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
23rd 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
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