Sunday 31 July 2022

P3 CWC to organise the PJCA Strike effectively!

 NFPE P3 CHQ is holding its CWC Now!



The Central Working Committee of AIPEU Group C (NFPE) is on session now as per the decision of NFPE to organize the strike on 10th August 2022 and spearheaded by the Postal JCA of NFPE and FNPO. The CWC was inaugurated by Comrade K.Ragavendran Ex-SG NFPE and GS of AIPRPA. Comrade R.N.Parashar SG Cofederation was present and greeted and guided. Comrade Janardan Mazumbar the General Secretary of P3 initiated the discussion of the CWC for organizing the strike very effectively in all States. The CWC was presided over by the CHQ President Comrade A.Veeramani and participated by a number of CWC MEmbers of the Union. AIPRPA Wishes them in their endeavour to organizing the strike very powerfully so that the Government and the India Post understand that privatization is not the answer to the success. The one-day strike will be the just beginning and there is bound to be more struggles if the Government do not change the ways of privatization and trasfer of POSB to IPPB. Comrade K.Ragavendran assured while inaugurating that the Postal Pensioners will do everything to support the strike incuding getting arrested if the strike of the Postal Employees is suppressed and employees punished by the Government - KR GS AIPRPA

Thursday 28 July 2022

Launch Campaigns among PUBLIC!

 

Campaign among public by the Pensioners



The Postal JCA of NFPE and FNPO had it its joint circular dated 18.07.2022 expressed that the Public Support to their Strike Action on 10.08.2022 will be ensured through Campaigns amongst them through the Pensioners Associations.

The move of the Government will destabilise the faith the Public have on the Postal Department. The POSB safeguards so far available to the Public will be removed because of the throwing away of POSB to the IPPB. The safety available through other services rendered by the Postal Department as a representative of the Union Government will be gone shortly once the Department is privatized. Many members of the Public are totally unaware of these things. The Public’s good faith in our brand name will be spoiled by the moves of privatization. The service mind of the Postal Department in all its services throughout the length and breath of the country will be replaced by the profit mind of the private players! This point has to be effectively campaigned among the public.

The duty and responsibility of the Pensioners Associations generally and AIPRPA particularly, is to take this campaign effectively amongst the public. It is mainly our task to expose the designs of the Union Government and to safeguard the Department of Posts as a Government Department. We should keep in our minds that our pension is safe only as long as the Department remains as the Government Department and once it becomes private all our existing safeguards will be gone.

So, in addition to the support effectively shown by us on 8.8.2022 through our independent dharna all over the country, start an effective campaign immediately. The campaign should be including issuing pamphlets in regional languages and distribution to the public in main areas where large number of publics are gathering like Bus and Train Junctions.

The Postal JCA is expecting us to do this task!

Let us do this and stand strongly with the struggling Postal Employees!

Let us also strongly organize our pensioners for the 8th August half a day Dharna!

 

Saturday 16 July 2022

Postal JCA is on Action! Extend our total solidarity!

 AIPRPA CMC on its independent Programme to support PJCA Strike!



The solidarity action by the AIPRPA to the Postal JCA of NFPE and FNPO and its affiliated Unions on the issue of Strike is on 10.8.2022 (Wednesday). The Date of Strike is changed to 10th August in order to facilitate the convenience of all Federations. Already AIPRPA has expressed its total support to all activities by them.
Notwithstanding, the CMC has decided for a separate programme of half day dharna. That date is now modified as on 08.08.2022 (Monday) by the Pensioners. This Dharna shall be organized in front of prominent Postal Administrative office or HPO at all District / Divisional level in the country. AIPRPA will try to hold the programme by organizing other sister pensioners associations. The Pensioners of Postal are fully with the struggling employees against privatization!
If there is no Postal Department then there is no strong Pensioners Association!
If the Employees under Postal JCA are agitating against the moves of privatization, the Pensioners cannot be mere spectators!
Join the work force! Join the Programme of protest! Show our independent solidarity on 8th August! Organize the Dharna with full strength! Talk to other Pensioners Associations in NCCPA and outside and enlist their support too! Organise with our flags and banners to show the Government that the Pensioners are not sections to watch silently the moves of the Govt to blind privatization!
- KR GS AIPRPA -

