Thursday 29 March 2018

IDA RATE FROM APRIL 2018:127.2%

28/03

The All India Consumer Price Index for February 2018 is 287, according to Labour Bureau. It was 286 for December 2017 and 288 for January 2018. Hence, the average for 3 months (December, January & February) is 287. Based on that rate of IDA effective from 1-4-2018 shall be 127.2%. Increase of 0.3%.

Tuesday 27 March 2018

MEETING THE MINISTER

LATEST NEWS

27/03

Photo above: Com. G Babu (CHQ Vice President), Com. P Gangadhara Rao (Dy. GS, CHQ) and Com. R Changappa (CS Karnataka) with Shri Ananthkumar, Hon'ble Minister for parliamentary affairs, on the eve of Makarsamkranthi at Bangalore.

CIRCLE NEWS ON CWC

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF CWC MEMBERS of AIBSNLPWA:

PLEASE INTIMATE YOUR ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE PARTICULARS TO

COM. MUTHIYALU ON MOBILE : 094446 66646

COM. RAMARAO ON MOBILE : 094442 96085

THIS IS REQUIRED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS

FOR RECEIVING AT RAILWAY STATIONS.

G.NATARAJN G/S

Monday 26 March 2018

ON "MRS"-- FROM TN CIRCLE

Our GS has written a letter to BSNL HR for the release
of two installments of MRS without Voucher.
It is expected that the orders would be released by the e
nd of this month. The same letter is reproduced here.

PREPARATIONS FOR CWC MEET- NEWS FROM CIRCLE UNION.

Dear Comrades,
In connection with the forthcoming CWC meeting to be held in RGM TTC Chennai on 16th and 17th April, a formation committee meeting was held in Chennai on 23rd at 1600 hrs. Com.V.Ramarao, TN Circle President presided over the meeting and Com.K.Muthiyalu TN.Circle Secretary conducted the proceedings. The meeting was attended by the following leaders:- Comrades D.Gopalakrishnan, CHQ Vice President, G.Natarajan GS, Munusamy ChTD District President, Thangaraj- ChTD District Secretary, Kannappan , ChTD District Treasurer, C.Krishnamurthy- ChTD ACS, Sampathkumar -Annanagar Secretary, M.Govindarajan Ex District Secretary ChTD A.Sugumaran- TN Circle VP,
R.Govindarajan- TN Circle VP, D.S.Ramalingam- STR Div.Secretary, Sundarakrishnan, Victorraju, Mydeenpillai,Sivasankaran,Sridharan, Yagasundaram, N.Mohan, T.V.Parameswaran, Sridharan, etc were attended the meeting.

Com.K.Muthiyalu who had just returned after having a meeting with Jt.CCA, told that Pension revision for 8000 DOT Retirees has been done and sent to the respective banks. If any DOT retiree has not received the revised pension orders, they can approach CCA office with PPA Number and LPD particulars. 78.2% arrears works are nearing end and only for 200 cases are pending.
For the smooth conduct of CWC meeting successfully 6 committees such as Reception, Accommodation, Transport, Food, Stage, Medical aid committees were formed. ChTD leaders told that they would give sufficient man power to all committees and the rest will be filled by volunteers from STR Division and Chennai Traffic Division.
GS narrated briefly about his meeting with DOT and BSNL officers in Delhi during his recent visit there with Com.DG.
The next joint meeting will be convened on 6th April and the venue and time will be intimated later. All comrades present took active participation in the meeting. Biscuits and Tea were supplied.Com.Muthiyalu gave the Vote of Thanks.

CHQ NEWS

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MTNL LEADERS TOO DEMAND PENSION REVISION

WITH CPC FORMULA

25/03

MTNL retirees are also getting pension from government of India directly under rule 37. Hence, they too demand pension revision. A welcome feature is that all the leaders of MTNL staff Unions of Mumbai and Delhi and the Retired Officers Welfare Association of Delhi are united in demanding the pension revision with the fitment formula suggested by seventh Central Pay Commission.

On 22-3-2018, Sri Arvind Sawant MP of Shiv Sena, the founder leader of MTNL Kamgar Union of Mumbai, met Shri Manoj Sinha, Honourable minister for communications and discussed the issues of pay revision and pension revision in MTNL.

