ALL INDIA PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION OF CBEC.
National Executive Committee meeting and decisions
The National Executive Meeting of AIPAC was held at Puri on 29.12.2017. The following decisions were taken at the meeting.
Decisions and Resolution:
1. Option 1 as recommended by the 7th CPC( for pension as per the demand of this Association) being feasible to be implemented ought to have been retained as it would provide better pension for those who stagnated in the part for no fault of theirs. Rejection of option.1 as infeasible is not only unprecedented, untenable but unethical too especially viewed from the angle that the top bureaucracy had a personal axe to grind in its rejection. The meeting endorsed the correct stand taken by the Staff Side JCM National Council to treat the same as another option for pensioners.
2. The continued adamancy of the Government in refusing to grant the benefit of fixing pension to Pre-2006 Pensioners from 1.1.2006 based on the pay scales implemented to the post or cadre in which the Pensioner had retired or dead is unjustified. The rejection by Department of Expenditure even after several court’s decision in favour of higher pay scales instead of replacement scales and the acceptance and implementation of the judgment in the case of the litigants shows the double standard of the Government. This benefit should be granted to all Pre-2006 Pensioners.
3. While welcoming the orders for admission of P&T Pensioners in CGHS Scheme without any conditions by withdrawing the retrograde orders of the Health Ministry, it is found that the decision that the beneficiaries must make the one time lump sum payment @ post 7th CPC rate is unjustified. The late admission in to CGHS belatedly after two decades delay should not result in penalizing the past Pensioners. The rate of subscription at the time of retirement should alone be the charges.
4. Many important positive recommendations of the 7th CPC on health related issues like (1) Merger of existing Postal Dispensaries with CGHS; (2) Issue of Medi-insurance Cards to employees and pensioners to facilitate cashless medical treatment; (3) Merger of all existing different medical systems into one single large umbrella medical system for CG Employees and CG Pensioners; (4) Extending the benefit under CS MA Rules 1944 to Pensioners also to end the disparity between the employees and pensioners needs to be expedited for positive implementation.
5. While the doubling of the existing rate of Fixed Medical Allowance from 500/- to 1000/- is welcome, the fixing of FMA @ 1000/- after 7th CPC while the employees of PF Department are being paid @ 2000/- per month even during 6th CPC period is very less in comparison to the mounting medical costs. The FMA must be enhanced to 2000/- per month.
6. Many orders are not being implemented in a time-bound manner. Due to this the aging pensioners cannot get the benefits in time. The GO on extending full pension to Pre-2006 Pensioners who had retired without putting 33 years of qualifying service; the GO on fixation of pension on the basis of ‘pay in the pay band’ instead of ‘minimum of pay band’ w.e.f. 1.1.2006 for all Pre-2006 Pensioners; the issue of revised PPOs to all Pre-2006 Pensioners etc were either inordinately delayed or still being delayed. The main reason for such non-implementation or slow implementation is due to staff shortage in accounting offices. Under such circumstances the recent 12th May, 2017 orders also is likely to be delayed in many departments. Therefore drawing of the services of qualified retired officials to function as ‘implementation cells’ to speed up the work under the supervision of serving Accounts Officers in all accounting office’s may be considered to facilitate completion of work of Refixation of pension to all Pre-2016 Pensioners before 31.03.2018.
7. The Pay Commission and also the Government have not come forward to consider the issues of rationalizing the additional pension and reducing the period of commutation of pension. The additional pension system should be improved and the period of commutation should be reduced to 10 years.
8. The grant of additional pension should be given on attaining the age of 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 instead of waiting for the completion of the above ages as per the verdict of Bengaluru CAT.
9. The recovery of income-tax from Pensioners is most unjustified. The Government should immediately consider exemption of pension from payment of income tax..
10. The National Executive has resolved to authorize the Secretary General to chalk out appropriate Programme of Action on the above demands.
