Monday, April 27, 2020

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 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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