INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KOLKATA: Reserve Bank of India employees have rejected Governor Urjit Patel's request to withdraw their two-day mass leave programme,
arguing they are left with no choice but to intensify their agitation to fight for the long pending pension issues.
The employees have
called for mass leave on September 4 and 5 under the banner of the United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees.
The employees of the
central bank are demanding pension updation for about 21,000 retirees and one more chance to switch from Contributory Provident Fund (CPF)
to pension for 2600 CPF retainers
Governor Patel as well as past governors supported their plea, but successive governments turned a blind
eye.
What has really angered the employees is the fact that the ministry of finance had revised pension for nearly 55 lakh central
requested us to reconsider the agitation programme as it would hamper the prestige of RBI when the international financial situation is in
turmoil and the Indian economy is facing challenges
explained.
Patel, in fact, wrote to the ministry in October last year recommending one more option to CPF retainers and improvement of
pension.
The association members also credited the governor for his efforts in improving medical benefits in the form of group insurance for
OPD treatment for pensioners.
"RBI governors, past and present, had taken up the issue with the government but the finance ministry every
time turned down our demand which is most unjustified," they said.
