PRESS NOTE BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE HAS 

ISSUED A PRESS NOTE

CLARIFIED THAT THE RUMOURS IN PRESS ABOUT EMPANNELED PRIVATE HOSPITALS DENY CREDIT FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT TO ELIGBLE CGHSBENEFICIARIES IS TOTALLY FALSE AND BASELESS

THE PRESS NOTE IS HEREUNDER:

Government of India

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

07-March-2014 17:55 IST

Press Note

There have been reports in the Media that private hospitals on the panel of CGHS are denying credit facilities to the eligible CGHS beneficiaries for delay in settlement of hospitals bills. Lower package rates and inadmissible deductions etc. have also been reported to be the other reasons for withdrawal of agreed cashless /credit facilities.

In this regard, the CGHS beneficiaries are advised not to be guided by such misleading information. Delay in payments in the last quarter of the financial year due to budgetary constraints is not a new phenomenon and the hospitals are aware of it. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken special steps and the pendency is likely to be cleared within a week.

CGHS has already invited bids for revision of package rates through a transparent tender process. The last date for submission of bids is 10th March, 2014. Measures have also been taken to streamline the payment related issues in the ensuing empanelment process.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will ensure that the CGHS empanelled private hospitals continue to extend cashless /credit facilities to the eligible CGHS beneficiaries in compliance with the terms and conditions as laid down in the Memorandum of Agreement signed by them with CGHS. As per the information received by the Ministry, most of the private hospitals are continuing to extend the cashless facilities to the CGHS beneficiaries.

DOT BSNL PENSIONERS WIN A CASE

NOW RETIRED BSNL EMPLOYEES DRAWING 

CENTRAL CIVIL PENSION ARE MADE ELIGIBLE 

TO JOIN CHGS

The Government of India, Department of Telecommunications has issued orders allowing extension of CGHS facilities to those BSNL retired employees drawing Central Civil Pension / Prorata pension in recognition of their services rendered to DOT / BSNL

However, this is not permitted for other retired employees of BSNL

This is a victory to the DOT-BSNL Pensioners Association / and other Pensioners Organisations and the BSNLEU who were fighting this issue constantly.

COPY OF THE ORDER HEREUNDER:

File No: 4-12(11)12012-PAT

Government of India

Department of Telecommunications

Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road,

New Delhi-110001

Dated: 20-2-2014

To,

The Chairman and Managing Director,

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,

Bharat Sanchar Bhawan

H.C. Mathur Lane Janpath,

New Delhi-11001

Subject:- Extension of CGHS facilities to retired BSNL employees.

Sir,

Reference is invited to BSNL’s letter Nos.BSNL/Admn-I/14-15/9(pt.) dated 09.04.2012 and dated 11.1.2013 regarding extension of CGHS facilities to retired BSNL employees. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and it has been decided that :-

i) The retired employees, who are in receipt of Central Civil Pension/Pro-rata pension only from Central Civil Estimates are eligible for joining CGHS, other retired employees of BSNL are not eligible for CGHS.

ii) Since CGHS is in operation only at 25 select locations in the country, the retired employees of BSNL who are in receipt of Central Civil Pension and therefore eligible for CGHS facilities, may also be considered for providing with an option to choose either CGHS or BSNL-MRS post retirement as per their convenience, in recognition of their services rendered to DoT / BSNL.

2. However, it may be noted that the retired BSNL employees who opt for CGHS would have to pay the requisite fee to CGHS as applicable to Government retirees.

3. This issues with the approval of Secretary (T).

Yours faithfully

sd/-

(Sanjay Agrawal)

ADG(PAT)

AIPRPA ENDORSES THE CALL FOR PROTEST BY BCPC & NCCPA

BCPC – NCCPA CALL FOR 

PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS

Government finalised Terms of Reference to 7^th CPC unilaterally!

No consultation with any Pensioners Organisation and No final consultation with the Staff Side of JCM National Council!

Dear Comrades / Colleagues,

The Central Government as usual has finalised the terms of reference to 7^th CPC without any care to consult the Pensioners Representatives or with the Staff Side leaders of the JCM National Council. The terms of reference has been finalised unilaterally and naturally has been loaded with issues that are against the interests of employees and pensioners. The Government has categorically excluded the employees entered on or after 1.1.2004 from the purview of pensionery benefits. There is no mention about the parity between the past, present and the future pensioners as demanded by the Unions and Pensioners Associations.

