Thursday, July 24, 2014
ALL INDIA POSTAL CASUAL, PART TIME, CONTINGENT
& CONTRACT WORKERS FEDERATION
CHQ, NEW DELHI - 110 001
Dated: 16.7.2014
CIRCULAR
Dear Comrades
CHALO DELHI 12.8.2014
HUNGER FAST BEFORE DAK BHAVAN, DELHI ON CASUAL,
CONTINGENT WORKERS DEMANDS BY NFPE
It was decided to hold ‘HUNGER FAST’ before director General Post office DAK BHAVAN on 12.08.2014 from 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM for settlement of long pending demands of our Casual labour & contingent workers.
Even though the committee report was submitted long back, the file in delly dolling between DOPT & DOP.
1. One order regarding regularisation of Casual workers recruited even though irregularly against post before 2006 and working since 10 years basing on Supreme Court Judgement was issued. Copy of the order is enclosed. Please ensure that the order is implemented in true sprit with the help of NFPE divisional secretaries.
2. On 12.8.2014 evening at 17.00 hours, central working committee meeting will be held in NFPE office located at North Avenue Post Office Building to review the situation.
3. In that meeting the decision of all unions on the 7th pay commission and our demands and conducting our All India Conference will be decided.
All are requested to attend in large number on 12th August 2014 to Delhi and participate in Hunger Fast and make it grand success.
With greetings.
Yours Comradely
(P MOHAN)
General Secretary
ALL INDIA POSTAL CASUAL, PART TIME, CONTINGENT
& CONTRACT WORKERS FEDERATION
CHQ, NEW DELHI - 110 001
Dated: 16.7.2014
NOTICE
Dear Comrades,
It is hereby notified that the Central Working Committee meeting of our federation will be held on 12.08.2014 at NFPE office, North Avenue Post Office Bldg, New Delhi under the Presidentship of Com C.C. Pillai to discuss the following Agenda.
All the CWC members are requested to attend the meeting without fail and make it success.
AGENDA
1. Review of 12th Aug 2014 Hunger Fast programme.
2. Discussions on decision taken by Postal JCA on 28.07.2014
for settlement of our demands.
3. Organisational review.
4. Conducting next all India conference and it's venue.
5. Any other Demands with the permission of chair.
(P MOHAN)
General Secretary
Copy to:
1. ComC.C. Pillai, President with request to attend the meeting.
2. All CWC members by & Circle secretaries.
3. All General Secretaries of NFPE affiliated union
with a request to attend and share the occasion.
PRE-RETIREMENT COUNSELING WORKSHOP ON 30th JULY, 2014 (CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS)
CONSOLIDATED INSTRUCTIONS ON PROBATION/CONFIRMATION IN CENTRAL SERVICES - REGARDING. (Click the link below for details)
ORDER AMENDING THE LOKPAL AND LOKAYUKTAS (REMOVAL OF DIFFICULTIES) ORDER, 2014 DATED 15th FEBRUARY, 2014 FOR EXTENDING THE TIME LIMIT FROM 180 DAYS TO 270 DAYs(Click the link below for details)
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
PRESS NEWS -- Com.M.Krishnan Deliberates on NPS at Pensioners AIC at Vellore TN
VELLORE, July 21, 2014
Centre has no liability since fund created will be administered by private insurance firm
M. Krishnan, secretary general of the Confederation of Central Government Employees, speaking at the conference of All India Postal & RMS Pensioners Association in Vellore on Sunday.— Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
The New Pension Scheme (NPS) introduced under the New Pension Fund Development and Regulatory Authority (NPFDRA) Act passed by the United Progressive Alliance-II government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party will affect the existing pensioners as well as all those who joined the service prior to January 1, 2004, according to M. Krishnan, secretary-general of the Confederation of Central Government Employees (CCGE).
Speaking on ‘New Pension Scheme and its Impact’ on the second day of the two-day First Foundation All India Conference of the All India Postal & RMS Pensioners Association (AIPRPA) here on Sunday, Mr. Krishnan said that the NPS was introduced by the Centre based on the recommendations of the Bhattacharji Committee which stated that the financial position of the Central government employees would be far better at the time of their retirement since they were getting better wages while in service.