3. While welcoming the orders for admission of P&T Pensioners in CGHS Scheme without any conditions by withdrawing the retrograde orders of the Health Ministry, it is found that the decision that the beneficiaries must make the one time lump sum payment @ post 7th CPC rate is unjustified. The late admission in to CGHS belatedly after two decades delay should not result in penalizing the past Pensioners. The rate of subscription at the time of retirement should alone be the charges.
4. Many important positive recommendations of the 7th CPC on health related issues like (1) Merger of existing Postal Dispensaries with CGHS; (2) Issue of Medi-insurance Cards to employees and pensioners to facilitate cashless medical treatment; (3) Merger of all existing different medical systems into one single large umbrella medical system for CG Employees and CG Pensioners; (4) Extending the benefit under CS MA Rules 1944 to Pensioners also to end the disparity between the employees and pensioners needs to be expedited for positive implementation.
5. While the doubling of the existing rate of Fixed Medical Allowance from 500/- to 1000/- is welcome, the fixing of FMA @ 1000/- after 7th CPC while the employees of PF Department are being paid @ 2000/- per month even during 6th CPC period is very less in comparison to the mounting medical costs. The FMA must be enhanced to 2000/- per month.
6. Many orders are not being implemented in a time-bound manner. Due to this the aging pensioners cannot get the benefits in time. The GO on extending full pension to Pre-2006 Pensioners who had retired without putting 33 years of qualifying service; the GO on fixation of pension on the basis of ‘pay in the pay band’ instead of ‘minimum of pay band’ w.e.f. 1.1.2006 for all Pre-2006 Pensioners; the issue of revised PPOs to all Pre-2006 Pensioners etc were either inordinately delayed or still being delayed. The main reason for such non-implementation or slow implementation is due to staff shortage in accounting offices. Under such circumstances the recent 12th May, 2017 orders also is likely to be delayed in many departments. Therefore drawing of the services of qualified retired officials to function as ‘implementation cells’ to speed up the work under the supervision of serving Accounts Officers in all accounting office’s may be considered to facilitate completion of work of Refixation of pension to all Pre-2016 Pensioners before 31.03.2018.
7. The Pay Commission and also the Government have not come forward to consider the issues of rationalizing the additional pension and reducing the period of commutation of pension. The additional pension system should be improved and the period of commutation should be reduced to 10 years.
8. The grant of additional pension should be given on attaining the age of 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 instead of waiting for the completion of the above ages as per the verdict of Bengaluru CAT.
9. The recovery of income-tax from Pensioners is most unjustified. The Government should immediately consider exemption of pension from payment of income tax..
10. The National Executive has resolved to authorize the Secretary General to chalk out appropriate Programme of Action on the above demands.
ALL INDIA PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS OF CBEC .
The Association has called for one day Dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 26th March 2018 in pursuance of the following demands
CHARTER OF DEMANDS.
1. Implement Option No. 1. Recommended by the 7th CPC for pension ( which was recommended by 7th CPC as per memorandum submitted by this Association).
2 (a) Extend the benefit of the CCS(MA) Rules to all pensioners who are not covered by the CGHS (b) Do not discriminate the pensioners of the Union Territory; bring all pensioners under the coverage of CGHS.
3. Increase the FMA to Rs. 2000/- as has been granted to the PF pensioners w.e.f 1.1.2016
4 Restore the commutation loss of pension after 10 years
5 Provide increased rates of pension on attainment of the age of 70 years
6. Restore the Defined benefit pension scheme as was in vogue prior to 1.1.2004 in respect of all Central Government employees by scrapping the Defined contributory pension scheme.
7. Exempt pension from payment of income tax like the pensions granted to Ex-MP/MLA.
We all know that the All India Pensioners Association of CBEC is on the formative stage. All our Units are, therefore, requested that they may mobilise the Central Excise and Customs pensioners for the Dharna by all means and ensure good participation in the Dharna on 26th March 2018 at New Delhi.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally
Sd/-
Lokanath Mishra
Secretary General
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