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ByS.C. Maheshwari

Secretary General Bharat Pensioners Samaj

E-mail: bharatpensioner@gmail.comWeb Sites:

www.bharatpensioner.org

Bharat Pensioner’s Samaj

presentation to 7th CPC

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Pensioners aspirations

Pensioners are asking for only what is provided in the constitution , service conditions & pronounced

by the Apex Court

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•Pension is not largesse but a right.•Should be adequate to enable retd. employee to live with standard he was living.•There Should be no discrimination on the basis of date of retirement.•Gap between haves & have lots should go on reducing•Healthcare is a fundamental right of ex employee.

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Pensionable employee were deprived of Govt.

8.33% PM of salary, matching contribution to

PF & were paid low salaries designed to cater

for Pension(6th CPC study by Dr K .

Gyithri)

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Quantum of pensionPension of Govt. employees need

to be 65% of last drawn as per 5th CPC study (TECS ).

Correspondingly Family Pension to be 45% of last drawn.Fitment

benefit exactly same as for employees. BPS urge 7th pay

comm. to recommend accordingly to do justice .

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Emoluments for Pension

DA of Govt. employees is part of salary. It

compensate fall in purchase value of salary.

Should be taken into account for calculation of

pension as it affects commutation & future DR

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Parity in PensionPension of pre & post retired

SC,HC judges, CAG, Cab. Secy.& Secy. is at par. One rank one pension has been acceded to Defence forces retirees . Others too are

citizens of this Country, then why disrimination.BPS Plead

for 100% parity to all Pensioners

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Full and modified parity will be meaningless unless the actual grades and grade pays implemented to serving employees on revision are taken into consideration. For some categories especially at lower and middle levels, grades higher than those actually recommended by the Commissions were implemented for employees in service. They were not extended for modified and full parity to those who retired prior to revision in the corresponding posts on the pretext that what were implemented were improved grades and grade pays. This resulted in invidious discrimination against and grave injustice to past retirees. The gap in pensions due to this ever widens not only with every subsequent revision but also whenever additional installment of DR and when additional quantum based on advanced age are granted. (contd).

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Parity, full or modified, will be meaningful and confer real benefit on past retirees only when the actual grades and grade pays implemented for serving employees are taken for this purpose. This injustice is happening only when a higher grade or grade pay is given to a certain category after revision. We respectfully submit that certain sections of past pensioners are not able to get justice in the matter of full/modified parity due to the above discriminatory treatment. A Group-B officer, who retired in III CPC scale had been brought down one scale lower w.e.f., 1.1.96 and to Rs.4200/- GP w.e.f., 1.1.2006 whereas a IV CPC Group-B officer got Rs.4600/- GP w.e.f., 1.1.2006 and a V CPC Group-B officer got Rs.4800/- GP in revision. This injustice has occurred to many categories of pre-2006 retirees. We appeal to the Commission to do full justice to all past retirees in the above regard by making suitable recommendations.

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Pre-2006 pensioners were given 40% fitment benefit whereas serving employees were given grade pay. This resulted in grave imbalance between pre and post 2006 pensioners. In order to rectify this, notional fixation has to be extended w.e.f., 1.1.2006 to pre 2006 pensioners taking 50% of corresponding grade pay into account so that they will be brought on a common platform with post 2006 pensioners and they will all get equal justice in the next revision as per VII CPC. We urge the Commission to recommend same fitment benefit to employees as well as pensioners to avoid imbalance between past and future pensioners and also same multiplication factor for revision to one and all to ensure equal treatment.

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No cut off dates

Revision of Pension by Pay comm. is to neutralize

inflationary effect . Inflation affects all equally with- out cut

off date. Then why cut off dates for implementation of

Pay comm. recommendations?

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7th CPC recommendations should apply to all

pensioners without cut-off dates .All new

benefits to apply to present pensioners. Pension of all should

rise by equal % to ensure equality.

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Minimum-Maximum Ratio

Ratio mini- max. emoluments i.e. Basic +

DA+IR was down to 1:8 on 1.7.96 prior to Vth CPC implementation. 7CPC

must bring it back to that level.

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Gulf between highest & lowest paid

Huge gulf between lowest & highest pension need to be narrowed, should not be more than 1:8.Revise

pay/pension of top person first, divide it by 8 to calculate minimum.

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Any attempt to increase highest & lowest paid ratio in

Govt jobs will be disastrous and

against the preamble to constitution.

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Additional old age pension100 yrs of age for a pensioner is

illusionaryBPS requests the Hon’ble comm. to review existing dispensation & to

recommend 10%upward increase in pension every 5 yrs

from 65yrs to 75yrs , 20% every 5yrs from 75- 85yrs & finally increasing

pension to 100% at 90 yrs of age. As in the present scenario old age

disabilities/diseases set-in right from 60 yrs of age & go on manifesting v. fast

needing additional medical & caregiver expenditure.

