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Workshop on review of N P O P
On Ist of April 2010, BPS organized a workshop at New Delhi to review National Policy onOlder Persons (NPOP) and its implementation. Shri K R Gangadharan, President, Heritage Hospital.
Hyderabad & Vice President, Board of Directors International Federation of Ageing, Toronto, Canada
and one of the four members of NPOP Review Committee constituted by the Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment presided. Over 5 lakhs pensioners were represented through S/Shri S S
Ramachandaran, Secretary General, AICCPA, Shyam Sunder, Secretary General, Bharat Pensioners
Samaj, O P Kumar, President RREWA, Gurgaon, Ram Singh, Patron, Pensioners & Retired Persons
Association Janakpuri, New Delhi, R C Srivastav, President, C G Pensioners Association, Ghaziabad.
Initiating the discussion, S C Maheshwari, Secretary for Railways, Bharat Pensioners Samaj stressed
the need (1) To associate pensioners organizations with Sr Citizens affairs (2) To first set right the
compliance system through the Civil Society & adequate Budgetary support from the Govt. (3) To urgently
develop Elderly vote power to make the Political clan of the country to understand that they will no longer
be able to ignore Sr Citizens. This was followed by a lively discussion with the participation of S S
Ramachandaran, Shyam Sunder, Ram Singh, M P Lamba, R C Srivastav & O P Kumar.
While summing up the discussion, K R Gangadharan said that no basic change was required in
the present policy document adopted in 1999. However, due to lack of political will and, consequently,
its implementation over the past eleven years, by the Central & the State Governments has been
rather dismal. Hence, there is urgent need for the Central & State Governments to provide adequate
budgetary support and also make its implementation mandatory.
[Rapporteur : D Jayaraman]
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1. Hum Aur Aap :
(i) Solidarity with BSNL Pensioners .................. 3
(ii) Kabir Bani ...................................................... 3
(iii) BPS acquires web site .................................. 3
2. Paradox of our times .............................................. 4
3. PMES ....................................................................... 5
4. Keeping Cool .......................................................... 7
5. Waqt Nahi ............................................. ..................8
6. SC JUDGMENT :
31.3.10 Full disability Pension restored ............... 9
7. CG Pensioner Fourm (AP) S'Bad ......................... 10
8. Discussion Paper on CGEPHIS ............................ 12
9. Who Are You ? J Krishnamurty .......................... 14
10. GOI ORDERS :
31.03.10 P&PW - DR wef 01.01.2010 ................. 15
19.03.10 Govt rejects representations reg:
revision of pre - 2006 pensions ........... 17
19.11.09 Revision of pre - 2006 pensions -
Implementation of Govt decisions ......... 17
00.03.10 Encashment of EL by reemployed ........ 19
20.11.09 Revision of pre - 2006 pensions - ............
Implementation of Govt decisions ......... 19
22.03.10 CGHS - Free Diet: TB, Cancer paitents 19
19.01.10 Defence revision of Disability/war injury .
pension .................................................. 20
22.03.10 E-tickets - Photo ID ................................ 22
20.01.10 Defence - Pay revised : Lt Genl ........... 22
02.07.01 Disability pension - IT exemption .......... 24
20.01.10 RTI - Maintain Records .......................... 24
00.00.10 Rly - Encashment of LP while availing .....
pass by re-employed ............................ 25
08.02.10 BSNL - Cataract with IOL ..................... 26
11. Hospice in India .................................................... 25
12. Takeup Good Habits ............................................. 26
13. Book Review ........................................................ 27
14. Puncture your Ego ................................................ 28
15. Letter from BPS
16.03.10 Medicare @ Rewari ............................ 28
10.04.10 Pensioners Portal : Incorrect address 31
02.04.10 Rly: Allotment of 'Apna Ghar' @ Patiala32
16. STATE ORDERS
17.03.10 HAR - Counting of daily wage
service for pension ............................ 29
17. Aap Aur Hum - Activity Reports from Affiliates 30
18. Thanks ................................................................ 32
19. Renewal ............................................................ 33
20. HC Judgment : RELHS .......................................... 34
21. Cricket ............................................................ 35
22. DR for Pensioners ................................................ 35
23. 3-pronged Govt strategy to tackle price rise ...... 36
SOLIDARITY WITH BSNLPENSIONERS
Com P S Ramakutty invited the Secy Genl,
BCPC, Shyam Sunder, to address the Central
Executive Committee Meeting of All India BSNL
Pensioners Assn(Hqs) 05.03.2009 in the
Dormitory Hall of CTO at New Delhi. Accordingly
Shyam Sunder along with Ashis Dey, Member,
MC, attended the said CEC Meeting and extended
full support to the demands of BSNL pensioners.
In particular he expressed complete solidarity for
achieving the demand for merger of DR for pre -
2007 retirees in the IDA scales, about which the
BSNL pensioners are greatly agitated, as has
already been granted by the GoI in the case of
Food Corporation of India pensioners but so far
denied to the BSNL retirees.
Search Warrant for thereal sender of M.O. (Rs 200/-)
An esteemed Member from Vijayawada has sent us a
Renewal M.O. for Rs 200/-. Somehow he forget to write
down his name & address on the M.O. Kindly help.
Treasurer
"Do not go to the garden offlowers!
O friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden offlowers.
Take your seat on the thousandpetals of the lotus,
and there gaze on the infinitebeauty." (KABIR)
HUM AUR AAP
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Paradox of Our TimesParadox of Our TimesParadox of Our TimesParadox of Our TimesParadox of Our Times
Today:
· We have bigger houses and smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time.
· We have more degrees, but less common
sense; more knowledge, but less judgment.
· We have more experts, but more problems;
more medicine, but less wellness.
· We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive
too fast, get to angry too quickly, stay up too
late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV
too often; and pray too seldom.
· We have multiplied our possessions, but
reduced our values.
· We talk too much, love too little and lie too
often.
· We‘ve learned how to make a living, but not a
life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
· We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
· We spend more, but have less; we buy more,
but enjoy it less.
· We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet
the new neighbor.
· We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner
space. We’ve split the atom, but not our
prejudice.
· We write more, but learn less; plan more,
but accomplish less.
· We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we
have higher incomes, but lower morals.
· We build more computers to hold more
information, to produce more copies, but have
less communication.
· We are long on quantity, but short on quality.
· These are the times of fast foods and slow
digestion; tall men and short character; steep
profits and shallow relationships.
· More leisure and less fun; more kinds of food,
but less nutrition; two incomes, but more
divorce; fancier houses, but broken homes.
That’s why I propose, that:
· As of today, you do not keep anything for a
special occasion, because every day that you
live is a special occasion.
· Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your
front porch and admire the view without paying
attention to your needs.
· Spend more time with your family and friends,
eat your favorite foods, and visit the places
you love.
· Life is a chain of moment of enjoyment, not
only about survival.
· Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your
best perfume, and use it every time you feel
you want it.
· Remove from your vocabulary phrases like
“one of these days” and “someday”. Let’s write
that letter we thought of writing “one of these
days”.
· Let’s tell our families and friends how much
we love them.
· Do not delay anything that adds laughter and
joy to your life.
· Every day, every hour, and every minute is
special. And you don’t know if it will be your
last.
If you’re too busy to take the time to send this
message to someone you love, and you tell
yourself you will send it “one of these days “. Just
think…”One of these days “, you may not be here
to send it!
[Presented by: Lt Col Harish Nagpal,[email protected]] (WL - 2869)
OUR TIMES !
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PMES(Performance Monitoring & Evaluation system
for affiliated associations of BPS)
Questionnaire
S.No Question Answer
1 Name of Pensioners
Association
2 Is it registered If yes, give
registration No & date
3 (a)Phone/Mobile No
(Give STD code also)
(b) the Name of Contact
person with designation in
the Association
4 Fax No
5. E-mail
6. Do you have a website?
If yes, give address
7 Publication/Journal etc (Name)
8. Whether
monthly/quarterly/annual ?
9. Premises (Whether
(a) owned ?
(b) hired or ?
(c) wkg from some one’s
residence ?
MONITORING
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10 Infrastructural details like,
computer hardware/software/
internet connectivity/staff etc
11 MOA & Rules (attach copy)
12 Source of funding
(a) Admission fee
(b) Life Membership fee
(c) Annual Membership fee
(d) Grant-in-aid
13 Total Membership
(i) Life
(ii) Annual
(iii) Total
14 Amount of Membership
subscription
(i) Life
(ii) Annual
15 Accounts (attach latest copy
of statement of accounts )
16 Attach activity report for the
year
17 Any other information you
wish to provide
President General Secretary
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serve you better & keep you updated.
EVALUATION
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Keeping cool in the heatby Mithun Mukherjee
Summer brings along heat accompained bysoaring tempers. What do you do to makesure that the heat is not felt by people aroundyou? Bring along your cold shakes and sitback Mithun Mukherjee.
TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT YOURACTIONS. THE OTHER PERSON IS FACINGAS MUCH HEAT AND TENSION AS YOU ARE,SO TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT OF COOLINGHIM/HER AND YOURSELF DOWN.
As the summer season approaches, being irritable
becomes almost unavoidable. The heat and sweat
only add to the already troubled traffic scene in
the capital and the non-capital region. But, why
lose sleep and temper when it can be easily
avoided? Here is a simple list of Things-To-Do’s
that could easily bring your flaring temper in the
summer sun down by more than a notch.
BE PATIENTIncessant honking at a traffic jam does not make
you magically disappear from there and make
you land at your destination. Neither does
screaming randomly make the whole world turn
into your slaves. Next time when you feel ready
to burst, be a little patient. Things eventually look
bright and chirpy.
DONT CHANGE THE PEOPLE; CHANGE YOURATTITUDEWhen you see people getting mad at you, till the
point that they are almost about to bite, don’t bite
back. Take a moment to reflect your actions. The
other person is facing as much heat and tension
as you are, so try to make an effort of cooling
him/her and yourself down. Before you know, the
situation would be under control, way faster than
you expect.
CHANGE POSITIONS; PHYSICALLYNext time you flip, try this; change positions. If
you are standing, try and sit down and if you are
sitting, try and lie down. It calms you down when
you least realise it. It might be a bad idea to try
this if you are caught at a traffic jam though.
LOGIC AND ANGER: THE FIVE SECOND GAPThere is only a five second gap that separates
you from totally going mad at someone or taking
up honking to get out of that mile long traffic jam.
Use those five seconds to actually breathe deeply
or just close your eyes and try to think of a happy
thought. The effects could range from being
relaxed to actually having a smile on your face.
‘COOLERS’When all else fails, turn to ‘coolers’ for relief. These
are not the loud cages of steel, but glasses of the
best-chilled liquid juices and squashes that make
sure that your temper is not fluttering beyond
control.
‘WORK OUT’ YOUR ANGER
One of the best ways to flush your temper out is
to do vigorous physical exercise. Go for a short
sprint or take to the swimming pool. If you are a
muscle-building oriented person, lifting weights
might also be a good option. lf you have access
to a hoop or a basket-ball court try shooting
hoops.
THROW AWAY YOUR ‘GRUDGE'
Avoid keeping a grudge. It’s easier to forgive a
person and move on, rather than going all guns
blazing and fighting him out. Not keeping a grudge
can actually bring down your percentage of anger
by a sizeable amount.
LISTEN TO MUSICMusic can be a great stress reliever for a lot of
people. While travelling, try and make sure that
the stereo in your car is on. It often helps soothe
frayed nerves and helps calm you down in heavy
traffic and heated situations.
DISTANCE YOURSELFIn case of a conflict, try and move away from the
cause. However hard it may seem, distancing
yourself from the cause might actually help you
to overcome your anger much faster than trying
to resolve it in a heated up manner.
DOODLE!Scribbling randomly on a piece of paper, or
doodling as it is popularly called, can take a lot of
tension off your mind. If you fancy lyourself as an
artist, keep a pad and a pen while driving and try
to scribble while caught in a traffic jam. Your
KEEPING COOL
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random scribbles might one day end up becoming
a piece of art !
WINDOW THERAPYFeeling stuck up again while driving? While being
at home? Find a window! If you are driving, roll
down your window (if you are doing a more cleaner
stretch and not a polluted one) and breathe in a
bit of the air. If you are at home, try to look out of
the window. What you see put of it carries little
consequence; considering its at least a way of
looking out at newer avenues, opportunities and
possibilities in a more symbolic manner. Next
time your temper hits the roof, “look out” to a
saner mindset!
Following these may not make you turn into a
peace-loving saint or something but you can rest
assured that the heat would definitely feet a lot
less oppressive. A cooler and calmer person only
adds to the environment. You being cool, directly
influences the work culture around you and also
keeps your family and friends up and about. This
summer, make sure that the heat doesn’t get to
your head, and you would be keeping a lot of
strangers and of course, your friends, family and
acquaintances a lot happier.
Courtesy : Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Jeene Ke Liye Bhi Waqt Nahin...
