News Letter
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New Old Men Home.
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14-Mar-2010
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Anand Ashram. M.V.Ruparelia.
A new Vrudhashram, named Anand Ashram for Senior Citizens has come up just 67 km from Mumbai at Vajreshwari through Western Express Highway . Vajreshwari is a home town of religion and popular for its Hot Springs . Amongst this natural & pious atmosphere, a campus for Senior Citizens with temples of Ram, Saibaba & Jalaram is built with neat & clean Bhojanalaya, Gaushala (Cow Shed), Medical Centre, Recreation Centre with various facilities including Yoga etc. Intention of the Trustees is to rejuvenate Senior Citizens and bring back their glamour & glory to life. They have made an honest attempt to create an environment for Senior Citizens, where they can spend their twilight years in comfort, dignity & freedom, they rightly deserve. There are well structured, self contained rooms along with a decent comfort level of living. A variety of rooms are available from a single, double, triple and quadruplet occupancy. Each room is esthetically furnished and offers comfortable and clean living. It is equipped with well carved furniture along with attached bathroom with geyser, shower etc with fully backed power supply. The accommodation is vast and 80 Senior Citizens can stay comfortably. As you enter the Campus, you will feel like entering a Heaven! Each room is so nice that there are no words to describe it. From terrace, you can see the Nature’s Gift to us-the greenery, the hills, the sun rise, the sun set and what not in morning & evening. A vast area of the Campus gives you liberty to enjoy walking, playing out-door games etc. Temples within the Campus are also wonderful.
As it is new one and not yet patronized by Senior Citizens, it is open for all for picnic, staying for any number of days at payment of Rs 250 per day per individual for accommodation, morning tea, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea & dinner. Free food is given to pilgrims visiting Vajreshwari on Sundays & Thursdays. If you are in a group and do not want to stay overnight, you can also visit by keeping one room for some hours. Groups of Senior Citizens can thus visit and enjoy a day s picnic here.
The address of the Campus is as under: Jalaram Dham, Vajreshwari-Bhiwandi Road , Vajreshwari. Dist Thane-401204. Contact No. 02522-296280.
Trust s Head Office: T.A. Chatwani Charitable Trust & Jobanputra Trust, Citi Point, Teli Gally, Andheri (East). Mumbai400069. T.No. 022-26843051/ 26838739.
(M.V.Ruparelia)
Ph:28123691 M:9821732855.
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PASSPORT UNDER TATKAL SCHEME IN ONE TO SEVEN DAYS
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13-Mar-2010
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Applications for issue of passports under the Tatkal scheme are accepted if a verification certificate is submitted in the prescribed performa, duly signed by a designated officer of the Central/State Governments, or on submission of three prescribed documents. Two lists containing designated officers and prescribed documents are enclosed at Annexure A and B.
Generally, Passport Offices have adhered to the time-target of issuing passports under the Tatkal scheme. Under the scheme, fresh passports are issued within the time-target of 1-7 days and re-issued passports within three working days, subject to no adverse information being found in the system during the processing of the applications. The Government has elaborated a public grievances redressal mechanism to attend to all grievances, including those under the Tatkal scheme, at every passport office as well as at Consular, Passport, and Visa Division of the Ministry.
ANNEXURE-A
List of 14 documents:
a) Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC)
b) Service Identity Cards issued by State/Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Local bodies or Public Limited Companies
c ) SC/ST/OBC Certificates
d) Freedom Fighter Identity Cards
e) Arms Licenses
f) Property Documents such as Pattas, Registered Deeds etc
g) Ration Cards
h) Pension Documents such as Ex-Servicemen s Pension book/Pension Payment Order, Ex- Servicemen s Widow/Dependent Certificates, Old Age Pension Order, Widow Pension Order
i) Railway Identification Cards
j) Income Tax Identity(PAN) cards
k) Bank/Kisan/Post Office Passbooks
l) Student Identity Cards issued by recognized educational institutions
m) Driving Licenses
n) Birth Certificates issued under the Registrar of Births & Deaths (RBD) Act
Note: At least one of the three documents submitted should be a photo identity document and at least one should be, out of those listed at a to i above.
