Thursday, 31 December 2015

FLOOD RELIEF BY OUR ASSOCIATION
CHENNAI.

On behalf of flood Relief Committee Coms DG, Muthiyalu, A Sukumaran, V Ramarao, M Ghouse Basha, S Sampathkumar, P Satyanarayana and S Killivalavan distributed uniform to 128 girls & 92 boys studying in 6 th Std to 11 th Std in Govt. Higher secondary school, Kovilambakkam in South Chennai.

The school was affected in the recent flood. More than 1600 students are studying in the school. The management has identified 400 students who are affected and very poor. We distributed 220 uniforms and 400 pouch with pencil, scale, eraser, sharpner. The management was very helpful and requested to provide Mike and bell if possible. The committee members reacted positively. DG/ KM/ AS/ VR /MG and SK spoke and inspired the students to study well and develop social consciousness. AHM Mrs Indani presided the meeting and expressed heartfelt thanks. For this purpose we have spent nearly 1.15 lakhs. In North Chennai Coms GN, MGR & Kannappan are distributing Mat, School bag, stainless steel plates to School students and Mat, Blankets to old age home affected Rs,30,000/-.

CUDDALORE FLOOD RELIEF BY OUR ASSOCIATION on 30-12-2015 at 4 P.M

Service Home of Age Group: 14 to 45 with category Widows,Destitues,and Below Poverty line Total no of Inmates 165 and menial assistants were donated by us individually branded bucket with mug.

Govt.orphanage home for Children under Age Group: 6 to 18 with category Fully orphan,Partially Orphan,Destitue Children,Tsunami affected orphan,Below Poverty Line, from classes 1 to 12 Standard all 370 inmates and menial assistants were donated by us individually branded bucket with mug.

102 KIDS were donated Scarf indidually each.Com.P.Jayaraman VicePresident .is wearing to a small girl along with Bucket and mug.

Comrades

Com.P.Jayaraman VicePresident

Chandramohane Disrict Secretary,

N.Thirugnanam District Tresurer

K.Raveendran Circle Vice President

K.Ilankovan District Vice President

G.Asokan District Asst.Secretary and Cuddalore Coordinator

N.Selvaraj District Executive Member

S.Haja Kamaludeen District Executive Member

are personally present in the service home to distribute the same to beneficiaries indiviually to each inmates.

The Donated materials were entered in the Register available to the institution,

They have requested scarfs for all other left out people.The same will be supplied to them shortly.

The inmates and in charge officials thanked AIBSNLPWA.

We thank all the entireAIBSNLPWA community and leaders for their timely help.

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

A GREAT SACRIFICE

30/12

Our member in STR Branch, Chennai Com Elumalai (Retired Driver) lost his son Rajesh Kumar. He was working as Auto Driver. He is one among the 13 members of the Rescue Team. That Team rescued near about 10 families in Urapakkam. While doing that service, suddenly flash flood came and washed away all the thirteen. Out of 13, five could catch some hold on the building or tree but eight lives including Rajeshkumar were lost. His body was found hanging in a building under construction in Mannivakkam (6 KMs away from Urapakkam) after three days. His father had to spend Rs.15,000/- to take the body for post-mortem and another Rs.15,000/- for taking back. The Cremation ground was also full of water and he had to spend another Rs.15,000/- for cremation. There are many people who were working selflessly with humanity but there are some people who loot, taking advantage of the situation. That is two sides of the society. Rajeshkumar, aged 35 left his wife 24 years old, two children aged 6 years and 3-1/2 years. Tamilnadu Government has paid Rs.4 lakhs for the family.

The sub-committee has decided to deposit Rupees One lakh (Rs.50,000/- each child) in the name of the children from the Relief Fund. The sub-committee decided to identify two/three schools which were affected very badly and which give education to poor and destitute children and extend help to them with the remaining balance. It was also decided to finish the entire process within a week's time. Out of 8 sub-committee members, 7 attended. From CHQ, DG, GN & Vittoban attended.