Tuesday 12 July 2022

DECISIONS OF CENTRAL MANAGING COMMITTEE MEETING OF AIPRPA CHQ HELD ON 12.07.2022

                                           All India Postal & RMS Pensioners Association

(Registered No: 83/2015 under Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act, 1975)

Chennai HQ: 2/44, Muthial Chetty Street, Purasawalkam, Chennai - 600007

New Delhi HQ: First Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, North Avenue, New Delhi - 110001




CMC AIPRPA Meeting Virtually held on 12.07.2022

The Central Managing Committee of AIPRPA has met virtually today at about 15.30 Hrs under the presidentship of Comrade D.K.Rahate. The Meeting started with paying the homage to all departed comrades since the earlier meeting. After the approval of the agenda and initiated by the General Secretary, all members of the CMC took part in the intense deliberations.

In addition to the General Secretary who initiated on the basis of the written report submitted by him, the CHQ President also narrated his experiences as the President of the Dispute Resolving Committee constituted by the earlier CMC held on 11.04.2022 regarding the Delhi AIPRPA Organizational dispute. While addressing all the members including the members of the Dispute Resolving Committee had spoken on all issues of the agenda.

         The following decisions were taken unanimously:

1.              All State General Secretaries shall send by email the latest and updated mailing list of their District / Divisional Secretaries, their mailing addresses, their WhatsApp mobile numbers, their Email IDs to CHQ within a period of one week.

2.              The next and third All India Conference will be held in Thiruvananthapuram City of Kerala State in the month of December 2022 either in the first week or in the second week as confirmed by the Kerala State General Secretary. The number of Delegates and Visitors shall be limited so that the Reception Committee can make the arrangements nicely. The number of Delegates calculated on the basis of entitlement from each District / Division based on quota paid to CHQ during the last 3 financial years and the number of total Visitors will be intimated to the Kerala State General Secretary well in advance by the CHQ.

3.                   The physical CMC meeting will be held next in the city of Coimbatore City on 14-15 September 2022 where the Annual Report and other pre-requisites for the AIC will be finalized.

4.                   Delhi Dispute will be tried to be resolved democratically by talking to the disputed parties by the Dispute Resolving Committee and by reaching amicable solutions for holding a General Body / Conference afresh. A final decision in this matter will be taken by the next CMC to be held at Coimbatore City.

5.              The solidarity action by the AIPRPA to the NFPE and its affiliated Unions on the issue of Strike on 4.8.2022 and various activities by them has already been declared. Notwithstanding, there will be separate programme of half day dharna on 03.08.2022 (Wednesday) by the Pensioners organized by the AIPRPA at all District / Divisional level in the country. AIPRPA will try to hold the programme by organizing other sister pensioners associations also and if not feasible in some places, the AIPRPA will go ahead on its own to organize the dharna.

 6.                   AIPRPA will strengthen the programme of NCCPA and Confederation at all District / Divisional level in the country on the issues connected with CGHS and Parliamentary Standing Committee as decided by the NCCPA National Executive.

7.                   AIPRPA will accept the decision of NCCPA and wait for the final outcome from the Government of India on the issue of releasing the impounded DA/DR as suggested by the President of NCCPA who is also the Secretary of JCM Standing Committee.

8.                   AIPRPA will encourage as per the legal opinion that the plaintiffs who have lost their prayer in the Madras High Court shall implead in the cases before the Supreme Court.

9.                   On organization, the CMC felt the need to expand to States where the AIPRPA is not yet formed and conduct the programme of action called by the NCCPA and AIPRPA CHQ with the available strength.

10.              The CMC approved the Audited Accounts of the CHQ for the Financial Year 2021-2022.

11.              The Audited Accounts for the Financial Year 2021-2022 for Pensioners Post Monthly journal also approved by the CMC.