Har khushi Hai Logon Ke Daman Mein, Par Ek
Hansi Ke Liye Waqt Nahi
Din Raat Daudti Duniya Mein, Jeene Ke Liye Hi
Waqt Nahi.
Saare Naam Mobile Mein Hain, Par Dosti Ke
Lye Waqt Nahi.
Gairon Ki Kya Baat Karen, Jab Apno Ke Liye Hi
Waqt Nahi.
Paison ki Daud Me Aise Daude, Ki Thakne ka
Bhi Waqt Nahi
Unke Ehsaason Ki Kya Kadr Karein, Apane
Sapno Ke Liye Hi Waqt Nahi.
Tu Hi Bata E Zindagi, Iss Zindagi Ka Kya Hoga,
Ki Har Pal Marne Walon Ko,
Jeene Ke Liye Bhi Waqt Nahi.........
(Presented by: Lt Col Harish Nagpal,[email protected];09873241981; 9716041981; A-299, SAINIKCOLONY, Sector 49; FARIDABAD - 121001)
People enjoy all luxries todayBut no time for a laughter
In the 24x7 fast moving world
"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it,
but you can use it, you can spend it, once you've
lost it you can never get it back" (When someone
shares something of value with you and you benefit
moral obligation to share it with others.
Lt Col Harish Nagpal, Faridabad (WL - 2869)
NOISE & STRESS
A new study has shown that excessivenoise and lack of privacy, as well as
constant distraction in open plan officescan increase the stress levels of workers.
TODAY'S SPOT OF RALLIS
Jantar Mantar is an observatory built byRaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur (1699-1743), who was a noble in Mughal ruler
Aurangzeb's court.
PROPENSITY TO SAVE
According to Canadian researchers, mereexposure to fast food and related symbolsmakes a person impatient and reduces his
or her willingness to save.
HOME ! SWEET HOME !
Home is where U can say anything U likebecause nobody listens to U anyway
Anonymous
BESAN (Black Gram Flour)Why you must include Besan in your diet :
* Good for the heart.* Rich in protein.
* Ideal for a healthy breakfast.* Easily digestible.
WAQT NAHIN
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SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT
Shabby treatment of Army Officer -Full Disability Pension restored
O R D E R : Heard Mr. Parag P. Tripathi, learned
Addl. Solicitor General appearing for the
appellants.
2. There is no appearance on behalf of the
respondent today.
3. This appeal by special leave is directed
against the impugned judgment and order dated
11.12.2003 of the Division Bench of the High Court
of Punjab & Haryana whereby the writ petition
filed by the respondent herein (writ petitioner before
the High Court) has been allowed and the
appellants herein (respondents before the High
Court) have been directed to count the entire period
of full pay commissioned service of the
respondent from 22.06.1968 to 23.06.1978 as
qualifying service and calculate his disability
pension in accordance with pension scales as
on 23.6.1978 and give him all other benefits inuring
therefrom.
4. The facts in detail have been given in the
impugned judgment and order. Hence, we are not
repeating the same here.
5. The question involved in this appeal is
whether the full pay commissioned service
rendered by the respondent herein from 22.06.1968
to 23.06.1978 is to be counted as qualifying
service by the Union of India for the purpose of
granting disability pension to the respondent.
6. The respondent herein was an officer in
the Indian Army who was given a short service
commission on 22.06.1968. A short service
commission is given for 5 years and can be
extended by another 5 years only. He was posted
at a high altitude field area and while on duty on
21.11.1970, he met with an accident and suffered
severe injuries. As a result of the accident,
respondent’s right arm had to be amputated. He
also suffered a compound fracture of the femur
(thigh bone) and fracture of the mandible (jaw
bone). He was released from service of Army on
23.6.1978. For his disability pension, the period
taken into account by the Army authorities was
only from 22.6.1968 to 21.11.1970. Aggrieved by
the said decision of the Army authorities, the
respondent filed a writ petition before the High
Court which has been allowed by the impugned
judgment and order. Hence, the appellants are in
appeal before us.
7. We have gone through the impugned
judgment and order and we are in full agreement
with the Division Bench of the High Court that for
the purposes of qualifying service for disability
pension the entire period of commissioned service
rendered by the respondent from 22.6.1968 to
23.6.1978 has to be taken into account.
Accordingly, we see no reason to interfere with
the impugned judgment and order of the High
Court. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
No order as to the costs. Arrears with 8% interest
per annum will be paid to the respondent within
three months.
8. Before parting with this case, we regret to
say that the army officers and army men in our
country are being treated in a shabby manner by
the government.In this case, the respondent, who
was posted at a high altitude field area and met
with an accident during discharge of his duties,
was granted a meager pension as stated in
Annexure-P3 to this appeal. This is a pittance
(about Rs. 1000/- per month plus D.A.). If this is
the manner in which the army personnel are
treated, it can only be said that it is extremely
unfortunate. The army personnel are bravely
defending the country even at the cost of their
lives and we feel that they should be treated in a
better and more humane manner by the
governmental authorities, particularly, in respect
of their emoluments, pension and other benefits.
Union of India & Anr Appellants Versus C S Sidhu
Respondent - CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4474/2005-date
of judgment : 31.03.10
S C JUDGMENT
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SPEECH BY SHYAM SUNDER: 20.03.2010
Dear Shri Prabhakar Raoji, Somasekhar
Raoji, Shaik Mahboob ji, Y N sastry ji, Rama
Raoji, Mallikarjuna Raoji, Friends & comrades
I thanks the Central Govt Pensioner, Forum (AP)
for giving me the opportunity to talk to all of you
this morning
It is a great pleasure for me to come to the
city of great poets and literatures like Makhdoom
Mohimddin & Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour, who inspired
us all not only by their poetry and writing but also
by their day to day work among workers and
middle class post independence time. I shall,
therefore, speak in the common language spoken
by the aam – aadmi here that is a mixture of
Urdu, Hindi and English.
On behalf of the Bharat Pensioners Samaj,
I can assure you that we fully support all the
16 demands raised by your Forum.
In fact, BPS has been fighting for these
demands since long. Today I shall elaborate about
most of these demands but in short.
Our first & foremost of our demands is
PARITY. It‘s unfortunate that the 6th Central Pay
Commission did not grant us even the “Modified
Parity” introduced the 5th CPC. They did not even
bring the Pre-2006 pensioners to the national
fixation of pay (and pension on @ 50%) on 1.1.96,
that is, one pay commission below. On the other
hand, we have demanded the same fitment benefit
to pre – 2006 pensioners as given to serving
employees 1.1.2006, that is, full PARITY. We are,
therefore, asking for the same fitment benefit to
pre-2006 pensioners as given to serving
employees w.e.f. 1.1.2006. Secondly, we are
demanding parity to pre – 96 pensioners & family
pensioners. Thirdly, all new benefits granted w.e.f.
1.1.2006 be exended to past pensioners also.
As regards Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA),
we have demanded its enhancement to Rs 1,000/
- w.f.e 1.1.2006 and its extension to SRPF
retirees and their families (getting ex-gratia)
distance restrictions on its grant also need to
be removed.
We have welcomed the introduction of Old
Age additional pension for very old pensioners,
as recommended by the 6th CPC, starting from
completion of 80 years of age. But we ask for
reduction of age limit in this regard since so is
too far for most pensioners to cross. The 5th CPC
was fully convinced about the Justification of
reducing the period of wait restoration of the
commuted portion of pension for 15 years to 12
years but the GOI has so far refused to grant this
benefit. We demand that the Govt should
implement this recommendation of 5th CPC
forthwith, without any reservations.
Unfortunately, the 6th CPC had no time even
to consider the revision of ex-grawa paid to pre –
1986 SRPF/CPF retirees & their families w.e.f.
1.1.2006. There is no reasons why it should not
be done without any further delay. Govt of India
should, therefore, revise these rates immediately.
As you are aware, the Railway Board recently
permitted pass-holder of first & IA classes who
have crossed 70 years to take “companion” in
the same class by payment of 1/3rd of the
difference of the rail fare, similar facility is
previously available for those above 65 years if
they pay the full difference. We appeal to the
Railway Board to allow this facilities without
payment of any additional charges.
The World Bank/IMF inspired Health
insurance scheme should be dropped forthwith.
The existing Medicare schemes like CGHS,
RELHS & ECHS assure 100% health insurance
for pensioners. The functioning of these currents
schemes need to be streamlined and improved.
In fact as recommended by the 5th CPC, all the
infrastructure (like Hospitals, Dispensaries,
Wellness Centers, Mobile Vans) need to be pooled
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Central Govt PensionersForum (AP), Secunderabad
DEMANDS : 20.03.2010
Same fitment benefit to pre-2006 pensioners as
given to employees w.e.f. 1-1-2006.
Grade-wise stepping up to pre-1-1-2006
pensioners & family pensioners.
Parity to pre-96 pensioners and family pensioners.
Extension of all new benefits granted w.e.f.
1-1-2006 to past pensioners also.
Enhancement of FMA O Rs.1.000/- P.M. and
removal of distance restrictions for its grant.
Extension of FMA to SRPF retirees and their
families getting ex-gratia.
Additional pension from 65 years of age onwards.
‘Companion' in same class facility to all Rly pass
holders without charges.
Festival advance and Ex-gratia once in a year to
all pensioners and family pensioners.
Revision of Ex-gratia to Pre-1986 SRPF/CPF
Retirees and their families wef 1-1-2006
Restoration of commuted pension after 12 years
together so that any pensioners can avail of the
Medicare facility nearest to his place of residence
irrespective of the fact whether it belongs to
Ministry of Health, Railway Board the Arned Fores.
The CCS (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944
should be made applicable to all areas/stations
not covered by the CGHS or other scheme under
reference.
Finally, the New Pension Scheme (NPS)
which was introduced by the NDA Govt. led by
Atul Bihari Bajpai, should forthwith be trapped by
the UPA Govt and the wage and Pension revision
should be made every 5 years instead of 10 years,
as at present.
I thank all the organizers of this grand meeting
who invited me to address you all at Hyderabad –
this wonderful heritage city in the southern part
(Dakshin - Deccan) of our great country.
“PENSIONERS UNITY ZINDABAD!
ZINDABAD! ZINDABAD!”
and additional pension for service above 20 years.
Restoration of old commutation tables.
Scrapping of new pension scheme.
Dropping of proposal for Medical Insurance.
Strengthening existing schemes such as CGHS,
RELHS, ECHS etc. Merger of Postal dispensaries
with CGHS.
Extension of CS (MA) Rules, 1944 to C.G
Pensioners.
Grant of House Rent and Transport allowances
to pensioners.
Grant of Children’s educational allowance and
hostel subsidy to eligible children of retired
employees.
Wage and pension revision once in five years.
PROCEEDINGS OF I3th ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING AND CONVENTION OF CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS' FORUM
ANDIIRA PRADESH SECUNDHRABAD HELD
ON 20/3/2010 IN THE PREMISES OF
MUNICIPAL COMMUNITY HALL,
BOLDHANAGAR, SUCUNDERABAD
The Annual General Meeting was held on 20/3/
2010 in the MunicipaI Community Hall,
Boudhanagar, Secunderabad with D Prabhakar
Rao, President in the chair Shyam Sunder,
Secretary General. Bnarat Pensioners’ Samaj,
New Delhi urged on the Central Government to
take early measures to undo the injustice done
to pre-2006 Central Government Pensioners and
family pensioners in the recommendations of the
VI Central Pay Commission and later in their
implementation by the Government of India. He
explained the various steps being taken by BPS
& BCPC to safeguard the interestpf pensioners,
The meeting was addressed, among others by
S/Shri Y K. Sastry. President, All India Retired
Railwayman’s Federation, P.V. Kurulkar, General
Secretary, All India Retired Railway Officers’
Assocation, P Narasimham, President, West
Godavari District C.G. Pensioners’ Assocation,
Eluru, D.A.N. Sarma, Secretary, P&T
Pensioners’Welfare Association, Visakhapatnam,
K Natarajan, Vice President, Railway Pensioners’
Association, Pakaia, S. Rama Rao, President,
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POPA/A.P, K. Mallikarjuna Rao, Secretary
(Postal & others), BPS, P. Chakrapani Rao, V.
Tirupalhi Rao, M. Nageswara Rao and Mohd.
Yacub of CGPF/AP. D.Satyanarayana of Defence
Accounts Pensioners Assocation, B. Linga
Reddy, Secretary, Railway Pensioners’
Association, Malkajgiri. B Chandrasckhara Rao
and Ch Sadasiva Rao of Railway Pensioners’
Assocation, Rajahmundiy.
While Shree M Somasekhara Rao, General
Secretary of the Forum presented his annual
report to the meeting, Janab Shaik Mahboob,
Treaurer, presented Annual Statement of
Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year 2009.
