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AERWA News Letter 2016

AERWA NAn Organ of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Recognized by

Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare

Regd. No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5

Regd. No.

Office: 501 Emerald Heights, 32 Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai

Volume 17 - Issue No.

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ANNUAL DAY SPECIAL

Dr. A K Ganguly Birth Centenary, An Appeal 1

Guest Article : Dr. A. M Samuel 1

Annual Day Report 3

Status of Court Cases 6

Update on 7th

CPC, DAE/DRDO/ISRO News 6

AERWA News: 6

Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day

Greetings

7-8

Welcome New Members, Donors’ List, Obituary 9

AERWA Balance Sheet etc. 10

Know AERWA MC Members ( 2016-2018) 11

Important Tel Nos, AICPI Table, Announcements,

Appeals and Notices

12

Dear Member,

Warm greetings from the AERWA News Letter.

This News Letter brings you the proceedings of the

Annual day function that was organized on May 28,

2016. As in the preceding years, it was a one day

programme; the pre lunch session being devoted to

Annual Day Celebrations comprising various talks of

interest to the members. There was overwhelming

response for the programme. The post lunch session

was devoted to the 19th

Annual General Body

Meeting.

Indian Women Scientist Association has been

carrying out some very useful work in trying to

establish assistance to the needy senior citizens. An

article on ‘Aging and Quality of Life’ by Dr. A M

Samuel appears as a guest article.

Wish you a good reading.

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1 Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016

NEWS LETTER of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5-9-97 Soc. Regn. Act 1860

F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950

Office: 501 Emerald Heights, 32 Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai-400071

Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/aerwa2014/

e-mail AERWA: [email protected] (Affiliated to Bharat Pensioners Samaj, Delhi)

Issue No.4 July August 2016 (12 Pages)

Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be those of AERWA

R.N.I.REGN.NO. MAH/ENG/2000/706

ANNUAL DAY SPECIAL

APPEAL:

The year 2018 will be the birth centenary of Dr. A

K Ganguly, the doyen of Health Physics discipline

in India, who laid a broad scientific foundation of

the discipline in the country. An effort is being

undertaken to bring out an A K Ganguly Birth

Centenary Volume comprising important articles

on the subject and also memories arising out of

the interactions of many people associated with

him. Memoirs of those who had the occasion to

get benefited by his presence are hereby invited.

The contributory notes and articles may be sent

to Dr. M.R.Iyer by email [email protected]

Aims and Objectives of AERWA-highlights

1) To continue the emotional integration of all

retired scientific, engineering, technical and

administrative staff members of the Department

of Atomic Energy.

2) To represent to the concerned authorities

updated social security needs of the retirees and

family pensioners.

3) To strengthen the hands of existing recognized

apex bodies of similar associations of retirees of

other governmental organizations.

4) To utilize the rare combination of talents and

expertise available among members for the

welfare of general public through social service

using the association as a platform.

Guest Article: Ageing and the Quality of Life

Quality of life of an individual depends on health. It

also often depends on health care and should be

assessed by the health care practitioners (HCPs) in

holistic manner. Unfortunately, it is not always

possible for the HCPs to do so and may be

underemphasized on number of occasions.

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Quality of life depends on many factors related to

well being of body as well as mind, viz. absence of

distressing physical symptoms, emotional well-

being, functional status, quality of close

interpersonal relationships, participation in and

enjoyment of social activities, satisfaction with

medical and financial aspects of treatments etc. to

name a few. The other important factors include

the nature and quality of close relationships,

cultural influences, religion, personal values, and

previous experiences with health care.

To be fair, assessing patients’ perspectives on

quality of life may be difficult because such an

assessment is not always taught or emphasized

sufficiently in traditional medical education. Quality

of life is subjective, so decision models cannot be

applied to individual patients. Assessing the

patient’s perspectives on quality of life takes time

because it requires thoughtful conversation

between patient and health care practitioner and it

is not always possible due to the poor doctor to

patient ratio in our country.

The old tradition of joint families or

multigenerational systems took care of the physical

and psychological needs of the elderly. It was the

duty of the children to look after parents in their

old age. But in present trends joint families and

live-in elder children is uncommon and in an

increasing number, the senior citizens are required

to live alone resulting in empty nest syndromes as

the children and their family more often live away

from parents. With the advancing age, loneliness

and insecurity in the metropolitan cities, an assisted

living of the senior citizens is increasingly being felt

as a necessity.

An elderly person is said to be leading physically

independent life if he can carry out the following

eight activities without any help, viz. use the toilet,

eat, dress, bathe, groom, get in and out of bed, get

in and out of a chair and walk without assistance.

Similarly, if shopping, cooking, laundry, travel,

answer phones and handle finances can be

accomplished by him/her without any help; the

person can live safely on his/her own.

