PENSIONERS OWN MEDIA-‘PENSIONERS DIGEST’ monthly publication MAY 2019 issue
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THE
KARNATAKA
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION (REGD.)
( Estd: 1974; Regn. S.No.143/1983-84
d/ 9th August 1983 )
“Swarna”,120/1,2ndMain,GDParkExtn,Vyalikaval,Bengaluru560003
(Affiliated to BPS New Delhi, AIFPA Chennai & KCCCGPAs Bengaluru)
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Email ID: cgpakarn@gmail.com Tel:
23468438
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RNI Regn No: KRENG/2008/27233 Postal Regn No:
KRNA/BGE/200/1.1.2018-2020
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President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer
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S S Ramanatha Rao VP Sreedhara Murthy Ashok S Kololgi RSN Murthy
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Tel: 2661
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Tel:9980296616
Tel: 9448469351 Tel:
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Vol.XI : Issue 10
(Pps ) MAY 2019 Subscription: Rs 125
p.a.
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CONTENTS:
1 Results of Lok
Sabha Polls-2019 awaited with Eagerness.
2 C G H S
3 Pensioners panorama
4 Karnataka CGPA
5 A Quote
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The National Scene
Democratic India is on a great
political exercise. 2014-Polls brought about a virtual change in national
leadership. 2019-Polls is on the verge of closure. The results are sealed in
the EVMs all over. They will be opened and revealed on May 23. The country
waits with bated breath for it. What was to happen as a Battle of the Ballot
between the Ruling party and the so-called Mahaghatabandhan did not
materialise. Even the wide world is keen to know the great decision of the
people.
Pensioners’ panorama
The
National Pension Scheme: The Govt
of India introduced the New Pension Scheme 2004, which is now christened the
National Pension Scheme, for those employees retiring after 2004. The Scheme
envisaged the Govt-sponsored Corpus Fund of about Rs 400 crores with the
Pension Regulatory Authority. This Agency would invest the amount
pension-contribution of the employees with Mutual Funds and such other
financial institutions, reap dividend thereon; and thence pay the pension to
the retirees. This Scheme is said to have not worked satisfactorily, with the
apprehension that the anticipated dividend amounts from the Mutual Fund were
either not commensurate, or were even failing. Theopposition to the Scheme
continues.
In a Pension-related write-up
(‘Deccan Herald’, April 29, under head ‘Family Finance’, p.15), Vasant G Hegde,
a Banker-academician with the Manipal Academy of Banking, Bengaluru),
highlighted this point. We quote. “In a major relief to thousands of employees,
the Supreme Court recently dismissed the
Special Leave Petition filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) against a Kerala High Court judgement setting aside Employees Pension
(Amendment) Scheme 2014, that had capped
the maximum pensionable salary to Rs 15,000 per month. The Bench comprising
Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice
Sanjiv Khanna, on April 1, 2019, while
dismissing the SLP, observed ‘We find no merit in the special leave petition.
The same is accordingly dismissed’.” Incidently, the writer suggested that the
employees should deposit more money to get the higher pension, under the EPS.
He also added “The cruel part is unlike the EPF portion, the EPS portion does not
earn any interest” (!)
We may also recall that, in the last
10-15 years, there have been attempts by the Centre and even the Karnataka to
cap or peg the pension-amount at a particular stage.
BSNL
Chapter: The
once-popular organisation BSNL is now under dark clouds – allegedly for reasons
of governmental indifference and staff indulgence. The employees got their
salary for February in mid-March 2019. There is a report that over 50,000
employees would be retrenched in a phased manner. According to a report in
‘Deccan Herald’ (April 30, p.13), a PMO-related proposal was to reduce the
retirement age of the BSNL staff. However, the meeting attended by the PS/PMO,
the Cabinet Secretary and others, decided that the issue is best left to the
new-government after the polls. Whither goes the BSNL, or who will save the
BSNL?
Coffee
Board Pensioners Assn: The
pensioners of the Coffee Board finally got the benefits of the 7th
CPC with effect from Jan 1, 2016. In this connection, Shri AN Balaram,
President of the Assn, as a good gesture, has individually thanked all the
Pensioners Assns including the CC CGPAs, as also the Minister for Commerce, for
the help extended (Courtesy: ‘CBPA
Pensioners Voice, March 2019). Indeed, it is the pleasure and duty of the
pensioners to help the co-pensioners.
JCM
Meeting: The Cabinet
Secretary had called for a meeting of the National Council of the JCM on April
13. Details have not been received.
C G H S
WC
at Varanasi opened: By OM d/
19 February 2019 issued by the Ministry of Health, it has been reported that a
new WC is opened at Kendriya colony, Chandmari,
Varanasi (UP) from 19 Feb
2019. It will be under the control of the Addl Director, Allahabad. (Varanasi
is the home town/parliamentary constituency for the Prime Minister.)
It thus visualises that the Govt has
the needy trend to open new WCs here and there. A few months back a good number
of WCs were opened. New set of MPs would be elected and new group of Ministers
would be in office, after the Polls-2019, by June 2019. With proper lobbying
and pressure, it should be Karnataka’s bid to have WCs opened at Yelahanka (Bengaluru),
Mysuru, Mangaluru and Hubli-Dharwad, besides a second Polyclinic in south
Bengaluru.