The outgoing committee with S/Shri D. Prabhakar
Rao, P . Chakrapani Rao, M. Somasekhara Rao
and Shaik Mahboob as President, Working
President, General Secretary and Treasurer
respectively were re-elected for the coming year.
About 30 senior members of the Forum were
honoured with garlands and shawls. The meeting
ended with a vote of thanks by B.K. Singh,
Secretary Nearly 400 pensioners and family
pensioners from all A P attended the meeting.
DISCUSSION PAPER
Central Government Employees andPensioners Health Insurance Scheme
(CGEPHIS)
Ref: Publications on
1. Expression of Interest and
2. Demand Survey under CGEPHIS
Attention is invited to the two references cited
on the subjects mentioned above. A careful
reading of the two documents has revealed that
the benefits under proposed CGEPHIS are in no
way comparable to those available either under
CGH Scheme or under C S ( Medical Attendance)
Rules. Any scheme replacing the existing one
should aim at providing better services / facilities.
It is an established fact that the CGHS is the
best scheme that has been conceived and
implemented. Various committees constituted to
study and suggest ismprovements have not only
applauded the scheme and suggested
improvements but also suggested for expansion
of the scheme to cover those outside the scheme
It is not clear why the Government is hell bent on
doing away with the CGHS albeit gradually and
switching over to health care through Insurance
which does not provide comprehensive health care
similar to CGHS. The proposed scheme does not
provide medicare at least equal to the existing
one and hence is not welcomed by most of the
existing beneficiaries for the reasons explained
below.
Insurance coverage: a) The scheme proposes
to provide insurance cover for meeting expenses
of hospitalization and surgical procedures up to
Rs.5 lakhs per annum per family on floater basis
i.e. the total reimbursement of Rs.5 lakhs can be
availed of individually or collectively by members
of the family. There is no such restriction under
the existing schemes. In all procedures involving
major surgeries the culture of many Corporate
Hospitals is none too glorious. There are
instances of over-billing towards services not
provided, excessive room rents towards CGHS
patients as compared to other users, diagnostic
tests conducted unnecessarily or in excess of
actual requirements, retention of patients in the
hospitals for longer periods than required, use of
medicines not reimbursable under CGHS rules
etc. The limit of Rs.5 lakh will be exhausted
sooner than later leaving other members from
getting any medicare in case of such a necessity
arising. If there have been instances of excess
claims inspite of agreed package rates for various
procedures and diagnostic tests under
memorandum of agreement with private hospitals
under CGHS, the position will be much worse
under health insurance.
b) One major aspect that has missed the attention
is the age of the insured together with preexisting
diseases. Presently, insurance coverage is not
available for those above 65 years old and
preexisting diseases are not covered under any
scheme and few who have started including pre-
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existing diseases demand heavy loading on the
premium. The “Expression of Interest” document
requires the industry to offer its opinion on
providing insurance cover for Pre-existing
diseases, maternity, day care cover for all
diseases, new born babies, pre and post
hospitalization care and domiciliary hospitalization
The demand survey document confines itself to
only preexisting diseases. Does that mean all
other items are excluded?
Family size: The demand survey document
proposes to include, in case of retirees, self,
spouse, two dependent children and parents - six
in all—. Additional dependent members have to
be covered on payment of additional premium by
the pensioner. No such limitation exists under
the existing schemes. Payment of premium for
the so called additional dependent members is
an avoidable burden on the pensioner with his
limited income.
Insurance Premium: Both the documents
provide for payment of annual premium by the
beneficiary - the amount being determined after
formal introduction of the scheme. It is a well
known fact that premium will go up as age
advances. This is another gray area in the
proposed scheme. More over, the premium is
based on Grade Pay as in the case of subscription
to CGHS. It is not clear how health care providers
will accept this proposal. It is also mentioned that
a major part of the premium will be borne by the
Government. There are umpteen beneficiary
members who have paid subscription for ten years
and obtained Life Time Card. There are also
members who have already paid 10 years
subscription in instalments and are eligible for
life time benefits without any additional
subscription. It has not been clarified whether
these two categories of beneficiaries will be
provided medicare on par with those available
under CGHS without any further payment if he
shifts to CGEPHIS.
OPD treatment: In the “Expression of Interest “
document, Government’s desire to provide free
OPD treatment was indicated and the providers
were asked to indicate inputs as well as indicative
premium for a coverage of Rs. 10,000 per family
per annum with a buffer of a further Rs. 10,000.
As on date the health care industry does not
provide OPD treatment. It is not clear whether
any of the parties have quoted their premium
amount. Evidently, none has come forward.
Apparently, this is the reason why no mention
has been made in the demand survey document
regarding OPD facilities. While all beneficiaries
under CGHS are entitled to cash free OPD facility
without any monetary limit, and those outside are
paid Rs.100 p.m. in lieu of OPD facility(though a
pittance), Government has no intention to provide
OPD facilities once the retiree chooses insurance
cover. In the absence of clear picture, how can
the Government expect anybody to participate in
the demand survey? Is not the survey vitiated?
As per Article 21, read with articles 39C,41,43,48
and all related articles of our Constitution as
pronounced by the Supreme Court in Consumer
and Research Centre and others vs Union of India
( AIR1995 Supreme Court 922), the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of health is
recognized as a fundamental right of workers. The
Supreme Court has held that the right to health of
a worker is an integral facet of meaning right to
life, to not only a existence but also robust health
and vigour therefore, right to health, medical aid
to protect health and vigour of a worker while in
service or post-retirement is a fundamental right
.....to make the life of the worker meaningful and
purposeful with dignity of person.
In the case of DS Nakra and others vs Union of
India (AIR1983 Supreme Court 130) held that the
eligibility criteria devised to divide the homogenous
group of pensioners on the basis of date of
retirement is thoroughly arbitrary and violated Art.
14 of the Constitution. The scheme proposed to
be introduced through the Demand Survey falls
under this category as in the name of option,
pensioners are divided as those under CQHS and
those under health insurance with dissimilar
benefits.
The demand survey document is silent on a few
more items mentioned in the “Expression of
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Interest” document such as Exclusions, IED
plants, medical equipment, renewal premium
loading. In the absence of clear guidelines, it is
impossible to obtain a fair picture of the demand.
Moreover, enough publicity has not been given
so as to reach the maximum number of
beneficiaries. It is not enough that the Demand
Survey is published in just English and that too in
only one news paper with limited circulation in
State Capitals while sizable number of the
pensioners and employees reside in smaller cities
and towns where the news does not reach. The
publication has to be multi lingual and in all most
all news papers. As any survey which is
incomplete cannot serve the purpose for which it
is intended, it is requested that a” comprehensive
demand survey covering all the aspects mentioned
be published to give wide publicity so that those
who respond do so with full knowledge and then
only the survey will have any meaning. The last
date for submission of willingness may also be
extended beyond 31-3-2010
In view of the foregoing, it is clear that the
Government, totally ignoring the observations of
the highest court of the land, intends to use the
results of the unscientific Demand Survey to palm
off the dubious health insurance scheme on the
unsuspecting employees and pensioners —
option being the camouflage — and close the well
conceived and most beneficial CGHS thereby
denying the constitutional right of the worker to
robust health while in service and meaningful
existence of the pensioner till the end of his life.
As such, the Coordination Committee of Central
Government Associations of Andhra Pradesh
consisting of 23 pensioners associations requests
the Government not to introduce the health
insurance scheme but continue with the existing
CGHS, improve it and expand it to cover all
pensioners. Those residing in areas not covered
by CGHS be allowed to register with the nearest
CGHS Directorate for in-hospital treatment and
increasing the fixed medical allowance to cover
reasonable expenses under OPD. It should not
be forgotten that health insurance schemes all
over the world have not been able to provide
comprehensive health care to the insured. There
is no reason why we should embrace a scheme
that has failed.
The unanimous resolution passed by the
representatives of the pensioners in the
coordination Committee in the meeting held on
09-02-10 is enclosed for consideration.
"THIS AUGUST BODY of representatives in the
Coordination Committee of Central Government
Pensioners Associations hereby unanimously
resolves to request the Government to continue
with the Central Government Health Scheme,
strengthen it, expand it to cover all the pensioners
irrespective of their residence, Those pensioners
residing outside CGHS covered areas be allowed
to register with the nearest CGHS Directorate for
in-house treatment enhancing the Fixed Medical
Allowance of Rs.100 being paid now to them to a
realistic level to cover reasonable expenses on
OPD treatment. Introduction of Health Insurance
Scheme should be dropped as the scheme cannot
provide comprehensive health care. [The views
expressed above are those of the Co-ordinationCommittee of Pensioners Associations,Hyderabad]. Your views are solicited.
Editor, BP
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a Christian, a European or anything else, you
are being violent. Do you see why it is violent?
Because you are separating yourself from the
rest. When you separate yourself by belief,
by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence.
So a man who is seeking to understand
violence does not belong to any country,
religion, political party or poltical system; he
is concerned with the total understanding of
mankind.
Jiddu Krishnamurty,
Philosopher
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Deptt of P&PWs OM DATED 31.3.2010
GOI ORDERS
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April 2010GOI ORDERS
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F.No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dt 19.03.2010 from
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners
Welfare, New Delhi - 110003
Subject- Representations relating to revision of
pension of pre-2006 pensioners
The undersigned is directed to say that orders
for revision of pension/family pension of pre-2006
pensioners were issued vide this Department’s
OM of even number dated 1.8.2008. Para 4.1 of
that OM says pension/family pension of pre-2006
pensioners is to be consolidated w.e.f. 1.1.2006.
In accordance with these instructions a fitment
weightage @ 40% of the pre-2006 basic pension/
family pension (excluding the merged dearness
relief of 50%) to be given for revision of the pension
of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners.
2. Para 4.2 of the aforesaid OM further provides
that fixation of pension will be subject to the
provision that the revised pension, in no case,
shall be lower than fifty percent of the minimum
of the pay in the pay band plus the grade pay
corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from
which the pensioner had retired. In the case of
HAG+ and above scales, this will be fifty percent
of the minimum of the revised pay scale. It was
clarified in the OM dated 3.10.2008 that the
pension calculated at 50% of the minimum of pay
in the pay band plus grade pay would be
calculated at the minimum of the pay in the pay
band (irrespective of the pre-revised scale of pay)
plus the grade pay corresponding to the pre-
revised pay scale. The pension will be reduced
pro-rata where the pensioner had less than the
maximum required service for full pension as per
rule 49 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 as
applicable before 1.1.2006 and in no case it will
be less than Rs. 3500/- p.m. The fixation of family
pension will be subject to the provision that the
revised family pension, in no case shall be lower
than thirty percent of the sum of the minimum of
the pay in the pay band and the grade pay thereon
corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from
which the pensioner had retired. A Table indicating
the revised pension based on revised pay bands
and grade pay was also annexed with this
Department’s OM dated 14.10.2008.
3. A large number of representation / references
were received in this Department in regard to the
provisions of para 4.2 of tha OM dated 1.9.2008
and it was clarified in this Department’s O.M. of
even number dated 11.2.2009 that the
instructions/clarifications issued in this regard
were in consonance with the decision of the
Government on the recommendations of the Sixth
Central Pay Commission and no change was
required to be made in that respect.
4. In spite of the above clarifications,
representations are still being received from pre-
2006 pensioners (including those who retired from
the pre-revised S-29 pay scale i.e. Rs. 18400/-
22400/- for higher revised pension In terms of para
4.2 of the O.M. dated 1.9.2008. Representations
have also been received demanding a higher
fitment weightage to the pre-2006 pensioners in
revision of pension in terms of Para 4.1 of the
said OM.
5. These representations have been examined
in consultation with Ministry of Finance. It is
reiterated that orders relating to revision of pension
of pre-2006 pensioners/family pensioners have
been correctly issued as per the
recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay
Cornmission and no change is required to be made
in this respect.
6. All references/representations received in this
Department on the above issues stand disposed
of accordingly.
Tripti P Ghosh, Director (PP) Fax No.2462 4802
OM No.1 (7)(1)/2008/TA/498 dt: 19-11-2009 from
Ministry of Finance, Deptt of Exp, Controller
General of Accounts, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan
Market, New Delhi - 110 003
Sub:-lmplementation of Government’s decision on
the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay
Commission-Revision of Pension of pre-2006
pensioners/ family pensioners etc.
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Attention is invited to Department of Pension &
Pensioners’ Welfare’s instructions issued from
time to time on the subject mentioned above. In
this connection, reference may be made to their
O.M. No. 3S/37/ 08-P&PW(A) dated 21-5-2009,
Pay & Accounts Offices are now required to take
up all cases for revision of pension and issue
authorities, irrespective of whether Annexure III
has been received or not from the concerned
pension disbursing banks.
