ONGOLE DISTRICT COMMITTEE AIPRPA OBSERVING SILENCE ON THE DEMISE OF  COMRADES

1.D.Rama Murthy Raju  Ex-NFPE  Postman  leader and Rtd  Postman, Ongole HO

2. M.Mallikarjuna Rao  Rtd   Post Master  Ongole  HO

3. J.V.Subba  Rao   Rtd  SPM 

                   DURING LAST TWO MONTHS.

BCPC                                                                           NCCPA                                                                                                               ALL INDIA POSTAL & RMS PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION
                            AP STATE COMMITTEE
                                 MANGALAGIRI
PRESIDENT: Com.P. PERAIAH   .  cell:  9492315910        website: aiprpa-ap.blogspot.in 
GEN. SECRETARY: Com.Y. NAGABHUSHANAM,      cell: 9550279069         
                                                                                           email. Yn.krishna@yahoo.in
                                   OFF: 11-274, AMBATINAGAR, MANGALAGIRI HO, 522503
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NO. AIPRPA/MGRI/30-11                                                                                          DT. 30-11-2016

TO

THE POST MASTER

MANGALAGIRI HO

Respected sir,

                                              Sub- non payment of pensions-reg

                         To day pensions are not paid due to non availability  of cash in post office due to non supply of cash from banks. Against this we have conducted demonstration in front of post office and passed the following resolution.

                                            

                                     RESOLUTION

WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF PENSION BY CASH AND ALSO DEMANDS THAT BANKS SHOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CASH TO POST OFFICES IN SMALLER DENOMINATIONS SO THAT PENSIONERS WILL BE PAID PENSION IN CASH.

                                        

                                    THANKING YO SIR

YOURS FAITHFULLY

[Y.NAGABHUSHANAM.]

BCPC                                                                      NCCPA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ALL INDIA POSTAL & RMS PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION

AP STATE COMMITTEE

MANGALAGIRI

PRESIDENT: Com.P. PERAIAH   .  cell:  9492315910                    website: aiprpa-ap.blogspot.in GEN. SECRETARY: Com.Y. NAGABHUSHANAM,      cell: 9550279069         
                                                                                                                     email. Yn.krishna@yahoo.in
                                   OFF: 11-274, AMBATINAGAR, MANGALAGIRI HO, 522503
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no.aiprpa/ap/11-16                                                                                                          dt. 29-11-2016


TO
THE CHIEF POST MASTER GENERAL
A.P. CIRCLE
VIJAYAWADA 520 003
                                            SUB- REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS
                                                      BY CASH-REG
Respected Sir,

                                          This is regarding payment of pensions for the months NOV,DEC 2016 by cash. As there is limit fixed for drawl of cash from banks to the tune of maximum Rs.24,000/-  in a week by the Govt., it is very difficult for maintaining families with that amount in the first week, as they have to pay house rents, buy provisions for the month and others debts in the first week.

                                            In this background we request the CPMG to issue instructions for payment of pensions by cash for the next two months and help the pensioners to maintain their families without any trouble.

An early and immediate action and a line in reply is requested.

                                                         Thanking you sir,

yours faithfully,

[Y. NAGABHUSHANAM]

GENERAL SECRETARY

AIPRPA-AP STATE.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 11th November, 2016

No.CPAO/CO―ORD/(107)/2016-17/496

MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE

TRIK00T -II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE, NEW DELHI-110066

Dated: 24.11.2016

Minutes of the Meeting

Please find enclosed herewith a copy of minutes of the Meeting held on 11th November, 2016 at ll.00 AM at O/o CGA under the chairmanship of controller General of Accounts to review the various pension ― related issues requiring close monitoring by Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs for further necessary action.

(Vijay Singh)

Sr. Accounts Officer

Minutes of the meeting held on 11.11.2016 under the chairmanship of Controller General of Accounts at Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan, INA, New Delhi.

