1045 Delegates from every corner of the country attend IVth
National Convention of Railway
Pensioners Associations at Nagpur on 09.02.2013
Not
only to seek support from the Government in deficient areas but also to develop
systems which enable all Pensioners to act as one family with mutual confidence,
support and growing interdependence.
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| A section of Audience at 4th National convention of Rly Pensioners Associations at Nagpur |
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| Inauguration by B.Dixit DRM C.Rly Nagpur |
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| Vendey Matrum |
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| Unless you unite ,you won’t get what you want !- B. Dixit DRM C.Rly Nagpur |
'United we stand divided we fall'-S.C.Maheshwari Secretary General Bharat Pensioners Samaj
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| A section of Audience at 4th National convention at Nagpur on 09.02.2013 |
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Another section of Audience at 4th National convention at Nagpur on 09.02.2013
Friends, we, the
pensioners, are passing through difficult times. Inflation is unrelenting. Prices of essential commodities have been
sky-rocketing. It is becoming
increasingly difficult for the pensioners and family pensioners to make their
both ends meet within their meager pensions and family pensions. Government has not conceded our demands such
as same fitment benefit to pre 1.1.2006 pensioners as given to working
employees, implementation of modified parity w.e.f., 1.1.2006, 50% DR
merger w.e.f., 1.1.2011, raising of FMA
to Rs.1200/- per month, restoration of commuted portion of pension after
12 years, extension of new benefits of VI CPC
such as full pension for 20 years of service and last pay drawn for
pension calculation to pre 1.1.2006 retirees, RELHS & FMA benefits to secondary family pensioners,
revision of ex-gratia rates of SRPF [C] retirees and their families
w.e.f..,1.1.2006, time-bound disposal of pensioners’
grievances, liberalization of retirement and complimentary and widow pass rules
for companion in the same class without paying the difference, etc. Benefits such as house rent and transport
allowances, festival advance, funeral
grant, ex-gratia in lieu of PLB, reduction of age limit for additional pension,
etc., are all essential for pensioners and family pensioners to live in
reasonable comfort. There are no
satisfactory answers to all these demands in the meetings of SCOVA. There is no
other effective grievance redressal machinery for pensioners. There is all round frustration among
pensioners all over the country. It is high-time that we raised our voice jointly & severally for
immediate steps to meet our just demands and aspirations.
S.C.Maheshwari
(Sarup Chand Maheshwari)
Secretary General
Bharat Pensioners Samaj
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