2. It has, however, come to the notice of this office
that the pension records in the PAO in respect of
pre-2006 cases may not be complete as certain
events (including the types listed below) may have
occurred after the original PPO was issued but
PAO’s records may not have been updated, for
some reason or the other, making it difficult for
the PAO to take up, suo-moto, revision in all
cases:
(i) Disbursing banks / branches may have been
changed by pensioner/family pensioner
(ii) Pension may have changed into family
pension due to death of pensioner
(iii) Title to family pension may have been
transferred to another person due to death etc. of
family pensioner
(iv) Pension/ family pension etc. may have been
discontinued in the absence of any other eligible
beneficiary
3. Such practical difficulties likely to be faced in
the PAOs, due to non-availability of some vital
information in some cases, have been considered
in this office in consultation with CPAO. In order
to avoid any further delay in settlement of revision
cases due to lack of the updated details with the
PAOs, Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO)
has now written to all Pension Disbursing Banks
to electronically send to the designated Nodal
Officer of each Ministry / Department Consolidated
information in respect of all pensioners/ family
pensioners drawing pension/ family pension from
their bank. CPAO’s O.M. No. CPAO/Tech/Nodal
Officers/Min/2009/304 dated 22-9-2009 also
available on CPAO’s website under ‘Guidelines
to Banks’ refers in this connection. Further, the
master data in respect of all pensioners whose
pension payment orders had been routed through
CPAO, has also been made available by CPAO
along with the original bank particulars on a web
portal which has been conveyed from CPAO to
all CCAs/CAs through e-mail on 14-8-2009.
4. All Nodal Officers, on receipt of the consolidated
information mentioned in the para above from
banks, will immediately forward this information
to the concerned PAOs who will, then, initiate
the process of pension revision, as per their own
records/pension files, duly updated wherever
necessary, from the information flowing from the
banks. In case date of birth of the family pensioner
or any other required information, is not available
in PAO's records including also in the consolidated
information from banks, PAO will call for the
same, from the concerned Head of Office and
finalise the case. PAO will have to indicate in the
revision authority reference no. under which the
date of birth of the family pensioner has been
intimated to him by the DDO/HOO.
5. It may also be noted that it will be for the
Pension disbursing banks to then disburse
pension/family pension at revised rates as
authorised by PAO, after adjusting payments, if
any, already made by them.
6. Keeping in view the need to speed up the issue
of revision authorities in respect of pre-2006 cases,
all Pr. CCAs/ CCAs/ CAs. need to immediately
review with their Nodal Officers, the status of
receipt of the consolidated information from banks
with reference to CPAO’s O.M. dated 22-9-2009
mentioned in para (3) above. It may also be
ensured that the Nodal Officers pursue with the
concerned banks and get the required information
expedited, under intimation to CPAO.
An effective mechanism for monitoring
progress of revision of pre-2006 cases may be
ensured by all Pr. CCAs/ CCAs/ CAs. Progress
report on the settlement of revision cases, will
need to be sent to this office periodically, the
proforma for which will be forwarded separately.
Vibha Pandey, Jt. Controller General of Accounts
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OM No.l4028/l/2010-Estt.(L) dt March, 2010 from
Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, P.G.
and Pensions, (Department of Personnel and
Training), New Delhi
Sub: Encashment of 10 days earned leave
alongwith LTC by re-Employed pensioners -
Clarification regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to DOP&T
O.M.No.310II/4/2008-Estt(A), dated 23 rd
September, 2008 allowing encashment of earned
leave alongwith LTC and to say that various
references are being received from Ministries/
Departments with regard to the applicability of
encashment of earned leave by re-employed
pensioners.
2. In this regard, it is clarified that re-employed
pensioner will be entitled to encashment of Earned
Leave alongwith LTC during the period of re-
employment upto the limit of 60 days in
accordance with Rule 38-A (including the no. of
days for which encashment has been allowed
alongwith Leave Travel Concession while in
service) provided he is entitled to LTC.
Simmi R. Nakra, Director
OM No S-11011/2/2008-CGHS(P)(P1)/dated 22nd
March, 2010 from Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare (Department of Health & Family Welfare)New Delhi - 110 108Subject: Request for free diet to CGHSbeneficiaries undergoing treatment for TB,Leprosy, Mental Illness Cancer, etc.The undersigned is directed to Invite reference tothis Ministry’s Office Memorandum, of evennumber dated the 20th May, 2009, vide which therates for subscription by CGHS beneficiaries toavail CGHS facilities were revised. The monetaryceiling for free diet was aiso revised. The followingprovisions had been made in respect of entitlementof free diet in para 3 (C) and (d) of the OfficeMemorandum under reference:(C) Monetary Ceiling for Free Diet:The monetary ceiling for free diet for CGHSbeneficiaries is revised to pay / pension / familypension of Rs. 7,450/- per month.(D) Monetary ceiling for free diet for beneficiariessuffering from TB or mental disease):The monetary ceiling for free diet in case ofbeneficiary suffering from TB or Mentaf diseaseis revised to pay / pension / family pension of Rs.11,1607- per month.”2. Staff Side, National Council (JCM) had proposeda demand for discussion in the meeting of theNational Council that free diet to employees andtheir dependants undergoing treatment for TB,Leprosy, Mental Illness, Cancer & HIV /AIDS,Renal Dialysis therapy and thalassemia be alsoprovided.3. The demand of the Staff Side, National Council(JCM) has been examined in the Ministry of Health& Family Welfare in consultation with IFD (Health),and it has been decided to extend free diet provisionfor CGHS beneficiaries undergoing treatment forTB, Leprosy, Mental Illness, Cancer & HIV/AIDS,Renal Dialysis therapy and Thalassemia whenthey undergo treatment in Central Governmenthospitals, subject to the condition that the freediet will be restricted to beneficiaries who aredrawing their pay in Pay Band I or retired from apost which now carries pay in Pay Band I andfurther subject to monetary limit of Rs.11,160/-per month.4. This issues with the concurrence of IFD (Health)vide Dy. No. 435 dated the 3rd February, 2010.
R Ravi, Dy Secy to the Govt of India[Tel: 2306 3483]
CORRIGENDUM OM No. CPAO/Tech/6th CPC/
2009-10/ dt 20.11.2009 from Ministry of Finance
Deptt of Expenditure Central Pension Accounting
Office, Trikoot-ll, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi.
In partial modification of this office D.O letter NO.
CPAO/Tech/6th CPC/Misc/1265 dated 26.09.2008
(copy enclosed) addressed to all Nodal Officers
of the authorised banks, the first line of in para 2
may be read as under:-.
ForThe revised pension shall be in no case be lower
than the fifty percent of the minimum of the pay
band plus grade pay corresponding to the pre-
revised pay scale from which the pensioner had
retired.
To be read asThe revised pension, shall be in no case be lower
than fifty percent of the minimum of the pay in the
pay band plus the grade pay corresponding to
the pre-revised pay scale from which the pensioner
had retired.
Tripti P Ghosh, Controller of Accounts
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Letter No.10 (01)/D (Pen/Pol)/2009/Vol.II dt 19th
Jan. 2010 from Ministry of Defence, Department
of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, New Delhi to,
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject: Revision of Disability/War Injury Element
of pension in respect of Armed Forces Officers
and PBOR pensioners based on the
recommendations of Cabinet Secretary
Committee Report
Sir, The undersigned is directed to state that in
order to consider various issues on pension of
Armed Forces Pensioners, Government had set
up a Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
The recommendations of the said Cabinet
Secretary’s Committee on disability war injury
pension have been considered by the Government
and the President is pleased to decide that with
effect from 1.7.2009, the concept of broad banding
of percentage of disability/war injury, as provided
in Para 7.2 of this Ministry’s letter No l(2)/97/
D(Pen-C) dated 31.01.2001, shall be extended to
Armed Forces Officers and PBOR who were
invalided out of service prior to 1.1.1996 and are
in receipt of disability/war injury pension as on
1.7.2009. Wherever, the disability element/war
injury element of pension in pre-1.1.1996 cases
was not allowed for disability being accepted as
less than 20% at initial stage or subsequent stage
on reassessment of disability, the same will
continue to be disallowed and such cases will
not be re-opened.
2. Further, the President is also pleased to
decide that the cap on war injury pension with
reference to emoluments last drawn in the case
of disabled pensioners belonging to category ‘E’
of Para 4.1 of this Ministry’s above mentioned
letter dated 31.1.2001, shall stand removed with
effect from 1.7.2009 for Armed Forces Officers
and PBOR pensioners. The provision contained
in Para 8 of this Ministry’s letter no. PC l(2)/97/
D(Pen-C) Dated 16.5.2001, Para 10.1(b) of this
Ministry letter No. 1 (2)/97/D(Pen-C) dated
31.1.2001 and para. 6.4 & 7.4 of this Ministry’s
letter No. 16(6)/2008(2)/D(Pen / Pol) dated
5.5.2009, shall stand modified to that extent.
3. The disability/war injury element of pension
in all such cases shall be recomputed accordingly
under these orders by the Pension Sanctioning
Authorities (PSAs) concerned for regulating
payment under this Ministry’s letter No. 16(6)/
2008(l)/D(Pen/Policy) dated 4.5.2009 and letter
No. I6(6)/2008(2)/D(Pen/Policy) dated 5.5.2009.
For this purpose, each affected Armed Forces
pensioner who is in receipt of disability/war injury
element of pension as on 1.7.2009 will submit an
application in the format enclosed as Annexure
to this letter to the PSAs concerned through their
Pension Disbursing Agencies and Record Offices
in the case of PBO’R and through Pension
Disbursing Agencies in the case of
Commissioned Officers to PSAs concerned for
revision of disability/war injury element of pension
in terms of Para 1 and 2 above, as the case may
be. Further Implementation instructions to all
concerned will be issued by PCDA(Pensions)
Allahabad immediately on receipt of these orders.
4. Revision of war injury element of pension in
respect of those who have been retired/
discharged/invalided out of service on or after
1.7.2009 under category ‘E’ and in whose case
war injury pension has already been notified in
terms of this Ministry’s above mentioned letter
dated 5.5.2009, will be carried out suo-moto by
the PSAs concerned by issue of corrigendum
PPOs without any application from the concerned
pensioners.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance
Division of this Ministry vide their U.O.No.51/Fin/
Pen dated 08.01.2010. Yours faithfully,
Harbans Singh, Director (Pension/Policy)
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Annexure
(Referred to in Para 3 of MOD letter No 10(l)/2009/
D(Pen/Policy) dated 19.1.2010}
FORM OF APPLICATION
(To be submitted IN TRIPLICATE by Armed Forces
disability pensioners invalided out prior to 1.1.1996
and war injury pensioners invalided out prior to
1.7.2009 and those released after 1.1.2006 but
before 1.7.2009 and drawing disability/war injury
element of pension as on 1.7.2009)
To,
(Pension Disbursing Authority)
Sub: Recomputation of disability/war injury
element of pension drawing pension as on
1.7.2009.
Sir,
With a view to recompute my disability/war
injury element of pension in terms of Ministry of
Defence letter No 10(l)/2009/D(Pen/Policy) dated
19.1.2010, the requisite particulars are given
below:-
1. Name of the pensioner
2. Rank/group and Regt No. / IC No .
3. Date of Enrolment / Commission
4. Date of Invalidment
5. Type of pension admissible
6. PPO No/Corr PPO No under which disability/
war injury element of pension on invalidment
was notified
7. Percentage of disability for which disability/
war injury element is being drawn as on
1.7.2009
8. Amount of existing disability/war injury
element being drawn as on 1,7.2009
9. Amount of existing service element of
disability/war injury element being drawn as
on 1.7.2009
10. Pension Disbursing Agency (Paying bank
branch with SB/Current A/c No./ Treasury/
DPDO/PAO)
11. Name of applicant if the application is being
made on behalf of pensioner for Life -Time
Arrears (LTA)
12. Address of the family pensioner/applicant
Date : (SIGNATURE OF
PENSIONER/APPLICANT)
PART II
(To be completed by the PDA of the pensioner)
The particulars mentioned above are verified with
reference to pension account held and forwarded
to the
Record office _ __________________(full address)
in the case of PBOR and PSAs concerned ____
___________ ____ (full address) in the case of
commissioned officers.
No. ____
Date _____
(SIGNATURE)
Rubber stamp of Pension Disbursing Authority
PART III
(To be completed by the
Record Office of the pensioner)
Verified and forwarded to the PSAs concerned
_______ ______ _____ (full address).
No.__________
Date
(SIGNATURE)
Rubber stamp of Competent Authority
Address of Pension Sanctioning Authorities:
Army, Navy & Air Force Officers
1. The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts
(Pensions) Draupdighat Allahabad-211014
For such Naval and Air Force officers who retired
from service on or after 1.11.1985.
2. The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts
(Navy) 2- Cooperage Road, Mumbai- 400 039
3. Jt. Controller of Defence Accounts(AF)
Subroto Park, Delhi Cantt -110 010
LPC Cum Data Sheet and other subsidiary
instructions in this regard to follow shortly.
