Today two of our colleagues retired from their service in CWRDM, without getting Service Pension . They are : 1. Mr C. Gangadharan, Driver and 2.Ms M. Sarojini, General worker. Both of them are very much dedicated to their work and are very much punctual in discharging their duties. I wish a very healthy, peaceful and prosperous retired life to them.
In the retirement function the Employees Organization Working President made a remark that the retired persons will be getting pension if we have made efforts for that at the beginning. Actually the utterances are due to his ignorance because I know that in 1980 itself (at that time there was only one union and its President was late Com. V K Rajan, MLA and the then Minister for Agriculture) Employees Association President Com VK Rajan, MLA had submitted a memorandum to the Governing Body Chairman of CWRDM and the Honorable Minister for Irrigation Dr Subba Rao containing 43 demands in which the second one was Pension. At that time senior Scientists were not for Pension and consequently it was kept in abeyance. Even after in last Nayanar Ministry as well as in Umman Chandy Ministry also the same thing happened and Pension became a mirage to the employees of CWRDM.
A personal staff recruited for a Minister, after two years gets pension but a person working in CWRDM for so many years are devoid of pension. We can't blame the Govt. ,it is due to our own faults. Even today the employees are not at one with the matter and the Central Govt. is for Contributory pension. Thus "deferred earnings" importance has gone and nowadays I am also tamed to accept Contributory Provident Fund and PF pension even though it is very meager. There are lot of people in India who are unable to make both ends to meet. We can start looking downwards instead of always looking upwards.
With best wishes,In the retirement function the Employees Organization Working President made a remark that the retired persons will be getting pension if we have made efforts for that at the beginning. Actually the utterances are due to his ignorance because I know that in 1980 itself (at that time there was only one union and its President was late Com. V K Rajan, MLA and the then Minister for Agriculture) Employees Association President Com VK Rajan, MLA had submitted a memorandum to the Governing Body Chairman of CWRDM and the Honorable Minister for Irrigation Dr Subba Rao containing 43 demands in which the second one was Pension. At that time senior Scientists were not for Pension and consequently it was kept in abeyance. Even after in last Nayanar Ministry as well as in Umman Chandy Ministry also the same thing happened and Pension became a mirage to the employees of CWRDM.
A personal staff recruited for a Minister, after two years gets pension but a person working in CWRDM for so many years are devoid of pension. We can't blame the Govt. ,it is due to our own faults. Even today the employees are not at one with the matter and the Central Govt. is for Contributory pension. Thus "deferred earnings" importance has gone and nowadays I am also tamed to accept Contributory Provident Fund and PF pension even though it is very meager. There are lot of people in India who are unable to make both ends to meet. We can start looking downwards instead of always looking upwards.
Velayudhan
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