The 5th biennial conference of Madurai has been held with good participation on 12-06-2022. Com. S John Pasha, Circle President controlled the proceedings. Com. N Utharkumar, District Secretary welcomed the gathering. Com. R Rajasekar, Circle Secretary inauguarted the conference explaining the important issues and the ensuing agitational programmes. Coms. Appan Raj (NCCPA) P.Richards (BSNLEU) etc greeted the conference. The report and accounts were adopted after discussion. Thereafter a new set of office bearers were elected with Com.N Utharkumar (President) Com. S Selvin Sathyaraj (District Secretary) and Com. R Shanmughavel (Treasurer).

NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE

OF PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS..

(Registered under the

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

PAN No.  AAEAN8586F                                                               13.c Feroze Shah Road,

Website: nccpahq.blogspot.in.                                                              New Delhi. 110 001

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Notice: dated: 10.06.2022.

Notice is hereby given for a meeting of the National Executive of NCCPA on 28^th June, 2022 at 3.00 PM at AIRF conference hall, AIRF office, State Entry Road, New Delhi. 110 001.  All members are requested to attend the meeting.  Any comrade, who is unable to attend for any reason, may kindly intimate the undersigned by 20^th June, 2022 so as to enable him to provide a link for such comrade.  The following agenda will be considered by the meeting.

AGENDA

1.      Review of decisions taken at the last meeting and the implementation of programmes of action.

2.      Submission of statement of account as presented to the Registrar of Trade Unions.

3.      Finance: Payment of dues by the affiliates.

4.      The declining health care facilities and the proposal for agitational programme;

5.      Recommendations of Parliament Standing Committee.

6.      Denial of DR arrears and the statement made by the Government at the SCOVA meeting.

7.      Evolving common demand of all retired personnel whose revision of pension emoluments must be the responsibility of the Government of India. 

8.      Reporting of the deliberations at the NE meeting of the Confederation and other organisations of the working employees.

9.      Financial difficulties in pursuing the issues through litigation.

10.  Organisation: Formal grant of affiliation to the applicant associations.

11.  Holding of deferred Asia-pacific regional conference of TUI – deferred due to corona pandemic.

12.  Any other matter with the permission of the chair including the Observance of 75^th Anniversary of Indian Independence.

KKN KUTTY

Secretary General.

The 5th biennial conference of Siliguri was held at GM office Recreation Club on 12-06-2022. The open session was inaugurated by Com.Dipen Kunda, Convenor of Pensioners Coordination Committee. Coms. J P Banik, CORTO, Dhuser Dey, CGPA and Amal Jana, District Secretary, BSNLEU greeted the conference. The delegate session was inaugurated by Com. Pijush Chakraborty explaining the main issues and the ensuing agitational programmes. Com.R K Yadav, District Secretary presented the report and accounts which were adopted by the conference after discussion. The conference elected office bearers unanimously with Com. Bipul Chakraborty (President) Com.Ramkedar Yadav (District Secretary) Com.Sudhir Chakraborty (Treasurer).

Kerala Circle Executive Committee meeting was held at P&T House, Thiruvananthapuram on 11-06-2022. Com. K Mohanan, Circle President presided over the meeting. Com.N Guruprasad, Circle Secretary welcomed all and presented the report. Com. V A N Namboodiri, Advisor inaugurated the CEC with an impressive and educative speech. Com.K Arjunan, veteran leader and Circle Patron was honoured in the meeting. Com. K G Jayaraj, General Secretary explained the agitational programmes decided by CHQ and the demands raised. Com. P V Chandrasekharan, Patron spoke on the principled and correct stand of the organisation right from its formation. Com. R Muraleedharan Nair, AGS also addressed the meeting. All the district Secretaries and most of the Circle Office bearers participated in the discussion. The meeting took important decisions including to make the agitations of AIBDPA, BSNLCCWF, AUAB and Coordination Committee successfull, One month long membership campaign and conduct a study camp. The CEC meeting concluded with vote of thanks by Com. P Ganesan, Circle Organising Secretary.

The 4th biennial district conference of Malda in West Bengal was held at Karmachari Bhawan, Malda on 10-06-2022. Com. Pijush Chakraborty, Circle Secretary inaugurated the conference explaining the issues and the ensuing agutational programmes. The conference was greeted by a host of leaders including Coms.Subir Roy (state Coordination Committee), Susanta Nag (12th July Committee), Partha Achariya (BSNLCMU), Nibedita Das and Ujjal Ghosh (BSNLEU). The report and audited accounts presented by the District Secretary were adopted after discussion.

Coms.Bhudeb Majumdar, Sudip Roy Muhari and Ruma Bhattacharjee were elected unanimously as President, District Secretary and Treasurer, respectively.

It has been notified that the next meeting of the Wage Negotiation Committee will be held at BSNL Corporate Office on 10-06-2022. Meanwhile the minutes of the last meeting held on 10-03-2022 is released now.

Minutes of the Wage Negotiating Committee meeting held on 10.03.2022.