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No.l4028/l/2010-Estt.(L) dt March, 2010 from
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training) New Delhi
Sub: Encashment of 10 days earned leave
alongwith LTC by re-Employed pensioners -
Clarification regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to DOP&T
O.M.No.310II/4/2008-Estt(A), dated 23 rd
September, 2008 allowing encashment of earned
leave alongwith LTC and to say that various
references are being received from Ministries/
Departments with regard to the applicability of
encashment of earned leave by re-employed
pensioners.
2. In this regard, it is clarified that re-employed
pensioner will be entitled to encashment of Earned
Leave alongwith LTC during the period of re-
employment upto the limit of 60 days in
accordance with Rule 38-A (including the no. of
days for which encashment has been allowed
alongwith Leave Travel Concession while in
service) provided he is entitled to LTC.
Simmi R. Nakra, Director
Letter No. 17(4)/2008(1)(T,)( Pen/Policy) dt 20th,
January, 2010 from Ministry of Defence,
Department of ex-Servicemen Welfare, New Delhi,
to
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject : IMPLEMENTATION OF THEGOVERNMENT DECISION ON THERECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CABINETSECRETARY’S COMMITTEE RELATING TOPENSION OF PRE - 1.1.06 LT. GENL/EQUIVALENTS - REG
Sir, The undersigned is directed to refer to this
Ministry’s letter No. I7(4)2008(I)/D(Pen/Policy)
dated 11.11.2008 on the above subject
as’amended vide this Ministry’s letter of even No.
dated 20.1.2009 and to state that as per
recommendation of the Committee headed by the
Cabinet Secretary, constituted by the
Government, to consider various issues on pension
of Armed Forces pensioners, the pay structure
for the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army
(other than MNS officers) and equivalent ranks
in Navy and Air Force issued in implementation
of the recommendations of Sixth CPC, has been
further revised and notified vide amendment
dated 16th July 2009 to SAI/SNI/SAFI No. 2/S/
2009 respectively, under which Lieutenant
General and equivalent officers in Navy and Air
Force have been placed in a newly introduced
HAG scale of Rs 67000-79000 with effect from
1.1.2006 corresponding to pre-revised HAG pay
scale of Rs 22400-24500. Accordingly, the rates
of minimum guaranteed pension/family pension
for the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent
ranks in Navy & Air Force, as notified in Annexure
-II (Revised) to this Ministry’s above quoted letter
dated 20.1.2009, are substituted with rates
indicated in the enclosed Annexure.
2. All other entries remain unchanged.
3. Tills issues with the concurrence of the
Finance Division of this Ministry vide - their U.O.
No. tl9/FWPen dt 20.1.2010. Yours faithfully,
Harbans Singh, Director (Pension/Policy)
Rly Bd’s letter/ No.2008/TG-I/lO/P/o-ticketing ID
(Commercial Circular No. 03/2010)dated :
22.03.2010
Sub: E-tickcts - Photo ID
Please refer to this office letter No.2008/TG-I/lO/
P/e-ticketing ID dated 27.04,2009
(Commercial Circular No. 14 of 2009) wherein it
ha^ been advised that the facility of dispensing
the condition of indicating proof of identity at the
tune of booking e-ticket and carrying during
the journey any one original proof of identity
mentioned in the scheme may be extended upto
30 April, 2010 j
The matter regarding its further extension has
been examined on the basis of feedback’received
from .Zonal Railways and it has been decided
that this facility may be extended till further orders.
Dr. Monica Agnihotri, Director Passenger
Marketing
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Figures and graph
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Dept. of Per. & Trg., O.M. No.12/192/2009-IR
dated 20-1-2010
Sub :- Maintenance of records in consonancewith Section 4 of the RT1 Act
The Central Information Commission in a case
has highlighted that the systematic failure in
maintenance of records is resulting in supply of
incomplete and misleading information and that
such failure is due to the fact that the public
authorities do not adhere to the mandate of Section
4 (1) (a) of the RTI Act, which requires every public
authority to maintain all its records duly
catalogued and indexed in a manner and form
which would facilitate tile right to information. The
Commission also pointed out that such a default
could qualify for payment of compensation to their
complainant. Section 1 9 (8) (b) of the Act gives
power to the Commission to require the concerned
public authority to compensate the complainant
for any loss or other detriment suffered.
2. Proper maintenance of records is vital for the
success of the Right to Information Act but many
public authorities have not paid due attention to
the issue despite instructions issued by this
Department. The undersigned is directed to
request all the Ministries / Departments etc., to
ensure that requirements of Section 4 of the Act
in general and Clause (a) of sub-Section (1) thereof
in particular are met by all the public authorities
under them without any further delay.
Coronary Stents
OM No, Misc. 1QQ2/20Q6/CGHS (R&fy/CGHS
(P), dated 8-2-2010 from Min of Health & FW,
New Delhi
Sub : Revision of rates and guidelines for various
Coronary Stents for CGHS / CS (MA) beneficiaries
— Clarification regarding
The undersigned is directed to invite
reference to the Office Memorandum, of even
number, dated the 12th September, 2007, issued
by the Ministry of Health and Family Weifare on
the above mentioned subject, vide which ceiling
rates for five types of coronary stents were
conveyed, as also the decision of the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare to permit reimbursing
up to three stents and the guidelines to be followed
by the Ministries / Departments for allowing
reimbursement up to three stents and to state
that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
has been requested to clarify as to whether
Ministries / Departments have been delegated
powers to handle reimbursement claims in which
three stents have been implanted or the approval
of the CGHS / Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare will be necessary before the
reimbursement is allowed.
2. The undersigned is directed to clarify that
powers ha.ve been delegated to Ministries /
Departments to settle reimbursement claims
involving implantation of three stents, of which not
more than two are Drug Eluting Stents (DHS),
DISABILITY PENSION
Latter F.No. 200/51/99-ITA.I dt 2nd July 2001
Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central
Board of Direct Taxes, New Delhi.
SUBJECT: Exemption from income tax to
disability pension, i.e. “disability element” and
“service element” of a disabled officer of the Indian
Armed Forces - Instrs regarding
Sir, References have been received in the Board
regarding exemption from income tax to disability
pension, i.e. “disability element” and “service
element” of a disabled officer of the Indian Armed
Forces.
2. It appears that field formations in certain
cases are not uniformly allowing disability pension
in spite of Board’s Instruction No.135 dated 14th
January, 1970 [F.NO.34/3/68-IT(A.I)].
3. The matter has been re-examined in the
Board and it has been decided to reiterate that
the entire disability pension, i.e. “disabilityelement” and “service element” of a disabled
officer of the Indian Armed Forces continues to
be exempt from income tax.
4. This may be brought to the notice of all the
officers working under you.
Yours faithfully,
B.L. SAHU, OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY (ITA.I)
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subject to the conditions mentioned in Paras. 3
to 5 of the Office Memorandum of 12th
September, 2007, referred above and only in case
relaxation of instructions is involved will the file
have to be referred to Director, CGHS, Nirman
Bhawan, New Delhi, in respect of CGHS
beneficiaries and to DS (MS), Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi,
in respect of beneficiaries under Central Services
(Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944, for approval,
Rly Bd's PC VI No 193 / RBE No 43/2010 / LetterNo. F(E)III/2008/LE-1/1 dt 00.00.2010Sub: Recommendations of the Sixth CentralPay Commission - encashment of LAP whileavailing Pass/PTO by re-employed pensioners -Clarification regarding
Consequent upon implementation of therecommendations of the 6 th Central PayCommission to permit Railway servants toencashment of LAP upto 10 days at the time ofavailing Passes once in two years, instructionswere issued accordingly, vide this office letter ofeven number dated 29.10.2008, incorporating therule in Indian Railways Establishment Code Vol.1as Rule 540-A.2 The Department of Personnel & Training(DOP&T), after examining references received fromvarious Ministries/Departments regardingapplicability of encashment of earned leave byre-employed pensioners, have clarified that re-employed pensioners will be entitled toencashment of earned leave along with LTC duringthe period of re-employment upto the limit of 60days (including the no. of days for whichencashment has been allowed along with LTCwhile in service) provided he is entitled to LTC.3. The matter has been considered by the Boardand it is clarified that re-employed Railwaypensioners will be entitled to encashment of LAPwhile availing Pass/PTO during the period of re-employment upto the overall limit of 60 days inaccordance with Rule 540-A of IREC-Vol.I(including the number of days for whichencashment has been allowed at the time ofavailing Pass/PTO while in service) provided, heis entitled to Pass/PTO.
S SREERAM, Jt. Director Finance (Estt)
Concept of Hospice in India
The hospice provides palliative care, comfort and
wellness to the terminally ill patients through
personal caring to both patients and their loved
ones. It is mostly holistic in nature where patient’s
sufferings are alleviated through emotional,
spiritual counselling and psychological treatment
rather than medical means.
The concept of hospice care is well established
in the west but in India where palliative care is so
desperately needed, it is almost unheard of.
Hospices are very rare in India with only 16 of
them existing in India’s 28 states and 7 Union
Territories put together.
India has 10 lakh new cancer cases coming up
each year. 75% of them are diagnosed at the
terminal stage when it is too late to cure or even
treat them. Hence the need for greater number of
hospices which can provide a meaningful,
psychological, and spiritual support to the patient’s
and their dear one’s.Dr A.K. Dewan Sr. Consultant and Surgeon , Rajiv
Gandhi Cancer Institute New Delhi and his team
are part and parcel of the Ganga Prem Hospice
under the auspices of Shradha Cancer Care Trust.
They are contributing their might by way of running
cancer and gynaecological clinics at Rishikesh.
Report by V.K. Taneja (WL-9334) Member Mg.
Committee BPS.
Good Cholesterol & Diabetes
Increasing the amount of good cholesterol in the
body and lowering blood pressure do not reduce
the risk of heart disease among people suffering
from diabetes, according to a new study unveiled
on Sunday (14.03.10) Courtesy : HT, New Delhi
EMERGENCIES IN CWG GAMES
Doctors trained specifically for emergencies will
be putting their skills to use during the Games.
We are ready to handle any kind of eventuality.
Dr M C Misra, AIIMS, Trauma Centre Chief
HOSPICE
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Men must age with careby Dr Anjali Mukherjee
A lot of attention is given to health issues that
women deal with after the age of 50. But that
doesn’t mean that men do not face equally serious
health problems around that age; they, too, need
to take care.
However, the physical changes in men might
not be as pronounced as those in women. In any
case, these changes call for immediate
corrections in eating patterns and lifestyle. Some
symptoms of a looming disease include a drop in
metabolic rate, digestive capacity and
testosterone levels, which could lead to .heart
disease, prostate cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s,
etc.
Take up good habits
Eating late: Avoid eating late at night and going
off to sleep soon after. Eating before 7 pm gives
food enough time to ‘digest and reduces the
chances of carbohydrates being converted to fat.
Avoid snacking: As you age, your body
produces more free radicals that hasten the ageing
process. Fried foods speed up the ageing.
Alcohol and smoking: Cut down now to reduce
risk of cancer, diabetes and clogged arteries.
Sugar intake: Sugar hastens the ageing process
and causes more disease than any other food.
Refined flour products: Avoid cakes, bread and
pasta.
High-salt foods: Reduce intake of chips, papad,
pickle, and processed and canned foods.
Eat healthy: Cooked tomatoes as puree or sauce
protect against cancer.
* Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, amla, etc
are rich in phytonutrients and cleanse clogged
arteries of blockages.
* Green leafy vegetables prevent cancer.
* Holistic grains have fibre, carbohydrates, zinc,
B-complex vitamins, iron and calcium.
* Fish such as salmon, herring, tuna and mackerel
are high in Omega 3 fatty acids. They are anti-
inflammatory agents that reduce the arterial
damage done by plaque accumulation. »
Almonds, pistachios, walnuts, sunflower and
sesame seeds keep cells healthy.
* Oranges, carrots, tomatoes, capsicum,
mangoes and limes are high in Vitamin C, beta-
carotene and phytonutrients.
Exercise regularly
Stick to some form of exercise as you age.
Contrary to what a lot of men believe, exercise
doesn’t only mean concentrating on weights.
Walking, swimming and cycling stimulate the
respiratory system and burn calories.
Courtesy : HT, New Delhi
BSNL Corporate Office
Letter No. BSNL/Admn.l/14-2/09 dt 08.02.10 to
The General Manager (0) O/o Chief General
Manager Bharat Sanchar Nigam Untiled, National
Centre for Electrontc Switching, ARA Centre,
Mezzanine Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension,
New Delhi 110 055
Sub: Clarifications regarding consideration of
claims of cataract surgery with IOL.
Please refer to your letter No. ND/NCES/5-J3/
BSNLMRS/V/33/1S1Z dated 8.2.10 on the subject
mentioned above. The Issue of consideration of
claims of cataract surgery with IOL was
considered In Corporate Office and it has been
decided that the claims of cataract surgery with
IOL may be considered as indoor treatment, This
has the approval of Competent Authority.