Where this independence is compromised due to

specific illnesses or advanced age, living under a

caretaker’s attention can become necessity. While

family and spouses is the best choice in India, time

has come to assess the alternatives for assisted

living in gated communities for feasibility.

Old age Institution is a common form of assistance

to the elderly as it absolves the responsibility of the

family and the physicians quickly and easily.

However, it is found to be an unsatisfactory method

of care, except in special cases and those who are

severely handicapped physically, as 1) All privacy,

control, autonomy and independence of an

individual are gone; 2) they develop a feeling of

incarceration and militarization of activities which

can cause stress and depression leading to a

disadvantage rather than help to the elders; 3)

Boredom, loneliness and helplessness once set in,

in the inmates, it loses all the benefits, if any, of the

old age homes. Institutionalization of an old person

should be discouraged and only considered as a last

resort. Some alternatives which have been

considered and in operation in India and other

countries are as follows:

Retirement communities: These have facilities for

independent living, assisted living and nursing

home wings. Presently such retired peoples

communities are advertised and operational in

India. However they are usually constructed in a

distant place, isolated and are expensive. They tend

to lead to a closed community with little exposure

to the outside world. These facilities make one feel

as a Home away from home. The feeling of loss of

independence .autonomy and dignity should be

abrogated and quality of life should be a priority.

They usually have mix of independent and

institutionalized living. It is necessary that

supporting peoples’ capabilities is given a priority.

Walking, personal hygiene, diet control and

medications should be encouraged under

supervision. Entertainment, games, classes, outings

should form an important part of life in these

homes.

Day Care Centers

This facility makes available a place for

socialization, learning new skills and entertainment

for some hours during the daytime with supervision

from trained attendants.

Hospice Services are meant for comfort care of a

terminal ill in special facilities. Priorities of

terminally ill is avoiding suffering, strengthening

relationships with family, being mentally alert, not

being a burden on others and achieving a sense of

life being complete.

Assisted Living: However, living in one’s own house,

with an assured availability of someone to help

them when needed, should make the old age life

most convenient and satisfying to the senior

citizens.

Objectives

• Living with dignity

• Living as one wants and wishes with assistance

• Social contacts and participation in activities--

multigenerational.

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Currently senior care providers in the Independent

and active senior living space, often hire human

resources and persons from an untrained

background with no experience in handling elders.

There is a crying need for trained geriatric

physicians in the contributory health scheme and

the special care needed for the elderly that is

different from the general care required in the

younger generation. There is an urgent need to set

up stand alone and focused training

A proposal is being muted by AERWA and Indian

Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA), two

important associations of DAE employees to enable

the retirees of DAE to help, assist and advise the

members with the objective of living a fruitful,

happy and comfortable end of life scenario.

Needs

• Trained nursing assistants. A training course for

semiskilled attendants is being conducted by

IWSA. The added assistance in the training can be

drawn from BARC hospital for hands on

experience. (These will not be professional

nurses but will be given adequate training and

knowledge to understand what is special for care

of the elderly).

• Central agency/bureau for help ---- Directory of

old age homes, retirement colonies, available

nursing assistants, and other needs will be

undertaken by AERWA and IWSA,

• Mobile clinics for geriatric care.

• Local general practitioner on panel for home

visits where dispensaries are far and the doctors

from dispensaries do not make home visits.

• Geriatric clinics and training of doctors at BARC

Hospital

Assisted living in one’s own home:

The senior citizen may need to be monitored for BP,

blood sugar, looking after assisted feeding, looking

after indwelling catheters, monitoring diet,

medications and identifying simple signs and

symptoms which will need a doctor’s advice and

monitoring orthopedic conditions.

Make available semiskilled persons for a fulltime or

part time basis to the senior citizen. The attendant

is to be exclusively for the benefit of the senior

citizen and not meant for routine housework.

Assist the senior citizen for shopping, bank work,

and other outdoor activities either alone or

accompanying the elder.

The semi skilled staff will be trained by IWSA and if

needs be by TISS . A recognized certification or

license should be given after the training period.

Assisted living in retirement communities.

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The trained staff can assist those who have opted

to live in retirement homes. These retirement

homes will benefit from available trained staff and

can seek our help.

Assisted living in nursing homes or old age homes.

Here again the trained staff can be drawn from the

reservoir of IWSA and TISS.

A data bank of reasonably priced and decent

nursing homes and old age homes can be made

available to the retirees who may need this

information. It may be necessary to inspect the

facilities first and not rely on advertisements. My

experience is that there is a big gap between the

facilities advertised and actual working of the old

age homes.

Planning and execution:

AERWA can send out a questionnaire to assess the

needs for assisted living and the degree of help

needed.

A proposal at a general body meeting of IWSA

members and AERWA members should be made to

members for their inputs.

A committee formed by IWSA and AERWA can meet

regularly and decide on the plan of action.

A proposal should be made to BARC and Hospital

for their assistance in giving practical training to the

trainees.

