GOOD NEWS

It has been informed by Shri Ashutosh Tripathi, Member(P), Postal Services Board , Department of Posts that Cadre Restructuring Proposal which was agreed and finalized by the Department of Posts  after several  rounds of discussions with Unions has been  approved by the Finance Ministry and it  will be implemented soon.         This is one of the great achievements of Unions as this has been done for the first time in Postal Department. (R.N. Prashar) Secretary General

Observance of Anti-Terrorism Day on 21st May

CBS GO LIVE OF ANANDAPUR MDG IN KEONJHAR DIVISION ON 11.05.2016

An inaugural function was held at Anandapur MDG on the occasion of CBS GO LIVE on 11.05.2016. Shri A.B.Sahoo, retired Principal, Anandapur College inaugurated the function under the supervision of Sri D.P. Nayak, SPOs, Keonjhar. Sri Bishnu Prasad Nayak, IP, Anandapur, Sri A.K.Mishra, SA-cum-DS, AIPEU, Gr-C, Sri Ananta Ch. Sahoo, I\C, Postmaster, Sri Debadarshi Parida, Finacle PA and all other staff and members of public were present.

Government may not Scrap 145 year old Pension Act

A last-minute realisation may have saved the Central government from blowing away the legal cover available to authorities right from the President and Supreme Court judges to ministers and members of Parliament against any orders of attachment of their pensions from the courts.

The government had almost decided to axe the 145-year-old Pension Act in its zealousness to heed the Prime Minister’s call to scrap obsolete laws. But at a meeting held on April 28, minutes of which have been accessed by ET, several ministries pointed out that no other law protects government authorities from seizure or attachment of pension by process of any court at the instance of a creditor who raises a demand against the pensioner.

This led the government to consider doing away with some of the “irrelevant or redundant” provisions of the Pensions Act, 1871 instead of repealing it. The final decision will now be made by Prime Minister Modi, who heads the pensions department of the personnel ministry. The government has so far repealed 125 archaic laws.

It has proposed to scrap over 1,000 more such laws. The representative of the Department of Financial Services (DoFS) said at the meeting that the Pensions Act is applicable to pensions under a large number of rules and Acts of Parliament.

“He specifically mentioned that pensions of the President, vicepresident, ministers and MPs are regulated by Acts of Parliament.

Similarly, pensions of Supreme Court/high court judges, central vigilance commissioners, central information commissioners and members of UPSC are also granted under Acts regulating their service conditions. These Acts of Parliament do not contain provisions securing the pension against attachment,” the minutes recorded.

Only Section 11 of the Pensions Act provides this protection to the constitutional authorities. When the pensions department proposed that the rules regulating various types of pension be amended to secure the pension and hence facilitate repealing of the Pensions Act, all ministries raised objections.

The home ministry “expressed apprehension” that the protection against attachment by courts, if provided in rules, “may not be as effective” as that provided in an Act of Parliament.

The rural development department concurred, saying all social security pensions administered by it are through executive orders and any provisions for security against attachment by court “may not be effective” as the provisions will not have any statutory backing.

The ministries of environment, culture and external affairs, and the departments of telecom, expenditure and posts said they do not even administer any separate pension rules.

The financial services department said the government will have to amend all other Acts and rules regulating various kinds of pension to incorporate the safety net, if the Pensions Act is to be repealed.

It proposed that instead of amending a large number of Acts and rules, the Pensions Act may be amended to repeal only those provisions which have since become irrelevant or redundant.

“Ministries of home, labour, rural development, defence, railways and DoPT endorsed the views of the Department of Financial Services… the aforesaid views of the ministries/departments will be placed before competent authority for taking a decision in the matter,” the minutes noted.

Source: ET

ORAL EVIDENCE IN FAVOUR OF MEMORANDUM: GDS

ALL INDIA TRADE UNION EDUCATION CAMP-2016

2016 MAY 24th & 25th ----DEHRADUN (UTTARAKHAND)

 COM: S. K.VYASJI AUDITORIUM

PROGRAMME 24th MAY 2016 - TUESDAY
08.30 AM	:	REGISTRATION
09.30 AM	:	FLAG HOISTING & HOMAGE TO MARTYRS
10.00 AM	:	INAUGURATION
INAUGURATION & CLASS - 1 BY	:	COM A.K.PADMANABHAN, National President , CITU
SUBJECT	:	NEO-LIBERAL POLICY OFFENSIVES & TASK IN THE TRADE UNION FRONT
01.00  PM	:	LUNCH BREAK
02.00 PM -- CLASS- II    BY	:	DR.S.P.KASHYAP , Eminent Scholar, Retd. Principal, R.B.S. Degree College, Agra
SUBJECT	:	TRADE UNION & SOCIAL ISSUES
04.30 PM -- CLASS - III ----BY	:	COM: K.K.N. KUTTY, National President , Confederation
SUBJECT	:	7th CPC RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR TASK
06.00 PM	:	NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF CONFEDERATION
08.30 PM	:	DINNER
25th MAY 2016 – WEDNESDAY
09.30 AM -  CLASS - IV ----- BY	:	DR. VENKATESH  ATHREYA, Renowned Economist
SUBJECT	:	CHOICE BEFORE HUMANITY – SOCIALISM OR DESTRUCTION
01.00 PM	:	LUNCH BREAK
02.00 PM -- CLASS - V ----- BY	:	COM : M. KRISHNAN, SECRETARY GENERAL, CONFEDERATION
SUBJECT	:	60 YEARS OF CONFEDERATION –   SAGA OF STRUGGLE, SACRIFICE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
03.30 PM	:	INTERACTION WITH CONFEDERATION LEADERS & CAMP REVIEW
05.00 PM	:	END

To

(1) All Affiliated Organisations of Confederation 
(2) All C-O-Cs
(3) All CHQ Office Bearers of Confederation 
(4) All Women Sub Committee members

Please ensure participation of delegates from each affiliate and C-O-Cs as per quota fixed. 

(M. KRISHNAN)

Secretary General 

Confederation