J P Meena Assistant General Manager
(Admn.l) Tel. No 2303 7241 fax No 2373 4260
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BOOK REVIEW
REDISCOVERY OF INDIAby Meghnad Desai
Review by Mani Shankar Aiyar
MEGHNAD Lord Desai of St Clement Danes—
not, mind you, of Dharavi— invites the wary reader
to “enjoy” his book by “getting angry at the author,
disagreeing...challenging his views”. I, for one, do
all three. And am “yet having the fun” he urges
“which takes you to the end”, as he lurches from
a ludicrous preface to his hilarious final chapter,
“Whose India? Which India?’— as if we natives
did not know.
Our Bombay boy-turned-British peer believes,
apparently seriously, that India began to
experience nationhood only after Vasco da Gama
brought the enlightened West to our benighted
land, that “India is a creature of the 150 years
since 1857”, and that “there was no Indian nation
before then”. Moreover that, but for the British,
independent India would never have discovered
unity or democracy not only since we would not
have been introduced to Bentham or ruled by
Bentinck but also because India has had the good
fortune of emerging as “a creature of global
capitalism harnessed to the winner country”.
Indeed, even the Mahatma’s contribution to
contemporary nationbuilding is attributed to
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi having been “an
England-trained barrister”.
Jawaharlal Nehru’s “myth” of an Indian nation
is dismissed by Lord Desai as a devious Congress
device to establish its “hegemony” over the
freedom movement. Indeed, my noble lord
concludes that it is not us poor Indians but
“Pakistan” that has “cemented India”. Not only
Nehru, Gandhi too is not spared for having
committed the outrage of squelching Ramsay
MacDonald’s Communal Award of 1932, which
would have given Dalits 72 seats from separate
electorates, by the Mahatma offering them 142
through reservation. “Alas,” he says, the Congress
portrayed the Award as “another ‘divide and rule’
ploy” (it wasn’t!) and the native rascals got away
with keeping the Dalits within the Hindu fold. Wah
re mere Gujju bhai, you are not only Queen
Elizabeth’s faithful servant, you have outdone
Abdul Karim in your fidelity to Queen Victoria !
Nehru’s Discovery of India begins with his
asking those who greet him on his 1937 election
tour with the slogan “Bharat mata ki jai” the
identity and meaning of this Bharat mata. And
the book is a search for the essence of the
millennial belief that Bharat is mata because the
mother belongs to all of us who through “the
trackless centuries” have believed that our being
children of a common motherland is what makes
us a nation. Nehru articulated India’s unique
combination of antiquity and continuity with
heterogeneity in the evolution of our nationhood—
a civilisation that seeks unity not through
uniformity, but unity through diversity,
synthesising all races, colours and religions,
numerous languages and thousands of dialects,
and a bouquet of customs and traditions into a
single Indian nation. Perhaps his Lordship’s long
years in salubrious foreign lands (for he fled his
country of birth as a callow lad of twenty-one)
have made Desai forget the sankalp, invoked over
at least five thousand years, that places the Indian
worshipper in “Bharata-varshe”.
The book’s second half, about India after
independence, is trite, superficial and riddled with
inaccuracies, inconsistencies and omissions. He
cannot even get right the sequencing of 26/11, for
he places the attack on the Taj before the outrage
at the CST and the Cama Hospital (and fails to
mention the Trident, presumably because it lacks
his preference for a “haven of luxury”). As for
inconsistencies, he claims “economic policy was
the biggest failure of Nehru” and, in the very next
paragraph, begins, “Nehru himself was witness
to a good decade of growth in India”. And as for
omissions, he gives us a potted, patchy history
of Rajiv Gandhi as PM without mentioning either
Panchayati Raj, the action plan for a nuclear-
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weapons-free and nonviolent world order, or his
championing (against Thatcher’s machinations)
of an end to apartheid, colonialism and invasion
in Africa, which led to Rajiv being invited as the
principal guest at Namibia’s independence day
celebrations even after ceasing to be prime
minister.
Strange how a coloured immigrant has to
twist and turn to become a peer of the realm.
And, shame on us, we’ve given not only Chatwal
but even this guy a Bharatiya Pravasiya Puraskar.
Courtesy :OUTLOOK Weekly, New Delhi - 110
029
Puncture your egoby Ratan Suri
Having conquered half the world and having ruined
hundreds of towns and cities in his ego-driven
quest, King Alexander reached India and found
himself lost in a vast desert. With no water in
sight for days, his thirst became unbearable.
He came across an old beggar who had a pot
of drinking water with him. Alexander asked for
water, but the latter asked, “What will you give
me in lieu of this pot of water?” Alexander, who
had not seen a drop of water for almost a week,
offered half of his kingdom. The beggar said,
“Come tomorrow, as I want not half but your entire
kingdom.”
Alexander agreed to trade his entire kingdom
for the pot of water. The beggar laughed and said,
“So the worth of your kingdom is just a pot of
water.” Alexander realised his mistake and went
back, but died on his way.
There is a story of a disciple who went to a
Guru to learn martial arts. After sustained
practice, the disciple became an invincible sword
fighter. “Why should I now bow before the Guru,
whom I can easily defeat in sword fight?” The
impudent disciple challenged his Guru for a sword
fight. The Guru accepted the challenge.
One day the disciple learnt that the Guru was
getting an eight-feet-long sword made for the duel
so that he could attack the disciple from a safe
distance. In response, the disciple arranged a 10-
feet-long sword. However, the disciple did not
LETTER FROM BPSImprove Medicare @ Rewari
Letter No BPS/NWR/1 dt 16.03.10 from S C
Maheshwari, Secy for Rly Pensioners, BPS, to
GM, North Western Railway, Jaipur (for kind
attention of Vinay Mittal)
Dear Sir, lt has been brought to the notice of the
Samaj that the Sub Divisional Hospital REWARI
is under staff because of there being Two
vacancies of Doctors & and a vacancy of Lab
Technician. The Contract of Visiting Physician,
Surgeon & Gynecologist has not been renewed,
due to which even for OPD consultation
beneficiaries are being directed to 230 K.M. away
Jaipur Divisional Hospital.
Sir, under these circumstances/you can well
imagine the fate of Sr Citizen Patients in advance
age for whome an attendant/Companion is an
unaffordable luxury U/S therefore solicits your
personal intervention to consider following
suggestions for immediate relief / A?
1.To restore facility of visiting Doctors, or-j
2. Fill up the vacancies of Doctors by appointing
a Sr Physician & Orthopedician or
3.Refer the patients for OPD Consultation to a
nearer Rly Hospital such as NRCH New Delhi
which is from REWARI Bharat Pensioners Samaj
is very hope full that your goodself will take care
of the Sr.Citizen Pensioners.
know that the eight-feet sheath of the Guru
contained only a one-foot-long sharp sword.
On the appointed day, as the duel started, the
disciple scrambled to take out his sword out of
the sheath. The Guru quickly brought out his sword
and placed it on the disciple’s neck, who now
pleaded for mercy.
The Guru forgave his disciple and said, “Always
keep a small sword in your big sheath if you want
to win.
In other words, even when you occupy high
posts, or acquire, exceptional capabilities, your
ego should always be small.
LETTER FROM BPS
2 9BHARAT PENSIONER
April 2010
Letter No.4/53/2009-2Pension dt 17.03.2010 from
the Financial Commissioner & Principal
Secretary to Government Haryana, Finance
Department, Chandigarh to
1. All Heads of the Departments.
2. Commissioners of Divisions in Haryana.
3. All Deputy Commissioners & Sub Divisional
Officers (Civil) in Haryana.
4. The Registrar, Punjab & Haryana High Court,
Chandigarh
Subject : - Regarding counting of Daily wage
service towards pension
Sir, I am directed to invite your attention to FD’s
instruction bearing No. 2/2/2004-I Pension (FD)
dated 10-12-2004 on the subject noted above.
2. It has come to the notice of the Government
that provision in Rule 3.17-A (I) (i) of Pb CSR
Volume-II are not followed by the Departments.
Moreover in Court cases these rules are not
brought to the notice of Hon’ble Courts. The said
provisions are icproduced as under:-
(f) Employees retiring from Government service
with confirmation (as temporary employees) in
any post on or after 5-2-1969 will be entitled to
invalid/retiring/superannuation pension and death-
cum-retiremcnt-gratuity on the same basis as
admissible to permanent employees. In case of
death of temporary employees in service, his family
will also be entitled to similar benefits as are
admissible to the families of permanent
employees. This concession will, however, not
apply to:-
(i) Persons paid from contingencies; provided that
half of the period of service of such persons paid
from contingencies rendered from 1st January,
1973 onwards for which authentic records of
service is available will count as qualifying service
subject to the following conditions:-
(a) Service paid from contingencies should have
been in a job involving whole time employment
and not part time form a portion of day.
(b) Service paid from contingencies should be in
a type of work or job for which regular post should
have been sanctioned e.g. mails, Chowkidars,
Khalasis etc. The service should have been such
for which the payment is made either on monthly
or daily rates computed and paid on a monthly
basis and which though not analogous to the
regular scale of pay should bear some relations
in the matter of pay to those being paid for similar
jobs being performed by staff in regular
establishments; and
(c) The service paid form contingencies should
have been continuous and followed by absorption
in regular employment without a break.
Note:- While bringing contingent paid employee
to the regular establishment, an entry for
verification of contingent service should be made
at the appropriate place in his service book,
preferably before making any entry’regarding his
regular service in the following manner: -
“Service from ________to _______ paid out of
contingencies verified from acquittance rolls and
office copies of contingent bills". This entry should
be signed by the Head of Office with date.
3. All the cases of your department may be
examined in the light of these rules and if
Government employee is entitled to the benefit of
service rendered by them on daily wages, the
same may be given in accordance with the
provisions of these rules.
4. These instructions may be brought to the
notice of all concerned under your kind control for
strict compliance and any violation will be viewed
seriously by the Government. Yours faithfully
Harminder, Advisor Finance (Pension)
for Financial Commissioner & Principal
Secretary, to Government Haryana, Finance
Department
Flash for Rlymen
PRS Code for obtaining concession on Railway
post retirement passes for seventy years and
above pensioner/family pensioner : RRECOM
STATE ORDERS
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AAP AUR HUM
ACTIVITY REPORTS FROMOUR AFFILIATES
Renew: Please remember to renew your
subscription (Rs. 450) whether due this month or
the next.
Add ID: Please quote your ID (mailing number
and pin code number while writing to BPS, New
Delhi (Reports received without your ID, mailing
no. / Pin code no. may not be taken up for
publication)).
Send Direct: Please send your reports (in English)
direct to the Editor, BPS –
D. Jayaraman, 23, Rashi Apts, Plot – 3, Sec –
7, Dwarka, Delhi-110075 and reports (in Hindi) to
R N Tripathi, Sr VP, (BPS), L-21, Laxmi Nagar,
Delhi – 110092.
DANAPUR: E R P Brotherhood – Monthly
meeting was held on 14.03.10. Minutes of the
previous meeting and monthly accounts were read
out and passed. Members were informed that
additional DR of 8% (thereby increasing it to 35%)
w.e.f. 01.01.10 would be sanctioned by the Central
Govt. to the pensioners shortly.
GUWHATI: NFRPA – 7th biennial meet was held
recently. All members were requested to extend
cooperation for holding the central BGM on 28th
and 29th Mar, 2010. A new Committee for 2010-
11 was formed with K Panging and B K Das as
President and Secy respectively. Earlier, the death
of legendary political leader and former CM of
West Bengal, Com Jyoti Basu, was mourned.
5th Biennial conference of New Bangaigaon -
Bangaigaon was held. The Secretary’s report and
audited accounts were placed before the house
and passed.
7th BGM of New Guwahati branch was held in the
presence of large number of pensioners/family
pensioners. Secretary’s report and audited
accounts were placed before the members. A new
committee with R N Burman as President, B Dey
as Secy and S Chakravarthy as Treasurer was
elected for 2010-11.
KAPURTHALA P&T Audit & Accounts andother CGPA - Pensioners day was held on
17.12.09. A medical checkup camp was
organized for ailing pensioners and their families.
The Secy read out the annual report and presented
16 long pending demands of the pensioners. 12
senior members (70+) were honoured with shawls.
In the monthly meeting held on 28.02.10.
Members were informed about the letter received
from BPS, Delhi, intimating GC meeting of BCPC
would be held at New Delhi on 06.03.10. and that
those desirous of attending the meeting may give
their names. V S Jolly, Secy, Gl AICGP,
Jalandhar and VC (North), BCPC was the Chief
Guest. In his brief address he shared with the
members the problems of the pensioners.
Birthday greetings were conveyed to 11 members.
KOLKATA: CAPPA- Following office bearers were
elected for 2010-11. President - P K Dey, Secy-
S S Guptha. Besides this, 2 each VP’s and Asst
Secretaries, 1 Jt. Secy, and 6 EC Members were
also elected.