A joint project between AERWA and IWSA should

be made to DAE and BARC for financial assistance.

Dr.A.M.Samuel, Ex-Director

Biomedical Group .BARC, is also

President Indian Women

Scientists’ Association.

Dr. Samuel further writes: “As a senior citizen and

understanding the needs of my colleagues I want to

help in improving their quality of life. With the

members of AERWA, IWSA, DAE and BARC, I would

like to try and establish facilities for the retired staff

of DAE so that they can lead a life of dignity and

comfort.”

AERWA News: AERWA Celebrates 19

th Annual Day:

The Annual Day meet was held on 28th May, 2016

at AERB Hall, Anushakti Nagar. Dr R B. Grover, Homi

Bhabha Chair Professor, was the chief guest and the

function was attended by more than 160 members.

At the outset, all members stood up for national

anthem. It was followed by a two minute silence,

observed in the memory of AERWA members who

left for heavenly abode since last AERWA get

together. Dr. M A Samuel, who had inaugurated

AERWA 19 years ago, was specially felicitated by

AERWA. It was indeed a very heartening moment


for AERWA. The welcome address was delivered by

President, Shri R.C. Pant while the entire

programme was anchored by Vice President, Dr V.

K. Manchanda.

In his keynote address, Dr. Grover discussed about

the wide range of technologies developed by India

since 1974 that led to a dialogue between India and

the USA as well as other countries. He stated that

this resulted in to a Joint Statement between India

and the USA on July 18, 2005, leading to opening up

of international civil nuclear trade enabling India to

import uranium. He further explained the

separation plan formulated by India, the India-

Specific Safeguards Agreement negotiated with the

IAEA and the waiver to its conditions governing

international nuclear trade granted by the NSG in

2008 and said that it has enabled India to import

uranium and has led to an increase in capacity

factors of operating power plants. Considering

increased availability of uranium, India is planning

to build several new PHWRs and Dr. Grover

provided details including sites chosen for this

purpose. Considering availability of uranium and

technological strength of India, nuclear installed

capacity is poised to grow.

Dr. Anjali Kulkarni, Head, Medical Unit, BARC

delivered a highly informative and educative talk

on “Management of hypertension, diabetes and

heart disease”. She said, “Health is strongly

influenced by factors like lifestyle, food, exercises,

etc and muscle strengthening has a positive effect

on health”. She added, regular exercises can reduce

age-related bone loss and improve performance of

heart, lungs and brain and bones. Uncontrolled

diabetes and blood pressure can lead to deleterious

effects on every part of the body if not looked after

well at the right time.

Management of diabetes and other lifestyle related

diseases can best be described under following

steps.

Diet in the management of most of diseases is a

combination of art and science of diet (Aharshastra)

and cooking science (Pak kala shastra ).

Depending on person’s ideal body weight and

calorie requirement diet can be tailor-made.

Exercise is an important aspect of health

management.

Healthy food habits and physically active life can

keep the diseases away. Risk factors like obesity,

smoking and tobacco chewing are definitely

modifiable risk factors which can be totally avoided.

Proper time management and positive attitude also

helps to keep one healthy and happy

In his talk on ‘Quality of life of Senior Citizens’, Dr. R

K Kapoor, highlighted the need of an appropriate

action plan and monitoring thereof by senior

citizens. He emphasized that a senior citizen should

follow a routine in his activities, work today for a

better tomorrow, maintaining an attitude of staying

alert and above all, develop the Pollyanna attitude.


Dr. Surekha Zingde, Vice President IWSA, in her

talk, mentioned an urgent need for assistance in

routine activities as well as to fill the void of family

support for the senior citizens. She informed that in

2014, IWSA had conducted a course for

Rugnasahayaks (Nurse Aids) who were trained to

provide physical assistance for routine activities, as

well as companionship for our elders with the help

of ACTREC, BARC Hospital, IWSA and MGM

Hospital, Vashi. Dr. Zingde further outlined the

mode of action for conducting the course again, as

well as providing support for our senior citizens in a

variety of ways and sought support from members

of AERWA for this program.

Minutes of the 19

th Annual General Body Meeting

(AGM) of AERWA held on May 28, 2016.

The 19th

AGM of AERWA started at 2:00 PM at AERB

Hall, Anushakti Nagar. About 90 members were

present at the meeting. Shri R C Pant, President

AERWA chaired the meeting.

Agenda 1: Minutes of the 18th

AGM held on May

30, 2015 have been published in AERWA’s July-Aug

2015 News Letter (NL) and copies distributed at the

AGM, were taken as read and confirmed. Proposed

by: Dr D. Bhattacharya; Seconded by: Dr. R K

Nigam; Approved unanimously

Agenda 2: The Secretary’s Annual Report for the

year ended on 31/3/16 was published in the May-

June 2016 NL. Secretary, Dr B M Misra mentioned

the salient points of the Report. The same was

taken as read and accepted unanimously. Proposed

by: Dr. A N Nakra; Seconded by: Shri R K Khattar.