ANNEXURE-B
The List of authorities competent to issue Verification Certificates (VCs)
a) An Under Secretary /Deputy Secretary/Director/Joint Secretary/Special Secretary/Secretary/Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India
b) A Director/Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary/Special Secretary/Chief Secretary in a State Government
c) A Sub-Divisional Magistrate/First Class Judicial Magistrate/Additional DM/District Magistrate of the District of residence of the applicant
d) A District Superintendent of Police, DIG/IG/DGP of District of residence of the applicant
e) A Major and above in the army, Lt. Commander and above in the Navy and Sq. Leader and above in the Air Force
f) General Manger of a Public Sector Undertaking
g) A member of an All India Service or Central Service, who is equivalent to or above the rank of an Under Secretary to the Government i.e. in the pay scale of Rs. 10,000-15,200 or above
h) Resident Commissioners/Additional Residential Commissioners of all State Governments based in Delhi
i) Concerned Tehsildars or concerned SHO for an applicant staying in the area under his/her jurisdiction.
j) Chairman/Chairperson of Apex Business Organizations such as Federation of IndianChambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) in respect of owners, partners or directors of the companies that are members of the concerned Chamber.
This information was given by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State of External Affairs in reply to a question by Shri Gireesh Kumar Sanghi in Rajya Sabha today. On 12.3.2010
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14.01.2010-Senior Citizen Help line in Ahmadabad and other useful information for Sr Citizens of Karnataka,A.P & T.N-Courtesy, sssglobal
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15-Jan-2010
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Senior Citizen Help line in Ahmadabad and other useful information for Sr Citizens of Karnataka,A.P & T.N-Courtesy, sssglobal
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RPWA Ambala celebrates Pensioners Day
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04-Jan-2010
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On 21.12.09 RPWA Ambala celebrated Pensioners day-For detail, pl view file.
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S.No
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International Federation on aging- NEWS LETTER NOV. 2009
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25-Nov-2009
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Note from the IFA President
Dear members, colleagues and friends,
In October 2009, the IFA reached several new milestones. Friends of IFA Japan (FOIFA), a member organization, convened the first-ever IFA international forum in Japan on the highly topical theme "Ageing-in-Place and Age-Friendly Cities." The forum was the brain-child of Board Member Dr Hisashi Hozumi, who owns and operates acute and long-term care facilities in Akita Prefecture in the North of Japan. This event brought together some 250 participants from nearly 20 countries with a particularly strong participation from Asia. We are deeply grateful to Dr Hozumi for this exceptionally successful initiative and his leadership on an important theme which will continue as one of the main areas of work for IFA as we move ahead. Please look for more information on this international forum in upcoming e-news and website communiques. And, as an added benefit for our members, we will be providing access to all presentations made at the forum on our website, as well as creating a DVD of the event free of cost.
The international forum was preceded by the second IFA Board meeting of 2009, the agenda of which included elections for President, Treasurer and Regional Vice-Presidents as well as several Board
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B.S.N.L. News letter Nov.2009
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24-Nov-2009
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Reception Committee Donates Rs 39197.00
Reception Committee for the formation conference of All India BSNL Pensioners Welfare Association, held at Chennai on 20th August 2009, has made over to Central Headquarters of the Association Rs 34197.00, being the entire balance with them. At the conference itself Reception Commitrtee had given a donation of Rs 5000 to CHQ. The Reception Committee received Rs. 1,39,351 from BSNL pensioners in Tamilnadu and Chennai Telephones Circles as donation and Rs 43100 as delegate fee from 431 Delegates registered and attended the conference. Coordinating Committee of BSNL Pensioners Welfare Associations of Tamilnadu Circle and Chennai Telephones met on 24th October 2009, approved the audited accounts of Reception Committee and unanimously decided to transfer the entire balance amount to CHQ. Accordingly, the DD for Rs 34197.00 was handed over to General Secretary on 15th November 2009 in a meeting held at Mylapore, Chennai. Leaders like Coms. D. Gopalakrishnan, D. Harikrishnan, G. Natarajan, V Rama Rao, Pitchai Mohan Raj etc. were present. Central Head Quarters express sincere thanks to the Reception Committee for the great help.
Note for complete Text : Open file.
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GRANT OF CONCESSIONAL TELEPHONE FACILITY TORETIRED P&T EMLOYEES
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16-Nov-2009
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GRANT OF CONCESSIONAL TELEPHONE FACILITY TO RETIRED P&T EMPLOYEES-BPS writes to
The Secretary,Ministry of Communications & IT.,Department of Telecom
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8
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IFA-e NEWS
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24-Oct-2009
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International Federation on Ageing (IFA) e News letter -Oct 2009
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9
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Action Plan to improve life of Senior Citizens.
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13-July-2009
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Action Plan to improve life of Senior Citizens.
By M.V.Ruparelia.
At present, the quality of life of many of the Senior Citizens is pitiable and even in cities like Mumbai, Delhi; you will find many Senior Citizens just sitting on closed premises of Banks/Shops, Bus Stops etc simply watching the passing vehicles & pedestrians. There is no place for them to meet, sit & chit-chat or discuss! They are not welcome in their homes also.
