AERWA News Letter 2017

AERWA NAn Organ of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Recognized by

Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare

Regd. No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5

Regd. No. F/5819/Thane

Volume 18 - Issue No.1

Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be th

Rs 5/- Single Copy-Complimentary to AERWA members

From Managing Editor 1

Aims and Objectives 1

AERWA News: Report on Pensioners’ Day 2

We need to Make Will : Guest Article 3

IWSA Triennial Conference, Water Security: issues

& way forward: Special Article

5

Status of court cases- December 2016 6

Minimum Basic Pension (BP) and Family Pension 7

DST/DAE/ISRO News 8

Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day

Greetings

8-10

Welcome New Members 10

Donors’ List, Obituary , AICPI Table, etc 10

Important Tel Numbers, Announcements,

Appeals and Notices

12

From Managing Editor:

Dear Member,

Warm greetings. This issue of the AERWA

News Letter will reach you in the New Year. On

behalf of AERWA and on my personal behalf, I

wish you very happy, healthy and happening year

2017.

The Pensioners’ Day was observed by your

Association on Dec 17. You will find a brief

coverage of the function in this issue. The

function has been fully covered on our website

https://aerwa.wordpress.com .

Prof. Mambillikalathil

Govind Kumar Menon,

fondly known as Prof.

MGK Menon, passed

away on November 22,

2016. He was 88.

Prof. Menon was the most prominent face of

what is known as the "Bhabha School" in

scientific circles. He played an important role in

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NEWS LETTER of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5-9-97 Soc. Regn. Act 1860

F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950

Office: Project Square, Opposite SBI,

Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400 094, T. No. 25559994

Web site: https://aerwa.wordpress.com

e-mail AERWA: aerwa12@gmail.com (Affiliated to Bharat Pensioners Samaj, Delhi)

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Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be those of AERWA

R.N.I.REGN.NO. MAH/ENG/2000/706

the development of science and technology in

India over four decades. One of his most

important contributions was nurturing the TIFR.

He was also the chairman ISRO in 1972. With his

passing away, India has lost one more doyen of

science & technology and will be sourly missed by

the scientific community of India and abroad.

May God bless his soul. Mohan Chougaonkar

Aims and Objectives of AERWA-highlights

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 a platform.

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AERWA celebrates Pensioners’ Day: AERWA

observed the Pensioners’ Day on Dec 17, 2016 at

AERB A-Block Auditorium. Dr. Baldev Raj , former

Director IGCAR and presently Director, NIAS,

Bengaluru was the chief guest. About 100

members attended the function. In his

presidential address, Dr. V K Manchanda,

President AERWA, briefly highlighted the

achievements as well as activities of the

association in the recent past. He explained that

the efforts of AERWA related to the problems of

retirees with respect to medical reimbursement

claims have paid dividends as authorities have

agreed to revise the reimbursement form by

adding the acknowledgement part and that CHSS

has also agreed to explore the feasibility of

creating a separate slot for the appointments of

retirees in BARC Hospital. Dr. Manchanda further

informed that the efforts of have helped in

restoring the proper pension to many of the pre-

2006 and pre-1996 retired members. He made a

special mention of timely publication of AERWA

News Letter.

In his key note address, Dr. Baldev Raj spoke on

“Energy Foresights, Security and Sustainability”.

He emphasized the need to connect Science and

Technology development with the Society at

large on a continuous basis to bring about

perceptible change in the quality of life.

He further stated that over exploitation of fossil

fuel, especially coal, has created severe

environmental problems. There is a potential for

developing about 300GW of renewable energy

from sources like solar, wind, biomass etc in

India. However, presently there is an

overdependence on imported technology for the

development of renewable resources. He

concluded his address by emphasizing that we

should find our own model, develop our own

technology and ensure equitable distribution

amongst our vast population.

AERWA also felicitated Dr. B. N.Jagtap, Director

Chemistry Group, BARC and Chairman Trombay

Township Advisory Committee (TTAC) for his

support to AERWA for the allocation of office.

In her special talk on “Post Retirement Blues“,

Dr. Shobha Nair, Psychiatry Department BARC

hospital, made a lucid and informative

presentation in which she made a distinction

between forced retirement, thrust upon by

chronological factors and voluntary retirement,

where one willingly withdraws from an activity or

changes the nature of activity.

In general, she said, four types of important

changes- relocation, reduced income, role

change and disrupted routines are likely to

happen to a person on retirement. Coping with

them in a positive way ensures the state of well

being and happiness in the life ahead. Happiness,

she further added, also depends on attitudes and

expectations. Cultural stereotype, poor marital

relationship, negative comparisons, living in the

past, unrealistic expectations and clinging to

possessions are some of the hazards that rob

one’s happiness in retired life. Having positive

mental health is a prerequisite for good physical

AERWA News Letter 2017 3 health, quality of life and better relationship. She

concluded her talk with an advice to adopt stress

management techniques like Yoga, music, group

networking, social activity, leisure activity etc and

to seek guidance of qualified experts for

common psychiatric disorders like depression,

anxiety, psychosomatic disorder, dementia,

paranoia etc.

A positive attitude with realistic expectations will

make the retired life happy and contented.

