Removal
of ceiling for Compassionate Appointment, Payment of Gratuity to NPS
Beneficiaries and Minimum Guaranteed Benefits under NPS
BPMS Resolutions adopted in CEC Meeting held in Hyderabad
BHARATIYA PRATIRAKSHA MAZDOOR SANGH
(An All India Federation of Defence Workers)
(An Industrial Unit of B.M.S.)
(Recognized by Govt of India, Min of Defence)
Central Office: 2A, NaVin Market, Kanpur – 208001
REF: BPMS/ RESOLUTION/ 10(7/1/M)
Dated: 21.09.2015
To,
The Secretary,
Govt. of India, Min of Defence,
South Block, DHQ PO,
New Delhi – 110011
Subject:
Resolutions adopted in the Central Executive Committee meeting of BPMS.
Respected Sir,
With due regards, it is submitted for your kind information that the
Central Executive Committee meeting of this federation has held on 08th
& 09”” Sep. 2015 at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Complex, DRDO Township,
Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad and 03 Resolutions have been unanimously adopted
by the CEO of the federation & the same are enclosed herewith for
your kind consideration and further necessary action please.
This federation is in full hope to get favourable consideration in this regard.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Sincerely yours
(M P SINGH)
General Secretary
RESOLUTION No. 1: Payment of Gratuity to NPS Beneficiaries
In spite of our strong opposition, the Government has made the New
Pension Scheme applicable to all recruits after 01-01-2004. While
continuing our opposition to the scheme, BPMS have given several inputs
from time to time to ensure that maximum benefit be given to the
employees.
As a part of this, the entire bye-laws and other issues pertaining to
the formulation of the New Defined Contribution Pension System
(popularly known as the NPS) was studies and it was found that as per
clarification issued by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic
Affairs) the NPS is a replacement for only Pension, and thus, other
benefits provided to employees like Gratuity remains constant i.e. the
employees enrolled under NPS are also eligible for Gratuity as per
provision of extant law.
After vigorously pursuing the issue, the Department of Pension &
Pensioners Welfare had issued O.M. No. 38/41/06/P&PW (A) DT.
05-05-2009, with the approval of Cabinet to provide for Invalid Pension,
Family Pension, Disability Pension, Extra-Ordinary Family Pension,
Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity in respect of NPS subscribers on
provisional basis.
Consequent thereof, BPMS has been consistently demanding that this
“Provisional” basis be converted into a PERMANENT BASIS feature of the
NPS. The Government has, now vide DC. No. 1(4)/E-2006 DT. 17-08-2015 of
JS (Pers) of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure)
circulated a note proposing that the budget for the payment of gratuity
be projected from the office of the Controller General of Accounts.
Subsequently, the issue has been earmarked to various Ministries, who in turn have further asked comments from various channels.
The federation having taken stock of the present situation feels that
asking comments etc. is not required on a Policy decision and demands
that the feature of payment of Gratuity to all NPS subscribers upon
Retirement or Death, be made a Permanent feature, without further loss
of time.
This resolution is therefore, unanimously adopted at the Central
Executive Committee Meeting of the Federation on September 08th, 2015.
RESOLUTION No. 2: Minimum Guaranteed Benefits under NPS
In spite of our strong opposition, the Government has made the New
Pension Scheme applicable to all recruits after 01-01-2004. While
continuing our opposition to the scheme, BPMS have given several inputs
from time to time to ensure that maximum benefit be given to the
employees.
Even after a lapse of more than 10 years since the arbitrary
implementation of the scheme, the Government has failed to formulate a
policy ensuring “Guaranteed Minimum Pension” to the subscribers of the
NPS.
Having examine the issue in detailed, BPMS now demands that without
any further waste of time, the Government should frame a policy to
ensure that irrespective of the financial/market conditions at the time
of Retirement and/or Death of the NPS subscriber, he should get a
minimum guaranteed pension equivalent to FIFTY PERCENT of his last drawn
Basic Pay plus dearness relief for neutralization of price rise.
This Central Executive Committee Meeting of the Federation held at
Hyderabad, on September 08th, 2015, hereby RESOLVES, to call upon the
Government to frame a policy to ensure that the NPS subscribers receive a
minimum guaranteed pension equivalent to FIFTY PERCENT of his last
drawn Basic Pay plus dearness relief thereupon at par with Central
Government Employees/Pensioners.
RESOLUTION No. 3: One time relaxation & removal of ceiling for Compassionate Appointment
The Government has imposed an arbitrary limit of 5% only for filling
up of vacancies on compassionate grounds, subject to several conditions.
As a result of this decision, many families are living in distress and
the very concept of helping the families of those employees who die in
harness, stands defeated due to imposition of this ceiling.
The Federation has been taking up the issue at all levels to relax
the ceiling to enable the deserving candidate get employment and thereby
provide help to the families of the deceased. Having examine the issue
in detailed, BPMS now demands that without any further waste of time,
the Government should frame a policy to ensure that as a onetime
measure, all existing cases of compassionate appoints are provided
suitable employment assistance immediately.
This Central Executive Committee Meeting of the Federation held at
Hyderabad, on September 08th , 2015, hereby RESOLVES, to call upon the
Government to frame a policy to ensure that one time measure, all
existing cases of compassionate appoints are provided suitable
employment assistance immediately and to further scrap the artificial
ceiling of 5% with immediate effect.
(M P SINGH)
Source: BPMS