A Meeting was held on 11.11.2016 at 11.00 AM under the Chairmanship of Controller General of Accounts in the Conference Hall ‘Swasti’ Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan, Office of CGA, Block-E, General Pool Office Complex, INA Colony, New Delhi to discuss pension related issues.

At the outset Chief Controller (Pension) welcomed all the participants. Controller General of Accounts in his opening remarks highlighted the need for quick processing of pension cases to avoid delays and prompt disposal of Pensioners’ grievances and advised all concerned CCAs/CAs that issues regarding pending grievances and delays in receipt of pension & revision cases from HOOs/DDOs should be raised in the Senior Officers’ Meetings chaired by respective Secretaries. He stressed that all Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs must use their dashboards provided by CPAO to monitor the disposal of grievances and uploading of lists of retiring employees and submission of pension cases.

List of participants is at Annexure-I.

Following agenda items were discussed and decisions taken:-

1. Agenda Item No. 1-A: Pending cases of revision under OM dated 6th April, 2016: Delinking of revised pension from qualifying service of 33 years:

It was observed that total 88,550 cases were due for revision. Out of that 61,778 cases were already revised. However, still 26772 cases (30%) were pending for revision. Out of these cases, 2551 2 cases (95%) were pending with 9 ministries/ departments i.e. Home Affairs (23,307), Atomic Energy, Prasar Bharti, CBEC, I&B, Agriculture, HIED, Civil Aviation and Supply. Vide various OMs issued by CPAO, concerned CCAs/CAs were requested to revise pending cases urgently. CGA directed to finalize all the pending cases within one month. PAO wise pendencies were reviewed specifically for MHA & Atomic Energy and they were advised to regularly review the status with their high pendency PAOs.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/ CAs

2. Agenda Item No. 1-B: Status of revision of pending Pre-2006 pension cases

It was observed that total 4617 cases of Pre-2006 (1,199 of Pre-2006 & 3,418 of Pre-90) were pending for revision in civil Ministries/Departments. Highest pendencies pertained to Home Affairs (963), Atomic Energy (442), CBEC, HRD, and Prasar Bharti. It was informed by the CCAs/CAs that these cases are pending due to non-availability of required information either with PAOs or with HOOs & Banks in spite of all out efforts made. Following points decisions were taken:

(i) CPAO to prepare fresh list of live pending cases on the basis of e-scrolls received which may reduce the number of pending cases. This list would be provided to the concerned Ministries/Departments to again review the pendency and check the availability of records. If records are not available even after this exercise, the certificate of non availability of records would be furnished by concerned CCAs/CAs to CPAO to enable it to take further necessary action. If any pensioner represents for revision of his/her pension in future the same would be revised on the basis of records provided by him/her subject to verification of the record.

(ii) The above list would also be provided to concerned pension disbursing banks to check the genuineness of these pensioners on the basis of KYC records available with them and get the relevant records required for revision for such pensioners. The banks will also be asked to furnish the copies of life certificates received from these pensioners to CPAO by 15th Feb, 2017.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/CAs, CPAO and Banks

3. Agenda Item Number-2: Delay in receipt of fresh PPOs

It was observed that only 29 percent of fresh PPOs were received in CPAO from PAOs before the date of retirement of government servants. All the CCAs/CAs present in the meeting informed that delay in finalizing fresh pension cases is because of late submission of pension papers by the HOOs to concerned PAOs. However, status of Atomic Energy was quite satisfactory where 85% fresh PPOs were received before the date of retirement. The Joint CA, Atomic Energy informed that they are regularly reviewing the status of receipt of fresh pension cases with the department and in case of any problem; they are holding the meetings with senior officers so that timely receipt of cases in PAOs may be ensured. CGA appreciated the efforts of Atomic Energy and advised other CCAs/CAs also to take up the matter regularly with concerned Administrative Authorities i.e. HODs/DOOs/DDOs for receiving the pension cases in PAOs as per prescribed time schedule and use the dashboards provided under WRPS to monitor the delays.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/ CAs