12.              On issues like non-endorsement of DOPT and DOPPW orders by DOP; On non-grant of FMA to provisional pension drawing pensioners; on non-grant of Pensioners ID Cards at free of cost by some Divisions; On non-holding of Adalat in some places and not adhering to the Rules of Adalat by some Authorities; on changing the attachment of Gwalior to Kanpur Additional Director Office etc, the CHQ should write to the authorities for effective remedies. The issue of expediting the implementation of OM issued by the DoP&PW for compulsorily retired Pensioners and Compassionate Allowance drawees will also be written to the DoP by the CHQ immediately.

 

             Chennai                                                                           K.Ragavendran

12.07.2022                                                                                                                         General Secretary                                                                                                                                                 

 


Sunday 10 July 2022

NCCPA National Executive Meeting Decisions

 Dear Comrades!

The meeting of National Executive of NCCPA was held at New Delhi. The decisions of the meeting is communicated by the Secretary General NCCPA. The Circular is placed hereunder: KR GS AIPRPA

NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE

OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS.

(Registered under the

T.U. Act.No. RTU01/2021.Dated.7.01.2021

PAN No.  AAEAN8586F

Website: nccpahq.blogspot.in.                                 President:  Com. Shiv Gopal Mishra. (97176 47594)

E mail: nccpahq@gmail.com.                                  Secretary General: Com. K.K.N. Kutty. (98110 48303)

13.c Feroze Shah Road,

New Delhi. 110 001

 

Dated: 09.07.2022

Dear Comrade,

National Executive of NCCPA

The National Executive of NCCPA met at AIRF office on 28th June, 2022.  Com. Shiv Gopal Misra presided over the meeting. The meeting had the physical presence of 21 members of the National Executive and 7 comrades joined the meeting through the virtual platform.  The decisions taken at the meeting are as under: -

Com. President in his opening remarks said that the NCCPA could not meet on physical platform for about two years due to pandemic.  Unlike organizations of the working employees, though meetings were held through virtual platform it was not very effective.  Though the mobile phone communication system has become all pervasive and universal the pensioner community, he added, for obvious reasons would like to have print communications and physical meetings. He then explained the pains undertaken by the NCCPA and the Staff Side JCM to bring to the notice of the Government of the problems and demands of the pensioners especially arisen during the pandemic period.  He expressed happiness over the holding of the meeting on physical platform as it has provided the opportunity to see each other.  He also expressed happiness over the efforts undertaken by some of the comrades, who were unable to go over to Delhi to attend the meeting to join the deliberation through virtual platform.

Com. KKN Kutty the Secretary General presented the agenda slated for discussion at the meeting and obtained the approval of the house. Some comrades raised certain matters for discussion.  It was agreed that those issues would be discussed when the last items is taken up i.e. any other matter with the permission of the Chair. The issues slated in the agenda were discussed at length.  The following decisions were taken.

(a)    Review of programmes of actions: The meeting noted that all units have carried out the programme of actions viz. solidarity support for the general strike action on 28th and 29th March, 2022 and the independent programme of dharna to highlight the 110th report of the standing committee of the Parliament.  chalked out and circulated and have generally elicited good participation.

(b)   The Secretary General will circulate and place on website the statement of account prepared and submitted to the Registrar of Trade Unions.  He will also place a due statement on the website. The affiliates and units have agreed to make the payment immediately thereafter. He thanked Com. S.K. Sharma (Jaipur) and Com. Gupta (PNB) for the strenuous efforts to put in by them to get the NCCPA registered under the T.U. Act as also in submitting the accounts documents to the Registrar.

(c)    The members who spoke on the subject were appreciative of the recommendation of the Parliamentary committee and wanted the NCCPA to utilize it. While agreeing with the sentiments expressed by the members, and assuring that NCCPA would certainly make use of it and it was only the NCCPA which organized a programme specifically for it, the Secretary General said that much hope must not be pinned on those suggestions as the Government was not bound to accept the recommendation of the Standing Committee.  He said that many are taking the view that the recommendation of the standing committee is part of the scheme of selling dreams to assuage the otherwise enraged feeling of the pensioners.

