AIPRPA CHQ organized its video conference and the decisions taken therein are given below
Decisions taken in the Video Conference between the CHQ
Office Bearers and State General Secretaries of AIPRPA on 12.06.2020 at 11.00
A.M.
1. 16
Comrades who are office bearers and State General Secretaries participated in
the video conference. The video conference was presided over by Comrade
D.K.Rahate and anchored by the General Secretary Comrade K.Ragavendran. Kerala,
Tamilnadu, Andhra, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhyapradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha,
Assam, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh participated. Due to technical issues
some states could not join and all comrades will be properly guided in future
to overcome any difficulty like un-muting of their mike to keep the mike on to
facilitate others to hear them.
2. A
minute silence was observed for all persons demised due to Covid-19 including
the postal comrades.
3. It
was decided that every second Sunday of
the month at 11.00 A.M the CHQ Office Bearers and State General Secretaries
will meet in the video conference to discuss the issues. Those could not
participate in this first video conference shall strive to join from next
meeting.
4. State
Associations can try similar video conference of State Office Bearers in which
the General Secretary should be compulsorily invited.
5.
All Conferences at District / divisions,
State and AIC can have additional grace
time of six months. Kerala State will meet and analyze the situation to
give changed dates of 3rd AIC
at Thiruvananthapuram.
6. The
Pensioners without new ATM Cards are facing problems in drawing pension.
Department should ensure payment of pension in the respective post offices
every month on the pension day.
7. A
time limit should be prescribed by the Directorate for sorting out the issues
like Postman pay scale refixation and grant of induction training benefit to
eligible persons.
8. CGHS
should be pressed for extending general treatment also to pensioners directly
approaching empanelled hospitals instead of CGHS as like covid-19 treatment.
9. NCCPA
should be approached for expediting medical insurance scheme for Pensioners in
non-CGHS areas.
10. Programme
on CG Pensioners issues should be organized in new methods in the time of
corona restrictions. This item should be discussed in NCCPA video conference.
11. Pensioners
Post March issue will be dispatched shortly. But as the grace time for
publishing is extended by the Department for another three months, the next
combined issue of Pensioners Post will be printed and posted when normalcy is
restored.
12. Court
case on DA/DP should be discussed thoroughly with Advocates before filing any
case in the background of legal points and the dismissal of PIL on this issue
in the court.
13. The
information that the General Secretary AIPRPA has been nominated as the Asia
Coordinator of TUI (P&R) during the video conferences of TUI in the recent
past is welcome. This decision to nominate Asia Coordinator from India was
taken in the Executive Committee of WFTU in which TUI GS was present.
Comradely
yours,
K.Ragavendran
General
Secretary
