Sri. Kunhikrishnan, Director, SHAR

OROP- Back to ground zero

Now the war is ON !!  Politicinas' war    Ruling Vs Opposition .
But what use ? The game of blame brings the OROP to "ground zero" conditions (Or do you call it "back to square one ? "

After many years of waiting for the implementation of OROP , the Defence forces now have to make the politicians understand  the defenition and meaning of OROP. What  a pity !

OROP ... approaching the last nail ?

The  last news item of the day (I didn't want to make it the first ) is about the OROP.

Now, the Defense Minister says, there is no date fixed for the implementation of OROP. Moreover, they didn't understand /assess the full implications of it. So, wait ! (meaning, you my not get it atall )

He must have understood that  the implecations are not just limited to the Defence staff !!

Here is the full news item from TheHindu.

What Mr. MC Dathan would do after retirement ?

Another interesting news today is about the retiring Director, Mr. MC Dathan.
Here too I  not describing what he says. Please read on the The Hindu report on him.

ISRO news ... a lot of them today

A lot of ISRO news today. It's changing time at ISRO. So, all of them would send out news  Here are  few , taken from TheHindu.

I don't prefer to explain Please read on.....

Congratulations - new Directors

ISROfef  congratulates  all three new Directors

Dr. Sivan , Director  VSSC

Sri. Kunhikrishnan,
 Director , SHAR

Sri. Somnath, Director, LPSC

Be patient .... OROP is just around the corner

That's what the Defence Minister  and  Navy Chief  says.  But the Ex-Service men re impatient. How long can they be patient ?  The news (TheHindu) below says it all.

Spce Museum visit - online facility

This news item tells you all that needed for  "Space Museum" visit.

Strike on Sept 2

It seems the Govt is inviting a trouble. That's what the news (the Hindu) tells us. Please read in full.

Salary increase for MPs

MPs are about to get a salary hike. The news report below (TheHindu) gives why an how the increase now.
Let's wish all the best to the MPs. But I request  all these MPs to demand and do justice to the Pensioners, by implementing OROP and Full Parity for the Pre-2006 retirees.

And dear MPs, kindly demand and support a justified pension payment (as per the demands placed by Pensioners' associations. Hope you'll do that... we all pray for that.
 

Tomorrow...tomorrow... The way the Govt .....

This is the way our Govt  treats the  Govt pensioners.
We, pensioners need not expect anything better. Certainly, "Ache Din" is not for us.
You will be convinced if you read the newspaper report (from The Hindu) given below.

Implementation of OROP is again put on "Tomorrow....Tomorrow.." . Don't think the politicians ( BJP or Congress or whoever..).  What better could you expect from 7CPC implementation ?

Pre 2006 - Delhi High Court Order

Pre 2006 - Delhi High Court Order

The court order is now available. please click above to read.

The answers to the public

Today's newspapers (The Hindu and BusinessLine) carry the answers from Chairman, ISRO. Read on and  answer yourself on how right and satisfying are the answers.

Hot on Mars, But short everywhere else

Hot on Mars, but short everywhere else. 
Today's BusinessLine carries an article by  Sri. M. Matheswaran (Retd. Air Marshal).  He writes " ISRO is steadily killing India's digital dreams with its inability to provide Satellite support, even for television".

A very serious allegation ( rather a statement of facts) on ISRO.  He further quotes the CAG report and says " The CAG report has rightly blamed ISRO for poor planning and execution. It had planned for a target of 500 transponders on domestic satellites in the 11th Plan Period (2007-12) and further increasing to 800 transponders in the 12 th Plan (2012-17). In practice ISRO could operationalise only 187 transponders during this period".

Hey... dear all,  what's happening there ?  Our Nation and its people  look at ISRO now through this lens.  This makes me very sad. I am sure you all former ISROites would feel so.

Kirankumarji, are you listening ?

Here is the full article. Please read and comment.

