CGPA/KL/GL/2020     13-10-2020

 To

Smt. Nirmala Seetharaman

Hon’ble Finance Minister

Room No. 134, North Block, New Delhi

 Sub: Grant of special Festival Advance to Central Government Pensioners – Regarding

Ref:  GOI Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure F.No.12(2)/2020-E II(A) dt 12-10-2020

 Respected Madam,

              Your kind attention is invited to the OM referred to above which sanctions a special festival package of Rs. 10,000/- to be paid as interest free advance to Government servants, recoverable in 10 instalments, with a view to enabling them to meet expenses relating to festivals and  to encourage spending, thereby giving  a boost to economic activities. While welcoming the above decision, this Association requests you to extend the package to Central Government pensioners also as the pensioners’ community is a more deserving class and it is a fact that as aged members of the family, the social customs compel them to burden additional expenditure during festival occasions. So, to meet the good intention to encourage spending and giving a boost to economy, it is necessary for the Government to issue urgent orders extending the package to Central Government pensioners also as they are the more needy and deserving section.

 

Thanking you,

 yours faithfully

G. Saharajan Nair, General Secretary 

Copy  to:

Dr. Jithendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension – Kindly take up the matter with Ministry of Fuince and cause to issue necessary orders in this regard

Restoration of Rail Travel Concession to Senior Citizens - Regarding

 

CGPA/KL/GL/2020      dated   01-10-2020

 To

Shri Piyush Goyal

Hon’ble Minister for Railways

Rail Bhawan, Rafi Marg

New Delhi,110001

Sub: Restoration of Rail Travel Concession to Senior Citizens - Regarding

 

Respected Sir,

 

           As you are aware Senior Citizens of the age of 60 years and above for men and 58 years and above for women were eligible for concession in passenger fares @ 40% and 50% respectively in all classes of trains except Garibrath and ordinary passenger trains. The above concessions were all on a sudden withdrawn during March this year on the specious reason of curbing unnecessary travel of Senior Citizens and thereby reducing the spread of Covid -19. More than six months elapsed since then and the unlocking process is gradually going on. Senior Citizens are well aware of the risks in undertaking journeys.  Besides, there is no possibility for undertaking pleasure trips at present as tourist destinations all over India are still not operational.

In spite of all these, they are compelled to travel in trains in unavoidable circumstances and emergency situations disclosing their full identity. It is inhuman to deny them concessional fare on that occasions. So this Association, to day, on this ‘World Senior Citizens Day’, urges upon your goodself to direct the Railway Board to revisit the earlier order and restore Rail Travel Concessions to Senior Citizens, at the earliest.

 

        

Thanking you                   

yours faithfully

 G. Saharajan Nair

General Secretary