Sunday, 28 July 2019
Committee of BSNL/MTNL Pensioners’ Associations
H. No 6, G No 12th Street, Jogupalya,
Halasuru,
Bangalore 560008
Convenor – P.Gangadhara Rao
Mobile – 09448088404
Annexure I
Justification for pension revision with CPC fitment
factor and
delinking pension revision from pay revision
1. C.G. employees &
BSNL/MTNL employees are covered under
CCS (Pension) Rules 1972
2. Sub-rule 8 of Rule 37-A of
CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 states
“A permanent government servant who has been
absorbed as an employee of a
PSU shall be eligible for pensionary benefits on
the basis of combined service
rendered by him in the Govt. & PSU in
accordance with the formula for
calculation of pension/FP under these
rules as may be in force at the
time of his retirement from the PSU”.
3. DoP&PW vide its
clarificatory letter No.4/19/2009-P&PW(D) dtd.27/3/2009 to DoT stated “BSNL
is the only PSU that has been granted a special dispensation under sub-rule
(21) of Rule 37-A of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 to the effect that the
pensionary benefits including family pension to the absorbed employees of BSNL
is paid by the Government. This Department is of the view that the
change as per DoP&PW’s O.M. dated 02/09/2008 as mentioned in para 2 above
are also applicable to IDA pensioners of BSNL”.
4. Accordingly, 6th CPC
recommendations with regard to a) emoluments for the purpose of all pensionary
benefits, ) b) DCRG, c) enhancement in maximum limit of DCRG, d) new
commutation table, e) enhanced family pension for 10 years & f)
age-related additional pension (DoT letters dated 15/5/2009, 12/8/2009,
23/6/2011 may be referred) were implemented to BSNL IDA pensioners from
1/1/2006.
5. The minimum pay in
BSNL from 1/10/2000 is more than the Central Government pay. It
was Rs.4000/- and Rs.2550/- respectively at that point of
time. But the minimum pension for BSNL retirees was Rs.1275/-
(DoT OM No.40-13/2002/PEN(T) dated 15/1/2003 may be referred) and Rs.3500/- (para
4.4 of DoT OM No.F.No.40-17/2008-Pen(T)-Vol.III dated 15th March
2011 may be referred). So, the minimum & maximum pension for
BSNL retirees also is related to the minimum & maximum pay of a central
government employee.
6. C.G.Pensioners & BSNL/MTNL
IDA pensioners are getting pension from civil estimate.
7. C.G.Pensioners &
BSNL/MTNL pensioners are eligible for CGHS facilities.
8. BSNL/MTNL financial
position has no relevance for pension revision. Liability of paying
pension/family pension to BSNL retirees lies fully with the Government as per
5/7/2016 cabinet decision and DoT order dtd.20/7/2016 and BSNL has no
liability.
9. There were 28,791
absorbed executives and 1,36,071 absorbed
non-executives as on 1/11/2016 in BSNL out of
which 24,117 executives would retire by 2027 and all
non-executives would retire by 2026 (source – BSNL corporate office
reply dt.15/11/2016 to RTI query). But pensioners would be alive for
a minimum of another 20 years beyond 2027. By 2027, pay revision in
BSNL would be irrelevant and naturally pension revision cannot be linked to
that.
Annexure II
Formula
Let the notional conversion take place from 1/1/2016 i.e. 7th CPC
implementation date.
On 1/1/2016 Dearness Relief on CDA pattern was 125% and IDA pattern
112.4%. Take the pension as 100. Then notional conversion
factor would be
100+112.4 = 212.4 divided by 225 = 94.4
By this factor, basic pension on IDA would be multiplied by 94.4 and
divided by 100. That amount would become the pre-revised basic pension as
on 1/1/2016 and if it is multiplied by 2.57 factor that would be the revised
basic pension from 1/1/2016. Then both CDA pension & IDA pension would
be at par. Dearness Relief on 1/1/2016 would be zero and thereafter
it may be calculated in CDA pattern for every six months.
