Thursday, May 21, 2015
LETTER TO MOC
Tele-Fax: 23697701
ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION (AIGDSU)
(Central Head Quarter)
First Floor, Post Office Building, Padamnagar, Delhi 110007
President: M. Rajangam
General Secretary S.S. Mahadevaiah
Ref:No.GDS/CHQ/61/1/2015 Dated: 11.05.2015
To
Shri. Ravishankar Prasad,
Hon’ble Minister for Communications & IT,
Government of India,
Sanchar Bhavan,
New Delhi-110001
MEMORANDUM
This union is humbly submitting the following
facts for your kind consideration and favourable action on behalf of
2.62 lakhs of GDS employees.
Our union conducted Indefinite Strike from
10.03.2015 to 23.03.2015 requesting the Department of posts to honour
the agreement reached between our union and the Dept. of posts on
21.02.2014 copy enclosed. We were assured by the Dept. and M.P’s and
Ministers that the Indefinite Strike demands would be settled only after
with drawl of strike. To honour them our union with drew the strike.
But the Department has not taken any positive steps to settle the
demands.
2. The Department introduced Service
Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) to GDS to provide Monthly Pension. GDS
also contributed Rs. 200/- per month. The Department assured to
implement the scheme from 01.04.2014. No retired GDS has been paid
pension even today. This union is requesting to provide provisional
pension Rs. 3000/- per month till the SBDS will be implemented.
3. Rastriya Swastya Bima Yojana (RSBY) for GDS is also accepted by
the Dept. of posts and the file was sent to Ministry of Finance for
approval. The file was kept in finance for two years. Prime Minister
introduced for common people Prime Minister Rastriya Swastya Bhima
Yojana.
Your kind intervention is requested to settle the matter as early as possible.
Hence this union is requesting the Hon’ble
Ministers kind intervention to settle the three issues by utilizing your
good offices.
With regards
Yours faithfully,
(S.S. Mahadevaiah)
General Secretary