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Monthly Journal of KARNATAKA POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION (R) (KSR Act 1960, REG. No. 1069/98-99) (FORMERLY RMS PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION) Registered as "A Wholly Charitable Trust" U/S 12A of I.T. Act 1961 Registered Office: Pensioners’ Bhavan, Telecom Layout, Sriramapura Phase II Bengaluru-560064 Working Office: # 165, 4th Main, 3rd Block, 3rd Stage, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru-560 079 Phone: 23230545 e-mail: [email protected] Website : www.kptpa.org G. Babu M.N. Gopinath K.B. Krishna Rao V. Gopal K.R. Anantha Ramu President, Vice President Secretary, Joint Secretary Treasurer Ph.: 23220355, 94480 40355 Mob: 9480586661 Ph.: 23230545 Mob : 8197918085 Mob : 9448477129 VOLUME XX ISSUE 7 JULY 2019 Annual Subscription : Members- Rs. 150/- Others - Rs. 200/- Single Copy - Rs. 18/- ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING 13-7-2019 Govt. School students awarded cash prize and the Executive Committee members of K P&T PA with Chief Guest Sri D Balasubramanian, GS, AIFPA Chennai and Guest of honour Dr. Kishore Kumar, Addl. Director, CGHS. ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING 13-7-2019 At the Reception PENSIONERS' CHAMPION 2 JULY 2019 Proceedings of the Annual General Body Meeting of Karnataka Posts and Telecommunications Pensioners’ Association held on 13.07.2019 The 24th Annual General Body Meeting introduced Shri D.Balasubramanian, Chief of Karnataka Posts and Telecommunications Guest, Dr.C.S.Kishore Kumar, Guest of Honour Pensioners’ Association was held at NGO Hall, and Shri.K.K.Gangadhara. Shri Krishna Rao Cubbon Park, Bengaluru on 13.7.2019. spoke about the Association entering its 25th Morning Session: year, the contributions of the founders of the association, the successful completion of the 2. The Morning Session of the General Body construction of association’s two buildings in Meeting started at 9.30 a.m. President of the 2012 and 2018, the help of Shri Babu, President, Association Shri G.Babu declared the AGB the generous and voluntary contribution of open and Shri K.B.Krishna Rao, Secretary, members and non-members, including children welcomed the gathering. and grandchildren of ex-members. He said 3. Shri Krishna Rao presented the minutes that donation exceeded Rs.65 lakh, but we still of the last AGB held on 9.9.2018, which had need money for the lift and a big hall on the been published in the September 2018 issue second floor for holding AGB. He appealed for of Pensioners’ Champion. The minutes were donations. confirmed by the House. 7. Shri D.Balasubramanian then inaugurated 4. He also presented the Annual report for the open session. In his speech, he 2018-19 for consideration and adoption by the congratulated KP&TPA for constructing its own House. The Annual Report was published in buildings and saluted all the members for their the April 2019 issue of Pensioners’ Champion generous donations. He said that KP&TPA did and the Audited Accounts in June 2019 issue. what the other Associations could not. He said The Secretary read out the salient features that Shri S.M.Vittal Rao, during his visits to and explained some of the points mentioned Channai encouraged AIFPA also to construct in the report and the report was adopted. Due its own building. He urged the members to to paucity of time, the annual accounts could donate further so that lift could be provided not be presented in the morning session. and meetings can be held on the second floor. He also appreciated the tireless efforts of Open Session: KP&TPA in SCOVA, particularly that of 5. The open session of the General Body Shri K.B.Krishna Rao. He said that the next started at 10.30 a.m. with the joint Secretary revision of pension need not be after another V.Gopal requesting the Chief Guest ten years. Based on the price index, pension Shri D.Balasubramanian, General Secretary, must be revised by 2021. Defence pensioners All India Federation of Pensioners Associations, were granted OROP and Civil pensioners Chennai and the Guest of Honour Dr.Kishore should not be discriminated and there should Kumar C.S., Additional Director, CGHS to be complete parity in pension between past occupy the chairs on dais. He also invited and present pensioners. Referring to minimum Dr.Prabhakar, Ophthalmologist ,OSD, CGHS, wage recommended by the 7th CPC, he said Shri N.Bhaskaran, Permanent Advisor and that while the demand of the staff side was Shri K K Gangadhara, Kannada Writer to the for a need based minimum pay of Rs.26,000, dais. The other two advisors Shri B.Sadashiva the CPC recommended a minimum pay of Rao and Shri M.Ramiah were not present. Rs.18,000 only deriving the specifications of 6. Shri K.B.Krishna Rao, Secretary