(eMail from com. D Gopalakrishnan, Vice President.)

CHENNAI FLOOD RELIEF WORK

BY OUR ASSOCIATION

30/12

Flood Relief sub committee met today and took stock of the situation. The total collection (already received and also which is on the pipeline) crosses Rs. 7 lakhs (All District Units in Tamilnadu except two and some individuals have contributed more than 3.5 lakhs). Nearly 4 lakhs worth of articles (including to be disbursed) were disbursed to affected BSNL pensioners (our members). The beneficiaries are 77 from Chennai Telephones, 16 from Chennai Traffic and 2 from STR.

Saturday, 26 December 2015

Submission of memorandum to

Sri Ravi Shankar Prasad,

Minister of Communications and Information Technology,& Minister of Law and Justice

ON BEHALF OF AIBSNLPWA TAMIL NADU CIRCLE

THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR ASSOCIATION MET

HONOURABLE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE SRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD AT MADURAI DURING HIS VIST TO MADURAI AND SUBMITTED A MEMORANDUM

REQUESTING HIS INTERVENTION IN SETTLING OUR LONG PENDING DEMANDS.

Sri. Srinivasan,
Sri. Sankara pandiyan Rtd DE Aruppukottai,
Sri Arunachalam AGS,
Sri. Sankaran ACS, Sri. Vairamani Circle Org Sec
Sri. Shunmugam Dist. President,Virudhunagar,
Sri. Raveendran Dist President, Madurai,
Sri. Dharmarajan , Dist. Sec. Madurai.
Sri. Sivasubramainan Org Sec Madurai.

78.2% IDA MERGER
CONSIDERING BSNL PENSIONERS AS CENTRAL GOVT PENSIONERS AND EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 7th CPC TO THEM.

The Hon. Minister gave a patient hearing for about five minutes and also assured to do his best in settling our just demands.
FOLLOWING ISSUES WERE RAISED IN THE MEMORANDUM:
78.2% IDA MERGER; It was informed that the Minister had already approved the Draft Cabinet Note. Now, the final Cabinet Note has to be submitted to the Cabinet Secretariat for including the item in the agenda for Cabinet Meeting. There is no problem in the case. Minister assured that it would be expedited.
FUTURE PENSION REVISION WITH THE FITMENT FORMULA SUGGESTED BY CPC: The Minister assured that he would look into the matter and discuss the matter with the concerned officers.

Submission of memorandum on behalf of Tamilnadu AIBSNLPWA Circle Branch to

Sri. Pon Radhakrishnan, HON. Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways& Shipping.

for settlement of our Demands

Our active member Sri. Srinivasan,

our AGS Sri. Arunachalam,

our Dist. President Sri. Raveendran,

our Dist. Sec Sri. Dharmarajan

our Organising Sec. Sri. Sivasubramanian

along with

SRI. PON RADHAKRISHNAN,

HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR ROAD TRANSPORT,HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING

ON THE OCCASSION OF SUBMISSION OF

MEMORANDUM SEEKING HIS INTERVENTION IN SETTLING OUR LONG PENDING DEMANDS

78.2 % IDA MERGER,
CONSIDERING BSNL PENSIONERS AS CENTRAL GOVT PENSIONERS , EXTENDING AND IMPLEMENTING 7th CPC RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM

Honourable Minister had assured to do the best in this regard.

Thursday, 24 December 2015

To Serve

Not to be served

Monday, 21 December 2015

Wuthering Heights of a common man on the banks of Adayar river .....as narrated by Comrade V.Ramarao our Circle Sec.

ALL INDIA BSNL PENSIONERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION TN CIRCLE

Today when the Chennai Traffic District was distributing Floor Relief, our member Com. T. DuraiRaj received the relief amount and his wife also thanked later on Phone.

