SCRAP NPS – STOP OUTSOURCING
NATIONAL
CONVENTION OF CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES – 10.06.2016 – DELHI
Decided to
intensify joint struggle against NPS and outsourcing by organizing nationwide
intensive campaign and mobilization leading to a bigger trade Union action
including strike demanding “withdraw contributory Pension System and stop
outsourcing of Government functions”.
About 1000 delegates, mostly NPS
employees, participated in the National Convention held at MPCU shah
Auditorium, Delhi on 10.06.2017. The National Convention was presided over by
Com. K. K. N. Kutty, National President, Confederation of Central Government
Employees & Workers and Com. Subhash Lamba Senior leader of All India State
Government Employees Federation.
Com. Tapan Sen, MP, Rajya Sabha
and General Secretary, CITU, who inaugurated the National Convention called
upon the Central and State Government employees to launch sustained struggle
for compelling the Government to withdraw NPS and stop outsourcing of Government
functions. He explained in detail the impact of the neo-liberal policy
offensives unleashed by the BJP-led NDA Government on the common people and
working class of our country and also divisive politics of the ruling class to
weaken the unity of the working class.
Com. A Sreekumar, General
Secretary, AISGEF, presented the draft declaration for adoption in the
convention.
Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary
General, Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers addressed
the house supporting the declaration. Com. M. S. Raja, Com. R. N. Parashar
(Confederation) Com. Ashok Thool, Com. Ved Prakash Sharma, Com. Gade
Srinivasalu Naidu (AISGEF) also addressed the Convention. The house adopted the
declaration and the proposed programme of action unanimously. Com. Mangul Kumar
Das (AISGEF) Welcomed the leaders and delegates and Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee
(Confederation) proposed vote of thanks.
Extracts from the declaration adopted by the National Convention on
10.06.2017
“Defined Contributory Pension
Scheme does not guarantee returns. Benefits depends upon as to how the
investment has fared in the stock market. The stock markets have never remained
strong over a long period of time. It is not only volatile but susceptible to
manipulation and machinations. The global financial crisis in 2008 has been the
product of investment derivative manipulations. It wiped out the earnings of
lakhs of workers, employees, teachers and many others. No Government came to
render help to those unfortunate losers, whereas bail-out packages of millions
of dollars was roled out to rescue culprits. On one “fine” morning, the workers
lost everything including hope.”
“Large number of employees have
joined the Central Services since 2004 and so is the case with the various
state Governments, who have adopted the Defined Contributory Pension Scheme in
replacement of Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. It is estimated that they
presently constitute almost one-third of the total employees in Government
departments in the country. The deeper study of the functioning of the
Contributory Pension Scheme has proved that the promised better returns in the
form of Annuity is nothing but an ever eluding mirage.”
“It is satisfying to note that
the employees due to the consistent efforts undertaken by the Confederation and
State Government Employees Federation have begun to observe the dimension of
the problem and the support and solidarity provided by the democratically
elected Government to the corporate houses. It is also equally gratifying that
the young comrades have also begun to realize that this has to be resisted and
defeated.”
“The Government employees has to
emphatically demand that the Defined Contributory Pension Scheme imposed in
replacement of the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme must be scrapped to end the
untenable discrimination of the Pre-2004 and post 2004 entrants to Government
service and reintroduce the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme that was in vogue
for a century and more. In other words the Government must come forward to
amend PFRD Act to exclude the Central and State Government employees from its
ambit and operation.”
“This National Convention being
held under the auspices of the Joint platform of Confederation of Central
Government Employees Workers and All India State Government Employees
Federation calls upon all the Central and State Government employees to rally
behind the charter of issues and demands included in the declaration adopted by
the Convention, hold sustained and continuous programme of action and organize
strike action to compel the Government to repeal the Defined Contributory
Pension Scheme and halt all sorts of contractorisation, casualization and
outsourcing of Government functions.”
“This convention also appeals,
especially to the younger generation employees to realize that their hard
earned savings are being channelized into the hands of the monopoly capital to
subserve their efforts in maximization of profit. This convention also appeals
to them to understand the politics behind the policies and the pernicious
impact of the neo-liberal economic policies on the life and livelihood of the
multitude of their countrymen and be part and parcel of the global and national
resistance being built against the globalization policies for the
intensification of which pension reform process and informalisation of
employment was ushered in by the World bank and IMF.”
PROGRAMME
OF ACTION
1.
State level Joint Conventions before 31.08.2017
and formation of state level Joint Action Committees.
2.
District/ Taluk level conventions before
31.10.2017.
3.
Mass Dharna of Central and State Government
Employees at all important centres on 21st November 2017 (21.11.2017,
Tuesday).
4.
Raj Bhawan March (date will be finalized later).
5.
Nationwide campaign Jathas covering all districts
of all states (dates will be finalized later).
6.
Massive Parliament March (date will be finalized
later)
Next Phase of action will be
declared by the Joint Acton Committee before the Parliament March.
National Level Joint Action Committee
The following are the members of
the National Level Joint Action Committee.
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
1.
Com. K. K. N. Kutty 2. Com. M. Krishnan, 3. Com. M. S. Raja
4. Com. R.
N. Parashar 5. Com.
Rupak Sarkar 6. Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee
7. Com. R.
Seeethalakshmi
ALL INDIA STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
1. Com. A. Sreekumar 2. Com. Subhash Lamba 3. Com. Mangul Kumas Das
4. Com. Himanshu Sarkar 5. Com. Vedprakash Sharma 6. Com. Ashok Thool
7. Com. Ashim Kumar Pal
