of Aadhaar. Venugopal said Aadhaar has been
instrumental in eliminating many bogus pensioners drawing post-retirement
benefits for years.