NPS - INFORMATION TO COMMISSIONER

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE
(All India Jawahar navodaya Vidyalaya Principal Forum, All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association,All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Staff Welfare Association & All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Catering Association )

To

The Commissioner
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
A-28,Kailash Colony
New Delhi

Sub : Decision of Staff to abstain from exercising option for New Pension Scheme

Respected Sir,

The Joint Action Committee comprising All India Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Principals Forum, All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association,All India Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Staff Welfare Association & All Inidia Navodaya Vidyalaya Catering Assistants Association has unanimously decided at the JAC meeting held in Chandigargh on 1st October,2009 that all the staff who joined before 1.01.2004 shall invariably abstain from exercising option for New Pension Scheme on the following grounds :

1. Since NVS was established more than 2 decades back,having been accepted all CCS rules mutantis mutandis and derive 100% garant in aid from the Central Government the staff of NVS are legitimately eligible for the GPF cum Pension Scheme.
2. The government had given several chances to NVS to switch over from CPF to Pension Scheme whereas NVS did’nt take appropriate action to communicate the same to employees for switching over thereby the CCS Pension Rules 1972 was not made applicable to the employees.
3. It was without the consent of the employees NVS had opted for CPF instead of pension scheme.
4. Several Parliamentary Standing Committees had strongly recommended the old pension scheme to us and questioned the rationale behind in continuing CPF.
5. When the sister concern likeKVS,Sianik schools,Central Tibetan schools,National Open Schools are entitled for the old pension scheme there is no rationale behind opting for NPS for NVS staff.
6. The pension rule states that GPF Cum Pension Scheme is applicable to those who joined in service prior to 01.01.2004 and not for those who joined on or after 01.01.2004 thus the present dictum is violation of the basic tenet.

7. The NPS does not guarantee gratuity to the employees as such the staff will suffer grave financial loss on retirement
8. The NPS does not clearly and definitively spell out the benefits an employee will get in case of death or disability occurs before retirement,
9. The NPS provides only 20% of the acrued amount to a person who happens to retire before 60 years of age,thus not guaranteeing pension for a minimum service period.
Furthermore the staff who joined NVS on or after 01.01.2004 have also decided to keep away from opting for the NPS as NVS has given a provision that all those joined on or before 1st April,2009 can exercise the option for New Pension Scheme explicitly meaning that those who joined on or after 01.01.2004 and before 01-04-2009 can continue to be under CPF Scheme.

Hence ,on behalf of all the staff of NVS, the Joined Action Committee comprising all the above service Associations bring the above matter to your kind notice that employees have decided not to opt for New Pension Scheme.

This is for your kind information and necessary action to impliment GPF Cum Pension Scheme to all the employees of NVS

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

V.L.Balasubramanian R.S.Naik
President General Secretary
All India Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya All India Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Principal’s Forum and Principal Principal’s Forum and Principal
JNV Kasargod. JNV Canacona.


T.P. Mani J.K.Singh
President General Secretary
All India Navodaya Vidyalaya All India Navodaya Vidyalaya
Staff Association. Staff Association.

Jagdish Rai L.B. Reddy
President General Secretary
All India Navodaya All India Navodaya Vidyalaya
Staff Association. Staff Association.

Shiv Narain Sharma Raj Kumar Radi
President General Secretary
Navodaya Vidyalaya Employees Navodaya Vidyalaya Employees
Welfare Association. Welfare Association.

Vijay Singh General Secretary
All India Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya All India Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Catering Assistant Association. Catering Assistant Association.

Copy to :

1. The Deputy Commssioner, NVS, RO,Hyderabad, Pune,Patna, Jaipur, Chandigarh,
Shillong,Bhopal and Lucknow regions for kind information,
2. All Principals,JNVs,all over India for information and necessary cooperation.
3. All office bearers of all service associations under NVS (Central ,Regional,Sate and
Unit Committees) for information and necessary support