Bharat Pensioners

Samaj
presentation to 7th
CPC
By

S.C. Maheshwari
Secretary General Bharat
Pensioners Samaj
E-mail: bharatpensioner@gmail.com

Web Sites:
www.bharatpensioner.org

Pensioners aspirations
Pensioners are asking for
only what is provided in
the constitution , service
conditions & pronounced
by the Apex Court
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 Pension is not largesse but a right.

Should be adequate to enable retd.
employee to live with standard
he was
living.
There Should be no discrimination
on the basis of date of retirement.
Gap between haves & have lots
should go on reducing
Healthcare is a fundamental right of
ex employee.
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Pensionable employee
were deprived of Govt.
8.33% PM of salary,
matching contribution to
PF & were paid low
salaries designed to cater
for Pension
(6th CPC study by Dr K .
Gyithri)
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Quantum of
pension
Pension of Govt. employees need
to be 65% of last drawn as per
5th CPC study (TECS ).
Correspondingly Family Pension
to be 45% of last drawn.Fitment
benefit exactly same as for
employees. BPS urge 7th pay
comm. to recommend accordingly
to do justice .
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Emoluments for
Pension

DA of Govt. employees is
part of salary. It
compensate fall in
purchase value of salary.
Should be taken into
account for calculation of
pension as it affects
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Parity in Pension
Pension of pre & post retired
SC,HC judges, CAG, Cab.
Secy.& Secy. is at par. One
rank one pension has been
acceded to Defence forces
retirees . Others too are
citizens of this Country, then
why disrimination.BPS Plead
for 100% parity to all

Full and modified parity will be meaningless unless

the actual grades and grade pays implemented to
serving employees on revision are taken into
consideration. For some categories especially at
lower and middle levels, grades higher than those
actually recommended by the Commissions were
implemented for employees in service. They were
not extended for modified and full parity to those
who retired prior to revision in the corresponding
posts on the pretext that what were implemented
were improved grades and grade pays. This
resulted in invidious discrimination against and
grave injustice to past retirees. The gap in
pensions due to this ever widens not only with
every subsequent revision but also whenever
additional installment of DR and when additional
quantum based on advanced age are granted.

Parity, full or modified, will be meaningful and confer

real benefit on past retirees only when the actual
grades and grade pays implemented for serving
employees are taken for this purpose. This injustice is
happening only when a higher grade or grade pay is
given to a certain category after revision.
We
respectfully submit that certain sections of past
pensioners are not able to get justice in the matter of
full/modified parity due to the above discriminatory
treatment. A Group-B officer, who retired in III CPC
scale had been brought down one scale lower w.e.f.,
1.1.96 and to Rs.4200/- GP w.e.f., 1.1.2006 whereas a
IV CPC Group-B officer got Rs.4600/- GP
w.e.f.,
1.1.2006 and a V CPC Group-B officer got Rs.4800/- GP
in revision.
This injustice has occurred to many
categories of pre-2006 retirees. We appeal to the
Commission to do full justice to all past retirees in the
above regard by making suitable recommendations. 9

Pre-2006 pensioners were given 40% fitment benefit

whereas serving employees were given grade pay. This
resulted in grave imbalance between pre and post 2006
pensioners. In order to rectify this, notional fixation has to
be extended w.e.f., 1.1.2006 to pre 2006 pensioners taking
50% of corresponding grade pay into account so that they
will be brought on a common platform with post 2006
pensioners and they will all get equal justice in the next
revision as per VII CPC. We urge the Commission to
recommend same fitment benefit to employees as well as
pensioners to avoid imbalance between past and future
pensioners and also same multiplication factor for revision
to one and all to ensure equal treatment.
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No cut off dates

Revision of Pension by Pay
comm. is to neutralize
inflationary effect . Inflation
affects all equally with- out cut
off date. Then why cut off
dates for implementation of
Pay comm. recommendations?
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7th CPC
recommendations
should apply to all
pensioners without cutoff dates .All new
benefits to apply to
present pensioners.
Pension of all should
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Minimum-Maximum Ratio
Ratio mini- max.
emoluments i.e. Basic +
DA+IR was down to 1:8 on
1.7.96 prior to Vth CPC
implementation. 7CPC
must bring it back to that
level.

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Gulf between highest & lowest paid

Huge gulf between lowest

& highest pension need to
be narrowed, should not
be more than 1:8.Revise
pay/pension of top person
first, divide it by 8 to
calculate minimum.