Dr. S P Garg discussed the present status of the

implimentation of 7CPC. He informed the

audience that there are difficulties in

implimenting Option-I based on the Fitment

Tables as recommended by Pay Commission and

accepted by Government of India and that there

has been no further development than the

constitution of a high level committee to look in

to the matter arising out of it.

Dr. B M Misra presented the status of various

court cases that are under sub judice (report

appears in this issue elsewhere)

AERWA also felicated the activists of Vinimay, an

institution involved in training the downtrodden

and orphan children with vocational skills.

AERWA donated Rs. 10000/ from its Social

Activity Fund to Vinimay as a token of

appreciation for their untiring efforts.

Vol. 18(1) Jan-Feb 2017

Guest Article: WE NEED TO MAKE A WILL

We are not immortal. The date of our

departure is all fixed, except that the individual

concerned is unaware of it. It is this unawareness

that is mostly the root cause of many a legal

hassles or even battles among the survivors.

Most of us are not spendthrifts and save a lot of

money for our survivors. However, if there is no

clarity on the distribution of our property after

our demise, a lot of hardships can accrue to our

survivors, which can lead to bitterness in blood

relations. In the case of death in a very young

age, the problems are much more compounded

especially with young kids and the wife who was

never exposed to the nuts and bolts of running

the family.

It is for this reason, that preparing a document

clearly stipulating the way in which the person

wishes his property to be distributed among his

nears and dears assumes an importance. The

will, as the document is called, is a legal

declaration in writing (typed or hand-written)

about the intention of a Testator (male)/

Testatrix (female) with respect to his/her

property which he/she desires to be carried into

effect after his/her death.

It is never too late to make a will, be it at the very

young age or the ripe one. If there is no Will, the

property of the deceased person devolves on

his/her heirs as per the personal law applicable

to the person. In India we do not have a common

Civil Code. Hence we are governed by the

succession laws according to the religion of the

person to which he/she belongs - like Hinduism,

Islam, Zoroastrian and Christian. There are

restrictions and differences in the share of the

heirs. For instance Muslims cannot Will away

more than 1/3rd

of their properties. Self acquired

properties can be distributed freely according to

the Will while, if a part of the property has been

inherited, it cannot be placed under a will as the

distribution of ancestral properties is as per the

Succession Law. One may nominate a person(s)

in the Will who shall carry out the instructions in

the will. That person is called “Executor(s)” and

He/she need not be a blood relative but must be

a trustworthy person for the deceased person.

There can be situations under which the person

may like to change /modify the provisions made

in the Will. The Will is a document which comes

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into operation only after the death of the writer.

Hence, it can be totally changed during the life-

time and rewritten or modified by another

document annexed to it. The annexure is called

“Codicil” and is treated as part of the main Will.

The process of making the Will is not at all

complicated. It can be written on any decent

durable paper. As per the law, no registration of

a Will is required unless it contains bequest to

some religious organization. In that case the Will

ought to have been written (dated) one year

before the death of the person and registered at

least 6 months before the death. But in most of

the Districts towns and mofussil areas, the

authorities are insisting registration of Wills to

avoid their own formalities of calling for

witnesses etc. Further, it does not have to be

notarized.

Any adult person of age more than18 years who

is mentally fit to understand fully the

implications of what is written in the Will

irrespective of his physical health can make a

will. Although a joint will can be prepared, it is

preferable to make separate Wills since a joint

Will cannot be cancelled/modified after the

death of one of the parties.

Any language but for metropolitan cities, English

is preferred.

While making the will, following things are

important.

a) Your name, age, religion and place of

residence and a Statement that you have

revoked all previous Wills and that it is your

last Will and testament.

b) Name of Executor(s) for your Will-This is

particularly useful if the beneficiary is living

abroad.

c) A description of your assets – movable and

immovable properties and whether held

jointly with any other person or persons and

a statement how you acquired whether

ancestral or self-acquired.

d) Names of spouse, children and other heirs as

applicable

e) Names of beneficiaries and distribution of

your assets. State reasons for any special

favours to any beneficiary if he/she be one

of the heirs or an outsider.

Among the technical requirements in composing

a Will, following ones are important.

a) The Will should normally be typewritten or

computer-generated.

b) The document must expressly state that it is

your Will.

c) The document must relate to transfer of

some property.

d) You must date and sign the Will and put

initials on all pages.

e) The Will must be signed by at least two

witnesses.

f) The witnesses must watch you sign the Will

and they must sign it in your presence and it

must be so stated on the document.

g) The witnesses must know that the document

they are witnessing is your Will. They don't

need to read It or know its contents. They

are only attesting your signature.

h) The witnesses must be people who will not

benefit anything under the Will. If they be a

beneficiary the Will is valid but bequest to

them would fail.

i) The witnesses should preferably be younger.

Probate is a document signed and sealed by a

court certifying the genuineness of the Will; that

it has not been challenged by any one on

grounds of fraud, force, coercion etc.

1. It is obtained on Petition to the Court by the

Executor and is made after the death of the

testator/ testatrix without undue delay but

must be within 12 years after the death of

the party. In any case reasons for undue

delay even before 12 year limit have to be

explained to the Court. If no objections are

raised on the authenticity of the Will, the

probate is normally granted within 6

months.