4. Agenda Item Number-3: Seeding of Aadhaar

Significant progress was observed in respect of Aadhaar Seeding in fresh PPOs by the Ministries/Departments as overall seeding percentage had reached 61%. Ministries/Departments where seeding percent was low were Home Affairs, PPG and Supply. In some Ministries/Departments, like Health & Family Welfare, HRD, Prasar Bharti and UD seeding was more than 90%, CCA, MHA was requested to ensure increasing the number of Aadhaar seeding in fresh PPOs as the low percentage of IVIHA had brought down overall percentage very significantly. Representative of PPG&P pointed out that low percentage of Aadhaar seeding in PPG&P was due to low Aadhaar seeding by Director of Accounts, Cabinet Secretariat (DACS) which uses PAO code of PPG&P but they are not in the administrative control of CA, PPG&P. On this issue, it was decided that while CPAO may take up the matter with DACS; PPG&P was also advised to coordinate with DACS to resolve this issue on regular basis. Most of the CCAs/CAs informed that PAOs are indicating Aadhaar numbers in fresh PPOs wherever the same is made available by the concerned HOOs and efforts are made to make it 100%.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/CAs

5. Agenda Item Number-4: Web Responsive Pensioners’ Service:

A. Grievances: Under WRPS, total 570 grievances were received, out of that 375 pertained to the concerned 15 ministries. Out of these 375 grievances, 70 grievances were replied back by PAOs to CPAO and 56 settled. 305 grievances were still pending with PAOs. CGA advised all concerned CCAs/CAs to review the status of pending grievances through WRPS on weekly basis and settle the grievances in time bound manner. CC (P) also requested CCAs/CAs to regularly review the pending grievances available under their dashboards under WRPS and ensure not to allow any pendency beyond 30 days. All the CCAs/CAs assured to regularly review the pending grievances and take necessary action to bring down the number of pending grievances.

Action: All Concerned CCA5/ CAs

B. Quarterly List of retiring Employees: Lists of only 1734 retiring employees were uploaded so far by the PAOs of concerned Ministries/Departments. Since annually about 35 thousand of fresh pension cases are received in CPAO, this small number of uploading of lists showed that still either many PAOs are not uploading complete lists of retiring employees or not uploading at all.

To ensure the timely submission of list of retirees by the HOOs to the concerned PAOs the CCAs/CAs present in the meeting were advised to take up the matter with their HODs on regular basis to get the complete list of retiring employees wherever the same is not being provided by the HOOs. CGA advised CCAs/CAs to pay special attention to those PAOs where details of not even single employee has been uploaded so far.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/ CAs

6. Agenda Item Number-5: Discrepancies in the bookie of Expenditure under Pension grant:

It was observed that there were many discrepancies in the booking of expenditure under pension grant No.35 in the year-2016-17 (up to 2nd quarter) by many Ministries/Departments i.e. expenditure in excess of budget, expenditure without budget, misclassification between charged and voted expenditure, expenditure booked in minus etc. An OM dated 11.11.2016 with details of discrepancies had already been issued to CCAs/CAs. All concerned CCAs/CAs were advised to regularly review the booking of expenditure under various heads of pension grant in their Ministries/Departments with the help of reports available under e-lekha/PFMS and ensure to avoid any discrepancies in booking under pension grant.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/ CM

7. During the meeting, CCA, Home Affairs and CA, Agriculture requested CC (P) to organize workshop for their pension processing PAOs in CPAO on WRPS and various pens’ ion related issues. It was agreed that workshop for PAOs of Ministry of Agriculture would be organized on 18th November, 2016 and for MHA on 1st December, 2016 at CPAO. Other Ministries were also requested to work out schedule of workshop for their PAOs in consultation with CPAO.

Action: All Concerned CCAs/CA, CPAO, MHA, Agriculture

The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

Signed copy

Organisational tour in Jharkhand Bihar - International Conference of Pensioners in Nepal Capital!

