Honourable Prime Minister is addressed by FCPA
Dear Comrades!
The FCPA letter addressed to Honourable PM of India as decided by the meeting of Committee is given below, The Copy of this letter is addressed to the Staff Side Secretary too - KR SG NCCPA
NCCPA
/ 8th CPC / TOR Dated
21st November 2025
To
Sri.Narendra Modi Ji
Honourable Prime
Minister of India
Prime Ministers’
Office,
South Block,
Raisina Hill, New
Delhi 110011
NATIONAL
CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE
OF
PENSIONERS ASSOCIATIONS
Respected Prime Minister!
Sub:
Ventilation of disillusionment among the old Pensioners and Request for
amendments in the TOR of 8th CPC – regarding.
We the
Pensioners of Pre-2026, senior /
super senior citizens, wish to express our feelings of
disillusionment and also the humble request for amending the Terms of References
to 8th CPC constituted by the Central Government headed by you. We are confident that the reconsideration of
TOR of 8th CPC will be done by your Government taking into account
the large scale disappointment prevailing among the Pre-2026 Pensioners Community
and as a confidence building measure will scrap the Validation Clause adopted
in Parliament along with 2025 Finance Bill to divide the past pensioners based
on their retirement date etc.
The terms of
reference and the actual constitution of 8th CPC has taken much
delay of 9 months after the Central Cabinet had approved the formation in the
month of January 2025 itself. The abnormal delay has caused the fear that the
implementation date will not be from 1.1.2026 and arrears may not be paid even
if the Pay Commission recommendations are given effect from 1.1.2026. The fear
is due to fact that there was no reference to the date of effect in the TOR.
The ruling Party that heads the Ministry is supposed to be a party with a
difference but as like the earlier Governments this time also there is no Labour
Representative in the 8th CPC!
There is no talk
of Interim Relief despite the inordinate time dalay in the TOR. We expected
that there will be reference in the TOR about the Interim Relief or the
government itself will announce an Interim Relief of not less than 30% in the
wake of Honourable Parliament Members were given a hike of 24% from 1.4.2023
when the CG Employees and past Pensioners had actually served for nation’s
growth.
The very purpose
of announcing UPS scheme by the Government is the failure of NPS and no benefit
like OPS is being given in NPS. But the UPS while ensuring 50% of Last Basic
Pay as Pension like the OPS, however continue with the recovery of 10% of Pay +
DA from the employees. There is no recovery in OPS and the Pension is given by
the Government like deferred wage in accordance with the Supreme Court
judgment. There are other perks and rights like the Commutation of Pension,
Family Pension etc in the OPS, which are denied in UPS. The reference in TOR is
ensuring the continuation of UPS and not
allowing the 8th CPC to impartially recommend on this issue.
Like 7th
CPC times, the inadvertent omission of Autonomous and Statutory Bodies in the
mention of Pay Commission had led us to a lot of difficulties after the
recommendations are implemented to others but not to this CG Staff and
Pensioners. This time in 8th CPC also there is no clear mention of
this section of CG Employees and Pensioners though thCey are equal to other CG
Employees only in respect of Pay and Pension etc. The JCM Staff Side Secretary
had proposed the matters to be included in the TOR when the Staff Side was
consulted on TOR by this Government but including the above item all issues are
omitted unfortunately.
Kindly refer the
letter dated 17.11.2025 written by JCM Staff Side Secretary Comrade Shiva Gopal
Mishra to you where all issues of worries among the CG Employees and Pensioners
are amply explained in it. They are very vital to the CG Employees and past
Pensioners.
We have other important issues like the reduction of period of restoration of commutation; FMA hike to 3000/- as recommended by the Parliament Standing Committee; the grant of additional pension of 5% from 65 to 80 years age of Pensioners; the taking of entering into the age as attaining that age according to court judgments etc which are not mentioned in the TOR. Even in the online meeting taken by the Pension Secretary convened by the Pension Ministry the Pensio n Secretary had told the participants that the issue of Commutation will be referred to the 8th CPC and according to the recommendation the Government will act. But to the dismay this issue is also absent in the TOR.
The past
pensioners had sacrificed a lot for the Country. They should live after
retirement with dignity and with the same standard of living as in service according to the Supreme
Court Judgment. But the periodic
revision of the Pension though not ensures to live while in service at least
ensures a standard of living which the Government should not take away. The Government is requested to understand that
the payment of pension is not to be considered as a non-developmental
expenditure because they are spending the pension for purchase of essential
articles, on education, which helps to increase the demand, thereby helps for
industrial growth, a portion of pension by some pensioners deposit in Post Office / Banks which also helps for
the industrial growth. Therefore, the Forum of Civil
Pensioners Associations desires the appropriate amendments in the TOR of 8th
CPC and to scrap the validation clause adopted in Parliament by the Government.
Regards.
Faithfully Yours,
(K.Ragavendran)
SG NCCPA
Copy to:
1. The Cabinet Secretary.
2. The Staff Side Secretary JCM/
