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News Letter of AERWA Vol.16 No1; Jan-Feb 2015

NEWS LETTER OF AERWAR.N.I.REGN.NO.MAHENG/2000/706

Volume 16 - Issue No.1 January

ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Affiliated to

Office:

Rs 5/- Single Copy-Distributed at free of cost

Aims and Objectives of 'AERWA'1) To continue the emotional integration of all retired scientific, engineering, technical and

administrative staff members of the Department of Atomic Energy.2) To represent to the concerned authorities updated social security needs of the retirees

and family pensioners. 3) To strengthen the hands of existing recognized apex bodies of similar associations of

retirees of other governmental organizations.4) To utilize the rare combination of talents and expertise available among members for the

welfare of general public through social service using the association as (Opinions and views expressed in articles

Procedure for becoming New Member, Converting Life to Patron Member (Fee for Life Member is Rs.600/- and Patron Member charges have increased substantially. It is our reques‘Life Members’, please convert to ‘Patron’ by paying You may pay membership fee/ donation through Internetof State Bank of India in any city. The cheque/ Internet Transfer should be in Welfare Association SBI A/c 33188890083”; (IFS Code: SBIN0013055)Dr (Smt) Sagar V B; A-603, Bhakti Avenue, Plot 3B; Sector 46A, Nerul, Navi Mumbai-400706; Tel: 27720457; Mob: 9869176128; [email protected]: Please write your Name and Mobile No on the backside of the chequeCheque is directly deposited in the SBI, please [email protected] and [email protected]

Option of Receiving Soft Copy of AERWA News Letter Instead of Hard CopySeveral AERWA members have suggested allowing them to choose above mentioned option in order to avoid wastage of paper and also save AERWA funds. Soft copies are emailedprinted).The interested members may please convey this by an email [email protected]

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NEWS LETTER OF AERWA

January-February 2015 (12 Pages)

ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Affiliated to Bharat Pensioners Samaj, Delhi Regd.No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5-9-97 Soc. Regn. Act 1860

Regd. No.F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950 Office: 501 Emerald Heights, 32 Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai-400071

Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/aerwa2014/ e-mail: [email protected]

at free of cost for members of AERWA (Retirees of All Units of DAE).

Aims and Objectives of 'AERWA'- Highlights To continue the emotional integration of all retired scientific, engineering, technical and

administrative staff members of the Department of Atomic Energy. o represent to the concerned authorities updated social security needs of the retirees

To strengthen the hands of existing recognized apex bodies of similar associations of retirees of other governmental organizations.

rare combination of talents and expertise available among members for the welfare of general public through social service using the association as a platform.

views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be that of AERWA)

, Converting Life to Patron Member or for Giving Donations Patron Member is Rs.1000/-).The printing cost of News Letter and postal

charges have increased substantially. It is our request that please become a Patron Member. If you are already a ‘Life Members’, please convert to ‘Patron’ by paying Rs 400. This will augment AERWA corpus fund.

nternet Transfer or deposit a cheque of any bank at any branch Internet Transfer should be in favor of “Atomic Energy Retirees

(IFS Code: SBIN0013055). You may also post your cheque to: Avenue, Plot 3B; Sector 46A,

400706; Tel: 27720457; Mob: 9869176128; [email protected] on the backside of the cheque if you have posted to Dr Sagar. If the

lease inform your Name, Tel/ Mob No either by post or by email to: [email protected] (The Membership Form will be posted later)

Option of Receiving Soft Copy of AERWA News Letter Instead of Hard Copy members have suggested allowing them to choose above mentioned option in order to avoid

wastage of paper and also save AERWA funds. Soft copies are emailed much earlier (before they are The interested members may please convey this by an email to: [email protected] &

about: PICNIC on Jan 18, 2015, Sunday

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AERWA PICINIC

Date: Jan 18, 2015, Sunday; Rs 500/person. basis for first bus. Booking for second bus shalfrom Dadar/ Sion/ Chembur / Vashi/ Kharghar depending upon the convenience of picnickers.Place: Modak Van “Modak Samajik Vanikaran and Vrikshlagvad Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit", Nasarapur Village , Karjat, Raigad District . ~70 Km. Picnickers should carry their own water bottle, duringThey should contact only Dr B M Misra, secretary,

EDITOR’S SPACE Cancer is Not the Cancellation of Life (Guest Editor - P.K. Lahiri) Verbal communication is the basic need for connection between 2 persons .I lost my voice due to throat cancer as a result of smoking 50 cigarettes a day. Eventually I had to remove voice box and became dumb. Speechless was a traumatic experience to me. But I made effortlessly to be heard again. I was able to get voice back by using my esophagus/ food pipe with less clarity. Latter I had opportunity to enhance my voice through (AFLA) in Tokyo, since similar opportunity was not available in India. Now it is available at CRC Prince Ali Khan Hospital (VRV PAKH). The above training not only helped me to normalize my voice but also helped other laringectomees who reinstated their voice to be heard to others from CRC PAKH. Sixteen years back I was invited by Cancer rehabilitation clinic of PAKH which was the brain child of eminent oncologist Dr.Sultan Pradhan and formed with the help of a founder member Mrs. Anita Vesuvala a survivor of breast cancer. I joined with her and established esophageal speech training center on fully voluntary basis. Since then my journey started. Activity of CRC PAKH:- It is run by 19 dedicated trained volunteers, including 9 former patients. On average, the clinic supports 500 laryngectomy patients, 300 mastectomies and 100 oestomy patients each year — and these numbers are increasing. All services are provided free of charge, and the Centre does not limit itself to patients of the Prince Aly Khan Hospital; about 20% of their beneficiaries come from other hospitals. Clinic timings:- Breast cancer- Tuesday/ Friday/ 10.30 am to 1pm. Laryngeal cancer/timing:-Wednesday/ Saturday/ 9 am to 12 noon. Laringectomee section is one of the vital parts of centre where a patient takes training month after month through me and other survivors and volunteers. According to my knowledge this unique process of training is rarely available in India except in CRC/ PAKH. Dr Nalini Bhat Head ENT BARC hospital is very much aware of this service. AERWA members who are interested to know more about E.P VOICE TRAINING may please contact me here-

P.K.Lahiri; (Congratulation Shri Lahiri exemplary exhibition of human cou

AERWA NEWSReport on Pensioner’s DayPensioner’s Day Programme held on Dec 17, 2014 waparticipated in the function. Shri S A Bharadwaj, NPCIL AER(Membership No occasionand untiring hard work to create an organization like AERWAin the next issue. Some of tpresente

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AERWA PICINIC-2015 . Booking will be on First- cum – First served

Booking for second bus shall be on the basis of response. Bus will start depending upon the convenience of picnickers.