The Bharat Central Pensioners Confederation (BCPC) and the National Coordination Committee of Pensioners Associations (NCCPA) have called upon us for launching a Protest Demonstration on 25.03.2014 all over the country against this negative attitude of the Government. A Savingram to the Honourable Prime Minister of India may be sent immediately by all State and District Associations of our AIPRPA as called for by the NCCPA and BCPC. If for any reason the demonstration could not be conducted on 25^th March, 2014, the same may be conducted at a convenient date to the District / Divisional Organisations either before or after 25^th March, 2014 but not later than the end of March, 2014.

The text of the Savingram to be sent by us is as follows:

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS OF THE ALL INDIA POSTAL & RMS PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION (AIPRPA) CONDEMN THE ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT IN NOT HONOURING THE COMMITMENT OF HOLDING DISCUSSION WITH STAFF SIDE NATIONAL COUNCIL JCM BEFORE FINALISING THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF 7TH CPC AND DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE OF: 1.   INTERIM RELIEF; 2.   MERGER OF DA; 3.   PARITY IN PENSION BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE PENSIONERS; 4.  COVERAGE THE DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION SCHEME TO  EMPLOYEES RECRUITED ON OR AFTER 1.1.2004; 5.   INCLUSION OF A PENSIONERS  REPRESENTATIVE IN 7TH CPC; 6. SETTLEMENT OF ALL ANOMALIES RAISED IN NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE AND SCOVA.

All are requested to implement the programme and inform the CHQ about the details of the demonstrations conducted and the Savingram sent to Prime Minister of India either by SMS to General Convenor (09444919295) or by E-mail to aiprpachq@gmail.com

THIS IS URGENT – LET US HOLD THE PROGRAMME IMMEDIATELY.

Comradely Yours,

K.Ragavendran

General Convenor

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NOTIFIED ITS UNILATERAL TERMS OF REFERENCE TO 7th CPC

To read the Gazette Notification you may click on the LINK Below"

http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/misc/Gazette_Notification030314.pdf

All India Steering Committee takes important decisions

AIPRPA All India Special Conference

in July, 2014 in Tamilnadu

All India steering Committee of AIPRPA

Held at New Delhi on 24.02.2014

AIPRPA All India Steering Committee in session at New Delhi - Chairman Rahate addressing 

General Convenor K.Ragavendran addressing - Along with Chairman Com.M.Krishnan SG NFPE & Vice Chairman T.Narasimhan on dais.

Participants in the Steering Committee Committee Meeting

The All India Steering Committee of AIPRPA was held at the NFPE Headquarters Office at New Delhi on 24.02.2014 at 04.00 P.M. after the close of the Dharna by Pensioners Organisations at Jantar Mantar. The meeting was presided over by the Chairman Comrade D.K.Rahate. Comrade T.Narasimhan Vice Chairman of AIPRPA was also present. Comrade M.Krishnan Secretary General NFPE graced the meeting and rendered his valuable guidance. The General Secretary of P4 NFPE Comrade R.Seethalakshmi; and the Assistant Secretary General NFPE Comrade R.N.Parashar also graced the occasion. Comrade D.D.Singh [Agra] Deputy Secretary General BCPC also graced the meeting and addressed. 

PARTICIPANTS:

All India Steering Committee Members from Assam, Andhra, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu were present. All India Steering Committee Members from Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, J&K, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Odisha, U.P and Uttarakhand were absent. The State General Secretary of Delhi State and Deputising State General Secretary of Tamilnadu State as well as the State Convenor of Maharashtra State AIPRPA attended the Meeting. Large number of leading representatives of AIPRPA from States who came to attend the Dharna also attended the AI Steering Committee Meeting.

ORGANISATION:

After discussion about the state of affairs prevailing in various states on the issue of building the organisation of AIPRPA it was decided that all efforts would be taken by the All India Steering Committee members to complete the formation of State Organisation by holding the State level meeting of pensioners from all districts at the earliest and to carry forward the formation of district / divisional level organisation at all levels.

SECRETARY GENERAL NFPE:

The Secretary General NFPE Comrade M.Krishnan emphasised that the AIPRPA Organisation shall be built as a vibrant organisation like the NFPE in order to defend the pensioners effectively. He advised that a firm date and venue should be finalised in this Steering Committee Meeting itself about holding the All India Special Conference to form the democratically elected team of office bearers for the AIPRPA.

ALL INDIA CONFERENCE:

After discussion it was decided that the All India Special Conference shall be held at the earliest and that the General Convenor shall in consultation with all concerned finalise the dates and venue and shall intimate through website quickly. It was also decided that the AIC shall be for 2 days and that the delegates representing Districts / Divisional Associations shall be @ 1 Delegate per 25 members with the Delegate Fee @ 500/- per Delegate.  