LUDHIANA: NRPWA- AGM was held on 15.03.10.
The Secy presented his report. He highlighted
the upgradation of Rly H U to the Sub Divisional
Hospital thereby extending better medical facilities
for RELHS beneficiaries and employees. Chief
Cashier presented the Financial Report and it was
passed. The Chairman lashed out at the Central
Govt for not granting full parity to pre-01.01.06
pensioners. He also criticized the Govt for not
enhancing the FMA. Gl Secy was critical of DRM
officer FZR for not allotting office room for this
association. Senior members (75+) were
honoured with shawls. 12 students (Weaker
Section) were given monetary help of Rs 250 each.
MOHALI: Defence A/cs P W A – In the meeting
held on 07.03.10, an appeal was made to the
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Central Govt. to hold back price hike of Petroleum
products. Punjab Govt. was requested to open
more Old Age Homes for the benefit of Sr.
Citizens. In a separate letter dated 15.03.10, the
attention of MD of Grewal Eye Institute,
Chandigarh was drawn to the recent fire accident
and he was requested to take the remedial
measures and ensure that incidents of this kind
do not recur.
PATIALA: – Shri Shanti Kumar has written a letter
to the Hon’ble Minister of State in PMO inviting
his attention to the glaring anomalies in the
clarificatory order of GOI OM dated Oct’08 on para
4.2 of OM dated 01.09.08. According to him nearly
500 representations are reportedly sent to the
Hon’ble Minister from Patiala.
PUNE: AICGPA – In his letter dated 20.02.10
addressed to the Secy Genl of BPS, Delhi the
Org Secy of this unit has intimated that 4
pensioners who retired from DOT BSNL are
drawing pension from the same branch of the
Nationalized Bank with different rates of DR – one
who retired on 31.01.95 is getting 27% DR w.e.f
01.07.09; the second one (DOR-31.01.2001) is
getting the DR @ 100% w.e.f 01.07.09; third one
from the non - executive category (DOR - 31.01.07)
is drawing DR @ 50% w.e.f 01.07.09 and fourth
one from executive category (DOR - 31.01.07) is
drawing @ 18.5% w.e.f 01.07.09. The position is
still worse in respect of family pensioners.
VIJAYANAGARAM (AP) WATBP – In the AGM
held on 03.01.10, the following office bearers were
elected:- President C H Satya Rao, Secy A
Krishna Rao, Treasurer K S N Murthy. Besides
this, one Auditor and 5 EC members were also
elected. 3 Resolutions on pending demands of
the BSNL pensioners were unanimously passed
and sent to the concerned authorities.
No. BPS/DOP/SG/2K10 dated : 10-04-2010 from
Secy Genl to the Director (PP) Ministry of
Personnel, PG & Pensions (Department of
Pension & PW) New Delhi - 110 003
(For the kind attention of Ms Tripti Ghosh)
Letter dt 02.04.10 from Er S C Maheshwari, Secy
Rly,BPS, New Delhi to A K Malhotra, CAO (Rly),
DMW, Patiala - 147 001
Sub:- Allotment of 'Apna Ghar' to Sr Citizens Association
(Bhartiya Rail), Patiala
Dear Shri A K Malhotra Ji, Bharat Pensioners
Samaj, the oldest ‘Pensioners Federation’ in India,
with its 375 affiliated Associations, express/its
deep gratitude for allotting accommodation named
as “Apna Ghar” to its affil iate “Sr Citizens
Association (Bhartiya Rail) Patiala” which is doing
yeomen service to the Sr Citizens of Bhartiya Rail.
Your kind hearted approach to the cause of Sr
citizen reflects your concern for their welfare.
May God bless you & your family with :”A Relaxed
Mind, A Peaceful Soul, A Joyful Spirit, A Healthy
Body & Heart full of Love”. All these are our
Prayers for you & your family. With Warm regards
Yours Sincerely, Web site: www.rrewa.org
Subject : Incorrect address of Bharat Pensioners
Samaj in Pensioners’ Portal of Deptt ofPension & PW
Madam, It is regretted to bring to your kind notice
that in spite of repeated requests, a wrong address
is being displayed in the list of Pensioners
Associations on the ‘Pensioners Portal’. The
address “The President, Bharat Pensioners
Samaj, I - 28, School Marg, Jang Pura Extension,
New Delhi - 110 014” has changed to BharatPensioners Samaj, Post Box No. 3303,Jangpura P.O. New Delhi - 110 014 more thana decade and a half back.This is not only causing setback to the
organization but is also misguiding the
Pensioners/Family pensioners who are
desperately in need of guidance and help from
this ventern organization for the last 55 years.
You are, therefore, requested to get it corrected
to Bharat Pensioners Samaj, Post Box No.3303, Jangpura P.O., New Delhi - 110 014without any further delay.
LETTER FROM BPS
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NEW MEMBERS - Annual
A - 0597 : V N Khalkar Nasihk 02/11
A - 0598 : S S Yadav Delhi - 63 02/11
A - 0600 : B N Thakur Ghaziabad 02/11
A - 0601 : R C Arora Ambala Cantt 02/11
A - 0602 : Jaswant Singh Dadu Delhi - 34 02/11
A - 0603 : Surjeet Kumar Walia Phagwara 02/11
A - 0604 : R Ananhan Delhi - 91 12/10
A - 0605 : Purshotam Singh Kohli Yamunanagar 02/11
A - 0607 : R M Patnik Bilaspur 02/11
A - 0609 : P Chatterjee Belgharia 02/11
A - 0610 : A R Hazara Assam 02/11
A - 0611 : Darshan Singh Ludhiana 02/11
A - 0612 : Capt Dila Ram Distt - Solan 02/11
A - 0614 : B D Parmar Nandubar 02/11
A - 0615 : Pritam Singh Amritsar 02/11
A - 0618 : S Rangdas Kamla Nagar 02/11
A - 0620 : K Malikarjuna Rao Hyderabad 02/11
A - 0621 : VP Bhoraskar Indore 02/11
A - 0622 : P L Deshmukh Nagpur 02/11
A - 0623 : Jugal Kishore Sharma Indore 02/11
A - 0624 : H J Sojitra Rajkot 02/10
A - 0626 : Bahadur Singh Ludhiana 02/11
Biennial
A - 0613 : Ram B R Kushwah Sabarmati 02/12
A - 0617 : Kesar Singh Ropar 02/12
NEW MEMBERS - Triennial
A - 0599 : M M Govila Ghaziabad 02/13
A - 0606 : Virendra K Dubey Jabalpur 02/13
A - 0608 : Parimal Singh Tomar Ghaziabad 02/13
A - 0619 : Colonel Prithvi Singh Jodhpur 02/13
AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS (New)
A - 0616 : BSNL&DOT Pen Assn Ahmedabad 02/11
A - 0625 : All India Retd Rly Fedn Pune 02/11
LIFE MEMBERS(Office - bearers /
Members Mg Committee only)
L - 9364 : Bhairav Dutt Dhyani, Delhi - 78
L - 9365 : Shanti Kodwani (Smt), Delhi - 24
SCPC FUND 1% DonationsMARCH / 10
L - 2700 Shivanath Delhi - 91 10,000
M - 7350 C G Penrs Forum Secunderabad 2,500
M - 8238 N Rly Penrs Assn Nagpur 2,000
M - 8679 Balbir Singh Delhi - 78 2,000
M - 8255 Capt Hardip Singh Patti 2,000
L - 9320 Jagdish Chand Faridabad 1,500
M - 8661 Ram Lal Sharma Khanna 1,120
M - 4678 I U Ramachandani Delhi - 51 1,100
M - 1123 C G Penrs Assn Serampore 1,000
L - 9159 Ramdev P Kathuria Noida 1,000
M - 5298 Umesh Chandra Saha Mumbai 800
L - 2872 Balbir Chand Patiala 606
A - 0474 P Retd T & E Assn Guwahati 600
M - 5216 Nihal Chand Delhi - 16 500
L -2582 K C Angra Delhi - 52 500
L - 9281 B N Kohli Faridabad 500
M - 5098 Rly Penrs Assn Dronachellam 500
L - 2562 Kantilal K U Chitrakut Rajkot 500
M - 6900 J D Wadhwa Delhi - 58 500
L - 9164 A B Rathore Durg 450
M - 3301 Penrs Assn Tezpur 350
M - 5229 K K Bhatnagar Delhi - 16 320
M - 8326 Raj Kumar Berry Indore 300
M - 6331 Bipan Chandra Bhatt Ahmedabad 300
A - 0278 Lt Capt M K Kutty Sagar 300
M - 7185 Tarlochan Singh Chandigarh 300
L - 9171 Jagdish Prakash Bahl Delhi - 05 250
M - 5958 R N Mukherjee Kolkata 220
M - 4606 M Subramanian Virugambakkam 200
L - 9275 Pyare Lal Dhami Ludhiana 200
M - 8815 C G Penrs Assn Sagar Cantt 200
L - 9272 Swaran Singh Gurdaspur 200
M - 7635 S Jagannadha Rao Vijayawada 200
L - 2959 K N Bhushan Tirupati 200
M - 6734 Distt Govt Penrs Assn Hooghly 200
L - 2455 O P Sharma Barundi 200
M - 5149 K L Chitakara Delhi - 34 200
A - 0236 Harinath B Shirali Bangalore 250
A - 0128 S K Kapoor Delhi - 29 100
AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS
(RENEWAL)
M - 8815/12 C G Penrs Assn Sagar Cantt 12/10
M - 1476/03 A I Orgn of Penrs Agra 03/11
M - 5938/03 Penrs Welfare Assn Rajahmundry 03/11
M - 8746/09 Retd Rly E Assn Burdwan 09/11
A - 0474/08 P Retd T & E Assn Guwahati 08/11
M - 6734/07 Distt Govt Penrs Assn Hooghly 07/10
M - 8051/04 C G Penrs W Assn Bengaluru 04/10
M - 4217/02 P A/c & A Penrs Assn Nagpur 02/11
THANKS
We can live without religion or meditation, but
we cannot survive without human affection.