(d)   Struggle for getting back the DR impounded by the Government; common issues like NPS; formulation of common pension demand for the entire pensioner community etc. were discussed together. Com. President detailed the efforts undertaken by him as the Secretary Staff Side to bring to the notice of the Government, the discontent of the employees and pensioners over the action of impounding.  He said that no such statement as has been made out at the SCOVA meeting had been made by the Cabinet Secretary at any point of time.  He assured the house that the united platform of organisations participating in the National Jca will subject the issue to discussion and will take appropriate decision.  In the matter of withdrawal of NPS and restoring of OPS, he said that the pensioner community is duty bound to support any struggle when it is waged by the working employees.  Majority of the working employees are those covered by the New Pension scheme and every one of them is concerned of it. 

Com. Secretary General placed the idea of having a common formulation for all pensioners, especially for those who retired from the Central Government and the Central Public Sector Undertaking.  Taking into account that varying formulations are in existence in Public Sector, he suggested the following:

(i)                  To demand that all retired personnel from the Central Government and Central Public Sector undertaking must have atleast 75% of the last pay drawn as their pension and such pension must be cost indexed;

(ii)                To have health care facilities throughout the life with empanelled hospitals for in-patient treatment.

(iii)              To have a permanent negotiating forum catering to all pensioners and periodical pension revision system.

The house debated on the issue but expressed the opinion that the proposal must be circulated for wider acceptance and then taken for pursuance.   The house also decided that on the demands, which are common to employees and pensioners, agitational programmes must be mounted and campaign undertaken so that the public opinion in favour of the employees and pensioners could be roused before the country go in for general election in 2004.

(e) Pursuing the demand through litigation. Com. President said that  he was of the opinion that the organization except in exceptional situation should avoid litigation as the outcome of such action need not necessarily be in favour of the workers and employees.  Once the court gives a verdict against them, the Government takes an adamant stand.     He recalled how an uninterested person had filed the case in the Delhi High Court against the Government’s decision on impounding the DA, which was not argued properly which resulted in the dismissal of the case.   He said that such cases were being filed by those persons who must be construed to be the tools of the government. He also cited the case of MACP before the Supreme Court.  While it would be difficult to stop people going to court, the organizations should   take care to implead in such cases at the appropriate time Com. Secretary General said that the litigation unlike in the past has become very costly and must be cautiously embarks upon  Decision must be taken however in exceptional case to approach the court when there is violation of the fundamental rights of the employees and pensioners.  He was of the opinion that  the denial of DA/DR issue is certainly one of them but campaign will have to be unleashed to garner public support to ensure that there is a favorable decision from the Court 

(f) Declining health care facilities. CGHS. The meeting noted that the health care facilities have declined significantly.  Hospitals once empanelled have withdrawn for want of payment.  Rates of various procedures have not been revised with the result the beneficiaries are put to losses.  The reimbursement of expenses incurred by the beneficiaries of CGHS has been getting delayed. Many dispensaries and well ness centres were functioning without sufficient staff and doctors. Of the 108 centres. sanctioned wellness centers.  are yet to be opened in more than 30 Stations.  The CGHS Panchayats being organized by the Department of  Pension had been disappointing and have turned out to be only a PR exercise.  It was the consensus arrived at the meeting that some demonstrative actions are needed at the filed levels and at Delhi before the Health Ministry office.  The issue must be discussed with all working employees’ organizations for forging unity to hold action programme at the Central Place. The possibility of holding filed level demonstration must be explored and carried out without further delay to highlight the problems connected with declining health care facilities. The pensioners of Banking sector, where the health care is either insufficient or not available must raise those demands during the demonstration, it was suggested at the meeting.  