Accordingly availability of accommodation with the best convenience of delegates and other leaders to attend the All India Conference together with the minimum time required for all States to complete their respective State Conferences and District / Divisional formations, it has been decided that the All India Conference will be held at Vellore Town [Tamilnadu] nearer to Chennai City with 2 hours train or 3 hours bus travel from Chennai City.

The probable dates of the AIC are 19^th and 20^th of July, 2014.  Confirmation of the date and venue shall be intimated shortly.

All States are to complete their State formation within April / May, 2014. The task of organising District or Divisional level organisation before the AIC shall start immediately.  The General Convenor will attend all the State formation meetings and all are requested to fix the date in consultation with the General Convenor.

MEMORANDUM TO PAY COMMISSION:

On the question of submission of memorandum to 7^th CPC the following decisions were taken:

1. A Sub-Committee has been proposed by the BCPC [Bharat Central Pensioners Confederation] with one representative for each Pensioners Federation / All India Association to complete the Common Memorandum. The Chairman and the Secretary General of the BCPC viz., Comrades S.C.Maheswari and S.K.Vyas will represent BCPC in that Drafting Committee. The draft will be circulated to all organisations through websites etc for all to go through and enrich the Draft Memorandum.  A meeting of the full Drafting Committee as above will meet and go through all suggestions and finalise the Memorandum to be submitted to 7^th CPC
2. On sectional issues of Pensioners of respective Central Government Organisation, each Federation of All India Association shall prepare its own Sectional Memorandum that shall form Annexure to the Common Memorandum and both will be submitted to 7^th CPC together. This All India Steering Committee has decided that the Draft Sectional Memorandum also will be placed in our website for all States and Districts / Divisions to make any improvements and modifications etc.

UMRAOMALJI NO MORE

COMRADE UMRAOMAL PUROHIT NO MORE

AIPRPA RED SALUTES THE GREAT LEADER OF STAFF SIDE JCM

Comrade Umraomal Purohit Secretary Staff Side JCM National Council and one of the towering leaders of the CG Employees Movement and the Railway Employees trade union movement has passed away. AIPRPA red salutes this great leader and reproduces the message of Comrade Shiva Gopal Mishra the General Secretary AIRF hereunder:

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

SHRI UMRAOMAL PUROHIT, FOREFATHER OF THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IS NO MORE

 

Shri Umraomal Purohit, who was born on 1^st March, 1928, at Bheemji Ki Hatai, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), joined Railway Trade Union Movement as Secretary of Mehsana Branch of Western Railway Employees Union in 1951 after having been appointed as Asstt. Station Master, and thereafter achieved continuous new heights in the labour movement not only in our country but also across the globe, working on different positions, up to international level, breathed his last early in the morning today, i.e. 27^th February, 2014 at around 04:50 a.m. in Mumbai Hospital, Mumbai. 

 

Shri Purohit has been a veteran leader in the trade union movement, serving the entire working class of India, and with his extraordinary capability of leadership he assumed new heights in the International Labour Movement. It was not only a matter of pride for the Railwaymen, but for the entire country that owing to his leadership ability, intelligence and vast experience of negotiation, he was positioned as President of the International Transport Workers’ Federation during October 1998 in the ITF Congress, held in New Delhi. It was for the first time that an Indian and a non-European was unanimously elected as the President of the ITF. He had another record at his credit of occupying this position consecutively for two terms, which also is a history.

 

Shri Purohit led All India Railwaymen’s Federation as its President right from 1980 as also represented the entire Central Government employees in the National Council(JCM) as Secretary Staff Side for over three decades. As Secretary, Staff Side, he had a series of historic achievements for overall socio-economic upliftment of the working class in India, some of which are - appointment of 4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th Pay Commissions, Re-classification, Cadre Restructuring, payment of Productivity Linked Bonus, improvement in the service conditions of many categories of the Railwaymen. Shri Purohit also led Hind Mazdoor Sabha, a National Trade Union Centre as its General Secretary right from the year 1985 and worked hard for the workers of the Un-organised Sector of our country.

 

His sudden departure has created a void that would never be possible to fill-up, particularly at a juncture when the trade union movement is confronted to serious crisis attribitubale to various challenges from within and outside. He was a tough negotiator, but always believed in the negotiating settlement of the issues. His precious contribution in the labour movement shall be remembered forever.