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कितना उचित है मीसा बंदियों को पेंशन देना ?
कितना उचित है मीसा
बंदी राजनीतिक कार्यकर्ताओं को पेंशन देना ?
चंडीगढ़ से जग मोहन ठाकन
क्या राजनैतिक उदेश्यों के
लिए यानि सत्ता प्राप्ति के लिए एक राजनैतिक पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं व नेताओं
द्वारा किसी दूसरी विरोधी सत्तासीन पार्टी के खिलाफ चलाये गए आन्दोलनों में सक्रिय भागीदारों को सरकारी खजानों से
आर्थिक लाभ पहुँचाना जनहित में सही कदम है ? यह प्रश्न कौंधता है वर्तमान भाजपा सरकारों द्वारा अपने
कार्यकर्ताओं को पेंशन देने के फैसलों पर . एक तरफ तो केंद्रीय व राज्य सरकारें
अपने कर्मचारियों तथा अपने अधीन बैंक कर्मचारियों की पेंशन बंद कर रहे हैं .
केंद्र सरकार द्वारा संचालित ग्रामीण
बैंकों के लगभग तीस हज़ार कर्मचारी / अधिकारी
पेंशन के लिए वर्ष २०१२ से केंद्र सरकार की हठधर्मिता का खामियाजा भुगत रहे
हैं और लगभग तीन हज़ार कार्मचारी पेंशन की
इन्तजार करते करते परलोक सिधार चुके हैं
. दूसरी तरफ ये सरकारें अपने कार्यकर्ताओं को भी पेंशन की खैरात बाँट रहे
हैं .
बुधवार,११ अप्रैल ,२०१८ को
चंडीगढ़ में हुई हरियाणा के
मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर की अध्यक्षता में मंत्रिमंडल की बैठक में
हरियाणा राज्य शुभ्र ज्योत्सना पेंशन तथा अन्य सुविधाएं योजना,२०१८ को स्वीकृति प्रदान की गई जो प्रथम नवम्बर, २०१७ से लागू होगी। इस योजना के तहत, हरियाणा के ऐसे निवासियों को दस हज़ार रुपये मासिक पेंशन दी जाएगी, जिन्होंने २५ जून, १९७५ से २१ मार्च, १९७७ तक आपातकाल की अवधि के दौरान सक्रिय रूप से भाग
लिया और आन्तरिक सुरक्षा रख-रखाव अधिनियम (एमआईएसए), १९७१ और भारत के प्रतिरक्षा अधिनियम, १९६२ के तहत कारावास जाना पड़ा। इसके अतिरिक्त, जो व्यक्ति हरियाणा के अधिवासी नहीं है परन्तु आपातकाल के दौरान
हरियाणा से गिरफ्तार हुए और हरियाणा की जेलों में रहे, वे भी इस पेंशन के पात्र होंगे।
एक सरकारी सूचना के अनुसार
इस योजना का लाभ उठाने के लिए हरियाणा के ऐसे निवासी पात्र होंगे, जिन्होंने आपातकाल की अवधि के दौरान संघर्ष किया तथा चाहे उन्हें एमआईएसए अधिनियम,१९७१ (मीसा ) या भारत के प्रतिरक्षा अधिनियम, १९६२ तथा इसके तहत बनाए गए नियमों के तहत एक दिन के
लिए ही कारावास जाना पड़ा हो। ये नियम ऐसे व्यक्तियों की विधवाओं के लिए भी लागू
होंगे। लाभार्थी को इसके लिए सम्बन्धित जेल अधीक्षक द्वारा जारी और जिला
मजिस्ट्रेट द्वारा प्रतिहस्ताक्षरित जेल प्रमाणपत्र प्रस्तुत करना होगा। यदि कोई
व्यक्ति रिकॉर्ड गुम होने या अनुपलब्ध होने के कारण जेल प्रमाण पत्र प्रस्तुत नहीं
कर सकता, तो वह दो सह-कैदियों से प्रमाणपत्र प्रस्तुत कर सकता है।
सह-कैदियों का ऐसा प्रमाणपत्र संबंधित जिले के विधायक या सांसद द्वारा प्रमाणित
होना चाहिए।
इससे पहले वर्ष २०१४
में राजस्थान की भाजपा सरकार ने भी एक अधिसूचना जारी