During the discussions, many other issues were raised by the members, prominent among them were the extension of cashless treatment for pensioners outside the NCT areas (Com. Pande from Allahabad and others), grant of notional increment for those who retired on 30th June and 31st December, (Dasan, Central Water Commission) pension revision of Bank pensioners (Com. Khera and Suresh) the continuing impasse in the settlement of pension revision of BSNL /DOT pensioners (K.G.  Jayaraj), the non- --settlement of various issues raised at the SCOVA and in other forums (Com. S.. K. Sharma, Jaipur) the urgent need to have a common platform for all pensioners organizations in the country (Com. K. Ragavendran, AIPRPA) the lack of super specialty hospitals in many towns.  Com. Secretary General said that the question of grant of notional increment has been discussed on many occasions with the Government and the issue was still pending decision.   In the matter of cashless treatment to pensioners living outside the NCR, he assured the house that it would be taken up first in the discussion and if need be, as an item in the National Council.  Regarding the formation of apex level organizations for all pensioners and retired personnel in the country, he said that it would be a stupendous task and even the earlier attempt to revitalize the BCPA had not been successful.  Com. President also said that though he had been broaching the idea with various pensioners Association to be affiliated with NCCPA, the same has not been translated into reality. Many suggested that the NCCPA must take a stand that any attempt in the matter would be welcomed by it and simultaneously strengthen NCCPA

Asia-Pacific regional conference of TUI (P&R)

It was decided that the earlier decision taken by the NE should be adhered to and the conference must be hosted by NCCPA at Trivandrum.  Briefly discussions were held over the financial burden.  It was ultimately decided that the Secretary General will cause a discussion in the matter with the units of all affiliates of NCCPA in Kerala and will find out the extent of finance required and to what extent the help must go from the CHQ.

Journal: It was decided that NCCPA must revive the publication of the journal as the pensioners are not well accustomed with the electronic format.  The West Bengal COC will communicate within a month to the CHQ as to whether it would be possible to revive the publication or not.  If not steps must be taken by the Secretary to re commence the publication.

Affiliation:

The meeting decided to grant formal affiliation to the organizations of Pensioners Association, who had made application and completed all formalities;

(I)                  Central Water Commission;

(II)                All Kerala Bank retirees forum;

(III)              Defence Civilian Officers Pensioners Association;

(IV)              Andaman and Nicobar Island Government Pensioners Association.

The letter of affiliation will be sent to the first two organizations immediately having been completed all relevant formalities.  In respect of the latter two organizations, the formal decision to grant affiliation was taken.  They will be requested to complete the requisite formalities.

 

In any other matter with the permission of the Chair, the members raised various issues concerning the problems and demands of the pensioners, most of which had been taken up with the Government.  Com. President, in his concluding remarks, said that the NCJCM has demanded for an immediate meeting of the Committee under the health Secretary and would take similar steps to convene the meeting under the Secretary Pension also.  The meeting was then officially declared concluded at 7.30 PM.  Before that the resolution moved by the All-Kerala Bank retirees forum was adopted and Com. Khera, Senior Member and Advisor All India PNB Pensioners Association was requested by the house to provide the sect. a comprehensive note over the issues of the Bank Pensioners taking into account the observations made by the Government in respect of the demands.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

Sd/-

KKN Kutty.

Secretary General.

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 8 July 2022

Full support to defend Postal!

 NFPE & Postal Unions on struggle path! 

Extend total solidarity! 



Comrades! NFPE Federation and all its affiliated unions and associate member organizations are serving a strike notice on the DoP on 11.07.2022! 11th July is our revolutionary spirited day and it is most apt to serve the notice of strike on that day. The strike is our last weapon to force an understanding on the DoP that privatization of postal services and wholesale transfer of POSB to IPPB are moves of suicide. We understand that Dak Mitra is part of the drive to privatize all sectors under the Union Govt but the move is fully foolish and it is our task to point out the grave danger in the path travelled by government. 


AIPRPA should not only extend its solidarity and support but stand shoulder to shoulder with the employees in their hour of life and death struggle. It is our basic task to stand with them in the battle for their important issues including for scrapping the NPS that proved a dangerous scheme even after 18 years of its introduction. 


The point that this strike on 4th August is only the beginning and there will be greater form of struggles if the blind path is not reversed by the DoP and Union Government. AIPRPA CHQ calls upon for such solidarity that will reflect our full strength. Our support is for 4th Aug strike! Our support is for all programmes launched by Federation or Unions! Go with our flags and banner of AIPRPA! Let the Govt understand that the pensioners will not be silent spectators while the more than 100 years old department is being butchered - KR GS AIPRPA