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The Circle Executive Committee meeting of Kolkata Telephones was held on 07-06-2022. Com. Supriyo Mitra, Circle President presided over the meeting. Com. Sanjib Banerjee, Circle Secretary presented the report and briefed on the agenda items. Com. Swastika Dasgupta, CHQ Organsinsing Secretary explained the CHQ agitational programme including Sanchar Bhawan March. District Secretaries and most of the Circle Office bearers participated in the discussion. The CEC meeting decided to conduct the agitations called by CHQ and CoC successfully.

AIBDPA/ CHQ CIRCULAR.4/2022
7th June, 2022.

Dear Comrade,

MAKE THE AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES STUPENDOUS SUCCESS :-

       The first program of agitations decided for the settlement of the most important five demands, falls on 22nd June, 2022; Demands Day- demonstrations are to be held at all levels.

             The second program of Mass Dharna with maximum placards is to be organised at SSA/ BA levels on 20-07-2022. Let us mobilize maximum pensioners in these agitations and give wide publicity not only among the pensioners but also in the media both print and visual.

           Then the culminating program, March to Sanchar Bhawan is on 24-08-2022 which has to be held impressivily with good participation. CHQ has fixed some quota for each Circle as follows;
Kerala-200,

Tamil Nadu-200,

Chennai Telephones-50,

Karnataka-150,

Andhra Pradesh-150,

Telangana-150,

Madhya Pradesh-100,

Chhattisgarh-25,

Bihar- 50

Odisha-25,

Maharashtra-100,

Gujarat-100,

Rajasthan-100,

Punjab-150,

Haryana-150

Jammu& Kashmir-05,

Assam-100,

NE I-10,

NE II-10,

West Bengal-200,

Kolkata Telephones-150,

CORTO-50,

NTR, Delhi-200,

ALTTC, Gaziabad-10,

Uttar Pradesh (East)-150,

Uttar Pradesh ( West)-150.

                The Circle branches may distribute their quota of participation to the district branches according to the potential of each district. Care has to be taken to reserve the tickets for the to and fro journey well in advance. Circle Secretaries may kindly collect the names of the participants from each district with their arrival/ departure details and furnish to CHQ before 15-07-2022. Please take it as a serious task as CHQ has to arrange accommodation for those coming from far off Circles. CHQ will arrange accommodation for one day, those who reach on 23rd can stay the night and vacate on 24th morning and those reach on 24th morning can stay upto 25th morning. Those who need to stay beyond the above , have to make own arrangement.

           The March to Sanchar Bhawan will start at 10AM on 24-08-2022 from NTR, Eastern Court, Near BSNL Corporate Office. The participants should reach Eastern Court in time. The Circles/ Districts may kindly bring their banners and maximum flags.

Coordination Committee Extends Support.

            The meeting of the Coordination Committee of BSNLEU, AIBDPA & BSNL CCWF held on 04-06-2022 has extended full support to the AIBDPA agitational programmes. The meeting also decided to support the agitational programmes called by the BSNL CCWF demanding settlement of important issues of the casual and contract workers.

27-06-2022 Demonstration at GM level.
30-06-2022. Demonstration at CGM level.
AIBDPA units are requested to get in touch with CCWF units and see that it is held successfully.

           The COC meeting also decided to support the AUAB agitational programmes demanding Wage/ Pay revision and other important issues. Dharna will be held at SSA level on 21-06-2022 and March to Sanchar Bhawan for which date will be fixed in due course. AIBDPA has already extended Solidarity and our units are requested to make it a grand success.

Human Chain on 07-07-2022.

          The CoC meeting after reviewing the campaign against privatisation and National Monetisation Pipeline, decided to continue the campaign by holding Humanchain at District level on 07-07-2022. Details are contained in the CoC circular.

75th Independence Day.

Another decision of the CoC meeting is to celebrate the 75th Independence Day highlighting the role of the working class in the Independence movement. Seminars are to be conducted during 11th July to 15th August, 2022.

Dear Comrades, let us take up these important tasks in right earnest.
Victory shall be ours.!

With warm greetings,

K G Jayaraj
General Secretary.

The meeting of the Coordination Committee of BSNLEU, AIBDPA & BSNLCCWF held on 04-06-2022 has decided to continue the campaign against privatisation of PSUs and National Monetisation Pipeline by conducting Human Chain on 07-07-2022. The meeting also decided to celebrate the 75th Independence Day and to highlight the role played by the working class in the Independence movement. Seminar is to be held during the period from 11-7-2022 to 15-08-2022.

The meeting also extended solidarity and support to the agitational programmes of AIBDPA, BSNLCCWF & AUAB. The detailed circular issued in this regard is reproduced hereunder;

AIBDPA CHQ / CIRCULAR No.3/2022, 
26th May,2022

To
All CHQ office bearers, Circle Secretaries, District Secretaries and Affiliates.

Dear Comrade,

As you are aware, the Central Executive Committee meeting held virtually on 05-03-2022 had decided for another phased program of agitation on the following important issues;
1. Pension Revision from 01-01-2017 with 15% fitment, delinking wage revision.
2. Immediate payment of medical allowance pending from 01-04-2018 and medical reimbursement bills pending from 01-04-2019.
3. Effective functioning of CGHS implementing Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommendations.
4. Payment of arrears of freezed IDA instalments.
5. Immediate payment of pension and other retirement benefits to the VRS retirees of Maharashtra withheld illegally for non-revalidation of caste certificate.
6. Restoration of the LPD, reduced by the CCAs in violation of statutory Rules and procedures.