कर राज्य में वर्ष १९७५-१९७७ के दौरान मीसा एवं डी आई आर के अंतर्गत राज्य की
जेलों में बंदी बनाये गए राज्य के मूल
निवासियों को पेंशन दिए जाने सम्बन्धी
“ मीसा एवं डी आई आर बंदियों को पेंशन नियम २००८ “ में कुछ संशोधन कर इसे बहाल किया था ! भाजपा सरकार ने २००८ के अपने पूर्व के
कार्यकाल में मीसा बंदियों को पेंशन
प्रारम्भ की थी , परन्तु कांग्रेस सरकार ने २००९ में
सत्ता में आते ही इसे बंद कर दिया था ! राजस्थान भाजपा सरकार ने पुनः सत्ता सँभालते ही पेंशन को दोबारा
से
शुरू करने का फैसला लिया था ! संशोधन के अनुसार पेंशन नियम २००८ के पैरा १०( क ) में वर्णित
सभी मीसा व डी आई आर बंदियों एवं बंदियों की पत्नी या पति को अब हर महीने राजस्थान
सरकार की तरफ से १२ हजार रुपये मासिक पेंशन दी जाएगी ! साथ ही सभी पेंशनर को पेंशन
के साथ एक हजार दो सौ रुपये प्रतिमाह चिकित्सा सहायता भी नगद दी जाएगी , जिसके लिए किसी भी प्रकार का बिल प्रस्तुत नहीं करना होगा ! यह
सुविधा १ जनवरी,२०१४ से लागु होगी !
विचारणीय प्रश्न यह है
की क्या किसी राजनितिक पार्टी द्वारा अपने राजनैतिक हित के लिए सरकारी खजाने से
अपने नेताओं व कार्यकर्ताओं को पेंशन दिया जाना या कोई आर्थिक लाभ पहुँचाना जनहित
में उचित है ? पर इस प्रश्न पर विचार करने से पहले यह जानना भी उचित रहेगा कि आखिर
मीसा बंदी हैं कौन ? १९७५ में जब इंदिरा गाँधी की कांग्रेस सरकार द्वारा जबरन नसबंदी व
अन्य जन दमनकारी नीतियों के विरोध में
जनता में आक्रोश प्रस्फुटित होने लगा तो तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री इंदिरा गाँधी ने इस आक्रोश से साधारण तरीकों से
निपटने में असफलता के बाद देश में आपातकाल की घोषणा कर दी तथा आंतरिक सुरक्षा के
नाम पर मेंटेनेंस आफ इंटरनल सिक्यूरिटी एक्ट यानि मीसा लागु कर दिया ! जिसके तहत
सरकार के खिलाफ जनता को आन्दोलन के लिए प्रेरित करने वाले विभिन्न राजनैतिक नेताओं
व कार्यकर्ताओं को जेलों में बंद कर दिया गया ! लगभग सभी विरोधी पार्टियों के बड़े
नेता मीसा में बंदी बनाये गए थे ! लोगों ने मीसा ( MISA ) को मेंटेनेंस आफ इंदिरा संजय एक्ट नाम देकर खूब नारे बाजी की थी !
जबरन नसबंदी के खिलाफ भी खूब विरोध पनपा
था और --“ नसबंदी के तीन दलाल , संजय , शुक्ला , बंसीलाल “ का नारा जन जन की जुबान पर चढ़ गया था
!
१९ माह तक जेल की रोटियां खाने के बाद १९७७ में कांग्रेस विरोधी
जबरदस्त लहर के चलते विभिन्न राजनितिक पार्टियों के जमावड़े के रूप में जनता पार्टी
की सरकार बनी ! वर्तमान भाजपा के भी
अधिकतर बुजुर्ग नेता उस समय के आन्दोलनों में किसी न किसी दल के साथ भाग ले
रहे थे ! भले ही कांग्रेस सरकार के खिलाफ जनाक्रोश चरम पर था , परन्तु राजनैतिक नेताओं का आन्दोलन कांग्रेस को हरा कर सत्ता
प्राप्ति मुख्य ध्येय था ! वर्तमान भारतीय
जनता पार्टी , राष्ट्रीय स्वम् सेवक संघ
तथा पुराने जनसंघ के अधिकतर सक्रिय कर्येकर्ता व नेता कांग्रेस विरोधी आन्दोलनों
में शामिल रहते थे !