2. Probate contains a copy of the Will re-typed

by the Court on a Stamp Paper with full and

complete details of all the assets whether

land, building, Bank deposits, shares etc.

3. On presentation of the Probate the

authorities would transfer assets to the

names of the respective beneficiaries

4. All Wills made in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata

and Delhi must be probated by the

respective High Courts

5. All Wills dealing with properties in Mumbai,

Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi must also be

probated no matter where so ever these are

signed.

AERWA News Letter 2017 5 The procedure for probate:-

i. Filing a petition firstly by the Executor but if

there be no Executor, by any of the

beneficiaries for Letter of Administration.

The petition contains a copy of the Will – the

original is deposited in the High Court. It also

contains names and address of all the heirs

of the deceased as per the personal law.

ii. Affidavits of Statements of witnesses.

iii. An oath by the Executor to follow the Will

when probate is granted.

iv. A citation/notice is issued by the Court to all

the heirs asking for objections for the grant

of the Probate or Letter of Administration.

v. Consent affidavit of all heirs is filed.

vi. Probate/LA is issued (within 6 months

approximately)

vii. If someone claiming to be the heir wants to

object to the grant of Probate, he/she shall

file a Caveat in the Court with an affidavit

stating the reasons. The Probate/LA Petition

is then converted into a normal SUIT (there

is no time limit when it will be decided.)

Dr. B B Singh, Ex-Head,

Radiation Biology and

Biochemistry Division is

presently an IPR Attorney &

Scientific Advisor and

Advocate, Bombay High Court

For any further clarifications you may contact

drbbsingh2010@gmail.com; Mobile 9821005336

Have you read something recently? Would

you like to recommend the reading to your

friends in AERWA? AERWA requests you to

write your impressions and highlights of your

observations in the book. If the write up is

about 200 words and satisfactorily written,

News Letter can publish it. The write ups can

be sent to maned_aerwa@yahoo.com

IWSA Triennial Conference: Indian Women

Scientists’ Association, (IWSA), recently

organized its XIII Triennial Conference on

“Sustainable Development in India: Role of

Science and Technology”, during Dec. 2-4 2016 at

its Vashi campus. The conference brought

together experts in the areas of Energy, Water,

and Food & Agriculture, which are three of the

17 Sustainable Development Goals identified by

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the United Nations. There was a special session

on role of NGOs and their contribution. There

were about 200 registered participants and

invitees at the conference. The conference

comprised 27 invited talks, 19 oral and 25 poster

papers. Prof. Shyam Asolekar delivered the

inaugural address-“Sustainable energy for the

future: challenges for India”. Dr. Anil Kakodkar,

Former Chairman, DAE, delivered an evening talk

“Snap Shot of India 2035-A Technology Vision”. A

moderated panel discussion -“The way forward”

was organized on the last day with college

principals and students to identify ways and

means of adopting sustainable goals. Dr. Sanjay

Deshmukh, Vice Chancellor of University of

Mumbai, was the chief guest at the valedictory

function. Inputs from: Lalitha Dhareshwar

Special Article: Water Security: Issues in India &

way forward

Energy, Environment and Water, among many

other essentials, are vital for sustainable

development of society. While there are

worldwide deliberations on the first two issues,

water issues have not found enough

consideration although, ironically, ” ensure water

availability & sanitation to all by 2030” is one of

the 17 nos. of UN millennium sustainable

development goals.

With 303GWe power capacity installed in India as

of Jan. 2016 and the per capita energy

consumption only around 1075 kWh, there are

plans to increase this to at least of world average

of about 2500 kWh necessitating tripling of

installed power capacity.

On the environment front, after the UN COP21

Paris Deal, signed in Nov. 2015, all countries have

pledged reduced emission by certain percentage

in order to keep the rise in temperature not

more than 2oC above pre-industrial level. India

has committed to 33-35% reduction in emission

intensity by 2030 compared with 2005 level.

Water Scenario in India:

India, with 17% world population, has only 4% of

available water resources and ranks 132 in per

capita availability of water. Although it gets

annual precipitation of 4000 billion cubic meter,

the usable water is only around 1523 billion cu.

m. The per capita availability which was 5200 cu.

m. in 1951, 1588 in 2010 is around 1140 cu. m.

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today. There is also uneven distribution of water

resources in many parts of the country leading to

further reduced availability in these areas. No

significant steps have been planned to augment

the water resources and increase the per capita

availability.

Water has been recognised as free gift of God to

human kind leading to its unhindered

exploitation. By and large, the renewable water

sources are fixed in quantity in a conserved

hydrological cycle. With increasing use, the

surface water sources are getting dried day by

day and the underground water tables are

receding dramatically. Furthermore, the used

water discharged into water bodies with minimal

or no treatment at all is deteriorating the water

quality and making it unfit for domestic and

other uses thereby further reducing the water

availability.

Way Forward

The foremost thing to be done is to conserve the

available rain water in reservoirs before it goes in

to the sea. Linking of rivers would help bring

water to water scarce areas from abundantly

available water regions. This has been considered

since long but only now some steps are being

taken in this direction.