Shortage
of Doctors at WCs: Due to
certain reasons like a few doctors on long leave and one or two doctors going
abroad, the WCs in Bengaluru have been forced to treat the beneficiaries, a
little late. The beneficiaries have to remain patient. The Co-ordination
Committee of the CGPAs-K is aware of this problem, and would talk to the CGHS
for some relief. The WCs affected are Vijayanagar, Domlur and Hosakerehalli, at
present.
CGHS
facility extended to KVS retirees: The
Ministry of Health has approved the extension of the CGHS facilities to the
retired employees of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, who were having CGHS
card while in service, in all CGHS-covered cities, by its OM d/ 6th
March 2019. In turn, the KVS has issued OM d/ 13th March 2019 to the
effect.
One beneficiary moves to Bengaluru from
Chennai: This is
for those interested to know. Shri MRV Nath, Vice-President of AIFPA Chennai,
met with an accident in front of his house in Chennai recently. He is injured
in the head-region and a few other parts of the body. He is confined to bed. He
has shifted to Bengaluru, where his son is employed. He is at Kamalanagar, Tel
8778686123 (busy). He requested for reference to the CGHS authorities in
Bengaluru, so that a doctor can visit him and guide him for further treatment
and medication. The General telephone number at Koramangala 080-25535098 was
given to him. He contacted the number, and a doctor was to visit him on April
30 afternoon, for guidance.
Diabetes
in Karnataka: According
to medical data provided by Medlife, Bengaluru (‘Deccan Herald’, May 1, p,3B),
the ratio of doctor to patient for treatment is one doctor for every 13,699
patients, in Karnataka (with the ratio in Uttar Pradesh being 1:20,000 !). Dr TS Prabhakara, Director, Dept of Health
& Family Welfare, said that the Dept is trying to curb the diabetes with
introduction of more healthcare centres. He added that even the Ayurvedic
doctors were trying to fill up the gap.
The State scene
Political clouds have
shown uncertain climate in the State. Whether the results of the Parliamentary
Polls-2019 that would come out on May 23 would provide a change in the State
scenario remain circumspect.
The Assns scene
Karnataka P&TPA
The Assn has
announced to hold its 24th Annual General Body meeting at the NGOs
Hall, Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, on Saturday, 13th July 2019. Draft
Annual Report for the year 2018-19 has been given out in the issue for April
2019 of ‘Pensioners Champion’. The Assn took obvious pride in the construction of
the Pensioners Bhavan Annexe, and thanked those who supported financially and
otherwise. It wished the BSNL brothers to have their problems resolved fast. It
explained its various Activities and the performance in respect of obtaining
Digital Life Certificates. It explained its good performance on the CGHS front.
Finally, it was happy that the Assn, founded in 1994, was to complete 25 years
this year, and recorded its gratefulness to the past stalwart-leadership like
Shri N
Bhaskaran,
Shri B Sadashiva Rao, and others. It added that it had 2786 members on its
rolls. We wish the AGB a success, and
more beneficial activities by the Assn.
Karnataka CGPA
Digital Life Certificate: We emphasise that the
DLC-exercise remains a prestigious pilot project to the Dept. We in the Assn/s
must rise to respond to them. Two officers from the Assn viz. Shri
Venugopalachar, Jt Secretary, Tel 9448943355 and Shri RSN Murthy, Treasurer,
Tel 9731663662 , have been
equipped with the iris-enabled device for obtaining the DLC in respect of the
pensioners. The pensioners may be members of this Assn or even others, even
family pensioners. Please spread the word. The pensioners may contact these
officers, and get the DLCs done. The exercise should be completed in respect of
ALL the Assn members before November 2019. Please co-operate. Simultaneously,
the Assn requests the two officers to make themselves helpfully available to
the task, and go out to reach the respective pensioners.
Payments
received Following
payments have been received during APRIL 2019.
We thank them all, including the members who have paid Rs.1000 &
above.
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Name (Smt/Shri)
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M.
No.
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Receipt No.
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Dona-
tion
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Others
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M Fee
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PD Subs Rs. Year
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Remarks
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Balakrishna NP
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945
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2176
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250
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19-21
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Gopal K
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101
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2180
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1000
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125
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19-20
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Johnson Nayagan
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1214
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2170
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500
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19-23
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Keshavadas HA
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1042
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2174
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125
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19-20
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Madiyal T
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936
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2175
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250
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18-20
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Narasihnan R
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704
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2177
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1000
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250
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19-21
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Narayana Murthy TM
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1103
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2171
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1250
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250
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19-21
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Nath MRV
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1101
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2173
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500
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19-23
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Panthalu DMR
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278
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2179
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500
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Ponnuswamy
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1329
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2181
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500
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500
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19-23
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New Member
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Sankaran AV
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731
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2172
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125
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19-20
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Venugopal Andhure
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1121
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2182
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500
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19-23
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New members
enrolled : ONE new member was enrolled during APTIL
2019. We welcome him and wish him well..
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Name
(Smt/Shri)
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Age/DOB
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Department
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Email/Telephone
Mobile
No.
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M.No.
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Ponnuswamy
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71
11.08.1947
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BSF
Min of Home Affairs
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98424 39003
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1329
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A Quote
‘ Man works under
pressure, only ‘
‘Padmashree’ Dr S Subramanian, IPS (Rtd)
(Founder
SPG, Rtd DG NSG)
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