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Pension to be net of Income Tax

Purchase value of pension gets reduced day by day due to steep rise in food, medical & transport

cost. Net worth of a pensioner gets considerably reduced at year end compared to the beginning of the year. To enable a pensioner in the

evening of life to live with minimum comfort, BPS appeals that Pension may be exempted

from Income tax.

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DR MergerBPS requests the pay comm. to recommend merger of Dearness

allowance with basic pension whenever it goes 50% or beyond.

Due to inherent flaws in the method of inflation index calculation which is

based on WPI. DR is never sufficient to afford 100% neutralization.

Whenever DR rise to 50% & above, it results in considerable erosion of financial position of Pensioners.

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Ex- servicemen status

Defence civilian are paid from defence budget. Are

accorded Rank equivalency. BPS urge pay comm. To

recommend ex- servicemen status to retd. Defence

civilians.

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BSNL pensioners

BSNL pensioners are governed by Rule 137A of CCS (Pension)Rules 1972. BPS pleads that they be treated at par with C .G. Pensioners for pension

fixation. 

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Family pensioners other than spouse

Family pension is restricted to daughters who become divorcee or widow during the life time

of Parents. Social Structure always force a widow or divorced lady to return to parental

home. In the absence of parents illiterate ladies have to feed themselves & children by

doing menial jobs & living as destitutes. Removal of present restriction will help these ladies to lead honorable life. BPS appeals to

hon’ble comm. to consider the issue on humanitarian grounds & to recommend

removal of this restriction .

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New Pension Scheme

TO ensure social security. Amend it to guarantee

minimum 50% of last drawn as pension & Family

pension as per exiting pre 2004 scheme

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Restoration of commuted value

Commutation is an advance sanctioned to pensioner at specific conditions & rate of intt. at the time of retirement which is recoverable from pension in regular monthly installments. Thus the recovery must stop the day total amount with interest is recovered.BPS requests that Commuted value of Pension be restored after 10yrs.

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Presently in case of pensioners other than PSU absorbees pensioners, recovery of commuted value of pension lasts 15 yrs, where as in case of PSU absorbees this recovery continues till survival which is discriminatory. In their case also full pension should be restored, the day sanctioned amount with interest is fully recovered.

Restoration of commutation to PSU absorbees

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Modified FR56(a) requires every one whose date of birth is the first of month to retire from service on the afternoon of last day of preceding month on attaining superannuation age. As a result, those born on Ist of Jan loose pay & pension revision benefits due to pay comm. recommendations and those born on Ist july loose benefit of one increment. They are deprived of equality of status. Hon’ble pay comm. is requested to set right the discrepancy.

Injustice to those born on Ist jan & on Ist july

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Gratuity

We suggest that the gratuity may be calculated on the basis of 26 effective days as against

30 days in a month. The ceiling of 16.5 times should also be removed.

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Health care

Healthcare is not a luxury to be in possession of privileged few. All Govt. pensioners must be issued

smart cards for cashless treatment in emergencies in any

empanelled/NABH accredited hospital in the country. BPS

requests the Honourable commission to recommend

accordingly .

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Quality healthcare

To ensure quality healthcare to pensioners . Periodically upgrade CGHS

rates, to keep these compatible to market rates.

Exercise rate & quality control on Govt.

empanelled hospitals.

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Hospital Regulatory authority

Constitute hospital regulatory authority to

monitor quality & rates of empanelled & NABH /NABL accredited hospitals / Labs

to ensure quality healthcare at affordable

rates.

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Fixed Medical allowance As is recorded in Para 5 of the

minutes of Committee of Secretaries (COS) held on 15.04.2010. OPD cost

per CGHS card holder was Rs1369/ PM in 2007-8. With inflation, it is well

over Rs 2500/PM now.EPFO baneficiaries already getting RS

2000/PM FMA wef June.013. Hon’ble comm. is requested to recomend Rs

2500/FMA w/o distance restriction, net of Income Tax and allowingDR on it.

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Grievance redressalThere should be an effective redressal

mechanism with a strict Time line & punitive clause for violation of time

line. Any court judgement involving a common policy matter of Pay/Pension should be extended automatically to

similarly placed employees/Pensioners without driving every affected person

to court of Law.BPS, therefore, appeal to Hon’ble Comm. to recommend accordingly.

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Pending submission of commission’s report & implementation of its

recommendations . As an immediate measure to partially

mitigate sufferings of pensioners, BPS appeal to the Hon’ble comm. to immediately recommend merger of 50% DR with basic pension & an interim

relief of 20% of existing pension.

Immediate relief

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1.Federations of C.G. Pensioners’ associations be granted recognition by Government.2.Pensioners’ representatives should be included in various Committees & Forums wherein issues relating to pensioners’ are discussed & decided.3.SCOVA may be upgraded to JCM level. 4.Scope of Pension Adalats be widened to include Genl.Grievances& Pensioners associations may be permitted to present pensioners cases in Pension Adalats.

General

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THANK YOU