Rain water harvesting is another area which

needs to be encouraged on large scale. Man

examples exist in the country for successful

recharge and storage of water for agriculture &

domestic use in water scarce areas. There are

many success stories of rain water storage and

recharge of underground water sources in many

parts of the country largely by the NGOs. Even in

urban areas, rain water harvesting would go a

long way to augment the water sources for 24x7

hrs water supply.

An important issue is the preservation of water

quality of existing water resources by treating all

the used water at source with zero liquid

discharge. All types of innovative water

treatment technologies have to be adopted for

this purpose. It is suggested that all the sewage

treated water be routed for agricultural purpose

and all industries be asked to recycle their used

water.

Many areas of the country are suffering from

chemical (excess salinity, fluoride, iron and

arsenic) and bacteriological contamination of

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today. There is also uneven distribution of water

country leading to

further reduced availability in these areas. No

significant steps have been planned to augment

esources and increase the per capita

Water has been recognised as free gift of God to

human kind leading to its unhindered

the renewable water

fixed in quantity in a conserved

ncreasing use, the

surface water sources are getting dried day by

day and the underground water tables are

Furthermore, the used

discharged into water bodies with minimal

deteriorating the water

y and making it unfit for domestic and

further reducing the water

foremost thing to be done is to conserve the

available rain water in reservoirs before it goes in

bring

water to water scarce areas from abundantly

available water regions. This has been considered

since long but only now some steps are being

Rain water harvesting is another area which

to be encouraged on large scale. Many

examples exist in the country for successful

recharge and storage of water for agriculture &

There are

stories of rain water storage and

recharge of underground water sources in many

argely by the NGOs. Even in

urban areas, rain water harvesting would go a

long way to augment the water sources for 24x7

An important issue is the preservation of water

quality of existing water resources by treating all

source with zero liquid

discharge. All types of innovative water

treatment technologies have to be adopted for

It is suggested that all the sewage

treated water be routed for agricultural purpose

used

Many areas of the country are suffering from

chemical (excess salinity, fluoride, iron and

arsenic) and bacteriological contamination of

their drinking water resources. This problem is of

serious concern affecting health of large

population and is ever increasing. Massive efforts

are required to mitigate such problems for water

security.

Lastly, it is required to consider new alternate

sources of water such as desalination of

abundant sea water sources. Large scale

seawater desalination needs to be adopted in

coastal water scarce areas of the country. The

total worldwide desalination plants capacity

meet only 1% of water needs today. This needs

to be increased many fold. Use of environment

friendly renewable energy for desalination also

needs to be encouraged with the present cost

effectiveness of these sources. In short, Just like

energy sector where energy mix has been

recommended, use of water resources mix as

suggested above need to be considered for

water security. These will of course mitigate the

environmental concerns as well ensuring overall

sustainable development.

Dr. B M Misra, retired as Head,

Desalination Division, BARC. He

has also been very active in

AERWA activities.

Status of court cases- December, 2016:

1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs but > 20yrs of

service for pre-2006 retirees: Subsequent to

DP&PW OM dated April 6, 2016 delinking pro-

rata reduction of pension for pre-2006

retirees having< 33 years of service, most of

the cases in BARC as well as in DAE Units are

processed. Please inform AERWA if any one’s

case is still pending.

2. Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary

benefits: DAE had issued an OM dated 25

Feb. 2016 asking all the Units to go for appeal

in higher courts against various CAT

judgments on 2 increments. Contempt

petitions were filed by Ernakulam and NFC

employees/retirees at respective CATs.

Hyderabad CAT, hearing the contempt case

has directed DAE to implement its order.

AEPWF has filed an OA reckoning 2

increments as Pay for pensionary benefits, at

CAT, Delhi with nearly 1000 applicants

(mostly from NPCIL and few hundreds from

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other DAE units including BARC). The last date

of hearings was November 10, 2016. This is

now adjourned to 12 January 2017.

In a DAE OM dated September 6, 2016, it has

asked various Units to provide the financial

implications in terms of DA, HRA, pensionary

benefits etc, considering 2 increments as

“Pay”.

3. Pension on special pay for H+ retirees: The

SLP 3017/2016 was heard on September 14,

2016 where Hon’ble court did not condone

delay requested by the Govt. Advocate and it

asked to issue notice both on special leave

petition to all respondents and also on the

limitation. The court also directed to tag this

SLP with DRDO SLP No. 24745/2015. Now this

SLP (CC) 3017 is converted to SLP/27273.The

next date of hearing is January 22, 2017.

The SLP/3452 was listed on October 3, 2016

in the Registrar court. The court asked to

submit Vakalatnama for respondent No. 2

also and also the Rejoinder Affidavit. The

same have been filed. The case is to be heard

in regular bench on December 14, 2016.

Another case OA/261/2011 for pension on

special pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC

retirees was allowed by CAT Mumbai on

Nov.6, 2015. DAE has filed a MA requesting

abeyance of this order till two SLPs are

decided by HSC. This came for hearing on

29th June 2016. Court refused to entertain

DAE MA and asked DAE to appeal, if it desires.

4. Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees: OA

3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 pensioners for

full parity with post 2006 retirees and in any

case their pension not less than post 2006 S-

24, S-27 retirees, came for hearing 5th April,

2016. It was adjourned to 7th

September,

2016.Now further adjourned to 11 January

2017.

5. S-21 case: The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT

Mumbai was adjourned to June 30, 2016.It

was then postponed to September 21, 2016.

Now further postponed to December 15,

2016.

Compiled by B M Misra

Minimum Basic Pension (BP) and Family Pension

(FP) wef 1/1/2006 and wef 1/1/2016 for all pre-

2006 Retirees: Subsequent to DP&PW OM dated

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April 6, 2016 delinking pro-rata reduction of

pension for pre 2006 retirees having >20 < 33

years of service, a good number of 1690 cases in

DAE have been now processed. Further, AERWA

have also represented to the DAE authorities

regarding 367 DAE pensioners whose pensions

were not revised for more than a decade due to

lack of proper records. Most of these cases have

also been processed by DAE. However, in some

cases revision of BP and FP may be still pending.

In such cases, please take following steps:

1. All the AERWA member should themselves be

aware of their entitlement and also the

entitlement of their spouses.

2. The Table given below provides this

information for all pre-2006 Retirees

Gra

de

Wef 1/1/2006

Min

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m B

P

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f 1

/1/2

00

6

Min

imu

m F

P

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f 1

/1/2

00

6

Min

imu

m B

P

we

f 1

/1/2

01

6*

Min

imu

m F

P

we

f 1

/1/2

01

6*

Pa

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Gra

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Pa

y

S-1 4440-7440 1300 3500 3500 9000 9000

S-2 4440-7440 1400 3500 3500 9000 9000

S-2A 4440-7440 1600 3500 3500 9000 9000

S-3 4440-7440 1650 3500 3500 9000 9000

S-4 5200-20200 1800 3665 3500 9419 9000

S-5 5200-20200 1900 3890 3500 9997 9000

S-6 5200-20200 2000 4030 3500 10357 9000

S-7 5200-20200 2400 4920 3500 12644 9000

S-8 5200-20200 2800 5585 3500 14353 9000

S-9 9300-34800 4200 6750 4050 17348 10409

S-10 9300-34800 4200 7215 4329 18543 11126

S-11 9300-34800 4200 8145 4887 20933 12560

S-12 9300-34800 4200 8145 4887 20933 12560

S-13 9300-34800 4600 9230 5538 23721 14233

S-14 9300-34800 4800 9375 5625 24094 14456

S-15 9300-34800 5400 10140 6084 26060 15636

SC 15600-39100 5400 10500 6300 26985 16191

SD 15600-39100 6600 12600 7560 32382 19429

SE 15600-39100 7600 14960 8976 38447 23068

SF 37400-67000 8700 23050 13830 59239 35543

SG 37400-67000 8900 24295 14577 62438 37463

SH 37400-67000 10000 27350 16410 70290 42174

OS 67000-79000 0 33500 20100 86095 51657

DS 75500-80000 0 37750 22650 97018 58211

* Calculated using 2.57 as multiplication factor.

Actual entitlement of BP and FP wef 1/1/2016

are yet to be finalized.

3. In case your current Basic Pension is less than

the value given in the above Table, please email/

or write to AERWA giving your PPO No and all

relevant details. AERWA Office Address:

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AERWA, Project Square, Opposite SBI, Anushakti

Nagar, Mumbai 400 094, T. No. 25559994

E-mail AERWA: aerwa12@gmail.com

AERWA shall provide all possible help. Inputs from S P Garg

AERWA can represent to the authorities genuine

Pension related issues / CHSS related issues if

submitted in writing. There is a proposal to start

computerization of Medical claim

reimbursement forms for those who need help.

DAE/DST/ISRO News:

1. India is now an associate member of the

European Organisation for Nuclear Research

(CERN), the world's largest nuclear and

particle physics laboratory. The agreement

was signed on Monday, Nov 26 , 2016

Sekhar Basu, Chairman of Atomic Energy

Commission and Secretary of Department of

Atomic Energy (DAE) and CERN Director

General Dr Fabiola Gianotti at the DAE's

office in Mumbai. Becoming Associate

Member of CERN will enhance participation

of young scientists and engineers in various

CERN projects. It will also open opportunities

for Indian industries to participate directly in

CERN projects, Gianotti said.

2. Indian scientists have been involved in

several pioneering activities at CERN. India

has made significant contributions to the

construction of the Large Hadron Collider

(LHC), in the areas of design, development

and supply of hardware accelerator

components. They have also played a

significant role in the Compact Muon

Solenoid (CMS) experiments, which is one of

the two large experiments that have led to

the discovery of the Higgs Boson and have

been named a part of the historic discovery. Source: DNA e-paper 26/11/2016

3. DAE Teachers bag National Award for

Teachers: Shri Sanjib Ranjan Mohanta.,

Headmaster and Shri B.K. Raju

Principal Atomic Energy Central School

Tarapur were selected for the National

Award for Teachers - 2015 presented by the

Hon. President Dr Pranab Mukherjee on the

occasion of Teachers day 5th September,

2016.

