Second phase of nationwide agitation against amended Pension Act to begin from 15 December

Third Biannual Divisional Conference of All India

Postal/RMS Pensioners Association, Ranchi Concludes

Second phase of nationwide agitation against amended Pension Act to begin from 15 December

Ranchi, 7 December.

The third biannual divisional conference of the All India Postal/RMS Pensioners Association, Ranchi was held under the chairmanship of Sadhan Kumar Sinha, K. D. Rai Vyasthit, G. N. Sharma, Sushil Kumar and Jethu Badaik. The Secretary presented the two-year activity report, which was approved after interventions from several members. The financial report presented by Treasurer Triloki Nath Sahu was also unanimously passed.

“Grave threat to pension; March 25 amendment denies 8th Pay Commission benefits” — M. Z. Khan

Addressing the inaugural session, State Secretary M. Z. Khan stated that the Government of India, through the Finance Bill on 25 March 2025, amended the Pension Act 1972/2021 and deprived existing pensioners of the benefits of the 8th Pay Commission. He said that widespread protests are underway across the country.

He informed that under the banner of the Forum of Civil Pensioners Association, several activities—including human chains, state-level conventions and dharna at Jantar Mantar—were organised between July and October. A writ petition challenging the amendment was filed in the High Court on 16 October.

Second Phase: Email/Postcard Campaign from 15 December

The State Secretary announced that the second phase of the agitation will begin on 15 December. Under this movement, emails and postcards will be sent to the Hon’ble Prime Minister raising three major demands:

Withdrawal of the amendment to the Pension Act
Correction in the terms of amendment
Addition of the pension revision clause and implementation of the 8th Pay Commission from January 2026

The nationwide protest will continue till February with state/district conventions, human chains, dharna at Jantar Mantar and submission of memoranda to MPs. If the government does not withdraw the amendment, the third phase of agitation will be announced.

23-Member District Committee Elected

The following office bearers were elected unanimously:

President: K. D. Rai Vyasthit

Vice Presidents: Triveni Thakur, Ramesh Prasad Singh, Jethu Badaik, Sushil Kumar, G. N. Sharma, Jai Narayan Prasad

Secretary: Md. Shameem Akhtar

Joint Secretaries: Haseena Tigga, Devcharan Sahu, Rafi Ahmad, Neelu Paswan, Jai Prakash Prasad

Treasurer: Triloki Nath Sahu

Joint Treasurer: N. Khaka

Organisation Secretaries: Ramchandra Prasad, R. B. Baitha

27 Life Members Felicitated

A total of 27 life members were honoured with shawls and certificates. Key recipients included—

Vimal Kishore, Sadhan Kumar Sinha, Anil Prasad Gupta, K. D. Rai Vyasthit, M. Z. Khan, Md. Shameem Akhtar, Triloki Nath Sahu, Devcharan Sahu, Haseena Tigga, Jethu Badaik, L. B. Barla, Phoolmani Bilong, Shyam Bihari Mehta, Bipin Kumar Choudhary, Ramesh Ram Dubey, among others.

Conference Concludes

The conference concluded with a vote of thanks by Jethu Badaik.

The session was conducted by M. Z. Khan.

A large number of pensioners and family pensioners participated. BSNL pensioner Naresh Lal, divisional secretary of Daltonganj Uma Shankar Bhatt and Girvar Ram were also present.

Resolutions regarding quick approval of family pensions and early settlement of UPS pensioners’ cases were also passed.