On 23-3-2018, on a directive from the minister, Smt. Aruna Sundararajan ITS, Secretary Telecom met leaders of MTNL staff union leaders of Mumbai and Delhi and the leaders of RTOWA Delhi. Of course, the main issue discussed was PAY revision in MTNL.

At the end, all the leaders unitedly raised the issue of Pension Revision, based on the report of Seventh CPC. According to Com. S S Nanda, GS of RTOWA Delhi, the Secretary was positive and assured favourable action in the matter.

We hail the correct stand taken by leaders of MTNL staff Unions of Mumbai and Delhi in demanding pension revision for MTNL retirees based on Seventh CPC report in unison with our demand. Our Shimoga comrades met the minister on 24-3-2018 and placed the same demand.

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SHIMOGA (KARNATAKA) COMRADES MEET MINISTER

24/03

Today, a team of Shimoga members of AIBSNLPWA, led by Com. K K Ganapathy (District President) and Com. G S Ajjappa (District Secretary) met Shri Manoj Sinhaji, Minister for Communications, at Shivmogga and submitted a memorandum reiterating our demand for pension revision with effect from 1-1-2017 with fitment benefits recommended by Seventh Central Pay Commission.

The Minister informed the delegation that he is quite aware of the issue and it is under active consideration of the DoT. He assured a positive approach towards the matter.

[In the photos above: Com. Ajjappa, DS with white shirt discussing the issue with the Minister)

We congratulate our Shimoga comrades and Karnataka leaders .... PSR

KHICHDI, INDEED

23/03

Observing that a plethora of instructions issued by the central government on granting pension created confusion among retired government officials, theSupreme Court on Thursday asked it to frame a law to regulate the retirement benefit. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said the government had no clarity on how to fix the pension amount and retired officials had to suffer. The apex court passed the remarks while deciding the plea of a retired railwayemployee who is fighting a legal battle 27 years after his retirement on fixation of his pension amount.

The Supreme Court finally decided against the retired official but asked the central government to take steps to prevent pension woes of retired officials.

“We recommend to the department of personnel and training of the government of India to try and make life after retirement easier for a government servant by having appropriate legislation enacted by Parliament or applicable pension rules rather than a ‘khichdi’ of instructions, office memoranda, clarifications, corrigenda and so on and so forth,” said the apex court bench.

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Pension is a right, not subsidy. How can you link Aadhaar to it, asks SC

22/03

NEWS:The Supreme Court questioned the Centre on Wednesday (21-3-2018) about its decision to link Aadhaar with pensions, reasoning that it is not a subsidy but an entitlement of a person for years of service he or she has rendered to the government in discharge of official duties.

Referring to the argument of petitioners that many pensioners have been denied their only subsistence in old age due to technical and physical reasons, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan asked attorney general K K Venugopal whether the Centre was going to deny pension, a rightful entitlement, just for want of Aadhaar. Venugopal said Aadhaar has been instrumental in eliminating many bogus pensioners drawing post-retirement benefits for years.

Thursday 22 March 2018

WELCOME TO THE PENSIONERS FOLD

Superannuation retirements on 31/03/2018

1 ANANDARAJ S TT MADURAI

2 BALAIAH K MTR DVR SPL GR MADURAI

3 BALASUBRAMANIAN G I TT MADURAI

4 CHINNACHAMY A II TT MADURAI

5 DANIEL RAJ T OS(G) MADURAI

6 DURAIPANDI M AO MADURAI

7 GOVINDARAJ A TT MADURAI

8 GOVINDARAJAN M AO MADURAI

9 HAJA HUSSAIN S TT MADURAI

10 KRISHNAN M TS(OP) MADURAI

11 KUMAR R TT MADURAI

12 MAHESWARI N OS(P) MADURAI

13 MURUGAN G MADURAI

14 RAMALAKSHMI S ASST TT MADURAI

15 SOLAI ANDAVAR S OS(G) MADURAI

16 SUNDARESAN P TT MADURAI

17 SYED ALIARSHA S N M TT MADURAI

18 YESUDHAS C TT MADURAI

AIBSNLPWA MADURAI WELCOMES YOU ALL TO THE

WORLD OF PENSIONERS.