2017 8 Vol. 18(1) Jan-Feb 2017

Project Square, Opposite SBI, Anushakti

Inputs from S P Garg

AERWA can represent to the authorities genuine

Pension related issues / CHSS related issues if

posal to start

of Medical claim

reimbursement forms for those who need help.

an associate member of the

European Organisation for Nuclear Research

(CERN), the world's largest nuclear and

laboratory. The agreement

by

Sekhar Basu, Chairman of Atomic Energy

Commission and Secretary of Department of

Atomic Energy (DAE) and CERN Director

General Dr Fabiola Gianotti at the DAE's

sociate

Member of CERN will enhance participation

of young scientists and engineers in various

CERN projects. It will also open opportunities

for Indian industries to participate directly in

d in

several pioneering activities at CERN. India

has made significant contributions to the

construction of the Large Hadron Collider

(LHC), in the areas of design, development

and supply of hardware accelerator

have also played a

ant role in the Compact Muon

Solenoid (CMS) experiments, which is one of

the two large experiments that have led to

the discovery of the Higgs Boson and have

been named a part of the historic discovery. paper 26/11/2016

Teachers bag National Award for

Teachers: Shri Sanjib Ranjan Mohanta.,

and Shri B.K. Raju

Atomic Energy Central School-2

Tarapur were selected for the National

2015 presented by the

herjee on the

eachers day 5th September,

4. A battery car developed and commercially

produced by CSIR-Central Electro Chemical

Research Institute (CECRI) and CSIR-CMERI,

in collaboration with auto major Mahindra

steals the show at the ‘Energy’ theme at the

36th

India International Trade Fair (IITF),

2016, New Delhi. It was a Lithium-ion battery

powered 4-door electric car that became the

cynosure of all eyes.

5. PSLV-C36 Resource SAT-2A, December 7:

The Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO) launches its PSLV C36 Resource Sat-

2A at 10.25 A.M. Wednesday from the Satish

Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. It is the

38th flight of ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch

Vehicle (PSLV) and is intended to continue

the remote sensing data services to global

users.

Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)

AERWA welcomes those attaining ≥75 yrs of age

as members of our prestigious Platinum Club.

They will also receive AERWA Platinum Club

Certificate shortly.

(Congratulations for getting Full Pension)

Name Phone No DoB

Brij Mohan 28496094 1-Jan-42

Bhargava B L 9769937492 1-Jan-42

Dasgupta Salil 27716104 1-Jan-42

Nimbade S N 25574964 5-Jan-42

Chaudhuri N K 27744928 15-Jan-42

Parthasarathy K S 27706048 27-Jan-42

T.K.Rao 25562634 1-Feb-42

Narurkar P V 27651509 4-Feb-42

Kulkarni M D 02532313499 6-Feb-42

Gokhale P D 25563787 10-Feb-42

Jauhri G S 25583700 12-Feb-42

Kundu Kamales 25507541 12-Feb-42

A R Sundararajan 9448363421 22-Feb-42

Chandran K C 28386197 26-Feb-42

Vaidya S G* 25402601 23-Sep-31

Agarkar G A* 9820648558 1-Apr-36

∗ New Member

AERWA News Letter 2017 9 Vol. 18(1) Jan-Feb 2017 Hearty congratulations for your completing 80

years of age. Congratulations for getting

additional Basic Pension and DR (both for

pensioner and family pensioner): 20% for ≥80 yr;

30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for ≥95yr and

100% ≥100 yr. Name Phone No DoB

Nair V C 5-Jan-37

Srivastava M S 27490987 5-Jan-37

Ramakrishnan E 27667115 6-Jan-37

Chhabria P S 25531961 11-Jan-37

Thomas P C 27655464 15-Jan-37

Shahani B T 27655485 15-Jan-37

Somayaji B V 25206376 24-Jan-37

Varghese Abraham 5-Feb-37

Godbole M M 25569040 5-Feb-37

Khurana N N 10-Feb-37

Ram Sarup 21710335 13-Feb-37

Balasubramanian P 27655623 15-Feb-37

Setty N K 27573440 15-Feb-37

Kapur S K 26391180 22-Feb-37

Bapat V N 25561530 26-Feb-37

Birthday Greetings to the existing Platinum Club

members. जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्Name Phone No DoB