Modak Van “Modak Samajik Vanikaran and Vrikshlagvad Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit", ~70 Km. from Kharghar.

bottle, during travel in the bus AERWA (mob no:9967357264) for picnic etc.

P.K.Lahiri; 8108666265; [email protected] (Congratulation Shri Lahiri for an extraordinary and exemplary exhibition of human courage-AERWA):

**************** AERWA NEWS Report on Pensioner’s Day Pensioner’s Day Programme held on Dec 17, 2014 was a great success. More than 160 Members participated in the function. Shri S A Bharadwaj, NPCIL was the chief guest. Founder members of AERWA lead by Shri K V Raghavendran (Membership No P-1) were felicitated on this occasion for their excellent foresight, dedication and untiring hard work to create an organization like AERWA. A detailed report shall be presented in the next issue. Some of the photographs of the events are presented:

Shri S A Bharadwaj

Shri K V Raghavendran


Shri T. K. Chowdhury

Shri S. Ramarao

Shri NS Kimsen ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Accrued Arrears wef 1/1/2006 up to 23/9/12 and possible next steps (Important only for Pre-2006 retirees in grades S-4 to S-29) Shri BM Misra (Sec AERWA) informed members in the Dec 17 meeting that only those who received arrears based on OM Dated 28/01/13 wef 24/09/12 are entitlfor arrears wef 1/1/2006. The arrear amount can be easily calculated as follows (BP=Basic Pension): Arrears from 1/1/2006 to 23/9/2012 = [BP/FP (24/9/2012) – BP/ FP before 24/9/2012)]x103.64 A large number of pre-2006 retirees (both AERWA members and non-members) have formed or in process of forming group/ association to pursue in courts.

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up to (Important only for

in the that only those who received arrears

wef 24/09/12 are entitled for arrears wef 1/1/2006. The arrear amount can be

BP/FP (after

both AERWA members) have formed or in process

in courts.

AERWA Managing Committee shall finalize and present different options on AERWA website:

https://sites.google.com/site/aerwa2014/ Members are advised to visit this site regularly. They may also contact Shri RC Pant and Shri BM Misra through email:

<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

A detailed report on Pensioner’ Day function shall be presented in the next issue of News Letter.

********** Important Court Cases A. Status of S-21 case (SO-E Group) (Shri M. Venugopalan, Shri M.M.V.Murthy) Note Highlighting the Disparity Between S.21&S.24 as Recommended by CPC 6th wef 1/1/2006 (by M. Venugopalan) Historically and traditionally there was a close similarity between the pay scales at S.21 and S.24. This will be evident from the Table indicated below:

Grade 4th CPC 5th CPC 6th CPC

S- 21 3700-5000 12000-16500 15600-39100 +7600 GP

S-24 4100-5100 14300-18300 37400-67000+ 8700 GP

2. Government instructions specifying for operation of S.24 scale as Selection Grade for S.21 are even current which in other words would mean that S.24 is an extension of the lower scale of S.21. The critical job analysis and work assessment undertaken by the past Pay Commissions prompted them to come to the conclusion that both these two scales formed part and parcel of the slot of Junior Administrative Grade which was on consideration of the fact that intermingling nature and integrated entity had subsisted from the beginning when the pay scales were evolved. Truly, endorsing the integral affinity and holistic nature with which the two scales were conjoined, the 6th CPC also in the process of grouping various pay scales in their wisdom and sense of judiciousness felt it appropriate to club both these into Pay Band-3 (Rs 15600-39000). However, ignoring the ingenuity and the rational judgment applied by the CPC in grouping together the two scales (with a distinction by way of only a minor difference in the Grade Pay attached to each), an adhoc Review Committee constituted by the Government bifurcated these integrally attached grades and placed S.24 scale in PB-4. Compared to the pre-revised and revised scale for S.21 the difference is merely Rs 11200/- at the beginning and Rs30200/- at the ending stage whereas for S.24 it is a gigantic leap to the extent of Rs31800/- at the beginning and Rs64000/- at the ending point which is almost a threefold increase which is enormously unparallel in the history of formulation of pay scales. The drastic change as brought about above has given rise to umpteen anomalies, disparities and unfairness to S.21 category since the vital fact that


whatever reasons were found justifiable for placing S.24 in PB-4, the same are equally valid in the case of S.21 also was totally ignored in the process. 3. The Railway Board also submitted similar justification to the Ministry of Finance for moving the incumbents in S.21 grade to that of S.24. 4. The CPC 6th was sensitive in ensuring that a person drawing higher basic pay as per 5th CPC scale is not placed in a lower stage vis-à-vis a person drawing lower basic pay and made recommendation in this regard in para 2.2.21 of their recommendations. They had prepared a detailed fixation chart (Table 2.2.2) giving the fitment in the revised running pay bands for every stage in each of the pre-revised pay scales. However, the indenting idea and spirit of fairness had no sanctity since S.24 scale was jacked up selectively and arbitrarily ignoring the case of S.21 incumbents. 5. It is, therefore, appealed to the acumen and sense of righteousness of the 7th CPC to ensure justice for S.21 category which had become the worst sufferers on the last pay revision, to treat the two scales alike or maintain the minor difference between the two as existed in the past.

