A nice  meeting was held with Ms.Vandana Gupta, Controller General of Communication Accounts on today, 9^th March, 2026 at her chamber, MTNL Buildings, New Delhi. Apart from Com.R.Muraleedharan Nair, General Secretary, Com.K G Jayaraj, Patron, M G Sasidhara Kurup, Treasurer and R S Chouhan, AGS were in the delegation.

At the outset, the delegation presented the memento to Ms.Vandana Gupta which was to be presented in the 5^th Triennial Conference held at Coimbatore on 17-18 December, 2025 as the Chief Guest but could not attend due to administrative exigency. The delegation thanked CGCA for the valuable message sent to the conference which was duly presented in the Open session.

Then the following issues were discussed.

1. Denial of Notional increment to the BSNL VRS 2019 retirees.

The copy of the detailed letter written to Secretary, DoT was handed over to her.

The CGCA responded positively and stated that the decision in this regard has to be taken by the DoT at Secretary level.

2. Opening of a Regional CCA office at Sri Nagar.

The letter in this regard was handed over to the CGCA and the delegation requested CGCA to consider the peculiar geographical situation of Jammu& Kashmir and the difficulties being faced by the pensioners in Sri Nagar. CGCA agreed to do the needful in the matter without delay.

3. Provision in the Sampann module to draw the arrears.

The delegation pointed out that the pensioners who fail to furnish the Life Certificate promptly and submit subsequently , the pension will be drawn for that month and the arrears of the previous months are delayed as it has to be done manually by the respective CCA office.

The CGCA replied that the required provision to draw the pension with arrears has been now provided in SAMPANN 2-0.  

Comrades,

The International Women’s Day 2026 is to be celebrated on March 8 befittingly. The Trade Union International (Pensioners & Retirees) of WFTU has also given a call to celebrate it. The official theme for 2026 International Women’s Day is “Rights, Justice, Action” for all women and girls focusing on dismantling barriers to equal rights and justice for women and girls worldwide. Apart from this theme, United Nations is also focusing on “Give to Gain” campaign highlighting the power of giving support, opportunities, knowledge and resources to advance women’s empowerment. All CHQ Office bearers and Circle Secretaries may please take initiative to observe the Day in a befitting manner. The Day can be observed jointly with other like minded organisations according to the local conditions.

R. Muraleedharan Nair, General Secretary

A state level convention and a meeting with political parties and central trade unions were held at Guwahati ,  BSNL MP HALL. CPI (M), CPI, CITU and AITUC were present in the meeting. They assured to extend all cooperation in repealing the Validation clause of CCS Pension Rules and inclusion of revision of pension in TOR of 8^th CPC. Other political parties could not attend due to election issue.

A State Level Convention was held at Kolkata on 23rd February at Krishna pada Ghosh Memorial Hall, Sealdah as per the call of FCPA, followed by NCCPA West Bengal. Central Govt, BSNL, Railway, Defence, Punjab National Bank and other Pensioners from Kolkata and nearby districts joined here. Com. Manab Sen Sharma of CCCGPA was presided over the meeting. Com. Puranjoy Lahiri NCCPA Convenor elaborated the demands in detail. Other speakers were Com. Nikhilesh Mitra Secretary FCGPO, Com. Dilip Saha SNPWA, Com. Dipankar Mukherjee of PNB, Com. Sisir Roy President AIBDPA Kolkata Telephone Circle, Com. Ashok Kanti Ghosh NCCPA National Leader, Com. Omprakash Singh President AIBDPA WB Circle. The last speaker was Com. Asis Das NCCPA Convenor and Circle Secretary AIBDPA WB. He informed the house about the attack of Central Govt. and our task in the coming days. Eminent Lawyer Com. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya was invited here but unable to join here due to ill health. It was an overcrowded house and a grand success.

As part of agitational program called by FCPA, a mammoth rally and Mass Dharna was organised at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), demanding repealing of Validation Act and modification of TOR of 8th CPC, on 19-02-2026. Com. VAN Namboothiri, Advisor, AIBDPA presided over the Mass DHARNA. Com. K.S.Sunil Kumar, State Secretary, CITU, inaugurated the program. Com. George Mathew (AITUC), Com. V. R.Prathapan (INTUC), also addressed. Com. T.N .Venkiteswaran Stare Convener, FCPA welcomed the gathering . Com. K.G.Jayaraj, Patron (AIBDPA ), Com. R. Muraleedharan Nair, General Secretary (AIBDPA), Com. Reghunathan Nair (Kerala State Service Pensioner’s Union), Com. N .Chandrasekhara Pillai (AIPRPA), Com. P. S. Ramankutty (AIBSNLP WA), Com. N.A.Abraham (SNPWA) ,Com. Syam Kumar (AIRBEPWA), Com.G.Hariharan Nair (DOTBPA), Com. M.Suresh (All Kerala Bank Retirees Forum), Com. Padmakumar (DRPU) and many other leaders representing various organisations addressed the Dharna. The agitation concluded with vote of thanks by Com. S.Asok Kumar, District Convener, FCPA, Thiruvananthapuram.

2026 February 12th is a historical day in the history of modern India. Today reminds us that the journey from darkness to sunshine is not a herculean task.25 crore people working physically and intellectually struck work pushing the country to a standstill. This one day nationwide strike established that the future of INDIA is safe in the hands of workers and the peasants. We salute and congratulate all the participants of the great strike.

DOWN WITH CORPORATE MONOPOLIES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS!

WORKERS UNITY ZINDABAD!