National Policy of Older Persons, 99 is a very comprehensive document for enhancing each aspect of the quality of life of Senior Citizens, giving very clear directive in each of the 99 paras. Para 93 of the Policy had clearly laid down that each Ministry will prepare Action Plan for the Year as well as Five Year Plan and fix targets and Time Schedules to take steps to ensure flow of all benefits to older persons. Even Chief Information Commissioner, Delhi vide his orders dt 27-6-08 vide his no. 2701/Senior Citizens/(A)/2008 in Case no. C I C/MA/A/ 2008/00645 to Ministry Of Social Justice & Empowerment has taken note of non-implementation and given clear directive to outline the plan of action in a time bound manner for the larger benefit of older persons. Not implementing this Policy by Central & State Governments and other stake holders even after 10 years is nothing but Deplorable Abuse of Elders in India in light of INPEA`s directives.
For enhancing the quality of life of Senior Citizens in India, we may categorize them in three different groups- i) Below Poverty Line, ii) Middle Income Group and iii) Higher Income Group. We must concentrate on requirement of first 2 groups for the present.
Existing programmes for BPL are mainly Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension of
Rs 400 p.m.; Indira Awas Yojna; Antodaya Anna Yojna; Annapurna Scheme; Vrudhashrams, Rashtriya Swasthya Yojna etc. For getting benefits under these schemes, one has to be included in the category of BPL Family. The present procedure of classifying as BPL Family is very complicated, leading to corruption and is based on monthly expenditure for consumption of all items costing
Rs 356.30 for rural and Rs 538.60 for urban poor. Action Plan is necessary to simplify this procedure in all respects. A Senior Citizen having no income or very much less income but staying with son/daughter having proper income can not get classified as BPL Family and will not get these meager benefits also. Amount of Rs 200 from Centre and similar amount from State is a mockery of living human being!! Keeping in view, the present National Income of Rs 4326 crores; Average Individual Annual Income of Rs 37497 and Monthly Individual Average Income of Indian Citizen of Rs 3125, Action Plan should be prepared to give higher amount of Pension and other benefits. A simple formula that those earning below, say Rs 2100 p.a. as in Maharashtra, should be classified as BPL instead of going for classifying a Family as BPL Family taking in to account their monthly consumption.
Large number of Vrudhashrams, as planned in Welfare & Maintenance Act should be got provided by adhering to targets. Large number of Day Care Centers should also be included in Action Plans with targets to provide a certain number by certain time.
In addition to financial enhancement of IGNOAP, proper free medical facilities for all BPL and not limited to those belonging to unorganized sector through Rashtriya Swasthya Yojna are required to be included in Action Plan. Need for OPD treatment should also be provided on large scale with quality treatment.
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ALL INDIANS MUST READ THIS
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26-June-2009
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Indians have succeeded in countries ruled by whites, but failed in their own.
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CPAO
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03-June-2009
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"Pensioners may e-mail their specific problem related to processing CPAO at cccpao@nic.in. with PPO No.
If required, they can meet Dy. Controller of Accounts/Controller of Accounts/Chief Controller (Pensions) in CPAO between 4-5 P.M. on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays in connection with any specific grievances".
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Call to eradicate Elder Abuse done by various Ministries
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28-May-2009
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Sh.M.V.Ruparelia, writes to the P.M & other Ministers to eradicate Elder Abuse.
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JUDICIARY FOR PENSIONERS
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01-May-2009
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This is the second part from the Book "GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR CG CIVILIAN PENSIONERS Volume I authored by Late Sree P.N. Padmanabhan (March 2005)
Pages 17 to 23.
After a prolonged struggle, right from 1947 the year of independence to the late Seventies, against the Establishment, which considered the pensioners as a nuisance and a financial burden and which refused to agree to the legitimate demands of the pensioners, the Judiciary came to the rescue of the pensioners with several landmark judgments. Had it not been for the Courts rescue of the pensioners, we would have been getting only a fraction of the actual amount which we are getting today. On 17-12-1982, the Full Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by the then Chief Justice Sri Y.V. Chandrachud, delivered the famous Nakra Case Judgment. After this, Seventeenth December of every year is celebrated as PENSIONER DAY. This and other judgments roused the sentiments of the pensioners, who were otherwise passive, and several Pensioners Associations sprang up to fight for the cause of the pensioners. Even today we have the sorry spectacle of the Powers That Be attempting to have the pensions reduced to a pittance in the face of a largesse already released for others.
View File JUDICIARY FOR PENSIONERS
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