For example as on 1/1/2016 basic pension on IDA was
Rs.10,000/-. 94.4% of this would be Rs.9440/-. This
amount would be the pre-revised basic pension and this should be multiplied by
2.57 factor as recommended by 7th CPC which would come to
Rs.24,261/-. That would be the revised basic pension on 1/1/2016
with zero percent DR. Then every six months DR may be granted on CDA
pattern. This will result in an increase of Rs.3,021/- in total
pension which works out to 14.22%approximately.
Instead of opening the pandoras box this would be the hassle-free
conversion method which may get the nod of nodal department also.
Annexure III
Financial Implication
Total expenditure on MH 2071 in 2015-16 for BSNL IDA pensioners/family
pensioners was Rs.5,354.17 Cr. (Source – DoT letter dated
23/6/2016).
MH 2071 includes other retirement benefits like gratuity, commutation
etc. Actual expenditure exclusively for pension would be
approximately 70% of the total which works out to Rs.3,748 Cr.
14.22% of this works out to Rs.533 Cr. Approximately per annum. This
cannot be considered as a big liability for the Central Government because it
has saved more from BSNL/MTNL employees viz.
a) pension contribution at the maximum of the scale instead of actual
pay (Rs.90/- crore more than their counterpart in Central Govt.);
1) Though they are entitled to
get gratuity as per sec 2 of Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 (this was upheld by
Hon. High Court of Allahabad, Lucknow Bench on 3/8/2017) they got the gratuity
under CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 which is much less.
To illustrate the gain to the Govt. we give the following 3 examples:-
Employee/ LPD+DA Due
asper Recd
asper Gain to the
Q/sce PG
Act CCS (P) Rules Govt.
A 40y Rs.17403 Rs.4,01,608 Rs.2,87,150 Rs.1,14,458
B 39y Rs.15231 Rs.2,51,312 Rs.3,42,698 Rs.91,386
C 34y Rs.29715 Rs.5,82,896 Rs.4,90,298 Rs.92,598
Nearly 1.5 lakh BSNL employees have retired during this period and Govt.
has gained more than thousand crores.
Annexure IV
Number of beneficiaries
Total employees as on
1/10/2000 3,63,000 (Cabinet Note 25/9/2000)
Not opted for
BSNL 3,000
Opted for
BSNL 3,60,000
Staff as on
31/3/2015 2,25,512 (BSNL A/R 2014-15)
So, Pensioners as on
31/3/2015 1,34,488
Add retirees for 9 months upto
31/12 10,820
Add MTNL combined Sce
optees 22,000
Total pensioners upto
31/12/2015 1,67,308
Number of beneficiaries would be approximately 1,68,000. It
is to be noted that at the time of pension revision from 1/1/2007 total
pensioners upto 31/12/2006 was 47,000 and the expenditure was Rs.110 crore per
annum asper cabinet note.
It is to be noted that nearly 63% among the non-executives retired from
NE-6 to NE-10.
Annexure V
Pension revision for post 1/1/2016 retirees
1) Basic pay as on 1/1/2016 may be divided by 2
2) 94.4.% of that amount may be worked out
3) That amount may be multiplied by a factor of 2.57
4) The difference between the LPD and Basic Pay
As on 1/1/2016 may be worked out
5) 50% of that may be added to the amount with the amount arrived at in
number 3
6) That would be the basic pension at the time of retirement
7) DR on CDA pattern may be worked out for this basic pension
X Retired on 31/5/2019 with LPD of Rs.30630/- and a
basic pay of Rs.27820/- on 1/1/2016
1) 27820 divided by 2
= Rs.
13910
2) 94.4% of that amount
= Rs. 13132
3) Multiply that amount by
2.57
= RS. 33750
4) Difference between 30630
& 27820
= Rs. 2810
5) 50% of this amount
= Rs. 1405
6) Basic pension @ the time of
retirement = Rs. 35155
7) DR @ 12% on CDA pattern
= Rs. 4219
8) Total pension with revision
= Rs. 39374
9) Total pension without
revision 15315+141.4% Rs. 36971
10) Net increase in
total pension Rs. 2403
Ofcourse, this requires an amendment to sub-rule 10 of Rule 37-A
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