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11/07/2026

06/07/2026

Dear Comrades / Friends and Brothers :- Namaskar.
Appointment and interaction with 8 th CPC today on 06.07.2026 at 12.00 hours in Hotel " Welcome " ITC, at Dumduma, Bhubaneswar on behalf of All India POSTAL and RMS Pensioners Association, Odisha State Committee.
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I have the great opportunity to meet with the 8 th CPC today on behalf of our state Association being it's State Secretary and accompanied by Com Bruhaspati Samal, our State Asst. Secretary.
I submitted the Memorandum on 27.05.2025 with reference to 8 th CPC notification dtd. 26.05.2026 on 9 th point questionaries with clear cut narrations.
Today I placed my views before the CPC for recommendation on Q. No. 1 for minimum Basic Pay for 5 Consecutive units of a family including parents as Rs. 1,15,000/- as per Dr Acroyed Formula instead of 3 consecutive unit family and as demanded for Rs. 69,000/- and agreed to the fitment factor of 3.833 suggested by N C (JCM) Staff side with other demands for annual increment @ 6%, Paymatrix Minimum and maximum in pay level.
Q. No. 2:-
I placed for Pension revision for the retirees prior to 01.01.2026 by dispensing with the Validation clause notified on 29 th March, 2025 and no discrimination between the pre and post Pensioners on or after 01.01.2026, the DR should be equal with the DA for Serving employees of the Pensioners and Family Pensioners, HRA should be recommended for the Pensioners like Serving employees, Bhubaneswar city should be brought under Y class city for HRA, Conveyance allowance should be recommended to physically challanged Pensioner / FP at par with Serving employees, Travelling Allowance should be recommended for Pensioners / FPs for going treatment in outside home state with referral empanelled and non empanelled hospitals, Patient Care Allowance should be recommended for physically disabled Pensioners and critically bed ridden pensioners,
Q. No. 3:- Festival Advance should be restored for serving employees and that should be recommended for Pensioners / FPs.
Q. No. 4 :- I placed before the CPC for opening of CGHS wellness Centres in each and every revenue Districts in all over the country to avoid hardships faced by the pensioners, Empanelment of more hospitals under CGHS, Cashless / hassles free treatment to Employees / Pensioners / FPs, Suggested for Fixed Medical Allowance ( FMA ) @5000/- as parliamentary Standing Committee recommended for Rs. 3000/- in the year, 2022 and 4 years passed, but not yet implemented though medicine costs are hiked much and medical treatment is too costly now, FMA should be granted to all Pensioners who are not opting for CGHS facilities irrespective of CGHS area and non CGHS area, Ward entitlement should be antidated to 01.01.2016 in stead of 01.02.2017, CGHS rates should be periodically revised, Filling up vacant posts of Doctors, specialists, Paramedical staff in all CGHS wellness Centres to avoid hardships of the patients / Pensioners / FPs, Parity between the Pensioners under CCS Pension Rules, 1972 and NPS covered Pensioners for counting 9 years and 9 months of service in to account for grant of Pension to NPS covered Pensioners, Suggested for Robotic surgery under the cost of CGHS instead of denial to it for treatment of pensioners, Railway concession facility be recommended for restoration for the Pensioners / FPs and Senior citizens, Funeral grant of Rs. 25000/- should be recommended for the Pensioners / FPs at par with Serving employees, Family Benefit Fund of Rs. 50,000/- should be recommended on contribution system @80/- per month as the TN Government introduced for their Pensioners / FPs, Travel Grant facilities be recommended for Pensioners / FPs in lieu of LTC,
Q. No 5, 6 & 7: - Agreed to as suggested by the NCJCM staff side ie for formation of National Litigation Policy in Court cases, Frame of Recognition Rules for Pensioners, Pension Adalat,
Q. No. 8 : - I placed before the CPC for DCRG under OPS/ NPS / UPS to recommend to Rs. 75 lakhs from Present DCRG of Rs. 25 lakhs keeping in view of the market price and inflation for next 10 years, I suggested for OROP as per AIPRPA CHQ / NCCPA HQr suggestions, Placed suggestions for restoration of Communication of Pension to review of the Rule -10 A of CCS ( Commutation ) Rules, 1981 and should be 11 years instead of 15 years as practically it is over on 10.8 years with interest rates, and Suggested for Revision of Pension and Family Pension for minimum two members family units as:- 67% of Last pay drawn or 10 months average pay, which ever is beneficial to the Pensioner, FP be 50 % instead of 30%, Period of Pension be enhanced to 70 years, Minimum qualifying Service for Pension be recommended for 5 years in stead of 10 years, Parliamentary Standing Committee recommendations was 5% Additional pension for every 5 years after Superannuation, but I suggested as per our Apex level suggestions :-
65 years - 70% of LPD, 70 years - 75% of LPD,, 75 years of 80% LPD, 80 years - 85% LPD, 85 years - 90% LPD, 90 years-100 % LPD.
Additional Pension be recommended entering the age of 80 years, not attaining the age of 80 years as per Guwahati High Court judgment as upheld by the Hon'ble Supreme court of India.
Accordingly the Pension / FP be served for Autonomous / Statutory bodies established under the Government of India.
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Atlast I placed my cards before the CPC for restoration of defined and noncontributory Pension Scheme from 01.01.2004 on the ground only 1.22 lakh NPS covered Pensioners opted for UPS out of 26 lakhs NPS covered Pensioners, thus it proved all other NPS and UPS covered employees want to continue under CCS Pension Rules, 1972 i.e.OPS.
The CPC authorities / team patiently heard me/ us, only not entertain the MACP case which is for serving employees,not a Pensioners demand and told me when everything covered in your Memorandum, then again why took timeon which I replied them Sir, this is our pleasure to put forth our cards / Suggestions before the CPC on Pensioners issues only, then they said O K, OK.
The CPC made very nice arrangements with tiffin and tea arrangement for all stake holders and those are invited.
Com Bruhaspati Samal, our State General Secretary of the Confederation of C G Employees and Workers also given an opportunity separately to interact with his Memorandum submitted limited to 2-3 points only which are not demanded by the Confederation CHQ.
However, We are happy that we have the opportunity to place our views before the 8 th CPC.
:- R N Dhal
State Secretary,
AIPRPA, Odisha.

