Today's (15.12.2024) Program of Our "All India Postal and RMS Pensioners Association", Odisha State Committee held its "Annual General Body Meeting" and "National Pensioners Day, 2024" and held a State Level convention on: O P S - N P S and U P S and demanding immediate Setting up of VIII C P C for wage revision of Central Government Employees and Pension revision for Central Government Pensioners and in the same time demanded for scrapping of N P S and UPS without exploiting the Employees and restoration of Old Pension Scheme as per CCS ( Pension) Rules, 1972 and called as Pension Rules, 2021, amended again on 2024. Also demanding against Sky rocketing market price for essential commodities, to resolve the farmers issues, to cover all retirees under old Pension system as per D S Nakara Judgment delivered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on 17.12.1982 through a five members constitute bench headed by Hon' ble C J I, Justice Y B Chandrachud and other four justice, which is not yet been supeseded. The meeting held at Com S N Sircar Memorial Hall, Jobra Road, Cuttack -3 from 10.30 hrs to 15.00 hrs. The meeting started with flag hoisting ceremony and the AIPRPA flag was hoisted by Com K B Rath , President of the organization. Then flowers offered to the Martyrs Column. The meeting and Convention began at 11 A M inviting the President, V P and other guests as per invitation card and some other veteran leader like Com G N Mohanty, R N Mallik, and Com Nirmal Das, and some retired officers to the dias and were offered with files , badges and flower buckies.
Then Corus "Bande Utkal Janani ----" was song in house with due respect on standing position by all members.
The AG B- N P D, 2024/ Convention was inaugurated by Com Abhay Kumar Das, Jiont Convenor of Cuttack City, CoC cum General Secretary of CDIEA, Cuttack and within a short spell of time spoke on the topic very nicely and brought the present situation of the country and called upon for united movement only to oust the facist force from the ruling. The house then observed two minutes silence with a condolence proposal as placed in the report by the Secretary Com R N Dhal. He then placed the report in house and told about the preamble of the Constitution as placed in the report, discussed about the pension issues world wide in 47 Countries with citing grades in Pension system when our County's position is at serial no. 45 under grade- D( out of last five countries) and the position of U S A, who is one capitalist country,is at serial no. 22 /47 wherein the pension system is for all and more than Our Country. The Government is giving alliwances like minimum pension to all unemployed persons.
Com Dhal discussed about the D S Nakara judgment and it's essential paras, 22,26,31,32&33 as placed in the report as per the judgment, in which it said : Pension is neither a grace nor a bounty of the employer, rather it's a fundamental rights of the employees. There should not be any discrimination or disparities in Pension system. All should get pension for survival in the heydays of life. No retired employee. should be debarred from the pension. He said the NPS is a robbery and UPS is more than the robbery and a cheating and deceive to the employees to divert the attention from the struggle path of OPS. He very clearly discussed about the OPS, NPS and UPS and what is the difference among the three systems and demanded only for OPS which is better and best for the employees. He discussed about the 8 th CPC as to why it is inevitable before the employees and pensioners and gave examples of MLAs, / MPs / Ministers, ( exampled for Odisha as placed in the Odisha Assembly recently for the pay revision of MLAs/ Ministers ), said about Judicial's pay commission report etc and the present situation of the country and the role of the ruling party. He called upon the entirety of employees and pensioners to unite and fight for justice and told about our burning issues of pensioners related to medical facilities and pension issues.
Shri Lalitendu Pradhan, Former PMG,Sambalpur Region attended as Chief guest and discussed on Pension issues and shortly also told about 8th CPC and it's inevitable for the employees and pensioners.
The Chief Speaker Com Bruhaspati Samal shortly spoke on all issues and the struggle path took during the whole year 2023 and called upon the employees and pensioners to fight unitedly only to defend pension, defend social Security and to restore the O P S only.
Among other Hon'ble Speakers Com G N Mohanty (AOLICPA) , Com R N Mallik ( CITU), Com P K Mohanty( OSGI PA) , Com G N Behera and Nirmal Das( OSREF), Com B Brahma ( AOEPFPA), Com A K Nayak ( G/ S, CGPA),Com P K Sarangi ( Bank), Shri R N Pradhan, Shri P L Bhola, Shri S C Dash, Com. S . S Samanta, Com A S Pati, Com Bishnu Das ( AIPRPA) and Shri Sarbeswar Mishra and Shri Srikanta Ku Sahoo, Rtd Officers newly joined in this program and told me to enroll them as a member of this association and addressed the house in brief and wished.
All the Guests and leaders invited to the dias as well as some Senior pensioners aged about 80 and more than 80 yeas old and some good organisers of the Association and life members and two family Pensioners ( Widows) were felicitated by the Association with flower buckies and shawls in this occasion praying Lord Jagannath for their good and sound health and wished them in the eve of happy New year, 2025 by Com R N Dhal, State Secretary and his team.
Com R N Dhal especially expressed his deep gratitude and grateful to the employees and pensioners who have voluntarily donated for the purpose to mitigate the expenditure and hardships of the organization so far financial position is concerned. It is managed only for some individual well wishers and pensioners on good faith in his state Secretary Com R N Dhal and for the Noble donations of their with meagre amount , the program is always successful of our AIPRPA, Odisha state committee and then running with minus balance.
One thing I learnt from my Gurudeb Late Com Banshidhar Mohanty that nothing is impossible if there is will ,then money will be not a trouble or bar ,if you are sincere and trust worthy in Union/ Association field and before the members and that's happening in our Organization. As I remembered Late Com S N Sircar also told whenever any program comes ahead, Collect spl donations may it be noble and voluntary and give clear account there after and will be no problem for the next or at any time. I follow this and never faced any trouble because for my comrades / friends and brothers.
Com K B Rath gave his Presidential speech within a short spell of time. Com H K Mohanty, V P of the organization gave a vote of thanks to the Chair to the others including the guests , leaders Members.
The meeting ended with the rousing slogans for the charter of demands of the pensioners on medical related issues and pension issues as well for 14 point demands in each memorandum submitted to Hon'ble P M of india and others on 29.07.2024 and on pension issues on 13.09.2024 which are submitted through M Ps of different states/ Divisions to raise questions in Parliament floor and in Odisha we have submitted on 02.11.024 in hands of Shri Bhartruhari Mahatab, Hon'ble M P( L S), Cuttack District.
About 150 Pensioners attended today's meeting and made it a grand success.
I/We express our great pleasure and thankful to all the Members who attended this program from different parts of the state and made it a thundering succes despite their odds and old ages, because they love the Unions and Association from the core of the heart.
Convey my Red Salute to all.
Inquilab - Zindabad.
AIPRPA - Zindabad
NCCPA - Zindabad
WFTU - Zindabad
TUI( For Retirees and Pensioners) - Zindabad
Workers Unity- Zindabad.
All Pensioners Unity : Zindabad.
Pensioners of the world- Unite.
Duniaar Mazdoor- Ek Ho.
🙏🙏🙏
R N Dhal
State Secretary, AIPRPA, Odisha.
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