Agenda 3: The Treasurer, Dr Veena Sagar presented

audited AERWA a/c for the year 2015-16 (circulated

to members). Shri R C Rastogi enquired about filing

income-tax returns as it is mandatory for

Association. It was agreed that the Auditor would

be consulted on this issue. The audited statement

of accounts and the balance sheet of AERWA as on

31st

March 2016 were approved thereafter.

Proposed by: Dr D.D.Sood; Seconded by: Dr J.K.

Singh; Approved unanimously.

Agenda 4: Treasurer Dr Veena Sagar presented the

tentative budget for 2016-17, copies of which were

circulated among the members. Dr A K Suri

mentioned that the opening balance and closing


balance show a deficit budget. Treasurer clarified

that opening balance also include S-21 and S-29

funds. It was suggested by Dr Suri to keep them

separately. The tentative budget was then

approved. Proposed by: Dr A K Suri; Seconded by:

Shri V K Kansal; Approved unanimously.

Agenda 5: The managing committee proposed that

M/s B.Shankar& Co. CA be appointed as AERWA’s

external auditors for the year 2016-17 with

remuneration of Rs.1000/- plus applicable taxes. It

was mentioned that income tax return filing by him

will cost additional expenses. Proposed by: Shri

Kanwar Raj; Seconded by: Dr Keshav Chander;

Approved unanimously.

Agenda 6: The details of I/E of DOP&PW A/c were

circulated and presented by the Treasurer and were

approved. Proposed by: Shri R C Rastogi; Seconded

by: Shri V K Kansal; Approved unanimously.

Agenda7: The election officer Dr Keshav Chander

announced the names of 13 MC members elected

unopposed.The list is given on page 11.

Agenda 8: Following Misc. items were discussed:

(i) President Shri R C Pant appreciated the support

of members to AERWA and requested them to

come forward and give generous donation for

societal causes to be undertaken by AERWA

(ii) Dr. V K Manchanda , Vice President, AERWA

briefed about the good progress on collection of

old spectacle frames from members and others

for donation to the needy persons through a

charitable institution to be identified later.

(iii) Dr.S P Garg mentioned about DAE requesting

AERWA’s help to trace the contact details of 367

pensioners whose pensions are yet to be

revised wef 1.1.2006. He has coordinated

painstaking efforts for this cause by contacting

banks to get their addresses and contacting the

pensioners with the help of few volunteers. 48

pensioners’ details were communicated to DAE

for follow up action. Dr. Garg also replied to

few queries on implementation of 7th

CPC by the

Govt. and said that information will be

published in News Letter as and when received.

(iv) Dr. M P Chougaonkar briefed about DOP&PW

repeated requests to AERWA for informing their

members for seeding their Aadhar card with

their pension paying banks and register for

Jeevan Pramaan for getting Digital Life

Certificate. He also requested members to

inform AERWA if they come to know about sad

demise of known ones giving exact details for


publication in Obituary column of AERWA News

Letter.

(v) Dr. J K Singh suggested that use of social media

for help of pensioners staying in different nodes

in and around Mumbai.

(vi) Shri P B Desai quoted a HSC judgment that

excess pension amount paid erroneously

cannot be recovered. However it was pointed

out that many banks get an acknowledgement

from pensioners for recovery in case of excess

payment.

(vii) Secretary, Dr Misra briefed about Govt. issuing

orders on revised pension and delinking of pro

rata reduction for pre-2006 retirees after HSC

judgments. However, recently DAE has

appealed against CAT judgments in higher

courts on special pay and 2 increments cases.

The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair

election officer and all members who attended the

meeting.

Status of court cases- June, 2016

1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs but > 20yrs of service

for pre-2006 retirees: DPPW has now issued an

dated April 6, 2016 delinking pro-rata reduction of

pension for pre-2006 retirees having >20yrs < 33 yrs

of service. There are 1690 cases in BARC which are

being processed.

2. Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary

benefits: DAE has issued an OM dated 25 Feb.

2016 asking all the Units to go for appeal in higher

courts against various CAT judgments on 2

increments. AEPWF has filed an OA at CAT, Delhi

with nearly 1000 applicants which includes few

hundred from DAE units.

3. Increase in Pension in lieu of special pay for

retirees in H+ grade: Contempt petition

CP/712/2015 on OA/3789/2013 for pre-2006 H+

case was listed for hearing on Jan. 7, 2016. On this

day, the respondents have submitted an Affidavit

informing that they are advised to file SLP at HSC.

Next date was25.4.2016.It is now adjourned to

September 29, 2016.