Monday 19 March 2018

GS WRITES....

அன்புள்ள தோழர்களே !
ஒரிஸ்ஸா தோழர்கள் நமது அகில இந்திய மாநாட்டினை இந்த ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் மாதம் 22 மற்றும் 23 தேதிகளில் நடத்தலாம் என்று அறிவித்துள்ளனர். சென்ற இதழ் பென்ஷனர் பத்திரிக்காவில் நம் CHQ தலைவர் தோழர் P.S. ராமன்குட்டி கூறியுள்ளபடி ஒரு சிறிய மாநிலமான ஒரிஸ்ஸா மிக குறைந்த அளவு எண்ணிக்கை உள்ள நம் உறுப்பினர்கள் , இருந்த போதிலும் மிக துணிச்சலுடன் மிகவும் சாமர்த்தியமாக அகில இந்திய மாநாட்டினை கோவில் நகரமான பூரியில் நடத்தும் பொறுப்பினை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டிருப்பது மிகவும் பாராட்டுதலுக்கு உரியது. இந்த பூரி மாநாடு புகழ் வாய்ந்த பெரிய நிறுவனமான நம் AIBSNLPWA வெற்றி பயணத்தில் ஒரு மைல் கல்லாக அமையும் என்பதில் எந்த விதமான சந்தேகமும் இல்லை.

இந்த அ .இ மாநாடு ஒரு வெற்றி மாநாடாக நடைபெற நாம் எல்லோரும் ஒரிசா தோழர்களுக்கு துணை நிற்க கடமை பட்டுள்ளோம். இது மிகவும் சாதாரணமாக நம்மால் எளிதாக செய்ய இயலும். ஒவ்வொரு சங்கத்தினரும் ஆயுள் கால உறுப்பினராக இருந்தாலும் சரி , ஆண்டு சந்தா செலுத்தும் உறுப்பினராக இருந்தாலும் சரி , ஒவ்வொரு உறுப்பினரும் ரூ 50/- ஐ மாநாட்டு நிதியாக உடனடியாக அளித்தால் போதும் . கிளை / மாவட்ட செயலர்கள் அந்த நிதியினை பெற்று CHQ கணக்கில் சேர்த்து விடவும். CHQ இந்த நிதியை தனியாக வைத்துக்கொள்ளும். மாவட்ட நிர்வாகங்கள் தங்கள் மாவட்ட நிதியிலிருந்து CHQ விற்கு ஏப்ரல் மாதம் 30 தேதிக்குள் அனுப்பிவிட்டு பிறகு உறுப்பினர்களிடம் இருந்து பெற்றுக்கொள்ளலாம் .
அவ்வாறு எல்லா மாவட்டங்களிடமிருந்து பெறப்படும் நிதியை , ஏப்ரல் மாதம் ஏற்படுத்தப்படும் வரவேற்பு கமிட்டியிடம் CHQ அளிக்கும் . வரவேற்பு கமிட்டி ஏற்படுத்திய பின் மாநாட்டிற்கான பணிகள் மிக துரிதமாக நடைபெறும்.
மாவட்ட நிர்வாகிகளே தயவு செய்து அடுத்த அறிவிப்பிற்கு காத்திராமல் , மாவட்ட நிதியிலிருந்து CHQ நிதிக்கு உடனடியாக தொகை அனுப்பி விட்டு தகவலை உரிய விபரங்களுடன் CHQ பொருளாளர் தோழர் விட்டோபன் அவர்களுக்கு அனுப்பவும். அந்த தகவல்களை தொகைக்கான பட்டியல்களை இனிவரும் பென்சனர் பத்திரிக்கையில் வெளியிடப்படும். இந்த முடிவுகள் சமீபத்தில் பாட்னாவில் நடைபெற்ற அகில இந்திய காரிய கமிட்டியில் ( CWC ) எடுக்கப்பட்டது.
தோழமை வாழ்த்துக்களுடன் ,
G .நடராஜன்
பொது செயலர்,
AIBSNLPWA .

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