Bhide G V 25334952 2/2/23

Joshi C P 25644503 5/27/25

Bhatt M S 27696055 1/23/26

Rao B L 65143509 2/23/26

Kamble J 28812025 1/1/30

C.K.Srikanta 826574997 1/26/30

Thosar K G 25518983 2/14/30

Martis A A 27894394 1/6/31

Gowarikar S R 1/9/31

Menon V K 26409428 1/14/31

Joshi V R 27681236 2/7/31

Brahme Kamal S 2/28/31

Sunta C M 30602888 1/2/32

Sen S K 27572519 2/4/32

Pawgi Shripad Vishnu 25424307 2/10/32

Shenai S J 2/23/32

Shirvaikar V V 1/5/33

Shah K B 28881503 1/9/33

Ramani M P S 24094168 1/10/33

Shah J S 28759327 1/27/33

Mandke S J 2/17/33

Krishnan V 27899659 2/26/33

Nair J S 1853272215 12/24/33

Bauksh S F A 27822039 1/1/34

Patel P H 1/1/34

Kartha Bhaskaran V 25514908 1/1/34

Bhirud G V 25445453 1/8/34

Mehta S K 25566926 1/22/34

George John M 65056949 2/1/34

Amarjit Singh 27660278 1/1/35

Mohammad M A 27822888 1/1/35

Kuppuswamy G 1/6/35

Vaidya P B 28363200 1/9/35

Jagir Singh 25254083 1/10/35

Pandey U N 27800157 1/25/35

Nair K V 27666971 1/30/35

Lal S A 27663862 2/6/35

John Thomas 27701891 2/7/35

Bahl J K 27650040 2/9/35

Krishnamurthy K 27669308 2/11/35

Dandekar Shubhada 9869199173 2/20/35

Bhatia Chittaranjan 27655178 1/1/36

Biswas S S 1/10/36

Natarajan R 25506517 1/15/36

Bhatnagar R N 27661682 1/16/36

Fernandes J N 2512601536 1/17/36

Uppin J S 9892480966 1/27/36

Pradhan S S 28941708 1/28/36

Singh K D 29667400 1/28/36

Kamat Govind Tryambak 27663309 1/28/36

Vijayalakshmi Narayanan 28876919 1/30/36

Singh U S P 25530897 2/2/36

Raghavan C M 27652692 2/15/36

Rane J G 2/18/36

Chauhan Kulvant Singh 27458953 2/29/36

Sawkar A P 1/1/38

Paul A R 9545516337 1/1/38

Chellaney K T 28466769 1/1/38

Potphode Nalini V 24464675 1/1/38

Sharma M C 27703311 1/1/38

Nakra A N 27722240 1/3/38

Thampan Somasundari 25287305 1/10/38

Singh L N 25514169 1/10/38

Krishnamurthi T N 25571821 1/13/38

Sunder Raj C N 1/31/38

Thakore P Damodar 9869828626 2/5/38

Sankaran M P 27894112 2/26/38

Misra V M 25281574 2/27/38

Kane S S 25225688 1/1/39

Krishnamurthy D 25556196 1/2/39

Dutta P K 25481440 1/10/39

Somayaji S K 25390847 1/20/39

Jatia B L 27652411 1/22/39

Kesava Das T 27707120 1/24/39

Hattangadi M R 28949849 1/30/39

M.S. Anmadwar 255343433 2/1/39

Joshi M M 27823863 2/4/39

Bajpai M B 27743729 2/5/39

Roy Khagendranath 2/20/39

Kamala Balakrishnan 2/22/39

Pillai V G J 9920365686 2/27/39

Bharat Bhushan 1/1/40

Gupta V K 27898344 1/1/40

AERWA News Letter 2017

Subramanya K C 1/8/40

Ghatikar C B 27875387 1/10/40

Agashe S M 26592644 11/8/39

Kulkarni P B 1/26/40

Sengupta S 27483278 1/28/40

Samant R K 26248667 1/31/40

Dandekar Sheela B 26007655 2/3/40

Krishnamurthy G 2/8/40

Janardhanan P 2/14/40

Thakur G H 26732557 2/15/40

Nair P N Unnikrishnan 27716544 2/25/40

Purushotham D S C 41231371 2/29/40

Arya R N 26434046 1/3/41

Barman Santosh Kumar 25570240 1/4/41

Singh R K 28697439 1/31/41

Makhija S A 26202115 2/3/41

Pillai P R R 27661649 2/6/41

Rajgor V K 9833067624 2/8/41

Gupta D S 2/20/41

Kriplani K Prahlad 9820571004 2/25/41

Joshi S R 25970759 2/27/41

Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) MembersMem

No Name Ph. No. City

P2774 Gaonkar D G 25234040 Kurla

P2775 Vairalkar GG 27748687 Kharghar

P2776 Vaidya S G 25402601 Thane

P2777 N.S. Gabhane 9869214104 Kharghar

P2778 O P D Noronha 2415771 Manglore

P2779 Dhareshwar Lalitha 27746704 Kharghar

P2780 Jindal R N 42171116 Delhi

P2781 Grover R. B. 25212547 Chembur

P2782 Grover Rajni 25212547 Chembur

P2783 Banarji S. 8879076737 Raigad

P2784 Agarkar G A 9820648558 Seawood

P2785 RamSaran Dass 25702963 Powai

P2786 Patra R N 27545549 Kkairane

P2787 R.P. Raju 27745514 Kharghar

AWRWA thanks the following members for their

Donation

Name Purpose Amount

V.Srinivasan Donation Rs. 1000

Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad

demise of the following members and share the

grief of their families. May God keep their soul

in peace.

Shri S Krishnan, (P-251) left

for the heavenly abode on Oct

22, 2016. He was 78 and is

survived by two sons and two

daughters.