Contempt petition CP/797/2015on OA 1003/2014

of post 2010 H+ pensioners came for hearing on

1.2.2016. The Govt. advocate informed that they

have already filed a SLP at HSC and wanted the

contempt case adjourned sine die. It is now

postponed to September 29, 2016.

Another case OA/261/2011 for pension on special

pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was

allowed by CAT Mumbai on Nov.6, 2015. DAE has

filed a Miscellaneous Application against this order.


publication in Obituary column of AERWA News

Dr. J K Singh suggested that use of social media

for help of pensioners staying in different nodes

Shri P B Desai quoted a HSC judgment that

xcess pension amount paid erroneously

cannot be recovered. However it was pointed

an acknowledgement

for recovery in case of excess

Secretary, Dr Misra briefed about Govt. issuing

and delinking of pro-

2006 retirees after HSC

E has

ments in higher

courts on special pay and 2 increments cases.

The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair,

and all members who attended the

Full Pension for < 33 yrs but > 20yrs of service

an OM

rata reduction of

>20yrs < 33 yrs

There are 1690 cases in BARC which are

Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary

DAE has issued an OM dated 25 Feb.

2016 asking all the Units to go for appeal in higher

ments on 2

AEPWF has filed an OA at CAT, Delhi

applicants which includes few

special pay for

Contempt petition

2006 H+

case was listed for hearing on Jan. 7, 2016. On this

day, the respondents have submitted an Affidavit

informing that they are advised to file SLP at HSC.

Next date was25.4.2016.It is now adjourned to

mpt petition CP/797/2015on OA 1003/2014

of post 2010 H+ pensioners came for hearing on

1.2.2016. The Govt. advocate informed that they

have already filed a SLP at HSC and wanted the

contempt case adjourned sine die. It is now

OA/261/2011 for pension on special

by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was

allowed by CAT Mumbai on Nov.6, 2015. DAE has

against this order.

DAE has filed the SLPs at Supreme Court in both

pre-2006 and post 2006 cases. For pre-2006 case

SLP CC no is 3452/2016 and for post 2006 SLP CC

number is 3017/2016.Caveats were filed in the HSC

in both H+ cases. Notices were received in Feb 2016

for both cases. Copies of SLPs have been delivered

only on April 23, 2016. The SLP/3452 was listed on

2.5. 2016 and the petitioners were asked to give

caveat or receipt proof.

4. Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees: OA

3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 pensioners for full

parity with post 2006 retirees and in any case their

pension not less than post 2006 S-24, S-27 retirees,

came for hearing on Nov. 19, 2015 at PBCAT. It was

adjourned to 5th April and now further adjourned

to 18th

August, 2016.

5. S-21 case: The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT

Mumbai was fixed for 14.12.2015 but it could not

be taken up on this day and the next date of

hearing was 26.2 2016. Now postponed to April 21,

2016.It is now adjourned to June 30, 2016.

Update on 7CPC

On the issue of the view by Department of Pension

and Ministry of Defence that the first option

recommended by the 7th CPC to bring about

the parity with the past pensioners is unfeasible

and impracticable due to the non-availability of the

requisite records. AERWA has written to the

Hon’ble Cabinet Secretary & Chairman Empowered

Committee on 7th CPC that the Association is

deeply anguished and shocked by the reports that

the Department of Pension and Ministry of Defence

are of the view that the first option recommended

by the 7th CPC to bring about the parity with

the past pensioners is unfeasible and

impracticable due to the non-availability of the

requisite records. Pointing out that in majority of

the cases records are available in the office where

from the pensioner retired, in the PPO and the

pension paying bank. AERWA further requested

that the 7CPC recommendation in Para 10.1.67

(option 1) for Parity of Pension of Past (Pre-2016)

should not be set aside on the plea of non-

availability of record and that the past pensioners

should not be made to suffer heavy financial loss

due to very few missing records and ignore the

imaginary fears of some departments of Govt. of

India”. (The full text of the letter is available on AERWA website)

DAE/DRDO/ISRO News:

1. Defence Research & Development Organisation India has successfully test-fired indigenously

developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile in June


2016. The short-range surface-to-surface missile was

tested from test range at Chandipur in Odisha.

Inducted into India's armed forces in 2003, Prithvi II, is

the first missile to be developed by DRDO under

India's prestigious IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile

Development Program) is now a proven technology.

The twin-engine Prithvi-II has the ability to dodge

enemy missiles. The battlefield missile has a flight

duration of 483 seconds and a peak altitude of

43.5km. Prithvi is India's first indigenously-built

ballistic missile. Prithvi-II has been designed to operate

with both liquid and solid fuels and is capable of

carrying both conventional and nuclear payloads.

2. Indian Space Research Organisation: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the

French Space Agency (CNES), together with space

agencies of more than 60 countries have agreed to

engage their satellites to coordinate their methods

and their data to monitor human-induced greenhouse

gas emissions.

