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Monday, 28 December 2015

IRS  (C&CE) OFFICERS’  WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
Secretary General:                                        Address for communication:                 
 Lokanath Mishra                                              Panchu Chaura, Puri-752001.  
Mob. 09437314941                                       mail Id:jailoknathjee@gmail.com     

                                                                                                                                                  
Ref No.IRSOWA/2015/126                                                            Dated:- 15.12.15      

To,
The Chairman,
Central Board of Excise and Customs,
North Block, New Delhi-110001.

Respected Sir,
Sub- Suggestions/demands on the recommendations of the 7th CPC-regarding.

            We beg to draw your kind attention to letter F. No. A-26017/154/2015-Ad.IIA Dt. 11.12.15 of CBEC.
We submit herewith our suggestions/ demands on the recommendations of the 7th CPC :

1.       Minimum Pension:-
           The 7TH Pay Commission  endorses the Supreme Court verdict in Nakara Case that a pension scheme must provide a pensioner to live at a standard equivalent at pre-retirement level. Even if the arguments and findings of the CPC in arriving at the minimum wage are accepted a pensioner is legitimately entitled for 1.8 units pension which works out to Rs. 10800 (18000 x 1.8 divided by 3 ) as minimum pension. The rate of pension works out to 60% of last pay drawn in this case.

2.          Parity in Pension:-
            The present parity in pension as formulated by the CPC is totally different from OROP scheme. While the OROP scheme is beneficial to each and every defence pensioner, the parity scheme proposed is not at all beneficial to more than 60% of the pensioners. To include more pensioners in the ambit of the scheme, parity may be allowed between posts/grades at the pre-retirement and at the present level instead of parity between scales of pay of the past and present.

3.           Age-related additional pension:-
             Almost all the recommendations of VII CPC were made reckoning the opinion of the Department of Pension and  Pensioners’ Welfare where as the Department’s opinion that  the age related additional pension should be allowed from 75 years onwards was discarded by the Commission on a flimsy argument that the Ministry of Defence had not supported the proposal. The stand of the CPC is unjustified. There should be at least 10% increase in pension on attaining the age of 75 years.

4.         Restoration of commuted portion of pension:-
           The commutation factor for those retiring at the age of 60 years is at present 8.194. Therefore the commuted portion should reasonably be restored after 10 years (12 years for pre 2006 retirees) even after discounting the risk factor. The interest portion accrued to Government of India exchequer, on this account, is more than 22% per annum.

5.           Fixed Medical Allowance:-
           Regarding the Health Insurance Scheme, no rational and convincing proposal is put forth by the CPC. However the proposal is not new and it is a long pending one. Till a mutually agreeable Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme is implemented, the pensioners may be allowed a Fixed Medical Allowance of Rs. 1200/- per month, an amount which is allowed to the pensioners of EPF organization who are also governed by the same CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.

6.      Exercising of option:

        It has been recommended by 7th CPC for 32% hike in the basic pension (2.57 factor) with one more option for ensuring equal pension for equal number of years of service. In the 2nd option, the increments earned in the post occupied immediate before the retirement by the pensioners will be taken into account. In this connection, it is to state that the pensioners either got more pay or same pay of the post occupied by them at the time of retirement due to introduction of ACP/MACP. Therefore, it is required to provide one more option to the effect that for fixation of pension on 2nd option as recommended by 7th CPC the pensioners can choose either pay of the post fixed by promotion as well as upgradation under ACP/MACP or higher pay as fixed under ACP/MACP which provides more benefit to them with a condition to change the option subsequently if required.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

 (LOKANATH MISHRA),
                                                                                      Secretary General.
Copy with the request for necessary action to:
1) Cabinet Secretary, President House, New Delhi.
2) The Revenue Secretary, North Block, New Delhi.
3) The Joint Secretary, Implementation Cell, Deptt. of Expenditure, New Delhi.