परन्तु क्या राजनैतिक उदेश्यों के लिए यानि सत्ता प्राप्ति
के लिए एक राजनैतिक पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं व नेताओं द्वारा किसी दूसरी विरोधी
सत्तासीन पार्टी के खिलाफ चलाये गए आन्दोलनों
में सक्रिय भागीदारों को सरकारी खजानों से आर्थिक लाभ पहुँचाना जनहित में
सही कदम है ? क्या जनता से वसूले गए टैक्स व जनधन से ,अपनी पार्टी के
कार्यकर्तायों व नेताओं को मात्र इस आधार पर कि उन्होंने विरोधी पार्टी को
सत्ताच्युत करके अपनी पार्टी की सरकार बनवाने में अहम भूमिका अदा की है . सरकारी
खजाने से बंदरबांट करना उचित है ?
सरकार चाहे कितने ही
बहुमत से क्यों न बनी हो वो सरकारी धन की कस्टोडियन है मालिक नहीं ! और कस्टोडियन
अपने या स्वजनों के स्वार्थ साधने के लिए
जनधन का दुरूपयोग करे , कदापि सही कदम नहीं हो सकता ! पार्टी
के कर्मठ कार्यकर्ताओं को सम्मान देना किसी भी पार्टी का अधिकार भी है और कर्तव्य
भी ! परन्तु ऐसा पार्टी के अपने फण्ड से किया जाये तो ही जनता में अच्छा सन्देश
जाता है ! चिंता की बात तो यह है कि भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सरकारों द्वारा डाली गई
यह पेंशन की लीक कहीं भविष्य में खजाना लूट की परम्परा न बन जाये ! अत जरुरत है पुनर्चिन्तन की तथा दूरगामी
परिणामों को ध्यान में रखते हुए फैसले करने की !
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018
WHY GOI ADOPTING DOUBLE STANDARDS IN GRATUITY PAYMENT
https://www.socialpost.news/national/why-government-india-adopting-double-standards-enacting-gratuity-act/
Why
The GOI Adopting Double Standards In
Enacting Gratuity Act ?
Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018
Why
The GOI Adopting Double Standards In
Enacting Gratuity Act ?
By JAG
MOHAN THAKEN
A retired
Banker ,Thakar Singh , floated a message on Whatsapp, on the starting day of
April ,2018 raising the effective date
issue of payment of Gratuity ( Amendment
) Act ,2018. He asks , “ Why the central
Govt. , claiming ‘SABKA SAATH- SABKA VIKAS’, is discriminating between
the central government employees and
central government managed banks employees while awarding the gratuity?” He
adds, “ Where as the effective date of gratuity payment for the central
employees is w.e.f. 01.01.16 and for the bankers it is 29.03.2018. What is the fault of all
those bank employees , who retired between 01.01.2016 and 28.03.2018 ? As the
issue of gratuity was delayed by the govt. and not by the employees ,so It is totally INJUSTICE .”
To
Whom The Gratuity Act Benefits ?
Placing the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment )
Bill, 2017 before Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha; Central Minister of Labour and
Employment , Santosh Kumar Gangwar ,
stated the objects and reasons of the amendment bill , “The Payment of
Gratuity Act, 1972 (the Act) was enacted to provide for a scheme for the
payment of gratuity to employees engaged in factories, mines, oilfields,
plantations, ports, railway companies, shops or other establishments who have
rendered a minimum five years of continuous service with the establishment
employing ten or more persons. The calculation of gratuity amount is based on a
formula, which is fifteen days of wages for each year of completed service,
subject to a certain ceiling. The present ceiling, as provided under section 4
of the Act is rupees ten lakhs which was fixed in the year 2010.
After
implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the ceiling of gratuity
for
Central Government employees has been enhanced from rupees ten lakhs to rupees
twenty lakhs. In the past, the ceiling amount of gratuity under the Act has
followed the Central Pay Commission
recommendations.
Therefore,
considering the inflation and wage increase even in case of employees engaged in private and
public sector, the entitlement of gratuity is also required to be revised for employees who are
covered under the Act.
It has also
been proposed to empower the Central Government to notify the
ceiling proposed, instead of amending the
said Act, so that the limit can be revised from time to time keeping in
view the increase in wage and inflation,
and future Pay Commissions.”
What Is
The Bone Of Contention ?
