India

In a letter to the union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 13 December, CITU general
secretary Tapan Sen, MP drew her attention to the ongoing agitation, including relay hunger strike
since 15 November, jointly by the unions of all affiliations in Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL), the public
sector Mini Ratna company engaged in defence production, in all its locations in Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh against deprivation of pension benefit of 7% of basic plus DA as management’s

Report to the Asia Pacific Regional Conference of TUI(P&R) Kathmandu, 3rd December 2016.

Dear Comrades,

On behalf of the members of the All India BSNL DOT Pensioners Association (AIBDPA) India, I convey my warm Greetings to the office-bearers of the TUI (P&R) and all the delegates who are present from the Asia-Pacific Region countries. My warm Greetings to Com. Mohan Bahadur K.C, Vice – President of TUI (P&R) and the Reception Committee, Kathmandu, who have made very nice arrangements for holding the Conference.

Naional Co- Ordinating Committee of Pensioners Associations successfully organised a historical National Convention at Hyderabad on 31-07-2015. The convention started at 10.30PM at Sundarayya Vingnana Kendram, with Com.D.V.Daktod, Vice President , NCCPAin the chair.Com.M.N.Reddy, General Secretary, All Pensioners and Retired Persons Association and Secretary, Reception Committee welcomed. Com.S..K.Vyas’s portrait was garlanded and rich tributes offered. Com.Pabitra Chakraborty, Secretary General made the introductory speech on the important issues.

On EPS Pension Scheme
After the order of EPFO to stop the payment of minimum pension of Rs.1000 from April 2015, there were countrywide
protest actions. All the central trade unions protested the government’s failure to continue minimum pension. It is also
a fact that all the pensioners were getting the minimum of Rs.1000.