--------------- B. Status of S-29, S-29+ and < 33yrs cases as on 20.12.2014 (Shri BM Misra) 1. After dismissal of Curative Petition by GOI at HSC in the S-29 Group case, the contempt case at PBCAT by the S-29 group came for hearing on 15.5.2014. The court ordered to give the arrears to the 661 applicants wef 1.1.2006 to 24.9.2012 within 3 months. On the next hearing date DOPPW requested for more time to complete the payment to all 661 applicants. The court agreed to their request and asked to complete the payment by 17.12.2014,the final date of hearing. The DOP&PW subsequently issued OMs dated 26th August and 4th September to the concerned Departments of S-29 pensioners to pay the arrears wef 1.1.2006 to Sept 24, 2012 to these applicants. As on date most of the applicants barring a few have received their arrears. The case is now postponed to Feb. 2, 2105. 2. Three SLPs by UOI at HSC, in case similar to above S-29 group, came for hearing on Dec. 2, 2014. It has been now postponed to 13th Jan. 2015. It is hoped that their dismissal may force DOP&PW to issue OM for arrears to all. 3. The pre 2006 S-29+ case OA No. 3789/2013 came for final hearing on 30 October 2014 at PBCAT, Delhi. After the arguments from both sides, the court allowed our OA filed by 53 nos. DAE applicants, to the extent of applicants- Institution asking GOI to not only restore the pension on special pay, withheld since March 2013, but also allowed it to be raised to Rs 2000 wef 1.1.2006 subsequent to 6th CPC revision of special pay to Rs

4000. This order is however subject to final hearing of a Review Petition in a contempt case by Dr R C Garg of ISRO who has won a similar case but the judgment is not implemented by his Dept. 4. A number of DAE S-29 pensioners have approached AERWA to file OA for payment of arrears to them wef 1.1.2006. AERWA is interested to file this OA for all grades of pensioners. . However it is desirable that more DAE pensioners express their willingness to AERWA in this regard. 5. Meanwhile a group of new 330 nos. S-29 pensioners have filed 3 MAsat CAT, Delhi to implement the CAT order dt 15.5.2014 for them. A number of BARC/DAE pensioners have joined that group directly interacting with its main applicants. These MAs came for hearing on Dec. 12 and were admitted. The next date is fixed for Feb. 2, 2015. Some more MAs are being filed by new applicants. 6. A number of pre 2006 S-29+ pensioners who were not member of the group of 53 have also shown interest to file an OA/ MA subsequent to CAT order of 30th October allowing our OA 3789/2013 for pension of Rs 2000 wef 1.1.2006. 7. The post 2010 S-29+ case OA No. 1003/2014 came for hearing at PBCAT Delhi on 27thth Nov. The next date of hearing for final arguments is fixed for 16th December 2014. Arguments from both sides on this day were completed and the judgment is awaited. 8. The case for full pension for < 33yrs of service came for hearing on26th Nov. 2014 at PBCAT. As one of the judges of the bench was not present it was postponed to 15-12-2014.The respondent side mentioned that they are studying the S-30 case of full parity and requested for some time, hence next date of hearing was fixed or 29 Jan. 2015 C. Status on Case of Parity among Pre and Post 2006 Retirees in Grade OS (Shri BM Misra) 9. In a case from pre-2006 S-30 pensioners OA 937/2010 at PBCAT requesting full parity with post S-30 pensioners, the Hon. court in their order dt 20.11.2014 has allowed their OA. The order says “We direct the respondents to consider the revised pay of the applicants corresponding to the pay at which the concerned pensioner had in fact retired, instead of considering the minimum of the said pay scale, thereby determining pension/ family pension to pre-2006 retirees”. The court however rejected the applicants request for fixing their pension based on Rs 75, 500 basic pay

------------------------ Meet our Senior AERWA Member – Twin Brothers of AERWA (S P Garg) This note is written to highlight two other special personalities who have made some unique contribution


in sustaining one of the main activities of AERWA regular publication and distribution of bi-monthly AERWA News Letter (NL). The two persons mainly responsible are never seen separately. They have always worked together as a team and I generally calthem as “Twin Brothers of AERWA”. They are Shri P K Vaze (P-29, 79 yrs age) and Shri Barve M C (P71 yrs age).

Shri M C Barve-Shri P K Vaze Shri V C Barve

The NL work during 1997-2011 was managed by a dedicated team of ~10 members mostly belonging to the Navi-Mumbai area. With the change in Management during 2011, the entire work load was ultimately shifted in the Deonar area. However, the new team to manage in the new set-up consists of only two members Twin Brothers. Once the NL Editorial Board finalizesmanuscript and submits to printer (also located in Deonar) the entire work is singlehandedly (or should it be called double-handedly!) accomplished by this team. Among many tasks one important job is to print ~1700 address labels (it requires printing of >65 A4 sizeglossy label sheets for each NL issue. This has been going on till date using Shri Vaze’s Laptop and a heavy duty printer). The twins with help of few others implemented another unique and very useful tradition that is hand-deliveryD) of >250 copies of each NL issue. Out of these 250 copies about 50 are distributed by Shri RC Pant in Kharghar, ~170 copies by Shri M C Barve in Deonar/ Govandi and most interestingly ~30 copies by Shri V C Barve in Vileparle(E) who is 77 yrs old elder brother of Shri M C Barve. They all together are saving ~Rs 6000/yr in postal charges for AERWA News Letter.A more useful aspect of this H-D tradition is that they meet members once in two months and help those to solve their pension related and other problems. Several AERWA members are so impressed that they starteddonating funds to AERWA. The mentoring process of AERWA is actually initiated and catalyzed by the Barve brothers. Returning to our Twin Brothers Vaze/ Barve, they made the most important contribution by creating an AERWA Members “Data-Base”. It has lead to a paperAERWA Office with several additional benefits as t

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data-base can provide much useful information within few minutes. For example: 1. Age-Wise distribution of AERWA Members Figure below provides interesting information that maximum number of AERWA members are in the range of 67 to 77 yrs age (=992) with an overall average age of 73 yrs for all AERWA members.