After
getting the bill passed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha , the Central Government
issued a Gazette notification on March 29 ,2018 which was effective from
29.03.2018 , which enables the Govt to enhance the ceiling of tax-free gratuity to
Rs. 20 lakh from the existing Rs. 10 lakh for employees under the Payment of
Gratuity Act . But , now ,this effective date (29.03.2018 ) has become the bone
of contention . All the remaining to be benefitted employees were sure of
equivalency in the payment of gratuity .
S. Venkateshwar Reddy ,
National Secretary General of All
India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association ( AIRRBEA) accepts ,
“The working class in India were of the view that the amendment
provision of enhanced ceiling up to Rs. 20 lakh will be effective from
01.01.2016 , the date from which the Central Govt. Employees have been allowed
the revised limit .”
But why
the Central Government has taken a discriminatory step , is hammering the Trade Unions .The Trade Unions
were rest assured by the reason of Gratuity enhancement stated by the
Central Minister of Labour and
Employment , Santosh Kumar Gangwar , in
the Bill, which states , “After implementation of the 7th Central Pay
Commission, the ceiling of gratuity for Central Government employees has been
enhanced from rupees ten lakhs to rupees twenty lakhs.
Therefore,
considering the inflation and wage increase even in case of employees engaged in private and
public sector, the entitlement of gratuity is also required to be revised for employees who are
covered under the Act.”
The Trade
Unions are now in a jolt and feeling
cheated with the Govt’s decision . AIRRBEA
General Secretary , Mr. Reddy ,
alleges , “The notification has been a matter of not only surprising
to The
Trade Unions/Working Class , but also has been a further example of
anti-employee attitude of the Central Government and its Labour Ministry .”
Now here the
question arises , “ Why the major highlighted
reason of inflation and wage increase in case of employees engaged in
private and public sectors for enhancing the gratuity ceiling to Rs. 20 lakh
was ignored while deciding the effective date ?
Were these employees not affected
by these factors of inflation and wage increase
during the period from 01.01.2016
to 28.03.2018 ? Were these factors only affecting the central government
employees during the above stated period ? Why the discrimination ? Why the
double standards ?”
Haryana
State Secretary , All India Kisan Sabha
and a Trade Unionist Dr .Balbir Singh explains the reason behind this
discrimination , “ All the governments use Divide and Rule policy. The present
central government also using this
policy by bifurcating the working class
into central government employees and
others . In addition to this , the government is also benefitting the
private sector owners by not extending
the gratuity enhancement limit to the private sector employees in consonance
with central government employees .”
Now , what step the shorted out employees will
take to get the parity in gratuity ? Will they adopt the agitational path ? Will the Trade Unions sit calm with folded hands ? Mr.
Reddy warns the central government , “ There will be a wide spread protest against this motivated and anti-worker
approach of the Central Government , and we shall be a party to such protest
actions , jointly to be decided by Trade Unions in banks / Central Trade Unions
and other Federations , so that the authorities can be forced to review the
date of effect of the above amendment in line with the same related to Central
Government Employees.”
A retired
Banker ,Mr. S.C Bhardwaj satires , “ The Central Government is compensating the loss made by
Neerav Modi and Others by snatching
the bread and slice of the
retired bank employees .”
Now it is up to the central government ,
whether it resolves the issue with a positive thought or is ready to face the consequences in the forthcoming Lok
Sabha Elections ?
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Friday, 23 March 2018
HARYANA TO GENERATE BIOMASS BASED POWER
Haryana To Generate Minimum 150 MW Biomass Based Power
By
2022.
Chandigarh (Jag Mohan
Thaken ),March 23, 2018 : Haryana Government has notified the Haryana
Bio-energy Policy 2018 and to promote generation of energy from the surplus
biomass in the State , a target has been
set to achieve minimum 150 MW biomass based power generation by 2022.
A spokesman of New and
Renewable Energy Department said that the State has surplus biomass
availability of 8416 thousand tonnes which has tremendous potential for
utilization of the crops residues to generate electricity, biogas, bio-CNG,
bio-manure and bio-fuels. Apart from this, the State has potential to generate
about 1000 MW of power or 11.5 lakh tonnes of bio-CNG, he added.