welcomed food requirement of a worker’s family from the the gathering to the open session and recommendations of Dr Wallace Aykroyd , PENSIONERS' CHAMPION 3 JULY 2019 noted nutritionist referred to as “Aykroyd Ambulances are not being given way. Patients formula’. Shri Subramanian said that the norms are brought in very critical condition and doctors, set by the 15th ILC in 1957 recommended who are human too, are blamed and assaulted. wage determination for 3 consumption units of He said that he leaves it to the people to judge a worker’s family, assigning 1 unit for the how right it is to attack hospital staff, damage husband ,0.8 unit for the wife and 0.6 unit each the hospital properties. He also said that CGHS for 2 children and therefore the minimum wage doctors are like family physicians, treating the determination on 3 consumption units is faulty. patients for years. Often patients ask if there Wife being an adult should be assigned one are any side effects of the medicines unit and the children also a unit higher than prescribed. Doctors take precaution while 0.6 units and the minimum wage should be prescribing medicines. Consumption of junk increased to Rs.26, 000 and consequently the food & eatables sold by road side and minimum pension to Rs.13,000. Continuing unhygienic habits like spitting and urinating in with his speech he said that there is an urgent public, throwing of garbage etc. also contribute need for unity amongst all pensioners’ largely for ill health and spread of diseases. associations and they should come under one Dr. Kishore Kumar was honoured by Shri G umbrella to pursue our demand for revision of Babu President. pension every 5 years . Regarding revision of Dr.Prabhakar, ophthalmologist, OSD, pension of BSNL pensioners, he said that CGHS spoke about the liberal measures there are two viewpoints. One is to maintain introduced by CGHS recently. He was felicitated status quo with simultaneous wage &pension by the President. revision. Another view is to delink pension revision from wage revision and pension revision 9. Shri K.K.Gangadhara, Kannada writer, the with 7th CPC fitment formula. He is hopeful special invitee, was felicitated by the that, now that the dust has settled, the Association in recognition of his contribution Government will take a decision soon. About to the Kannada literature during the past 4 his federation, he said that AIFPA was started decades. He was honoured by by a retired Postmaster General who had Shri D.Balasubramanian, the Chief Guest. In brought all Departments and cadres together. his brief speech, laced with wit and humour, A United organization of all pensioners is the he spoke about his earlier days. His entry in need of the hour, as pensioners are a to literary field was as a reporter for a local homogenous category. He was honoured by weekly in Kodagu. Later, he commenced Shri. Babu, President. He thanked KP&TPA translation of literary works from Malayam to for inviting him to be the Chief Guest and for Kannada. He continued with his literary work honouring him. even after joining the Department of Posts. He thanked the Association for honouring him 8. Dr.C.S.Kishore Kumar, AD, CGHS and the saying that he considers it as very special, Guest of Honour spoke briefly. He said that since it is done by his old friends. though he hesitated to accept the invitation as he is not used to speaking publicly, he feels 10. Ten meritorious students of Government deeply honoured by the invitation and thanked Higher Primary School, Yelahanka, Bengaluru KP&TPA for the same. He expressed deep were awarded with a cash prize of Rs.1000 concern over the assaults on the doctors that each for having secured the first three places th th th are being reported from all over the country. in 5 , 6 and 7 standards along with one prize The main reason is that people nowadays are for the highest marks scored in Kannada th getting impatient, road rages which occur so language in 7 Standard. The envelopes frequently can be quoted as examples. containing the cash were given away by the PENSIONERS' CHAMPION 4 JULY 2019 Chief Guest, Guest of Honour, President & the Smt.N.Nagalakshmi and Shri B.Nagaraju. Vice President. Group photo was taken with all old and new 11. Forty Senior members, who are 75 years Executive Committee Members present. and older, were felicitated by 15. Shri S.M.Vittal Rao was reelected as the Shri Balsubramanian, Shri Babu, Internal Auditor for 2019-22. M/s GRSM & Shri Bhaskaran and Shri Krishna Rao. Each Associates, chartered accounts were also re of them was garlanded and presented with appointed as Auditors for 2019-20. shawl and fruit basket. 16. President read out the agenda and invited 12. Shri V.Gopal, Joint Secretary proposed Shri K.B.Krishna Rao to start the discussions vote of thanks.