2. Area-Wise distribution (as on Dec 8, 2014) In the Table below only those areas are listed where numbers of members are more than 25.

Area Total

Mumbai Total 773

Deonar/Govandi 191

Thane(W) 55

Chembur 72

Vileparle(E) 32

Lokhande Marg 30

Navi Mumbai Total 686

Vashi 249

Nerul 134

Kharghar 102

Sanpada 65

Belapur 53

Panvel 34

Koparkhairane 27

Out of Mumbai Total 245

Grand Total 1704

The number given above are live members which does not include >170 members who Left us behind. An area wise list can be provided to those interested for purposes as mentioned above. AERWA has become in a real sense a Retirees Welfare Association due to efforts by members such as our Twin Brothers.

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If you visit Shri Vaze’s spacious Bungalow in Uday Giri Society, Deonar, you are always welcomed with smile and also with typical tasty Maharashtrian snacks and tea/ soft drink by Smt Vaze as an additional benefit.

************ Government Order/ News (Related Excerpts) Huge relief for senior citizens who have to produce Life Certificates each year to continue receiving pension The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched “Jeevan Pramaan” – an “Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate” for pensioners, in a move that could eventually benefit over a crore pensioners. The Prime Minister said that after the push towards self-certification, this digital life certificate was another enabling mechanism which would benefit the common man. The proposed digital certification will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into his account. The Department of Electronics and IT has developed a software application which will enable the recording of the pensioner`s Aadhar number and biometric details from his mobile device or computer, by plugging in a biometric reading device. Key details of the pensioner, including date, time, and biometric information will be uploaded to a central database on real-time basis, ultimately enabling the Pension Disbursing Agency to access a Digital Life Certificate. This will conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive at the time of authentication. The earlier requirement entailed that a pensioner either personally presents himself before the Pension Disbursing Agency, or submits a Life Certificate issued by authorities specified by the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO). At present, 50 lakh individuals draw pension from the Central Government alone. A similar number draw pension from State and Union Territory Governments. Several PSUs also provide pension benefits. Over 25 lakh retired personnel draw pension from the Armed Forces. The Aadhar-Based Digital Life Certificate will go a long way in reducing hardship which so many senior citizens have to go through to produce a Life Certificate every year. The software application system will be made available to pensioners and other stakeholders on a large scale at no extra cost. It can be operated on a personal computer or a Smartphone, along with an inexpensive biometric reading device. This facility will also be made available at Common Service Centres being operated under the National e-Governance Plan, for the benefit of pensioners residing in remote and inaccessible areas.

This step brings comfort & convenience. Pensioners will not have to submit physical Life certificates every year for pension continuity.

***************** DAE / ISRO News India, Russia Ink New Nuclear-Deal (Excerpts from Indian Express dated 12th Dec, 2014) A strategic vision document on nuclear power signed on Thursday said India and Russia would strive to complete the construction and commissioning of “not less than 12 units” in the next two decades, in accordance with the 2008 agreement. Towards this objective, the Indian side agreed to expeditiously identify a second site, in addition to Kudankulam, for the construction of the Russian-designed nuclear power units in India. We have just signed a document of great significance for strengthening Indian-Russian cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear power. It contains plans to build over 20 nuclear power units in India, as well as cooperation in building Russia-designed nuclear power stations in third countries, in the joint extraction of natural uranium, production of nuclear fuel and waste elimination. This will lay the foundation for our long-term mutually beneficial cooperation in the nuclear sector,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for “at least 10 more (nuclear) reactors” with the highest standards of safety. “It will include manufacture of equipment and components in India. Russian government officials said Moscow has “in principle” agreed to the Indian nuclear liability law, factoring in the costs involved in the process. This led to the signing of the supplement to the General Framework Agreement (GFA) for Units 3 and 4 of Kudankulam nuclear power project between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Atomstroyexport on Thursday. The issue of nuclear liability has been dogging the sector, as the American and French firms have not been able to overcome the issue. This has prevented the US and French nuclear firms from starting work on setting up the nuclear power projects in the last five years.

--------------------- Win-Win Pact with Australia By B B Singh (Member AERWA) Published in: The New Indian Express, 23/10/ 2014 The Indo-Australian civil nuclear cooperation has covered a long journey of seven years, that had begun in 2007 by the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia John Howard. The subsequent Labor government under Kevin Rudd shelved it. His successor Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard realised that the issue was hindering good relations between the two countries. She could revive it in 2012 against several odds. The


Indo-Australia civil nuclear agreement finally fructified on September 5 under the leadership of Liberal Party Prime Minister Tony Abbott and India’s BJP government led by Narendra Modi. Australia holds the highest uranium reserves (31 per cent) of the world. It has neither any nuclear power plant operating nor any immediate plan to introduce this source of energy. Uranium produced in Australia is, thus, mainly for export. Australia produced 6,350 tonnes of uranium last year, the third highest behind Kazakhstan and Canada. The major buyers of Australian uranium are the US, Japan and EU nations including Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK where demands have become almost stagnant. Other small-scale purchasers like Taiwan, China, Canada and South Korea constitute just about 25 per cent of the uranium Australia sold to the US. In such a situation the agreement opens a new market for Australia in India with a vibrant economy and an ambitious nuclear industry. India already has 20 power generating reactors under operation and plans are in place to indigenously build nuclear reactors of 10,080MW capacity by 2017. In addition, India plans to purchase nuclear reactors from the US and France once the liability issue is resolved. With a growing demand for nuclear fuel, India already has entered into bilateral cooperation agreements with several countries, the most significant one being Kazakhstan which holds the second highest (12 per cent) of the world’s uranium reserves. The present agreement opens for India a choice of the market that holds over 40 per cent of the world’s uranium. At the same time, Australia gets a prosperous new buyer with steadily increasing demand for uranium and a stable government. The Indo-Australian Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy is rightly hailed as a win-win situation for both the parties. It is significant that unlike with the US, France or Japan the liability law does not hinder Indo- Australian nuclear cooperation since it is mainly concerned with the transfer of uranium. Thus, the nuclear liability issue does not figure in the agreement text. Despite this and despite the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group) waiver to India way back in 2008, it took a long time for Australia to be convinced that India has honest commitment to use nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes and it fully subscribes to the objectives of nonproliferation. Australia took time to believe that India has made a commitment to identify and separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities and also to place its civil facilities to international safeguards. India has indeed concluded the agreement for safeguards and the additional protocol with IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and it believes and supports the