Fidel Castro the icon of anti imperialist struggle is no more!

Comrade Fidel Castro at 90 has breathed his last yesterday night on 25.11.2016! Comrade Fidel liberated the latin-american 'Cuba' in 1959 through a revolution and established the first socialist system in the continent. Under his able leadership 'Cuba' not only developed as a socialist nation but defeated 60 years of USA's economic blockade and numerous attempts by CIA to assassinate the revolutionary leader. Fidel is the symbol of defiance against imperialist hegemony; icon of revolutionaries of the contemporary world; imparting confidence in socialist ideals even after the collapse of socialist world! A visionary leader of working class is no more! Let us red salute him! - KR GS AIPRPA

Organisational tour in Jharkhand Bihar - International Conference of Pensioners in Nepal Capital!

GS AIPRPA organisational Tour!

Comrades! Just i am on my way to an organisational tour of 9 days. The State Postal& RMS Pensioners if Jharkhand  are meeting in their state level convention to found AIPRPA State Organization of Jharkhand on 27.11.2016. On 28.11.2016, the Jamshedpur district AIPRPA is organising its district convention. On 29th night i am proceeding to Patna and attempts are on to have a meeting of postal pensioners on 30.11.2016 to form an Adhoc body for Bihar State AIPRPA. After that i am going to Gorakhpur in U.P to spend some hours there before commencing my long journey to Kathmandu (Nepal) by road via Sounali border. I may reach Kathmandu on 1st December night. On 3.12.2016, the International Asian Oceanic Regional Conference of TUI Pensioners & Retired is taking place in Kathmandu. As an affiliate to this international organisation, the AIPRPA is represented here through its General Secretary as a Delegate. This Conference details are available in internet and by google searching you can get full details. But it is certain as our motto that the strong unity of pensioners at world level is a prerequisite to defend pension and social security, which is under attack by globalization. Details of organisational tour will appear here as events progress - KR GS AIPRPA

PHOTOS OF ANAKAPALLI STATE COMMITTEE MEETING

VIEW POINT OF DR. K.C. CHAKRABARTY ON DEMONITISATION

VIEW POINT OF DR. K.C. CHAKRABARTY ON DEMONITISATION

Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty was a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2009 to 2014. He has a doctorate in statistics and worked for a quarter of a century in Bank of Baroda before becoming Chairman of the Indian Bank and Punjab National Bank. News18’s Tushar Dhara spoke to Dr. Chakrabarty for his views on demonetisation. Excerpts:

Q. What is your view on demonetisation?
Demonetisation is a very blunt instrument and it has to be used very judiciously and in a very very critical situation. Generally, in a normal situation it doesn’t give any results. The economic benefit is less and the cost is more. It is necessary to have a very effective pre-planning. I am not among those people who are saying it’s a great step, it’ll bring a revolution. I am not a critic of the Prime Minister, but I think he has not been properly briefed on the subject by whosoever was involved in the decision-making process or in planning this, whether in the Finance Ministry or the RBI.

Q. If you were to design a currency demonetisation scheme how would you do it?
If it is to be designed at all… Ask first is it necessary? If we say we are going to tackle the process and the people and that black money is predominantly in the form of cash and with only rich people, then only it has a purpose. Otherwise for tackling black money in the normal way, it will never give the result.

Q. The government’s rationale is to fight corruption and black money…
You are fighting black money, but currency notes are not black money, all currency notes are white money. When it reaches a person who is not paying tax it becomes black money. And if the currency moves from that person to another person who is paying tax it becomes white money. The process and the person are the culprit, but you are destroying the notes. If the process and people are not changed a person can use currency, gold, other assets for black money generation.

Our problem is that the government’s understanding is that [black] money is with the rich, whereas on the contrary more cash money is lying with the poor.