The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last

December and the subsequent agreement at the

United Nations headquarters in New York on April 22,

2016 have led to this step. Out of the 50 essential

climate variables being monitored today, 26 - including

rising sea level, sea ice extent and greenhouse gas

concentrations in all layers of the atmosphere - can be

measured only from space.

ISRO, CNES and the world’s space agencies have

decided to establish “an independent, international

system” to centralise data from their earth-observing

satellites through the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ that

officially came into effect on May 16, 2016.

Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)

AERWA welcomes them as member of our

prestigious Platinum Club. They will also be issued

AERWA Platinum Club Certificate.

(Congratulations for getting Full Pension)

Name Phone No DoB Sharma R D 27667143 7Aug41

Kamble Pramila J 27651667 16Aug41

Seshan A 25Aug41

Jangade S B 27650260 1Jul41

Birje R K 25214178 3Jul41

Marathe S M 9769016202 3Jul41

Thantry S S

5Jul41

Poojari Kalu Chandu 25578866 6Jul41


Swarup Rajendra 27823720 9Jul41

Joshi S Y 25410159 28Jul41

Mahesh Singh 27657210 11Jul41

Ahuja Maya Naraindas 25201137 21Jul41

Gupta S K 9967172737 29Jul41

Hearty congratulations for your completing 80

years of age. Congratulations for getting

additional Basic Pension and DR (both for

pensioner and family pensioner): 20% for ≥80 yr;

30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for ≥95yr and

100% ≥100 yr. These super senior citizens are also

entitled to additional rebate in income tax. Name Phone No DoB

Guttal V H 67987492 1Jul36

Nair N B 1244050673 7Jul36

Kulkarni V K 27658726 7Jul36

Ghadi S V 28912232 11Jul36

Patil A S 24374187 15Jul36

Naik M S 9270266122 15Jul36

Abraham P 28953855 19Jul36

Shiv Dutta Wadhawa 25930304 24Jul36

Apte Mukund 9824397177 26Jul36

Sukumaran M S 56115769 9Aug36

Jhingan M L 27890803 10Aug36

Shetty Sv 67923165 12Aug36

Rao Saunal Rama 27576864 15Aug36

Gaonkar D G 25234040 25Aug36

Raipurkar D R 27667454 26Aug36

Iyer R Harihara 27576862 27Aug36

Bendre R J 2024260689 27Aug36

Birthday Greetings to the existing Platinum Club

members. जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्Name Contact No DoB