objectives of the statutes of IAEA. Australia took time to appreciate that India has an impeccable record of being a responsible nuclear weapons state and it has in place stringent legislation for security of nuclear materials and for physical and radiological safety and environmental concern. India also possesses over four decades of experience in building, maintaining and operating nuclear power reactors of various types and capacity. The export of Australian uranium to India would thus be in safe and secure hands to be used only for peaceful purposes under strict international safeguards. The most important aspect of the agreement for India is the assurance for continuous supply of uranium by providing the initial validity of the agreement for 40 years and automatic renewals every 20-year period unless desired otherwise by any party. The agreement provides for termination but emphasises it to be highly unlikely. Still, the agreement is not free from criticism. It is contended that Australia has granted the consent to reprocess the spent fuel to EU and Japan after duly specifying the “down stream” facilities that may use the separated plutonium. Unlike the above condition, the consent to reprocess the spent fuel by India will be subject to “arrangements & procedures” based on India’s commitment to the US under their 2008 agreement. Non-proliferation enthusiasts believe that the above restriction is vague and may allow India to use the separated plutonium in nuclear weapons. This is an unjustified skepticism since Article VII(1) of the agreement is very clear for plutonium to be used only for peaceful purposes. It also ensures that the parties will annually exchange information on tritium as well. “Fallback safeguards” and “right of return” of the nuclear material on termination of the agreement are the other contentious issues. The agreement provides under Article VII (5) that if the IAEA decides that the application of IAEA safeguards is not possible, the parties shall consult and agree on appropriate verification measures. It essentially covers the provisions in the 20-odd Australian agreements with 40 other countries that, if IAEA safeguards cease to apply, the parties have to establish safeguards arrangements that will conform to the IAEA safeguards principles. This is exactly what the parties shall “consult and agree about” as mentioned in the present agreement. The essential obligations of the parties on breach/termination of the agreement are provided under Article XIV in generalities. There still remains some uncertainty. The agreement is yet to be presented before the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties which will have the opportunity of scrutinizing it before ratification by the Australian parliament. Knowing the troubled journey the


agreement has taken since the days of Howard in 2007, it is hoped that the agreement shall withstand future political changes in Australia and the “old wounds may not open”, as a critic, John Carlson, fears. The author is a practicing lawyer and a retired scientist formerly with BARC, Mumbai, and IAEA, Vienna. Email: [email protected]

---------- Japan Governor Approves Sendai Reactor Restart (Excerpts from Japan Times , Nov 7, 2014) Two reactors at Japan's Sendai nuclear plant are due to become the first to be restarted in the country since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima facility. The governor of Japan gave his approval, marking the final hurdle for the restart, which is now likely to happen next year. Before the accident, caused by a massive quake and tsunami, about 30% of Japan's power was nuclear-generated. All 48 plants were shut down but PM Shinzo Abe has lobbied for a restart. Mr Abe's government has argued that the shutdown has hurt the economy, forcing Japan to import expensive fossil fuels to make up the power shortfall. The reactors, operated by Kyushu Electric Power, are likely to restart next year as further operational checks need to be passed. In a vote on Friday 38 out of 47 of the Kagoshima's prefectural assembly backed the restarting of the reactors. Protesters present in the assembly hall stood up before the vote with pink signs that said "NO restart", reported Reuters. Yelling from opponents drowned out the final vote. In September, Japanese regulators gave the Sendai reactors their final approval saying safety standards introduced after the Fukushima disaster had been met.

---------------- “Time” Magazine Picks Mangalyaan for 25 Best Inventions of 2014 American weekly news magazine “Time” has listed ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan, among the 25 best inventions of 2014 and lauded India for achieving success in its Mars mission in the very first attempt – a feat achieved by none so far.

---------- First Experimental Flight of India's Next Generation Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk-III Successful Dec 18, 2014 The first experimental flight (GSLV Mk-III X/CARE) of India's next generation launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted on Dec 18, 2014, morning from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Also known as LVM3-X/CARE, this suborbital experimental mission was intended to test the vehicle performance during the critical atmospheric phase of its flight and thus carried a passive (non-functional) cryogenic upper

stage.The mission began with the launch of GSLV Mk9:30 am IST from the Second Launch Pad as scheduleand about five and a half minutes later, carried its payload entry Experiment (CARE) km. Following this, CARE separated from the upper stage of GSLV Mkand safely landed over Bay of Bengal with the help of its parachutes about 20 minutes 43 seconds after liftTwo massive Scarrying 207 tons of solid propellants, ignited at vehicle liftseconds later. L110 liquid stage ignited 120 seconds after liftcarried forward for the next 204.6 seconds.

IITFriday, 28Scientists at IITmembrane that promises to reduce the cost of dialysis by 50 percent, cut down time taken for the process by half and be safer for the patient. It could also spur development of portable or weDialysis is the process of artificially removing waste and excess water from the blood in people suffering from chronic kidney failure. Due to the high cost of the procedure, around 90 percent of those who develop kidney failure in India of treatment, according to an AIIMS study.

available membrane developed by them has completed laboratory tests and awaits pre

Interesting1Mawlynnong Village in Cherrap'God's Own Garden.' It has won international accolades for being Asia's Cleanest Village. It is a communitybased effort for promoting ecoto note that this village has a 100% literacy rate and most villaboasts of other amazing sights like waterfalls, Living Roots Bridge It appears “26, 2014.

