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