On these grounds the committee recommended the introduction of the contributory pension scheme (CPS). The committee also stated that the pensioners need not be paid any compensation for price rise except the increase in pension which they would get whenever there was a pay hike for the serving staff. Based on this, the then National Democratic Alliance government issued the order introducing the NPS and making it applicable only to those who joined service after January 1, 2004.
The UPA-I government did not cancel the order but gave a legal status to the NDA government’s order by bringing an Ordinance, which however could not be made into a law because of the opposition of the Left parties. But the subsequent UPA-II government passed the NPFDRA Act in Parliament with the support of the BJP.
With the passing of the Act, the employees who joined after January 1, 2004 suffered a 10% salary cut since this 10% went towards the New Pension Fund created under the Act. The General Provident Fund too was withdrawn for this category by the government which stated that the employees who were under the CPS would get 60% of their contribution as pension at the time of their retirement. Under the NPFDRA, the Central government had no pension liability since the Pension Fund created under the Act was to be administered by a private insurance company which would invest the fund in the share market, which only went to benefit the corporates.
“This virtually amounted to privatisation of pension,” he said.
Cautioning existing pensioners and those Central government employees appointed prior to January 1, 2004 who were under the wrong impression that the NPS would not affect them, Mr. Krishnan pointed to a clause in the NPFDRA Act which states that the NPS could, by a notification of the Government of India, be extended to those who were appointed prior to January 1, 2004 too.
The Secretary General said that a committee constituted by the Central government to work out the projected liability for it if it were to make an initial contribution towards the Pension Fund to provide pension to those who joined before the cut-off date stated that the Centre would have to contribute Rs. 3,35,628 crores to provide pension for the next 30 years, which the Sixth Pay Commission said the government could not bear.
So the committee suggested that the government could consider segregating the liability into one for those below 40 years, and another for others. But such a fund too would be managed by a private agency which would invest it in the unpredictable share market.
“So, the Damocles’ sword of the NPS hung on the existing pensioners too”, he said, adding that the Central government employees and pensioners should fight a joint struggle against the NPS.
The Prime Minister spent about one-and-a half–hours on the Postal department
Ravi Shankar Prasad
NEW DELHI, JULY 21:
Proper digital connectivity of all post offices in the country is top priority for the Government, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Lok Sabha here on Monday.
Replying to questions related to his Ministry, Prasad said the Prime Minister was personally monitoring a host of departments and postal services were one of them.
“The Prime Minister spent about one-and-a half–hours on the postal
department and has given suggestions, which will be considered,” he said, in reply to a query by Biju Janata Dal’s Tathagata Satapathy on the status of the banking licence applied for by the postal department.Prasad said there was need for reforms in postal reforms as also upgradation of Grameen Dak Ghar Services, catering to the rural population.
Mobile networks
Prasad said the Government’s priority was also to improve BSNL services.
Prasad said the Government’s priority was also to improve BSNL services.
Responding to a question raised by Congress MP Ashok Chavan on poor mobile network in Naxal-affected regions in Maharashtra, Prasad said mobile networks, under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) scheme in such areas are likely to be set up in 15 months.
A proposal to install mobile towers at 1,836 locations in nine States affected by Left Wing Extremism with funding support from USOF has already been approved, he added.
The Minister said Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) had installed mobile towers at 363 locations for which financial support to meet operational expenses would be provided through USOF.
On a question on lack of diesel supplies to BSNL mobile towers leading to their non-functionality and affecting security, he admitted there were concerns on diesel supply and “there is scope for improvement“.
The idea of using solar power for telecom towers was also being looked into, especially in the hilly regions of North East, Prasad said.
(This article was published on July 21, 2014)
MORE ON POSTOFFICE IN PARLIAMENT
July 22, 2014
Going Postal
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had a word of advice for Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Taking note of the number of questions that MPs had for the Minister, especially about postal services and post offices, she told the Minister, “A lot of people want to raise questions on the issues. You should pay more attention to the postal department.”The Minister on his part announced that the government had decided to open 80 Gramin Dak Sewa Post Offices and 80 sub post offices in the country under Rural Business and Access to Postal Network scheme.
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