The Dalai Lama
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M - 3750/01 J R Pension Samaj Jharkhand 01/11
M - 0588/05 C G Penrs Assn Kakinada 05/11
M - 0197/03 Penrs Assn Bhilwara 03/11
A - 0249/02 Tele Retd E Assn Patiala 02/11
M - 8499/02 Tele Penrs W Assn Yamunanagar 02/11
M - 6625/02 N F Rly Penrs Assn Silchar 02/11
M - 6338/02 Airport P Penrs Assn Kolkata 02/11
M - 5098/02 Rly Penrs Assn Dronachellam 02/11
M - 0545/07 Treasurer, B.P.S. Saharanpur 07/11
A - 0279/02 Bharat Penrs Samaj Aligarh 02/11
M - 3663/03 Retd Rly Emplys Unity Sahibganj 03/11
M - 8022/03 Bihar Penrs Samaj Makdhumpur 03/11
M - 6645/03 Retd Rly K Samiti Bareilly 03/11
A - 0340/03 BSNL&DOT P Assn Ahmedabad 03/11
M - 4672/03 Govt Rly Penrs Assn Barsoighat 03/11
M - 8106/06 C G Penrs Assn Udaipur 06/11
M - 8607/02 Postal Penrs Assn Srikakulam 02/10
M - 3301/12 Penrs Assn Tezpur 12/10
M - 6369/03 C G Penrs Orgn Kolkata 03/11
M - 6590/01 Bharat Penrs Samaj Durg 01/11
M - 1066/06 Zilla Penrs Sang Wardha 06/10
M - 0631/03 Retd Persons Assn Delhi - 27 03/11
M - 7816/02 Aliba Vill Penrs Unit Mokochung 02/11
Biennial
M - 4670/03 G & S G R E Assn Rabkhavi 03/12
RENEWAL - Annual
M - 5821/02 Lt Col Prakasarao Secunderabad 02/11
M - 8829/01 T S Sheshadri Chennai 01/11
M - 7691/03 A S Saxena Delhi - 17 03/11
A - 0483/09 Omkar Singh Pataudi 09/11
M - 7931/12 A K Prasad Amalapuram 12/10
M - 8616/02 Bal Prabhakar Tripathi Mauganj 02/11
M - 8031/03 Moolchand Sharma Jind 03/11
M - 0924/03 G T Devadoss Chittoor 03/11
M - 5910/03 A R Patel New Katni 03/11
M - 5087/02 T S R Murthy Nellore 02/11
M - 8320/02 Sharad K V Sarang Nasik 02/11
M - 6906/03 P S Vijay Kumar Madurai 03/11
M - 8316/02 S C Saha Lucknow 02/11
M - 7977/01 Sumir K Chakraborty Kharagpur 01/11
M - 8003/02 G Venkatappaiah Vijayawada 02/11
M - 7339/03 K B Ratti Rampura Phul 03/11
M - 5857/02 Hans Raj Garg Sunam 02/11
M - 5807/01 Kashmiri Lal Ghai Sirhind City 01/11
M - 8837/01 P N Appu Ahmedabad 01/11
M - 8006/02 Ramvir Singh Rathore Agra 02/11
M - 8839/01 Ravindra Mahto Delhi - 91 01/11
A - 0342/02 Byomkes Chakrabarti Kolkata 02/11
M - 7987/01 S M Das Delhi - 19 01/11
A - 0320/03 S Venkatesan Chennai 03/11
M - 8679/04 Balbir Singh Delhi - 78 04/10
M - 6331/01 Bipan Chandra Bhatt Ahmedabad 01/11
M - 8618/02 A S Tyagi Delhi - 48 02/11
M - 7994/02 L D Narang Dehradun 02/11
M - 6874/02 Bholanath Sharma Ambala Cantt 02/11
M - 8853/02 V S Agnihotri Bhopal 02/11
M - 6744/08 H N Sinha Delhi - 75 08/10
M - 8643/03 Ram Sarup Ram Barwadih 03/11
M - 8644/03 Sheo Shankar Ram Barwadih 03/11
M - 5992/04 Milkha Singh Pathankot 04/11
M - 8852/02 Mansukhlal J Vohra Ahmedabad 02/11
M - 6926/03 D Krishnamoorthy Dindigul 03/11
M - 7338/03 Radhey Sham Prasad Varanasi 03/11
M - 0726/10 A D Silva Kota 10/10
A - 0263/02 Bhudeb Sarkar Bishnupur 02/11
M - 7313/02 R Parmasivan Tirunelveli Jn 02/11
A - 0228/01 A G Parmar Ahmedabad 01/11
A - 0281/02 G Subramani Purur 02/11
A - 0003/05 O P Gupta Sagar 05/10
A - 0255/02 Ishwar Dass Sharma Marrera 02/11
M - 6917/03 S S Chawla Ludhiana 03/11
M - 8341/03 Pran G Chakraborty Dhupguri 03/11
M - 4624/02 A R Hazara Assam 02/11
A - 0020/06 A K Bhattacharjee Kolkata 06/10
M - 4582/01 Balbir Chand Dhuri 01/11
M - 5907/03 S S Bawa Delhi - 55 03/11
M - 4668/02 B Solemon Kurnool 02/11
A - 0282/02 Hazi Md Jasimuddin Muneer Town 02/11
M - 4645/03 Dr P C Kapoor Bikaner 03/11
M - 6606/04 Biney K Srivastav Bettiah 04/11
M - 5928/03 H L Kohli Delhi - 21 03/11
M - 3682/03 Bakul Behari Bhowmik Gaya 03/11
M - 3951/02 Dr L N Sharma Rajkot 02/11
A - 0089/08 K P Panigrahi Jagdalpur 08/10
M - 5176/03 Balmukand J Jani Joravar Nagar 03/11
A - 0278/02 Lt Capt M K Kutty Sagar 02/11
M - 5846/02 O N Kaul Pune 02/11
A - 0354/03 Norai Mal Gehlot Ajmer 03/11
M - 4678/03 I U Ramachandani Delhi - 51 03/11
M - 8625/02 Swaran Singh Rihana Kalan 02/11
M - 8887/03 Dr J S Maini Delhi - 48 03/11
M - 6868/02 M K Kaushal Delhi - 07 02/11
M - 6869/02 S S Ahuja Delhi - 60 02/11
M - 8360/04 Raghuvansh Bahadur Delhi - 87 04/11
M - 8061/04 D V Sharma Meerut 04/11
M - 8647/03 G T Kumshikar Dharwad 03/11
M - 7426/05 O P Kapoor Agra 05/11
M - 6897/03 Gurucharan Lal Mehta Ambala Cantt 03/11
M - 4370/05 Balbir Singh Yamuna Nagar 05/11
M - 7417/05 S N Roy Jabalpur 05/11
M - 8395/05 D K Moitra Inda 05/11
A - 0010/06 P Krishanan Nagpur 06/11
M - 5877/02 K L Bhandari Ambala Cantt 02/11
M - 6648/03 Kanai Lal Poddar Sapatgram 03/11
M - 8912/03 B P Shukla Nainpur 03/11
M - 8819/12 M V Murthy Chitnavis Ganj 12/09
M - 7672/02 A K Banga Delhi - 14 02/11
RENEWAL
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M - 4290/04 Hari Chand Wadhera Tarn Taran 04/11
M - 8923/03 N Chttibabu Hyderabad 03/11
M - 5149/03 K L Chitakara Delhi - 34 03/11
M - 7997/02 D N Bahl Faridabad 02/11
A - 0196/11 N J Nakam Rajkot 11/10
A - 0598/02 S S Yadav Delhi - 63 02/11
M - 0924/03 G T Devadoss Chittoor 03/11
M - 7635/01 S Jagannadha Rao Vijayawada 01/11
M - 7414/05 R K Sharma Amritsar 05/10
M - 8654/03 R K Bali Amritsar 03/10
M - 8354/03 S M Sabharwal Delhi - 88 03/11
M - 5917/03 Amiya Das Gupta Bishnupur 03/11
Biennial
M - 5229/04 K K Bhatnagar Delhi - 16 04/12
M - 8938/04 Prem Bhushan Ilawadi Dehradun 04/12
M - 8917/03 T D Gandhi Delhi - 26 03/11
M - 7650/01 H C Adhlakha Faridabad 01/11
M - 7418/05 Shrawan Kumar Delhi - 52 05/12
M - 8596/01 Surender Kumar Delhi - 92 01/12
M - 4237/02 T R Laroiya Mohali 02/12
M - 8860/02 Jabandhu Biswas Kolkata 02/12
M - 6632/03 V M Mudholkar Hyderabad 03/12
M - 7579/10 Pratap Singh Faridabad 10/11
M - 5958/03 R N Mukherjee Kolkata 03/12
A - 0222/03 M L Sharma Jhala 03/12
A - 0103/09 Dilbar Singh Rawat Faridabad 09/11
M - 8661/03 Ram Lal Sharma Khanna 03/12
A - 0408/12 G S Sodhi Faridabad 12/11
Triennial
M - 7992/02 Balbir Singh Chopra Ghaziabad 02/13
M - 8477/09 R S Nanda Ludhiana 09/12
M - 8570/12 P N Verma Barwadih 12/12
M - 7371/03 M V Rupareila Thane 03/13
A - 0243/02 Yogendra K Rajvansh Jaipur 02/13
M - 6900/03 J D Wadhwa Delhi - 58 03/13
Note : An esteemed Member from Vijayawada has sent us
a Renewal M.O. for Rs 200/-. Somehow he forget to write
down his name & address on the M.O. Kindly help.
Treasurer
HC JUDGMENT IN MEDIARule, that made it mandatory for retiredgovt officials to join a scheme before
retirement, quashed
NEW DELHI: This would definitely bring cheersto lakhs of retired government officials. The DelhiHigh Court on 12.03.2010 ruled that they areentitled to medical reimbursement even if theyhave not opted for any such scheme.
As per a rule in force, one has to enroll in a Medicalscheme floated by the Govt as an employer forthe purpose, either at the time of retirement orafter it.
Striking down the government rule, JusticeKailash Gambhir said: “It is a settled legal positionthat a government employee, during his life timeor after his retirement is entitled to get medicalreimbursement and no fetters can be placed onhis rights on the pretext that he has not opted tobecome a member of any scheme.”
“It is shocking that despite variouspronouncements of this court and the SupremeCourt, the government laid down such a rule,” saidthe Court.The remarks came while the court ordered thegovernment to reimburse Rs 1.25 to one KishanChand, a retired District Employment Officer whounderwent a heart bypass surgery at the GangaRam Hospital. It was being denied to him as hehad not joined any medical reimbursement schemebefore or after his retirement, as per the policyinitiated in 2007.
“Under Art 21 of the Constitution, the State hasa constitutional obligation to bear the medicalexpense of government employees while they arein service and also after they retire,” said the Court."Imposing a cost of Rs 10,000 on the government,Justice Gambhir said: “Clearly, in the presentcase, by taking an inhuman approach, theseofficials have denied reimbursement to thepetitioner. They did not bother even after courtjudgment was brought to their notice”.[Kishan Chand vs Govt of NCT of Delhi & others -W.P No.889/2007 - DOJ:12.03-2010]Full judgement available on www.rrewa.orgunder the feature “Court Judgements”
Do you EAT MELONS ?
A dietary ingredient derived from a melon, rich in
an antoxidant, has been shown to relieve stress.
Researchers found that the supplement cut down
the signs and symptoms of perceived stress and
fatigue in healthy volunteers.
HC JUDGMENT
3 5BHARAT PENSIONER
April 2010
D R FOR PENSIONERS
Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10
All India CPI (IW) 163 165 168 169 172 170
Base 2001=100
12 Months Average 152.17 153.58 155.25 157.08 159.08 160.92
% age Increase 31.45 32.67 34.11 35.70 37.42 39.00
over 115.76.
GOOD NEWS : 8% increase from 27% to 35% wef 01.01.10
Contributed by J N Uppal, Dy Director (Retd), CSO, Min of Planning
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10 QUESTIONS
Anil Kumble, Cricketer
The ace cricketer opens up on his book of
photographs, Wide Angle
* What does Wide Angle mean to you?
- It is all about candid moments, mostly off the
field and my passion for photography. It is a
collection of memories of over 20 years.
* Why did you choose the medium of pictures?
- 1 have always believed photographs speak a
thousand words. I wanted to bring about what the
team does in its off time and how players do team-
building exercises.
* What is essential for good photography?
- You need a lot of patience and commitment.
You also need good equipment.
* Which is your favourite picture in the book?
- The lightning bolt over Johannesburg and
Sachin raising his bat after reaching his 35th
hundred at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
* Amidst hectic schedules and tension on and
off the field-how did you manage?
- You just tend to take photos. Later, when
you see them you know the exact emotions, the
hurt felt after a loss. Sometimes, they urge you
to perform better.
* As a photographer, what has been the most
exciting destination for you?
- The Caribbean, South Africa and back home
the jungles of Karnataka.
* Whom do you dedicate your book to?
- It is for my teammates and my father. He
would have been really proud of it.
* How do you strike a balance between cricket,
photography and family?
- Invariably, most pictures have been taken
when the family and/or the team are around.
* Has your love for wildlife photography been
instrumental in you being made the vice-chairman
of your state wildlife board?
- Possibly yes. I have an interest in conservation
which also has been instrumental.
* The word’s been around for some time?
- That politics is on the cards for you. No, I am
not interested at all I am interested in the
responsibility I have been given and in making a
difference there.
Snigdha Hasan
Courtesy : OUTLOOK Weekly, New Delhi - 110
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3-pronged strategy to tackle price riseCORE GROUP MEET : Food production, prices, PDS to be in focus
NEW DELHI: The UPA government’s “core group” on Thursday to control food prices set up three
working groups of chief ministers to do the job. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, decided that the groups would look into three specific sectors: food production, prices and the
public distribution system (PDS), that includes a vast web of retail outlets to supply grains to the poor.
The decisions make clear the UPA government’s approach— fighting food inflation cannot be a
solo act of the Centre but a combined Centre State strategy. This was the core group’s first meeting
since its announcement two months ago. It was attended by chief ministers (CMs) from eight states:
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Tamil
Nadu was represented by deputy CM M.K. Stalin, while Punjab was represented by a state Cabinet
minister. Two BJP chief ministers figure in two of the groups, worked out after a 4-hour brainstorm
session at the PM’s residence.
While Gujarat CM Narendra Modi will head the group on consumer affairs and prices, Chhattisgarh
CM Raman Singh is a member of the working group on strengthening the PDS, to be headed by
Planning Commission. The government has not been able to get a handle on food inflation. The food
price index rose 17.70 per cent in the 12 months to March 27, higher than an annual rise of 16,35 per
cent in the previous week, data showed on Thursday. Prime Minister Singh said the primary concern
of the government must be to “insulate the poor and the vulnerable” from soaring food prices.
“Our food production needs to grow at a higher rate, not just to keep pace with our populationgrowth at current rate of consumption,” Singh said.
The core group discussed ‘ options of reintroducing some stringent provisions of the Essential
Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981. Courtsey : HT New Delhi
Left leaders Prakash
Karat, Debabrata
Biswas, A.B. Bardhan
and D. Raja during their
protest against price rise
in New Delhi on
Thursday (8.4.10). Left
leaders and workers
courted arrest after
staging a demonstration
as part of their nation-
wide agitation.The Left
plans to hold discussions
with non-Congress, non-
BJP parties to chalk out
a plan to put pressure on
the government.”A
government that spoke
about aam aadmihas
failed the aam aadmi,
“CPM general secretary
Karat said. PTI PHOTO
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