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Any attempt to
increase highest &
lowest paid ratio in
Govt jobs will be
disastrous and
against the preamble
to constitution.
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Additional old age pension

100 yrs of age for a pensioner is
illusionary
BPS requests the Honble comm. to
review existing dispensation & to
recommend 10%upward increase in
pension every 5 yrs
from 65yrs to 75yrs , 20% every 5yrs
from 75- 85yrs & finally increasing
pension to 100% at 90 yrs of age. As in
the present scenario old age
disabilities/diseases set-in right from 60
yrs of age & go on manifesting v. fast

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Pension to be net of Income Tax

Purchase value of pension gets
reduced day by day due to steep
rise in food, medical & transport
cost. Net worth of a pensioner gets
considerably reduced at year end
compared to the beginning of the
year. To enable a pensioner in the
evening of life to live with
minimum comfort, BPS appeals
that Pension may be exempted
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DR Merger
BPS requests the pay comm. to
recommend merger of Dearness
allowance with basic pension
whenever it goes 50% or beyond.
Due to inherent flaws in the method of
inflation index calculation which is
based on WPI. DR is never sufficient
to afford 100% neutralization.
Whenever DR rise to 50% & above, it
results in considerable erosion of
financial position of Pensioners.
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Ex- servicemen status

Defence civilian are paid
from defence budget. Are
accorded Rank equivalency.
BPS urge pay comm. To
recommend ex- servicemen
status to retd. Defence
civilians.
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BSNL pensioners
BSNL pensioners are
governed by Rule 137A of
CCS (Pension)Rules 1972.
BPS pleads that they be
treated at par with C .G.
Pensioners for pension
fixation.
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Family pensioners other

than spouse
Family pension is restricted to daughters who
become divorcee or widow during the life time
of Parents. Social Structure always force a
widow or divorced lady to return to parental
home. In the absence of parents illiterate
ladies have to feed themselves & children by
doing menial jobs & living as destitutes.
Removal of present restriction will help these
ladies to lead honorable life. BPS appeals to
honble comm. to consider the issue on
humanitarian grounds & to recommend
removal of this restriction .
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New Pension Scheme

TO ensure social security.
Amend it to guarantee
minimum 50% of last drawn
as pension & Family
pension as per exiting pre
2004 scheme
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Restoration of commuted value

Commutation
is
an
advance
sanctioned to pensioner at specific
conditions & rate of intt. at the
time
of
retirement
which
is
recoverable from
pension in
regular monthly installments. Thus
the recovery must stop the day
total amount with interest is
recovered.BPS
requests
that
Commuted value of Pension be
restored after 10yrs.

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Restoration of commutation to
PSU absorbees
Presently

in case of pensioners other

than
PSU
absorbees
pensioners,
recovery of commuted value of
pension lasts 15 yrs, where as in case
of PSU absorbees this recovery
continues
till
survival
which
is
discriminatory. In their case also full
pension should be restored, the day
sanctioned amount with interest is fully
recovered.
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Injustice to those born on

Ist jan & on Ist july

Modified FR56(a) requires every one whose

date of birth is the first of month to retire
from service on the afternoon of last day of
preceding month on attaining
superannuation age. As a result, those born
on Ist of Jan loose pay & pension revision
benefits due to pay comm.
recommendations and those born on Ist july
loose benefit of one increment. They are
deprived of equality of status. Honble pay
comm. is requested to set right the
discrepancy.
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Gratuity
We suggest that the gratuity
may be calculated on the basis
of 26 effective days as against
30 days in a month.
The ceiling of 16.5 times
should also be removed.
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Health care
Healthcare is not a luxury to be in
possession of privileged few. All
Govt. pensioners must be issued
smart cards for cashless
treatment in emergencies in any
empanelled/NABH accredited
hospital in the country. BPS
requests the Honourable
commission to recommend

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Quality healthcare
To ensure quality
healthcare to pensioners .
Periodically upgrade CGHS
rates, to keep these
compatible to market rates.
Exercise rate & quality
control on Govt.
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Hospital Regulatory authority

Constitute hospital
regulatory authority to
monitor quality & rates of
empanelled & NABH /NABL
accredited hospitals / Labs
to ensure quality
healthcare at affordable

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Fixed Medical allowance

As is recorded in Para 5 of the
minutes of Committee of Secretaries
(COS) held on 15.04.2010. OPD cost
per CGHS card holder was Rs1369/ PM
in 2007-8. With inflation, it is well
over Rs 2500/PM now.EPFO
baneficiaries already getting RS
2000/PM FMA wef June.013. Honble
comm. is requested to recomend Rs
2500/FMA w/o distance restriction, net
of Income Tax and allowingDR on it.
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Grievance redressal
There should be an effective redressal
mechanism with a strict Time line &
punitive clause for violation of time
line. Any court judgement involving a
common policy matter of Pay/Pension
should be extended automatically to
similarly placed employees/Pensioners
without driving every affected person
to court of Law.
BPS, therefore, appeal to Honble
Comm. to recommend accordingly.
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Immediate
Pending
relief
submission of
commissions report &
implementation of its
recommendations . As an
immediate measure to partially
mitigate sufferings of
pensioners, BPS appeal to the
Honble comm. to immediately
recommend merger of 50% DR
with basic pension & an interim
relief of 20% of existing pension.

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General
1.Federations of C.G. Pensioners associations
be
granted recognition by Government.
2.Pensioners
representatives
should
be
included in various Committees & Forums
wherein issues relating to pensioners are
discussed
&
decided.
3.SCOVA may be upgraded to JCM level.
4.Scope of Pension Adalats be widened to
include
Genl.Grievances&
Pensioners
associations may be permitted to present
pensioners cases in Pension Adalats.
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THANK YOU

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