He shared with our Circle Secretary the following information:

He is living 2/93 Nehru Street, Mettu Colony, Manapakkam, Chennai 600 125 ( Opp to MIOT Hospital).He is living in slum area where 250 huts are there, which is on the bank of " Chemmbrambakkm Lake". On the night of December 2015,

(Thandora) public information system was given by the Revenue Department at 1200 mid night and before we could evacuate the water started coming and was raising in height at an alarming speed. We could not fetch any thing other than saving our lives we ran towards Panachayat Office which was in higher plane. There was no cloth or money we could carry. The First aid came from the Indian Military that day evening and gave bedsheets and there after started giving us food, water both in the morning and in the evening till 10th of December 2015. So for no revenue of elected representatives have visited our place. More than 100 people stayed in the Pnachayat office which was lacking in basic amenities.

After return on 10th our life continues to be misery beause even today there is water in all the streets and inside the house two feet water which is stagnet. Mosqutios and reptiles move freely and we are exposed to it. The Government officials have come and given a standard form which we all have given . It is told that maximum we may get only Rs.5000. We have lost everthing ( Ration Card, dress, Tv, Induction stove) what I saved in the last 40 years. Their area people even prepared to take old good sarees. That is the field reality. I am living with my wife and married daughter and Grand Daugher ( BHAVANA) studying in I Std. is crying for books/note books she lost in the flood. We have turned in to Firewood cooking.

Our Family conveys Heartfelt thanks to the ALL INDIA BSNL PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION and all the leaders who has taken the decision to help the flood affected victms.

Long live Fraternity.

CHENNAI FLOOD RELIEF

To day Chennai Traffic has paid a sum of Rs.63,000/- from the" Relief Fund ' for 16 of our BSNL pensioners Association who were affcted in the recent floods.
V. Rama Rao Circle Secretary TN, M. Ghous Basha District Secretary, S. Sampathkumar Asst Circle Secretary and P. Sathynarayana Asst. District Secretary were present.

Sunday, 20 December 2015

78.2% CASE

20/12

The Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations has given a call to their members to conduct demonstrations on 22-12-2015 demanding immediate settlement of 78.2% case for revision of pension with effect from 1-1-2007.

We welcome the decision of the Forum.

It was reported that DoT is sending the revised Cabinet Note to Ministry of Law for its views. Normally, the Law Ministry should give its views within two weeks. And therefore, it can be expected that the revised Cabinet Note will go to Cabinet Secretariat shortly.

Anyway, we are happy that the Forum has given a call for some demonstrative programme.

18/12

Com. R L Kapoor reports from Delhi through SMS:

"Today I visited Sanchar Bhavan and enquired about the Case.

The 78.2% case is being referred to Ministry of Law for wetting the Cabinet Note.

Friday, 18 December 2015

The cheñnai flood relief committee met today

The cheñnai flood relief committee met today under the chairmanship of com Sugumaran. All the committee members were present. The following decisions were taken towards making relief arrangements.
Total collections received so far. Rs. 4,40,000.
Expected collection . rs. 1,60,000.
Total inclusive of anticipated. Rs. 6,00,000.

Proposed relief measures.
Chennai telephones members.     Rs. 2,00,000.
Chennai traffic and STR.                Rs.     52,000.
Anticipated claims.                         Rs.     48,000.

For schools.                                      Rs.     50,000.

Government service home
(Widows/destitute) & Government
Orphanage school at cudalore. Rs. 75,000.

For similar aid at Pondicherry. Rs. 25,000
Relief materials for the
Slum dwellers at chennai. Rs. 1,50,000

Total. Rs. 6,00,000

M.Govindarajan V.Ramarao
chennai TD. TN Circle

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

PENSIONERS’ DAY -in Tamilnadu

16/12

Indian pensioners’ community observe 17, December as PENSIONERS DAY. Because it was on 17, December 1982, the Supreme Court of India delivered its landmark judgement in the case filed by late Mr D S Nakara and others.

BACKGROUND IN BRIEF

The first Pay Commission (1946-47) recommended that pension should be 1/80 of each year of service completed. Maximum pension in central service was suggested as Rs. 8000 per year. Govt raised it to Rs 8100 per year; means Rs 675 per month. The Second CPC (1957-60) did not change it. III CPC (1970-73) also did not consider the plight of old pensioners.