The poor keep their money under the bed, under the pillow. The rich only have transitory money with them. The money will pass from the rich very fast.

Q. Will demonetisation affect the poor more than the rich?
Absolutely. To withdraw his/her own money the poor person has to stand in the queue, then liquidity…90% of the poor’s liquidity is in cash, so they have no cash. All your trade and commerce is likely to be affected. It will definitely have an effect on the economy.

And what benefit is it giving the government? You have neither touched the person nor the process, you have destroyed the notes which are not black.

Q. How will the economy be affected?
The total cost of replacing the notes will be Rs 10,000 or 15,000 crore. That is a direct loss. Then the banks will be doing only this job for the next two months: exchanging the note, managing the cash, managing the crowds. People will be more busy with these things. All this will have an adverse effect on the economy.

Q. What is the effect of demonetisation on informal markets that rely on cash?
There will be a liquidity crunch, volume of transactions will go down, sometimes it may totally collapse, depending on the situation. To be frank, even today these [old] notes are utilised in the informal market. Today, anyone can deposit Rs 5,000 if he’s selling wheat, if he’s selling vegetables, if they say, “I don’t have any other note, I have this note,” you will take it. (The old notes) are not totally banned, you have kept leakages open, it is working in hospitals. If it is banned why should it work in hospitals? Why should it work in airports? Why should it work in paying tax to government? I don’t understand the logic behind this.

Q. How much will GDP decline?
I am not an astrologer and I will not be able to say. It will have an adverse impact on the economy, that much I can say? It all depends on what corrective measures the government takes, what corrective measures people take, how much sacrifice people make.

Q. There are reports of vegetable prices falling because consumer demand has collapsed.
Inflation will come down because people have no money. If you withdraw the money from the people all prices will collapse, but people will not be able to eat vegetables also. Prices are collapsing because medium of exchange is not there.

Q. What will the effect on the fiscal deficit be?
If the economic growth comes down, the government’s tax collection also comes down. We consider that black money does not generate any second or third order benefit to government, but if a person goes with black money and spends it in the malls, restaurants or cinema hall then government gets a part of the tax. It all depends on how much economic activity is affected. If some people get some of this money into the open, maybe government will get back some tax. But that amount is insignificant compared to the loss to the economy and the inconvenience to the public.

Q. How much time will it take the government to replace the withdrawn liquidity?
If your house has collapsed, how much time it takes to reconstruct depends on the person doing the reconstruction. How quickly is he doing the job…

It depends on how quickly the Reserve Bank and government take corrective measures. But it will take a few months to come back to normalcy, as of today. It may take a year for the economy to recover.

Life Certificate by Pensioners can be submitted up to 15th January 2017!

Life Certificate by Pensioners can be submitted up to 15th January 2017!

Annual Life Certificate – Time extended 

up to 15^th January, 2017

The normal time limit for submission of Annual Life Certificate by the Pensioners is during the month of November. This time limit has been extended by the Government up to 15^th January, 2017. This is informed by the Finance Ministry through Press Information Bureau on 14^th November, 2016 in accordance with the review undertaken by the Prime Minister of India regarding the supply and availability of currency notes. Therefore Pensioners can submit their Life Certificate upto 15^th January, 2017. 

- KR GS AIPRPA - 

Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners – delinking of revised pension from qualifying service of 33 years – Confederation writes to Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions

Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners – delinking of revised pension from qualifying service of 33 years – Confederation writes to Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions

Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners - Revised rate effective from 1.7.2016 on implementation of decision taken on recommendation of 7th Central Pay Commission. (Click the link below to view order)

http://document.ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/DR_16112016.pdf

Retirement of Government Servant under Central Civil Service Pension Rules 1972 and Central Civil Service Extraordinary Pension Rules (Click the link below to view)

http://document.ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/2112016-PPW-F.pdf

Removal of State Wise Jurisdiction of Banks for disbursement of Central Government (Civil) Pensioners: Clarification regarding

Click here to view - Order

Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.07.2016 to employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre - revised pay scale/grade pay as per 6th Central Pay Commission. 