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stage. The mission began with the launch of GSLV Mk-III at 9:30 am IST from the Second Launch Pad as scheduled and about five and a half minutes later, carried its payload - the 3775 kg Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) - to the intended height of 126 km. Following this, CARE separated from the upper stage of GSLV Mk-III and re-entered the atmosphere and safely landed over Bay of Bengal with the help of its parachutes about 20 minutes 43 seconds after lift-off. Two massive S-200 solid strap-on boosters, each carrying 207 tons of solid propellants, ignited at vehicle lift-off and after functioning normally, separated 153.5 seconds later. L110 liquid stage ignited 120 seconds after lift-off, while S200s were still functioning, and carried forward for the next 204.6 seconds.

-------------- IIT-B Breakthrough May Cut Dialysis Cost by Half Friday, 28 November 2014 Scientists at IIT-Bombay have developed a special membrane that promises to reduce the cost of dialysis by 50 percent, cut down time taken for the process by half and be safer for the patient. It could also spur development of portable or wearable dialyzers. Dialysis is the process of artificially removing waste and excess water from the blood in people suffering from chronic kidney failure. Due to the high cost of the procedure, around 90 percent of those who develop kidney failure in India die within months because of lack of treatment, according to an AIIMS study.

Hollow-Fiber Membrane

It could change in the coming years, with researchers at IIT-B's chemical engineering department hoping that their product will be

available in the next three years. The hollow-fiber membrane developed by them has completed laboratory tests and awaits pre-clinical trials.

*********** Interesting & Important General Information 1. Asia's Cleanest Village - Mawlynnong, Meghalaya Mawlynnong Village in Cherrapunji is popularly called 'God's Own Garden.' It has won international accolades for being Asia's Cleanest Village. It is a community-based effort for promoting eco-tourism. It is interesting to note that this village has a 100% literacy rate and most villagers speak English fluently. Mawlynnong boasts of other amazing sights like waterfalls, Living Roots Bridge (shown next) and a Balancing Rock. It appears “Swatch Bharat” existed even before May 26, 2014.


Mawlynnong Village in Cherrapunji

Living Roots Bridge - Cherrapunji, Meghalaya In Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, man has befriended nature and cajoled it into bending to his ways. People build bridges, but the Khasis of Meghalaya, they grow bridges. Ficus Elastica or the Rubber Tree produces strong secondary roots from their trunks. These been trained to grow in a particular direction using betel-nut trunks, forming sturdy, living bridges over decades. Some of these bridges are more than a hundred feet long. The Umshiang Double Decker Bridge is truly one of a kind in the entire world. Some ancient root bridges are over 500 years old.

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3. Visit to Kargil: Shri Vasant S Lodhe, 76 yrs of age, patron member P-643 of AERWA, toured Kargil, Leh, Ladakh at 8000 ft to 19000 ft above sea level in August 2014. He went up to famous “Tiger Hill” recaptured from Pakistani intruders in 1999. He

bowed down with great reverence in front of monument built in the memory of soldiers who scarified their lives for nation.

************************* Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) Members

Name M No Phone Area

P-2549 Narendra R Nair 27822091 Vashi

P-2550 Balakrishnan KTP 25233757 Chembur

P-2551 S.Seshagiri Rao 25286616 Chembur

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In Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, man has befriended nature ways. People build

bridges, but the Khasis of Meghalaya, they grow bridges. Ficus Elastica or the Rubber Tree produces

ots from their trunks. These have been trained to grow in a particular direction using

nut trunks, forming sturdy, living bridges over decades. Some of these bridges are more than a

The Umshiang Double Decker f a kind in the entire world. Some

Shri Vasant S Lodhe, 76 yrs of age, patron member

643 of AERWA, toured Kargil, Leh, Ladakh at 8000 ft to 19000 ft above

August 2014. He went up to famous “Tiger Hill” recaptured from

bowed down with great reverence in front of monument built in the memory of soldiers who scarified their lives

Area

Chembur

Chembur

P-2552 Basu T K 9322250909 Dombivili(E)

P-2553 R K Puri 25572437 AnuShNgr P-2554 N Durga P Rao 8374876138 Hyderabad

P-2555 K.C.Meghwanshi 9414355154 Ajmer

L-2556 Chandra D Rajput 1475233111 Rawatbhata

P-2557 Sawant Lata R 29270771 Goregaon(E)

P-2558 Sawant R. M. 29270771 Goregaon(E)

P-2559 Kishore Kumar C *** P-2560 Sreedharan P V 9892206087 Thane

P-2561 P. Jalajam 8097374473 *** P-2562 K.Natarajan 25510776 Deonar

L-2563 Rakesh K Gupta 1475242305 Kota

P-2564 Sudhir Kumar Jain 1475233219 Rawatbhata

P-2565 Barve D N 25415003 Thane(W)

P-2566 Anil Laxman 0251- Dombivili(E)

P-2567 R P Sripathy 0422- Coimbatore

P-2568 Bajpai M B 27743729 Kharghar

P-2569 Nair K N S Kochi

P-2570 K J Sebastian 27800476 Vashi

P-2571 M S Ghate 21737024 Thane

P-2572 Ananth Desai 2756944 Belapur

P-2573 Gandhi D K 9869404289 Deonar

P-2574 Chakrabarti Ajay K 27715084 Nerul

P-2575 Madan M Gupta 9820260440 Kalamboli

P-2576 Anil Banerjee 9826667038 Indore

P-2577 D D Sood 27814621 Sanpada

L-2578 R.R. Wamorkar 25203282 Chembur

P-2579 Mahendra K Gupta 9555733195 Gurgaon

P-2580 PK Santhakumaran 9820904320 Belapur

P-2581 Abhimanyu Sabato ** Mumbai

P-2582 Prabhat Kumar ** Mumbai

P-2583 Sasikumar S ** Mumbai

P-2584 Mungikar C P ** Mumbai

P-2585 V V Babji ** Mumbai

P-2586 Ananda K Unnithan ** Mumbai

P-2587 Geetha Vardharajan ** Mumbai

P-2588 Mridul Baran Pal ** Mumbai

P-2589 D P Dedhia ** Mumbai

L-2590 R D Changrani ** Mumbai

P-2591 Vinod K Suri 9819333545 Kharghar

P-2592 Thampi N S *** Trivendram L-2593 S.B. Kalamkar 9967451523 Navi Mumbai

Total Live Members 1704

** These Members have joined AERWA on Dec 17, 2014. Their Area and Tel No. are not yet available. *** Information not available