2017 10 Vol. 18(1) Jan-Feb 2017

1/8/40

1/10/40

11/8/39

1/26/40

1/28/40

1/31/40

2/3/40

2/8/40

2/14/40

2/15/40

2/25/40

2/29/40

1/3/41

1/4/41

1/31/41

2/3/41

2/6/41

2/8/41

2/20/41

2/25/41

2/27/41

Members

Kharghar

Thane

Kharghar

Manglore

Kharghar

Chembur

Chembur

Raigad

Seawood

Powai

airane

Kharghar

members for their

Amount

1000

AERWA deeply mourns the sad

and share the

souls

251) left

for the heavenly abode on Oct

22, 2016. He was 78 and is

survived by two sons and two

Shri R A Nagale (P-475),

passed away on 3-11-16. He is

survived by a son and a

daughter.

Shri K S Sivaramakrishnan

(P331) passed away on Dec

18, 2016. He was 87 and is

survived by his wife, son and

daughter.

An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of

one’s life and everyone meets death sooner or

later. Still, the near and dear ones of the

deceased seek a solace in the solidarity and

condolences from the friends and well wishers. It

is for this purpose that AREWA News Letter seeks

your help in informing us if you know our AERWA

member has passed away. Please inform the

news of demise of your friend, if any, along with

his photograph to aerwa12@gmail.com

India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 261.4

as on 1/1/2016)

Month CPI base

1982=100

Twelve

months

total

Twelve

monthly

average

%increase

Above

261.4

for

DA/DR

Nov-15 270 3121 260.08

Dec-15 269 3137 261.4

Jan-16 269 3152 262.67 0

Feb-16 267 3166 263.83 0

Mar-16 268 3180 265.00 1

Apr-16 271 3195 266.25 1

May-16 275 3212 267.67 2

Jun-16 280 3226 268.8 2

July-16 280 3243 270.25 3

Aug-16 278 3257 271.42 3

Sep-16 277 3268 272.33 4

Oct-16 278 3277 273.08 4

Nov-16 278* 3285 273.75 4

Dec-16 278*

3294 274.5 5

*assumed Created by Shri G B Kale

Expected DA/DR from Jan 17 is 5%

Expected Rise in DA/DR from Jan 17 is 3%

Ha. Ha Ha.

If you try to fail and you succeed, which

have you done?

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

AERWA News Letter 2017 11 Vol. 18(1) Jan-Feb 2017

AERWA News Letter 2017 12 Vol. 18(1) Jan-Feb 2017

Important: The life Membership and Patron

Membership fees are Rs.600 and Rs.1000/

respectively. If you are already a ‘Life

Member’, please convert yourself to ‘Patron’

by paying additional Rs 400. This will

augment AERWA corpus fund. You may pay

membership fee/ donation through Internet

Transfer or deposit a cheque of any bank at

any branch of State Bank of India in any city.

The cheque/ Internet Transfer should be in

favor of “Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare

Association SBI A/c 34597981320”; (IFS

Code: SBIN0013055) OR post your cheque to:

Shri Vaze P K ; 1 Udayagiri CHS, Opp.

Telecom Factory, Deonar, Mumbai 400088;

Tel: 25584324 and Mob: 9821249101 ; Dr

Veena Sagar: 9869176128.

Important Tel Nos

BARC Hospital Security to call

Ambulance (Only for CHSS

beneficiaries)

2559 8200

2559 8308

24 hrs Ambulance Services for

Heart Attack

105

24 hrs Amb. Services for Accident

cases only

102

24 hrs Ambulance Services At New

Mumbai

27708016,

9324206678

24 hrs Ambulance Services at City

(Fort)

61618141

Police Control Room at Mumbai

and Navi Mumbai

100

Fire Station 101

Complaint against an auto driver

who refuses any passenger

1800220110

Central Pen Ac Off, Delhi to

Register your Grievances about

Pension (Toll Free)

180117788

Announcements about AERWA’s activities viz. various functions, annual

trips etc are regularly posted on its

website https://aerwa.wordpress.com Members are requested to visit the

website regularly to keep informed about

AERWA’s activities.

Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: Project Square,

Opposite to SBI Anushakti Nagar Branch, Mumbai

400 094. Managing Editor: M P. Chougaonkar

AERWA ANNUAL PICNIC:

Thursday, 12th Jan., 2017

Rs 750/- per head

Tentative Program

1) Start at 7 A.M. from Diamond Garden

2) Breakfast at Kumar Resorts, Lonavala

(10 A.M.)

3) Lunch at Naryani Dham, Lonavala

(12:30 P.M.)

4) Evening Tea at Celebrity Wax Museum,

Lonavala (4:00 P.M.)

5) Return at 7 P.M.

Only limited seats are available. All those

interested may please give their names to

Mr Jacob Kurien ( T.No. 9757169274 email

id:jacobkurian@gmail.com) with the

information about the payment made

(reference if online or the name of person

whom it is paid)

Important: Do you really need a printed copy of News Letter? The Soft copy of News Letter is emailed to all those who have opted for it even before it is printed. It is more colorful and very much liked by readers. Please opt for Soft copy by emailing your request to: aerwa12@gmail.com

Name and Address

If not delivered please return to:

Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association (Regd).,

Project Square, Opposite to SBI Anushakti Nagar

Branch, Mumbai 400 094.