Click here to view - Order

Removal of State Wise Jurisdiction of Banks for disbursement of Central Government (Civil) Pensioners: Clarification regarding

Click here to view - Order

Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.07.2016 to employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre - revised pay scale/grade pay as per 6th Central Pay Commission. 

Click here to view - Order

Get Ready for donation of eyes and body!

Eye donation and body donation is a great contribution to human society - Let us come forward to do it on 17.12.2016 the 'Pensioners Day' - Take measures immediately to organize it by advance consultations with Government Hospital Authorities - There are NGOs who organize such donation camps for Government Hospitals - pl take the lead and inform here to enthuse others - KR GS AIPRPA

                                                         AIPRPA STATE COMMITTEE APPEALS TO ALL TO TAKE THIS TASK SERIOUSLY AND IMPLIMENT.........Y.N. GS.AIPRPA-AP.

BCPC                                                                              NCCPA                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ALL INDIA POSTAL & RMS PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION

AP STATE COMMITTEE

MANGALAGIRI

PRESIDENT : Com.P. PERAIAH,  cell:  9492315910 
                                                                   website : aiprpa-ap.blogspot.in 
GEN. SECRETARY: Com.Y. NAGABHUSHANAM,      cell: 9550279069   
                                                                        email. Yn.krishna@yahoo.in                                                                                                                                                                
OFF: 11-274,AMBATINAGAR,MANGALAGIRI HO, 522503
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AIPRPA AMARAVATHI CAPITAL CITY DIVISION FORMED ON 31-10-2016

MEETING OF POSTAL & RMS PENSIONERS WAS HELD AT MANGALAGIRI HO ON 31-10-2016 AT 10-00 AM AND NEARLY 30 MEMBERS ATTENDED. COM. VENKATAPPIAH, B/S PIII & ASST. TRESURER AP CIRCLE PIII ATTENDED AS GUEST AND INAUGARATED THE MEETING. MEETING WAS PRESIDED BY COM. ALLADI SUBBA RAO,RETD POST MASTER.

CONVENING BODY WAS FORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING OFFICE BEARERS AND DECIDED TO HOLD FULL PLEDGED MEETING AFTER ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS WITH IN TWO MONTHS. MEMBERS ATTENDED PAID MEMBERSHIP ON SPOT.

1. HONARARY PRESIDENT : SRI VITTAL,RETD PM
2. PRESIDENT : SRI. ALLADI SUBBA RAO,RETD PM
3.WORKING PRESIDENT : SRI. P. SAMBASIVA RAO, RETD PM
4.VICE PRESIDENTS : S/ SRI 1. V. JAMES, 
                                                                                                      RETD POSTMAN,TADEPALLI
                                                   2. P. MOHANA RAO,
                                                                                                                   RETD OA,TULLURU 
                                                   3. P. MAHABOOB KHAN,
                                                                                                                                 RETD APM
                                                 4. K. RAMESH, RETD SPM
                                                5. N. VENKATESWARLU,RETD PM
SECRETARY             : SRI. N. NAGESWARA RAO,RETD APM
DEPUTY SECRETARY        : SRI. A. PRABHAKAR, RETD LSG SA
ASST. DECRETARIES,S/SRI: 1. S.H. SHARIFF, RETD APM
                                                  2. SK. MASTAN, RETD PA
TRESURER           : SRI. A. NAGESWARA RAO, RETD LSG SA
ASST. TRESURER    : SRI  T. VENKATARAMAIAH,RETD M.O
AUDITOR                    : SRI. A. VENKATAPPAIAH,APM MGRI

STATE COMMITTEE EXPRESS SINCERE THANKS TO THE NEWLY FORMED BODY FOR THEIR INITIATION AND WISH THEM SUCESS IN FORMING STRONG AND EFFECTIVE BODY.