CHQ was authorised by the CEC to formulate the form of agitation at the appropriate time.

Serious discussion was held with Secretary, DoT, Joint Secretary and DDG ( Esst) by Coms.V A N Namboodiri Advisor and K G Jayaraj General Secretary on pension revision. Though, the officers informed that the issue is being examined, what we could learn is that DoT is yet to arrive at a concrete proposal. The latest information is that Internal Finance at DoT is scrutinizing the various proposals sent by the Establishment section. Also the government has to take a positive decision on the issue. So pressure in the form of another agitation is necessary to settle the issue.

Regarding payment of medical benefits to the BSNL Pensioners, the CMD during the detailed discussion with our delegation on 27-04-2022, reiterated his stand that BSNL cannot afford the huge expenditure on BSNL MRS to the pensioners and wanted all the retirees to switch over to CGHS. The drawbacks and inadequate facilities of CGHS were well explained to him. Still, the CMD was not for any fund allotment in the near future to clear the pending medical claims.

Conceding the genuine demands of the Pensioners Organisations, the 110th Parliamentary Standing Committee has given positive recommendations to start CGHS Wellness Centers at every district, full reimbursement of medical bills for treatment in the non- empanelled hospitals, increase the Fixed Monthly Medical Allowance to Rs.3000, Pensioners also to be included in CS(MA) rules etc. Further the functioning of the existing Wellness Centers are to be made effective by posting sufficient number of doctors and para medical staff. There has to be periodical revision of CGHS rates and ensure prompt payment to the empanelled hospitals. Immediate intervention of higher authorities are warranted to start the new Wellness Centres already granted in various states.

DPE and the then Hon’ble Minister for Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises had clarified that DPE OM dated 19-11-2020 freezing the IDA from 01-10-2020 to 30-06-2021 to Executives and Non- Unionised Supervisors is not applicable to the BSNL Pensioners. Still, the DoT was not prepared for releasing the IDA instalments to the BSNL retirees. It was under this situation, CHQ was compelled to file a writ petition in the High Court of Kerala on 26-02-2021 and the Hon’ble High Court was pleased to issue a favourable Interim Order. Despite forwarding the court order and repeated reminders, DoT is not implenting even the Court Order.

CHQ has taken a consistent stand on the issue of denial of pension and other retirement benefits to the VRS retirees of Maharashtra belonging to ST category from the very beginning. With our continuous efforts and pursance, DOP&PW issued an OM dated 30-11-2021. The OM specifically stated that no retirement benefits should be withheld in cases wherin no judicial or departmental proceedings are pending. Still, the arrogant BSNL management didn’t care to implement the OM against which CHQ wrote to the Hon’ble Minister of Communications and Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions. Thereafter, DoT intervened and asked the BSNL management to implement the OM and ensure payment of pension and other retirement benefits to the VRS retirees. Finally, BSNL reluctantly endorsed the DOT endorsement of the DOP&,PW OM on 25-04-2022 which was followed by CGMT, Maharashtra on 07-05-2022. However, the fact remains that the affected pensioners are yet to get the payment.

There are specific instructions that the AOs scrutinizing the pension papers of the reiring officials to limit it for 24 months prior to the retirement. But some of the AOs in certain CCA Offices have dug out pay fixation given 25- 30 years ago and made arbitrary cut in the last pay drawn resulting in reduction of Pension. Though the issue was taken up with the DoT repeatedly, nothing has been done.

In these circumstances, CHQ has decided to launch the following Agitational Programme.

1. Demands Day on 22-06-2022.
Demonstration at all levels with placards.

2. Dharna at SSA/ BA Level on 20-07-2022.

3. Sanchar Bhawan March on 24 – 08 – 2022. The number of participants for each Circle will be finalized in due course.

AUAB AGITATION :-

AUAB has given call for agitational program including Sanchar Bhawan March demanding Wage Revision. CHQ has already extended Solidarity and our Comrades may participate according to local situation.

TELE PENSIONER :-

Tele Pensioner, October 2021 – March,2022 issue has been got printed and are being despatched to all the subscribers, CHQ office bearers, Circle Secretaries and District Secretaries.

Circle Conferences :- .

Gujarat, Kolkata Telephones,Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, UP ( W) and Haryana circles have held the Circle Conferences. Other circles are also requested to hold the conferences in consultation with CHQ.

Membership List :-

CHQ had asked to send the membership list of each district so as to update the CHQ level membership register. But some of the District Branches are yet to comply with the directive. So it is once again requested to send the membership list, preferably prepared in Words, at the earliest.

Dear Comrades,
The covid19 pandemic situation has improved and normalcy is being restored. So we have to utilise the opportunity to revitalize the organisation and also strengthen it by enrolling more Pensioners. Sufficient preparations have to be made to make the Agitational Programme a grand success.

With warm greetings,

K G Jayaraj
General Secretary.)