-------------- Contribution towards S-21 Court Case Dr ( Mrs) V S Bangera (P-76) Rs 2100

-------- Donations to AERWA

Name Rs

Shri Ignatius Fernandes 1500

Dr V.G. Tamhane 1000

Shri MY.Bhosale 1000

Dr Vijay K Deshpande 400


Dr Kalidas Bhattacharya 400

Prime Minister National Relief Fund for J&K

Name Rs

Dr G D Jindal 10000

Shri B M Misra 5000

Dr N M Gupta 5000

Dr N.Saratchandran 4000

Dr BL Bhargava 3000

Dr M.B. Bajpai 2251

Dr V K Manchanda 2100

Shri B S Huligerimath 2000

Dr S P Garg 2000

Shri KTP Balkrishnan 1500

Shri R C Pant 1000

Shri A K K Pillai 1000

Total 38851

Thank you. AERWA expresses gratitude to the members for making generous contributions.

***************** Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs) (With Birth Day from 1st Jan to 28th Feb) 75 Yrs (Congratulations for getting Full Pension)

Name Tel DOB

Gupta V K 27898344 1-Jan-40

Bharat Bhushan 1-Jan-40

Subramanya K C 8-Jan-40

Ghatikar C B 27875387 10-Jan-40

Naik S G 25814974 21-Jan-40

Kulkarni P B 26-Jan-40

Sengupta S 27483278 28-Jan-40

Samant R K 26248667 31-Jan-40

Dandekar Sheela B 26007655 3-Feb-40

Krishnamurthy G 8-Feb-40

Janardhanan P 14-Feb-40

Thakur G H 26350123 15-Feb-40

Nair P N Unnikrishnan 27716544 25-Feb-40

Purushotham D S C 27721221 29-Feb-40

76-79 Years

Name Tel DOB

Bhatia Chittaranjan 27655178 1-Jan-36

Biswas S S 10-Jan-36

Natarajan R 25506517 15-Jan-36

Bhatnagar R N 27661682 16-Jan-36

Fernandes J N 2512601536 17-Jan-36

Uppin J S 9892480966 27-Jan-36

Kamat Govind Tryambak 27663309 28-Jan-36

Singh K D 29667400 28-Jan-36

Pradhan S S 28941708 28-Jan-36

Vijayalakshmi Narayanan 28876919 30-Jan-36

Singh U S P 2-Feb-36

Raghavan C M 27652692 15-Feb-36

Rane J G 18-Feb-36

Chauhan Kulvant Singh 27458953 29-Feb-36

Srivastava M S 27490987 5-Jan-37

Nair V C 5-Jan-37

Ramakrishnan E 27667115 6-Jan-37

Chhabria P S 25531961 11-Jan-37

Shahani B T 27655485 15-Jan-37

Thomas P C 27655464 15-Jan-37

Somayaji B V 25206376 24-Jan-37

Godbole M M 25569040 5-Feb-37

Varghese Abraham 25204680 5-Feb-37

Khurana N N 10-Feb-37

Ram Sarup 21710335 13-Feb-37

Setty N K 27573440 15-Feb-37

Balasubramanian P 27655623 15-Feb-37

Kapur S K 26391180 22-Feb-37

Bapat Vinayak Narayan 25561530 26-Feb-37

Sharma M C 27703311 1-Jan-38

Potphode Nalini V 24464675 1-Jan-38

Chellaney K T 28466769 1-Jan-38

Sawkar A P 1-Jan-38

Nakra A N 27722240 3-Jan-38

Singh L N 25514169 10-Jan-38

Thampan Somasundari 25287305 10-Jan-38

Krishnamurthi T N 25571821 13-Jan-38

Sunder Raj C N 31-Jan-38

Thakore P Damodar 9869828626 5-Feb-38

Sankaran M P 27894112 26-Feb-38

Misra V M 25281574 27-Feb-38

Kane S S 25225688 1-Jan-39

Krishnamurthy D 25556196 2-Jan-39

Dutta P K 25481440 10-Jan-39

Somayaji S K 25390847 20-Jan-39

Jatia B L 27652411 22-Jan-39

Kesava Das T 27707120 24-Jan-39

Hattangadi M R 28949849 30-Jan-39

Joshi M M 27823863 4-Feb-39

Bajpai M B 27743729 5-Feb-39

Roy Khagendranath 20-Feb-39

Kamala Balakrishnan 22-Feb-39

Banerjee G D 25571321 23-Feb-39

Pillai V G J 9920365686 27-Feb-39

80 yrs and above

Name Tel DOB

Bhide G V 25334952 2-Feb-23

Chellappan S 27702146 18-Jan-26

Bhatt M S 27696055 23-Jan-26

Rao B L 65143509 23-Feb-26

opal N G S 29-Jan-28

Thakur P N 25408412 23-Feb-28

Jha Jagadish Chandra 26327215 1-Jan-29

Wadhwani K S 27660015 13-Feb-29


Kamble J 28812025 1-Jan

Nagle R Atmaram 24309166 2-Jan

Thosar K G 25518983 14-Feb

Martis A A 27894394 6-Jan

Gowarikar S R 9-Jan

Menon V K 26409428 14-Jan

Joshi V R 27681236 7-Feb

Brahme Kamal S 28-Feb

Sunta C M 30602888 2-Jan

Sen S K 27572519 4-Feb

Pawgi Shripad Vishnu 25424307 10-Feb

Shenai S J 23-Feb

Vagal K M 25444568 24-Feb

Shirvaikar V V 5-Jan

Shah K B 28881503 9-Jan

Ramani M P S 24094168 10-Jan

Shah J S 28759327 27-Jan

Mandke S J 17-Feb

Krishnan V 27899659 26-Feb

Kartha Bhaskaran V 25514908 1-Jan

Patel P H 1-Jan

Bauksh S F A 27822039 1-Jan

Bhirud G V 25445453 8-Jan

Mehta S K 25566926 22-Jan

George John M 65056949 1-Feb

Mohammad M A 27822888 1-Jan

Amarjit Singh 27660278 1-Jan

Kuppuswamy G 6-Jan

Jagir Singh 25254083 10-Jan

Pandey U N 27800157 25-Jan

Nair K V 27666971 30-Jan

Lal S A 27663862 6-Feb

John Thomas 7-Feb

Bahl J K 27650040 9-Feb

Krishnamurthy K 27669308 11-Feb

Dandekar Shubhada 9869199173 20-Feb

Nambiar K B 27660333 28-Feb

Congratulations for getting additional Basic Pension and DR (both for pensioner and fpensioner): 20% for ≥80 yr; 30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for ≥95yr and 100% ≥100 yr.