He said that the need to
promote these projects has been further necessitated due to the aggravated
environmental issues because of burning of crop residues in fields. Promoting
use of biomass for production of energy including cogeneration, bio-CNG,
bio-char and bio fuels and bio-ethanol would not only help reduce dependence on
conventional sources energy thereby reducing import bills but would also help
to improve environment and soil health and would also create alternate stream
of income to farmers and employment in rural areas.
The spokesman said that
the objective of formulating this Bio-energy Policy is to create conducive
environment to attract private investment in biomass projects, to harness
biomass based power, biogas, bio-CNG, bio-manure and bio-fuels as it has huge
potential of energy with sustainable environmental benefits through
techno-economically viable technologies. He said that the Policy would strive
to promote Biomass to bio energy projects based on the technologies approved by
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and categorized as biomass based projects
for power generation using Rankine cycle, Bio-CNG and bio-gas cum organic
manure projects using advanced anaerobic digestion and bio-fuels, bio ethanol
and other innovative technologies.
The State Government
would provide incentives for such projects set up in the State to eligible
project developers. Apart from this, the agricultural land would also be
allowed to be used for setting up of bio mass based Projects in the State. The
state would facilitate the lease of Panchayat land at reasonable rates directly
through Panchayat as per prevailing Government Policy for setting up of biomass
projects for minimum period of 35 years.
The spokesman said that
Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) would be the Nodal Agency
to facilitate these projects and implement this Policy. HAREDA would act as the
single window to provide all clearances or arrange clearances for various
departments, wherever required. All biomass project developers in the state
would be required to submit their project proposals with HAREDA for approval
and validation for sale of power in or outside the state.
These projects would not
require any Change of Land Use (CLU) approval from Town and Country Planning
and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Departments. The project would also be exempted
from External Development Charges (EDC), scrutiny fee and infrastructure
development charges but if special service is required for the biomass project
then EDC charges would be charged on pro-rata basis. However, after the expiry
of power purchase agreement period or when plant ceases to operate on the land,
land use would revert to the original master plan of the area, city or town.
The official source said that 100 per
cent exemption from payment of fee and stamp duty charges would be allowed for
registration of rent, lease or sale deed for the land required for setting up
of these projects in B, C and D category blocks as defined in the Haryana
Enterprise Promotion Policy 2015.
The spokesman said that
no fee would be charged by the Pollution Control Board for issuing Consent to
Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) for such project anywhere in the
State. However, these projects would be set up as per the prevalent pollution
control norms of the Government. Though, power projects with only air cooled
condensers would be allowed under this policy, the Irrigation Department or
Agriculture Department would allow canal or ground water usage for such
projects, except for condenser, at 50 per cent of the charges applicable to
industrial units in the State, on priority basis within one month from the date
of application by the project developer.
The spokesman added that the power producers would meet with all
the requirements, as per the State Grid Code for setting up their projects. For
connectivity with grid, the project developers would connect the Power Plant
with the nearest Sub-Station of Transmission or Distribution Licensee and
inject the electricity at appropriate voltage of the Sub-Station. For biomass
power projects installed for captive use or sale of power to power utilities or
third party sale through open access, all arrangements for power evacuation
that is voltage step up, synchronizing equipment, metering within the project
premises would be done by the Project Developer as per the technical
specifications, guidelines and regulation issued by Haryana Electricity
Regulatory Commission (HERC).
The biomass projects up
to 10 MW capacity set up under this policy would be treated as “Must Run” power
plants and would not be subjected to Merit Order Dispatch (MoD) principles and
would not be asked to back down as this would badly affect their viability and
planning for fuel linkage. In case of biomass power projects of 10 MW and above
generation capacity, scheduling and dispatch code would be as per the HERC
Regulations. Hundred per cent exemption from entry tax would be allowed in
respect of all supplies including capital goods, structure and raw materials
made for setting up and trial operations of the projects.
While referring to the
eligibility criteria and financial eligibility,
the spokesman said that there
would be no restriction on generation capacity or supply of electricity to the
grid up to Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) and tendered capacity. The
project developer may be individual, company, firm or group of companies or a
Joint venture or Consortium of maximum four partners having minimum 26 per cent
shareholding of leading partner. The capacity of the proposed projects would
not be more than 80 per cent of the potential available in the proposed
district as per biomass assessment report or biomass assessment report of
HAREDA after taking into account already set up biomass projects and should be
supported with a map showing catchment area for the project. Only projects with
new plant and machinery would be allowed under this policy .JMT.
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