On 25, May 1979 the Government introduced a ‘liberalised pension scheme”. The ceiling on maximum pension was raised from Rs 675 to Rs 1000 per month. But, the order said that the new scheme would be applicable only to those who were in service on 31st March 1979. Since Mr D S Nakara and Mr. Satyendra Singh, two officers, retired before 31-3-1979, they continued to get Rs 675 as monthly pension. They approached the Court of Law to remove this ‘cut off date” of 31-3-1979.

A five member bench of Supreme Court delivered a judgement on 17-12-1982 stating that such cut-off date is against the Constitution.

Not only that.

Supreme Court made very categorical statements about pension etc. Thus the Judgement in Nakara Case became a landmark judgement in the history of Indian judiciary. It has become the ‘magna carta’ for Indian pensioners. Many subsequent judgements, reports of IV CPC, V CPC, VI CPC and the VII CPC also quoted this judgement. Old pensioners get some benefit only because of this judgement.

VII CPC

The seventh Pay Commission has recommended that pension of those who retired before 1-1-2016 should be multiplied by 2.57. Suppose a person was getting Rs 10,000 as monthly pension, then his new basic pension will be: Rs 25700.What is the real increase?

Basic Pension: ... Rs 10,000

DA as on 1-1-2016: ... Rs 12,500

Total recd: ... ... Rs 22,500

Increase will be ...........Rs 3,200

32 percent of existing basic pension or 14.2 percent of existing total pension.

THE FITMENT FORMULA

The fitment formula of 2.57 was arrived at because the VII CPC fixed new minimum pay in Central Govt. Services as Rs 18000. 2.57 times of Existing minimum pay of Rs 7000. This new minimum pay of Rs 18000 is most irrational and unscientific. Staff Side has demanded that it should be at least Rs 26,000. Government may consider it.

PENSIONERS’ DAY IN 2015

When we, BSNL/MTNL retirees, observe the Pensioners Day 2015, we are waiting for a government decision on the demand for revision of our pension with 78.2%. There should not be a cut-off date like 1-1-2007 or 10-6-2013.Those who were in service on 10-6-2013 and retired thereafter are getting pension with 78.2%. Those who retired before that cut off date are denied the benefit.This is against the judgement in Nakara case. This injustice should be ended immediately. Central government pensioners will get a pension revision from 1-1-2016, as recommended by CPC or as revised by the Government. We are also central government pensioners. There should not be any discrimination in this matter too. That is what Supreme Court declared on 17-12-1982.

Hence, Nakara Case Judgement is important to us.

Pensioners Day is important to us. ..CHQ News Latest

ALL PENSIONERS' DAY at Tirunelveli on 15-12-2015

PENSIONERS' DAY and First anniversary of Pensioners' Federation was held 0n 15-12-2015 at Tirunelveli Sangeetha Sabha jointly by Tirunelveli District Central,State,PSU and Local body Pensioners' organization.
Comrade S.Muthusamy presided.
Comrade K.Shanmuga Sundararaj organizer welcomed the gathering.

Comrades M.Duraipandian,R.Pandian and B.T.Chidambaram Advocate felicitated the function with their warm and kind wishes.

650 Pensioners participated in the meeting.
Comrade S.Arunachalam our District Secretary along with 40 members of our organization PARTICIPATED.
Thanjavur:

Today12-12-2015, in the general body meeting held at Thanjavur to observe PENSIONERS DAY, a call was given for donation towards Chennai Flood Relief Fund. Rs 22000 was donated by the pensioners present on the spot. Added the amount from District Association, a total sum of Rs 37000 was donated by Thanjavur Comrades. CHQ Leaders Com. G Natarajan, D Gopalakrishnan, K Muthiyalu, S Arunachalam and V Rama Rao addresed the meeting.
TIRUCHIRAPALLY