Birth Day Greetings: Wishing a healthy and peaceful life to all members of Platinum Club – AERWA

********************* Those who Left us behind:

1. T C George (P-125; b. 01-04-1924; d. 05-09-2014). He died at an advance aof 90. He retired on 31-3-1982 as Assistant Stores Officer/ DPS. After retirement he was actively involved in

Church and Social activities.

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1924; d. 2014). He died at an advance age

2 as DPS. After

he was actively involved in

2. V S Sastry ( P-24 b.1-10-1929 d. ) He joined DAE during Cirus reactor construction work. As Diploma holder in Mechanical Engineering, by hard work rose steadily in various positions of Reactor Group including Chief Maintenance Superintendent. He was a great devotee of Satya Sai Baba and was active with social works in this group. 3. D P K Kurup (P-180 b. 26-9-1947 d. 25-11-2014) He retired from Radio Metallurgy Division. 4. Dr. SK Mahajan (P-1093; DoB 10-8-1942 ). Dr. Mahajan was a Microbiologist of reputation and retired as Head MB &AD/BARC. He had intellectual flavor in his work and presentation. He gave a new and important dimension to BARCOA. He leaves behind wife Bakhtawar Mahajan and two daughters. 5. Shri K Gopalkrishnan (P-370, DoB 10/06/1931) staying in Geetanjali, Sector 17, Vashi expired on 11-Nov 2014. He was survived by well settled son and daughter. AERWA expresses its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

************* Letter to Editor 1. Thank you for sending Sep-Oct 2014 issue. The issue is packed with very useful information and is complete in itself. The range of topics covered is very wide. This speaks volumes for the hard work and imagination put in to bring out the issue. The AERWA committee deserves ample appreciation from the readers. V. N. Chaudhary 2. Happy about the promptness of the AERWA. It makes me proud to be a member. I am at your service to take forward science. Prof. B.N. Karkera, former BARC-CSIO 3. Good evening. Really AERWA has put a lot of effort in making the website and bought it to an extremely well present condition. Dr D.K. Ghosh

-------------- Message to Members 1. AERWA invites members to write views/ queries/ suggestions etc under “Letter to Editor”. We shall be happy to publish them in the News Letter AERWA. 2. Direct deposit of cheque is very convenient, safe and faster way to make payments to AERWA. However, SBI does not provide information about the depositor’s identity. It is therefore mandatory to inform Name, Tel/ Mob No either by post or by email (address given on page 1) to: [email protected] and to: [email protected] 3. Following Deposits in AERWA SBI A/c are without any information about the Depositors:


No Deposit Dt Cheque No Amt

1 10-Sep-14 685059 1000

2 15-Oct-14 Cash 1000

3 30-Oct-14 47939 1000

4 04-Dec-14 72706 1000

5 08-Dec-14 133640 1000

6 15-Dec-14 774855 1000

The above new members will not receive AERWA News Letter due to lack of information. 4. AERWA News Letter from following members has been returned undelivered: 1. P-963 Nair L. Unikrishnan, Kalyan (West); 2. L-931 Sakhalkar P.M Sadhu Vasvani Road ,Pune; 3. P-2076 Gangwal D.K. 603 Neelkanth Valley Ghatkopar-E and 4. P-593 K K V Nair, 4-B Phase-I Pushpagiri, Agraharam, Poonakunnam, , Trissur- 680002 Please inform their new addresses if available to anyone. Posting of News Letter will be discontinued till a correct address is informed. 5. AERWA will informs members about recent developments of interest to members by email. Those in future do not receive emails may please update their emails with names and membership no. on [email protected].

**************** All India Consumer Price Index for

Industrial Workers-AICPI (IW)

Month CPI base 1982= 100

Twelve months total

Twelve monthly average

%increase Above 115.76 for DA/DR

Oct-13 241 2741 228.42 97.32

Nov-13 243 2766 230.50 99.12

Dec-13 239 2786 232.17 100.56

Jan-14 237 2802 233.50 101.71

Feb-14 238 2817 234.75 102.79

Mar-14 239 2832 236.00 103.87

Apr-14 242 2848 237.33 105.02

May-14 244 2864 238.67 106.17

Jun-14 246 2879 239.92 107.25

Jul-14 252 2896 241.33 108.48

Aug-14 253 2912 242.67 109.63

Sep-14 253 2927 243.92 110.71

Oct-14 253 2939 244.92 111.57

If CP Index remains 253 up to Dec-14, DA/DR shall increase by 6% (a total of 113%) wef 1/1/2015. This is because of higher inflation rates in first seven months of the year 2014.

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