CGPA KERALA - LETTER TO MOS, PENSION MINISTRY NOT TO CURTAIL PENSIONARY BENEFITS DUE TO FREEZING OF DA INSTALMENTS

CGPA/KL/GL/2020                   25-04-2020

To

Dr. Jitendra Singh

Minister of State, Department of Personnel and Training

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,

Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi -110 003

Sub:   Freezing of instalments of Dearness Relief due to Central Government pensioners during the  period 01-01-2020 to 30-06-2021

Ref:   Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM 01/01/2020-E(II)(B) dated 23^rd April 2020

Respected Sir,

            Kind reference is invited to the OM cited.As per extant rules, dearness allowance admissible on the date of retirement / death shall be treated as emoluments for computing pensionary benefits such as gratuity, leave encashment. As per the OM cited, DA due to Central Government employees during the period          01-01-2020 to 30-06-2021 will be frozen. It is presumed that the intention of the Government is to freeze DA instalments only and not to curtail pensionary benefits. In that case, to avoid confusion among pension sanctioning authorities, a clarificatory order may be caused to be issued by the Pension Ministry urgently to notionally calculate DA admissible on the date of retirement /death of the employee and reckon that full amount of DA for calculating retirement benefits.

      

Thanking you,       

yours faithfully

G. Saharajan Nair

General Secretary

Copy to: Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi -110 003

CGPA KERALA-LETTER TO PM REQUESTING TO RESCIND DR FREEZING ORDERS

CGPA/KL/GL/2020             25-04-2020

To

The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

South Block, New Delhi-110001

Sub:   Freezing of instalments of Dearness Relief due to Central Government pensioners during the period 01-01-2020 to 30-06-2021

Ref:   Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure OM 01/01/2020-E(II)(B) dated 23^rd April 2020

Respected Sir,

       We, the Central Government Pensioners, are shocked to learn that the three instalments of Dearness Relief due to us during the period 01-01-2020 to 30-06-2021 will be freezed as ordered in the Government of India OM cited. The decision is unjust and is causing considerable disquiet among the Central Government Pensioners due to the following reasons:-

(i)     Majority of Central Government Pensioners/family pensioners are getting a monthly pension of less than Rs 20000/- only. They are in the sun set years of their life and are prone to various diseases. As such they are destined to expend major amount of pension towards medical treatment / purchase of medicines. With balance amount, actually they do not live, but only subsist. They are eagerly waiting for release of every instalment of Dearness Relief as every rupee is a valuable amount for them. Denial of this relief causes mental frustration and agony among these hapless pensioners whose only source of income is the meager amount of pension and the dearness relief thereon.

(ii)   The pay and allowances  of Central Government employees are determined by the CPCs based on Dr. Aykroyd’s formula. If the same formula is applied in the case of pensioners they are entitled to 60% of last pay drawn as basic pension. But this formulae was not followed in the case of pensioners and instead basic pension was arbitrarily curtailed to 50% of last pay drawn, without any valid reason. Resultantly every pensioner is sacrificing 20% of the amount of pension now getting and the Dearness Relief thereon every month which is tantamount to their indirect contribution to Consolidated Fund of India

(iii)  Central Government pensioners and their Associations are behind none in discharging their responsibility and commitment to the nation in the hours of crisis. Be it war, natural calamities or disasters, the pensioners and their Associations have a cherished history of voluntarily donating more than what they could afford to the Relief Funds. This time too, to overcome the financial crisis arising out of COVID-19, we are voluntarily ready to render maximum financial assistance that we can, to Governments. Actually, many of us have already donated one month’s pension or more to Prime Minister’s Fund created for the purpose. As such, compulsorily impounding of DR instalments is felt unnecessary.

             In view of the reasons stated above, this Association fervently hope that your goodself will be kind enough to cause to rescind the order issued unilaterally to freeze the three instalments of Dearness Relief. We hope that decision taken by the Union Cabinet on 13-03-2020 to release the DR due on 01-01-2020 will be implemented soon.

Thanking you,                                                        

yours faithfully

(G. Saharajan Nair)

General Secretary

FREEZING OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE AND DEARNESS RELIEF

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          The global pandemic COVID -19 is destructing the world. It has affected even the routine life of mankind. World citadels of economy are crumbling down. In India, Kerala is one of the worst affected states. No Government can overcome this unprecedented onslaught with its meagre shattered resources. The Government needs our help. We, the Central Government Pensioners, are committed to render all possible financial help to Government, in this hour of crisis. The Secretariat of CGPA, Kerala appeals to our members to donate liberally, in any case not less than ONE DAY'S PENSION, to Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, through our Association. (The donation is 100% tax free)

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