Trade Unions up in arms

BMS, BJP's own Trade Union wing,  slams the Govt for its anti-labour attitude. The following paper report  (The Hindu) quotes all Trade Unions. Please read on.

Ache din , for us, seems to be very far away

Brewing up - a strike

It seems, a general strike by the Trade Unions is brewing up. The latest news says so. Please read on the column from TheHindu.

EPF - Minimum pension ?

EPF - Minimum pension of  3000/- is not feasible. Says, the news (from BusinessLine).

What's wrong ?  Where's it wrong ?

A bit from the History

This is a news dated May 11, 1965.  (taken from The Hindu)

Sleeping Media

Media is really funny. 'Malayala Manorama', it seems , was sleeping !
The news about the CAT judgement and subsequent litigations on this matter is no new news. Supreme Court directed the Government to implement the case of awarding full pension to those with less than 20 years service, and being Pre-2006.
However, please read the Malayalam news below from MM.

Meeting of JCM (Staff Side) with Government on 25-2-2015

Record Note of the meeting of JCM  (Staff Side) with the  Personnel Ministry.
Click below to read the Meeting record notes.
National Council (Staff side) Joint Consultative Machinery


Cortesy :  NC-JCM

Dearness gains - Bonanza time

The news item with the graphic is taken from "Outlook MONEY ( May 2015 issue)."

It's about the recent DA increase (1 July).  Oh... this is the way our media looks at such things.
What does the BLACK graphic convey ? I think it is highly negative !  If you feel different , please comment.

Receipt for Life Certificate

RBI has directed Banks to issue a receipt/acknowledgement  for the 'Life Certificate" from the pensioners, if submitted in physical form. Please read the full news (Business Line, 8-5-2015)

OROP and Finance Commission

The 14^th Finance Commission , in its recent report, have observed the following.

“A   potential fiscal  liability may arise in the  future with the introduction of OROP scheme for Defence services.”

Though a budget provision has been made in FY 2014-15 towards OROP, the payment has not been made. Hence the payment was deferred to FY 2015-16.  The estimated increase on this account is  6.62%.

The Finance Commission also stated that “ the pension  expenditure may increase by 8.7 % in 2015-16, and by 30 % in 2016-17. 

This clearly indicates that 7CPC implementation would happen only in 2016-17.

Govt's view on employees' demands

The JCM  Standing Committee meeting on 5-2-2015 at Delhi was an occasion for the Government to show their mind on  Pensioners (and employees) demand of Interim relief  and DA  merger. What the Government said is :

Interim Relief -  IR is normally given if there is an apprehension of abnormal delay. 7CPC has confirmed that they would adhere to the  time schedule .  So, NO Interim Relief.

DA/DR merger -  Since the Pay Commision would be submitting their report soon, thequstion of merger would automatically be addressed therein. So, NO DA merger.

Date of effect of implementation -  It’s te prerogative of the Pay Commission to recommend the date of effect. Govt’e role comes only after the CPC report is made available.

Modified Parity - Under Government's considration

In a communication to the AIFPA, Chennai, the Govt has intimated that :

" in so far as the extension of modified parity for pensioners retired before 1-1-2006 is concerned, the case was sub-judice as an SLP No. 36148-50/2013 filed by the Union of India was pending in Supreme Court of India. The said SLP has been dismissed by the Hon'rble Supreme Court on 17-03-2015. Further action after dismissal of SLP is under consideration in the Government"
"

Let's all pray that the "consideration" would become fruitful and immediate.

Recent CHSS Circulars

The latest  CHSS Circulars  are  available here for you to read / download

Circular dated 27-3-2015  - ICU/room rent charges

Circular dated 27-3-2015  -  Modern Diagnostic Services, Sreekaryam

Circular dated 13-4-2015  -   De-recognition of IP/OP at KIMS

Circular dated 20-4-2015  -  Guidelines for  AMOs/ Beneficiaries

Click here to read/download these CHSS Circulars

Income Tax - Tax base stagnating !

Here is an interesting statistics on IncomeTax !  (from Business Line)