Tondwalkar A R 25115888 15Jul29

Satam N H 15Jul29

Raj Dhar Bhatt 8149314468 9Aug30

Shanbhag R P 22Aug30

Pokle Bhaskar Srinivas 1Jul32

Chaturvedi M S 25251871 3Jul32

Srinivasan K R 6Jul32

Krishnan T.S. 429801627 10Jul32

Katkar R D 12Jul32

Sarode M M 25335779 13Aug32

Ramamurthy B S 27667433 16Aug32

Goswami K L 9867514572 23Aug32

Gilbert H F 25553828 8Jul33

Dastidar P 25534498 10Jul33

Banerjee Biswarup 27894685 23Jul33

Gokhale V Y 25421568 29Jul33

Chawla L S 28856701 3Aug33

Padte S V 3Aug33

Mhatre M P 4Aug33

D V Gopinath 8212544524 6Aug33

Bhuller K S 9769989961 9Aug33

Sastry D V 27704295 12Aug33

Karthikeyan P S 23Aug33

Kimsen Nagesh S 27891678 25Aug33

Nayak D D 25252448 2Jul34


Menon I P 27541348 11Jul34

Satam Narayan G 15Jul34

Vispute Anant Onkar 22Jul34

Shibad P R 8888809263 1Aug34

Venkateswaran T V 25201681 2Aug34

Rode Vithal Amrutrao 27893872 6Aug34

Khata M J 22054654 9Aug34

Parikh R O 26207183 13Aug34

Puranik M V 27423175 16Aug34

Balakrishnan N 27571773 26Aug34

Kulkarni R P 9422986244 26Aug34

Srivastava P K 27661707 10Jul35

G Srikrishna Murty 28121754 11Jul35

Tamhankar G G 27451504 12Jul35

Satam Sambhaji Hirjit 28214768 15Jul35

Hegishte P L 9920983094 15Jul35

Kapoor J L 25516797 16Jul35

Bhide M G 26821153 17Jul35

Nair T N 18Jul35

Gadiyar H S 27652695 19Jul35

Aboobaker V S 27660365 22Jul35

K.Natarajan 25510776 22Jul35

Singh Ram Naresh 28675331 7Aug35

Vagal Shayaru K 25444568 11Aug35

Krishnan K S 27820428 15Aug35

Aroquianadane 8971793073 16Aug35

Iyyengar S K 28748225 16Aug35

Prem Prasad 28579777 17Aug35

Guttal V H 67987492 1Jul36

Nair N B 1244050673 7Jul36

Kulkarni V K 27658726 7Jul36

Ghadi S V 28912232 11Jul36

Patil A S 24374187 15Jul36

Naik M S 9270266122 15Jul36

Abraham P 28953855 19Jul36

Shiv Dutta Wadhawa 25930304 24Jul36

Apte Mukund 9824397177 26Jul36

Sukumaran M S 56115769 9Aug36

Jhingan M L 27890803 10Aug36

Shetty Sv 67923165 12Aug36

Rao Saunal Rama 27576864 15Aug36

Gaonkar D G 25234040 25Aug36

Raipurkar D R 27667454 26Aug36

Iyer R Harihara 27576862 27Aug36

Bendre R J 2024260689 27Aug36

Chakroborty P P 65852524 1Jul37

Awasthi S P 9820105409 1Jul37

Vydyanathan L S 1Jul37

Gopalkrishnan K R 25561449 3Jul37

Mokasi P S 27425354 4Jul37

Patil A B 25545011 4Jul37

Nambudiri K V V 25576145 9Jul37

Shankariah M P 11Jul37

Sohan Singh 27703883 15Jul37

Limaye Bina Mohan 24040137 26Jul37

Avate S G 27Jul37

Iyer M R 25530904 28Jul37

Nair N S 9447503138 30Jul37

Nair Chandrasekhar N 27662092 3Aug37

Chandrasekaran T 4842971127 3Aug37

Jain H C 27659781 4Aug37

Mathen Margaret 27714703 8Aug37

S.B. Kalamkar 9967451523 15Aug37

Gopinathan P 9845605927 24Aug37

Sapaliga S G 27616443 25Aug37

Naik G R 27705748 29Aug37

Seetharamiah P 27491189 1Jul38

Dube Amarnath 25552703 1Jul38

Londhe V S 25401225 4Jul38

Surendranath 25892475 6Jul38

Chandra S K 27705056 7Jul38

Nambi K S V 4222606920 10Jul38

Bhatnagar D Nandan 27823143 14Jul38

Nair K K B 27745027 17Jul38

Venkatachalam N S 19Jul38

Kulkarni G D 25425110 22Jul38

Krishnan M S 26239008 27Jul38

Bhandari R G 28877609 29Jul38

Medhi M S 24448346 1Aug38

Dasgupta P 27714889 3Aug38

Chavarkar M P 25554858 10Aug38

Shinde P N 27791797 11Aug38

Sequeira A S 15Aug38

Chatterjee U K 19Aug38

Mishra U C 27656504 21Aug38

Nair K B 27708343 23Aug38

Ramanujam K 27702688 28Aug38

Chauhan P S 1Jul39

Gupta S S 27820058 2Jul39

Paul A C 4Jul39

Luktuke R D 4Jul39

Raju P T 27661398 7Jul39

Bhagwat A M 27891475 11Jul39

Chauhan Balraj Singh 27704958 15Jul39

Srinivas M A 55552098 20Jul39

Thakare Usha 25516006 25Jul39

Trivedi D C 9223519459 28Jul39

Ron P H 25896244 30Jul39

Sanghvi S H 4Aug39

Dikshit V B 21020198 20Aug39

Bhave B D 25576049 24Aug39

Chetty K G 27821511 1Jul40

Gopalan A S 27652434 1Jul40

Kaklij G S 25431339 3Jul40

Chougule A S 27822685 5Jul40

Bhatt Susheela K 9448869420 8Jul40

Malgaonkar S C 28693344 9Jul40

Diggi S J 12Jul40

Naik A D 25214353 12Jul40

Sayyad M S 27469259 13Jul40

Raghavendra Rao M K 25555829 14Jul40

Agarwal N K 27718823 16Jul40

David K A V 27823681 24Jul40

Kapoor R K 25583584 4Aug40

Tripathi H N 5Aug40

Bhatt Ramachandra 65250411 10Aug40

Gupta R K 10Aug40

Gupta Ranbir P 27653806 11Aug40

Kamath G B 55923494 20Aug40

Pradhan S D 26109476 21Aug40

Samuel A M 26462067 23Aug40

Sasane J B 27715472 27Aug40


Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) Members Mem

No Name Ph. No. City

P-2747 Phatak G M* 2024471096 Pune

P-2748 Kandke V G 26555365 Bandra(E)

P-2749 Katarni V G 28984090 Borivali(W)

P-2750 K. Ravi 4442833831 Chennai

P-2751 S P Agarwal 27897279 Vashi

L-2752 Pai J R 27450836 Panvel

P-2753 Ravinder Mago 25566008 Deonar

P-2754 Jayalakshmi V 25527231 Govandi

P-2755 Khedekar N B 9967581704 Panvel

P-2756 G. J Prasad 25556594 Deonar

P-2757 Goswami A S 27814973 Sanpada

P-2758 V S Natarajan 27899146 Vashi

P-2759 Dangore A. Y. 27550176 Koparkhairane

P-2760 Mahajan B.S. 27895219 Vashi

P-2761 C.M.Bhatnagar 27816500 Sanpada

*Platinum Club member

AWRWA thanks the following members for their

Donation Name Purpose Amount (ì)

G J Prasad AERWA 4000

Smt Mahajan B S AERWA 4000

Rajsinghani K R AERWA 2000

Rajgor V K AERWA 2000

V N Bapat AERWA 5000

Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad demise of

our following members and share the grief of their

families. May God keep the soul of each of them in peace.

