OUR
PROMPT ACTION
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES
NINE: It is better
to act or deal
with problems immediately, because
if you wait
and deal with them later, things
will get worse
and the problems will
take longer to deal with.
Everybody knew that Dept of Telecom (DOT) only has the authority to decide
about our pension, including VRS pension. After 92000 people opted for VRS, for some time D OT kept silent. Only
on 16 th January
DOT issued a circular on Standard
Operation Procedure. As per the rules,
provisional pension cannot be sanctioned in the case of VRS. We anticipated delay in sanctioning regular
pension and issuance
of PPOs. So we demanded through a letter
on 4 -2-2020, that
as a special case,
provisional pension should
be granted to VRS optees.
Some leaders of a new organization (only for retired Executives) ridiculed our demand.
They said they are prepared to wait for regular pension. We knew that
Retired group C and group D staff cannot wait
like that. People
were sent out without
paying wages for two months.
Anyway, DoT conceded our demand.
Permission was granted to give provisional pension. Almost all the VRS retirees all over
India got 50% of the Last Pay Drawn as Provisional Pension. Please note that they did not get salary for January;
they got pension for February. We are happy.
Our prompt action
had its results. A stitch in time saved nine.
Note: All Circle/District Secretaries are requested
to bring these facts to the notice of all members and VRS Retirees in special.
P Gangadhara Rao, General Secretary.