Chhattisgarh Circle has held its Executive Committee Meeting online on 26-12-2020 successfully. Com. P C Tiwari, Circle President controlled the proceedings. Com. R P Atmapoojya, Circle Secretary welcpmed all the participants and presented the report and accounts for the interim period. In the report the implementation of struggles conducted demanding pension revision and non-payment of medical benefits, observance of AIBDPA formation Day and Pensioners’ Day were narrated.

Com. V A N Namboodiri, Advisor inaugurated the CEC meeting and briefed on the important issues of the pensioners including pension revision and denial of medical benefits. The continuing efforts efforts and struggles by CHQ for settlement were also explained. He also stressed the importance of the glorious stuggle of the farmers.

Com. K G Jayaraj, General Secretary in his elaborate address, dealt on the anti-people and ant-worker policy of Modi government. Though three stimulous packages were declared to tide over the grave economic situation in the country, the corporate and the richest are the real beneficiaries. The anti-worker labour codes and the anti-farmer agrarian acts reflects the pro corporate stand of the government. The workers have shown their protest and anger through a historic strike on 26-11-2020. The farmers struggle is unparrallel and the biggest the country ever witnessed. General Secretary also explained the struggles and continuing efforts of CHQ for a satisfactory settlement on important issues and now the BSNL management has allotted fund for the clearance of with voucher claims up to 31-03-2019. He emphasised on strengthening the organisation by enrolling new members and efforts should be continued to bring in more VRS retirees.

Com. S C Bhattacharjee, Circle Advisor also addressed the meeting and the issues raised by him and some other comrades were replied by the General Secretary. The meeting came to an end with vote of thanks by the President.

Mumbai: The State Bank of India (SBI), the Union Bank of India (UBI) and the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) have marked Reliance Communication Ltd (RCOM) account as fraud, according to banking sources.

In addition to that, the SBI and the UBI have also marked Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) account as fraud. RTL is a 100 per cent subsidiary of RCOM.

Another RCOM subsidiary, Reliance Infratel Ltd’s account has also been marked as fraud by the SBI.

Both the companies are owned by Anil Ambani, younger brother of Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in the country and 4th richest in the world.

(Courtesy: Economic Times)

The Circle Executive Committee Meeting of Rajasthan has been held online on 18-12-2020. Com.K P Sharma, Circle President presided over the meeting. The meeting paid homages to those members died due to Covid-19 during the intervening period.

Com. M K Nagpal, Circle Secretary presented the report and explained the present situation on the important issues; pension revision and non-payment of medical benefits. District Secretaries and most of the Circle Office bearers participated in the discussion.

Com.Raghunath Singh, National Vice President and Punjab State General Secretary of CITU has passed away on 20-12-2020 due to post Covid complications. He was a militant leader and has led many struggles of the workers. He was very close to BSNLEU and AIBDPA. He delivered the key note address in the last Circle Conference of AIBDPA, Punjab held at Ludhiana.

AIBDPA pay respectful homage to the departed leader and convey heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and comrades.

As per the call of CHQ, National Pensioners’ Day has been observed on 17-12-2020 with flag hoistings, meetings etc in almost all circles.

Com.V A N Namboodiri, Patron, NCCPA and Advisor, AIBDPA delivered the keynote address online in the large meeting held by Co-Ordination Committee of Pensioners Organisations, Karnataka.

Com.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary inaugurated the meeting held by Kozhikode District Branch on line. Com. V A N Namboodiri, Advisor also addressed the meeting. The leaders explained the significance of the historic judgment of the constitution Bench of Supre Court delivered on 17-12-1982 in the D S Nakara case, attacks on pension and the duty to stregthen the organisation to fight against the injustice.

Both Com. V A N Namboodiri and Com.K G Jayaraj also participated in the webinar organised by CHQ AIPRPA online and greeted. Com.K Ragavendran, General Secretary, AIPRPA and Com.M Krishnan, Ex.Secretary General, Confederation presented papers.

Some of the photos received are published hereunder;

KOZHIKODE, KERALA

JIND, HARYANA

SIRSA, HARYANA

HOSAPETE, KARNATAKA

JOINTLY HELD BY AIBDPA & CGPA AT THRISSUR, KERALA

BENGALURU, KARNATAKA

CHENNAI COC, TAMIL NADU

CHENNAI TELEPHONES

NCCPA MESSAGE ON PENSIONERS DAY

NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE

OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS.

13-C Feroze Shah Road,

New Delhi.110 001

Website: www.nccpahq.blogspot.com

Email. nccpahq@gmail.com

Dated: 14/12/2020

President: Com. Shiv Gopal Misra,           9717647594

Secretary General: Com. K.K.N. Kutty      9811048303

Dear Comrades,

OBSERVE 17th  DECEMBER AS INDIAN PENSIONERS DAY.

The historic Judgement in D.S. Nakara and others was delivered on 17^th December, 1982.   The judgement coming from the highest court of the land, which considered pension as an inalienable right of the wage earner became a landmark not only in our country but also the world over.  The impact and implication of the judgement was so significant that it rejuvenated the pensioners movement in India and transformed it into fighting organisations.  Pensioners as a community got the self-respect as the society and the Government characterizing pension as a gratis had reduced them to the status of parasites. The very requirement of financial security in the evening of one’s life came to the fore after the spectacular observation of the learned Judges that the pension was indeed a deferred wage.   The struggles that got impetus thereafter brought the parity question to the centre stage of deliberations and the cementing factor for building united movement of pensioners.  The united campaigns, petitions, struggles, agitational programmes, made the successive Pay Commissions to address the parity question with the consideration it deserved.  The victory over that issue, as every success in life, provided the requisite confidence to march ahead.  Observing or commemorating that day Is the most apt and appropriate action, the pensioners organisations must do. NCCPA thus requests all its affiliates, State Committees and the Branch formations to observe the day in a befitting manner that demands the occasion to the best of their ability.

In our very considered opinion, we must also dedicate this day to express our solidarity and support with the fighting farmers of the country.   We salute their determination, courage and unflinching faith in the organisation and organised peaceful resistance against the authoritarian attitude from whichever corner it emanates.  We must also take lesson from the way they have gone about projecting their issues despite all odds and repressive measures and the insurmountable difficulties created by using brutal police power.  Let us remember the sad fact that when the most important service benefit of the civil servants, the statutory pension, was taken away, our resistance did not unfortunately reach the pinnacle and could not compel the rulers to retrace.  One day and it must not be far away, we must emulate the farming community to ensure that every Indian on reaching the age of sixty will become entitled for pension.  This promise will make the observance of 17^th December, 2020 different from the previous occasions and should provide us the impetus to work hard to achieve that objective.  We once again salute the farmer brothers.

K.K.N. KUTTY

SECRETARY GENERAL