All India Coal Pensioners’ Association Demands Revision And Enhancement Of Pension

The All India Coal Pensioners’ Association (AICPA) has written a letter to the Board of Trustees, Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation demanding revision and enhancement of Pension under CMPS-1998 to pensioners in Coal Sector. The content of the letter is given below for the benefit of the viewers of www.indianpsu.com –

To
Chairman, BoT, CMPFO – cum- Secretary,
Government of India,
Ministry of Coal,
New Delhi – 110001
Subject: Revision and enhancement of Pension under CMPS-1998 to pensioners in Coal Sector

Dear Sir,
It is learnt that the meeting of BoT, CMPFO has been convened on 27/9/23. We want to put following facts for kind consideration and appropriate action for resolution of problems being faced by the retired officers and employees of Coal India and Singareni Collieries Company Limited as below:

(i) Speedy implementation on suggestions contained in 12″ Report of Public Accounts Committee for Restructuring of Coal Mines Pension Scheme (Presented in Parliament on 18th March, 2020)
(ii) Incorporate Dearness Relief (DR) component as a part of pension to ensure equitable pension irrespective of retirement date.
(iii) Hasten the process of amendment in act as proposed by BoT, CMPFO, for enhancing collection of welfare cess from present Rs 10 per tonne to Rs 20 per tonne which is pending since last 2 years. An ideal approach will be to link this welfare cess as some % of selling price of coal which will erase the frequent ecommendation / approval of authorities.
(iv) Abide by the provisions enacted in CMPS-1998 to review and revise pension every 3 years
(v) Ensure Minimum Pension to the pensioner in line with government policy It is to reiterate that a number of MPs, irrespective of political affiliation, have supported the justification of our above demands, and have endorsed them to Minister of Coal for redressal. A booklet containing these endorsements are enclosed in Annexure-I.

We request proper deliberations and decisions in this matter and request to take up reddressal of the issue of meagre and stagnant pension under CMPS-1998 to coal sector employees, so that enhancement of pension of these pensioners can be hastened without any further delay by the concerned authorities.

With Regards,

(P. K. SINGH RATHOR)
Convenor,
All India Coal Pensioners’ Association (AICPA)