10/06/2026

Com. Adi Narayana 98th birth Anniversary

06/06/2026

First Attack on RMS
During the period between 1982-85, Sorting work in running trains in Railway Mail Service in about 285 sections all over India was abolished. This has rendered surplus of nearly 4500 posts of sorting Assistants and about 3000 van peons (Group D). Night sets have been abolished at many places.
Jabalpur conference of R3 union decided to organize one day token strike which took place on 06.06.1985 for the exclusive demands of R3. Since then we continue to fight Govt's moves of privitisation / corporatisation through our united struggles .long live NFPE. LONG LIVE WORKERS UNITY.

06/06/2026

A Memorable Day in the RMS-MMS Employees' Movement*
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On June 6, 1985, a symbolic strike was held across India at the call of the All India Railway Mail Service and Mail Motor Service Employees' Union, Group- 'C'. This strike took on a different dimension and created history. RMS employees did not raise any personal financial demands in this strike. Rather, the strike was against workforce reduction, the withdrawal of the order to halt recruitment in offices, and to protest against the growing public inconvenience in mail transit and delivery systems.

The strike also aimed to resist the administrative decision to cripple the RMS by closing down 282 sorting sections and several mail offices across India. It was called from the Jabalpur All India Conference by the then All India General Secretary, Comrade B. K. Banerjee. It is worth mentioning that from its inception, the All India RMS-MMS Employees' Union, Group- 'C' (an affiliate of NFPE) continuously strived to keep the Federation movement-oriented. As a result, it often faced discontent from the then Federation leadership, who stood on the opposite ideological pole. Whenever the central leadership of the Federation took steps that went against employee interests due to internal misunderstandings, this union raised timely warnings. This R-III organization remained uncompromising in its class-oriented approach, in contrast to the path of class-collaboration. (Later, in the Dharwad Federal Council of 1992, a qualitative and character shift occurred in the Federation’s role.)

As a result, the June 6 strike went beyond economic demands—it was an expression of patriotism by RMS-MMS employees on behalf of the people of the country.

Across the country, regular employees as well as a large number of Reserve Trained Pool (RTP) workers, ED employees (now GDS), and casual and part-time workers participated in the June 6 strike. The situation was such that the very RTP workers who were hired as a backup force to break the strike became organizers and strikers due to the correct line and stance of the leadership. In West Bengal, even the Class IV RMS-MMS employees' union took direct part in the strike. Postal employees also staged protest programs in solidarity with the strike.

The strike had an unprecedented impact in West Bengal—all RMS-MMS offices were shut. What began as a one-day symbolic strike, in West Bengal turned into a continuous 7-day strike. If anyone must be held responsible for this escalation, it was the postal administration in West Bengal. When employees returned the next day to mark attendance, the administration secretly ordered that all RTP workers who joined the one-day strike would not be allowed back to work.

In response, under the leadership of then Circle Secretary Comrade Arbinda Chandra, it was decided that regular employees would not resume work until the RTP workers were reinstated. Thus began the continuous strike, which brought mail operations in West Bengal to a standstill.

This strike proved that the Left Front Government in West Bengal stood as a weapon in the hands of the working people. While the Congress-led central government tried to dismiss striking workers and proposed to run postal services using the military if necessary, the then Chief Minister of the Left Front, the people’s leader Jyoti Basu, intervened to pressure the central government and resolve the deadlock. He summoned Postmaster General J. C. Roy and asked him the reason for the disruption. After hearing everything, he intervened and urged the administration to accept the workers’ demands. The PMG expressed concern that he might lose his job if the demands were accepted. Comrade Basu firmly assured him that he would speak with Delhi, and if the PMG lost his job, he would be given an equivalent post under the state government.

The administration agreed to the demands. It was assured that no punitive action would be taken against any employee and the RTP workers would be reinstated. Thus, the strike concluded in victory on June 12. As a result of this strike, thousands of RTP workers across the country, including West Bengal, were later departmentalized as Sorting Assistants in the postal department.

Later, in violation of the decision not to take punitive action, the postal authorities decided to withhold salaries of RTP workers from June 6 to 12. The RMS union filed a lawsuit against this. The case was fought by lawyer Comrade Somnath Chatterjee (who later became the Speaker of the Lok Sabha). Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee issued an injunction against the postal authority's order.

The June 6, 1985 strike remains a golden chapter in the history of the RMS-MMS Employees' Union. Even after 40 years, it remains equally relevant. Learning from this history, the demand of the hour is to build a timely, effective organization.

Santanu Nandy
President
All India RMS and MMS Employees Union, Group- 'C'