Shri S Chellappn passed away on

03.01.2014 and is survived by his

wife, two daughters and son.

Mr. Rabindranath Ray, (L-523)

expired on 04.03.2016.

Shri . Paritosh Dasgupta, (P 596),

left for heavenly abode on 10th

January 2016. He is survived by his

son, daughter and wife.

Dr Iqbal Singh Batra (L1040)

passed away on May 2, 2016. He is

survived by wife and two well

settled sons.

An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of one’s

life. Still, the near and dear ones of the deceased seek

a solace in the solidarity and condolences from the

friends and well wishers. AREWA News Letter,

Therefore, publishes obituaries in every issue. Please

help AERWA by providing the news of demise of any

member if any, along with his photograph.

We goofed: In NL Vol 17.3, obituary contained the name of

Shri P. K. Ghosh, (NPCIL), who passed away on 28-09-2015. It

should have been Shri T K Ghosh. We sincerely apologize for

the editing error.


An Appeal: AERWA has initiated a drive to collect

the used frames of spectacles. They will be

distributed free of cost to the needy persons

through a partner institution (charitable eye

hospital or optician), Interested? Please contact

Dr. Vijay Manchanda; 9969758498/ 25566028.To

expand the sphere of societal activities AERWA

seeks donations from all well wishers. Please

mention explicitly that the donation is for Societal

Fund. Details of a/c and of treasurer are given in

the next box.

Important: The life Membership and Patron

Membership fees are Rs.600 and Rs.1000/ respectively.

If you are already a ‘Life Member’, please convert

yourself to ‘Patron’ by paying additional Rs 400. This

will augment AERWA corpus fund. You may pay

membership fee/ donation through Internet Transfer or

deposit a cheque of any bank at any branch of State

Bank of India in any city. The cheque/ Internet Transfer

should be in favor of “Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare

Association SBI A/c 34597981320”; (IFS Code:

SBIN0013055) OR post your cheque to: Shri Vaze P K ; 1

Udayagiri CHS, Opp. Telecom Factory, Deonar, Mumbai

400088; Tel: 25584324 and Mob: 9821249101 ; Dr

Veena Sagar: 9869176128.

Did you know? Life Time Arrears:

LTA (Life Time Arrears) refers to any arrears payable

to the Pensioner after his death. Many a time, the

pension paying Bank has different views for

releasing LTA, even with joint account. Therefore, to

be on safer side it is better that all Pensioners/

Family-pensioners fill up this Nomination Form A

and submit it to pension paying Bank and also keep

the nominee informed about the same.

According to Pension Rules, the spouse having had

a joint a/c with the pensioner and getting the family

pension now from that a/c alone does not

automatically entitle her to get the arrears of

pension due to the pensioner when he was alive.

The arrears would be paid to the person who had

been specifically nominated by providing the

Nomination in Form A when the Pensioner was

alive.

Most Banks do oblige and credit the arrears to the

widow drawing her family pension from the same

account. Also, this doesn't mean that in the

absence of Form A, the arrears will not be paid to

anyone. It would be paid to the legal heir after

following the usual procedure of legal heir /

succession certificate etc. for which the widow may

have to struggle.

(The relevant OM and Form A are available of AERWA

website; https://sites.google.com/site/aerwa2014/ )


3/31/2015 News Letter Exp 3/31/2016

48777.00 NL printing 53445.00

40,520.00 NL post & cou 34049.00

NL conveyance 1115.00

89297.00 Total 88609.00

Less : Income

- Subscription 120.00

67436.00 NL Fund int

74993.47

67436.00 Total 75113.47

21861.00 Deficit NL 13495.53

3/31/2015 S-21 Deposit 3/31/2016

162568.50 As per B/S 171972.50

12100.00

Add: Collections

this year

156501.00

174668.50 Total 328473.50

Less: Exp.

2696.00 Expenses 5690.00

2696.00 Total 5690.00

171972.50 Bal carried B/S 322783.50

3/31/2015 S-29 Deposit 3/31/2016

163466.00 As per B/S 00470.00

18000.00 Add S-29 Deposit

5000.00

- Add S-29+ Deposit 246050.00

181466.00 Total 351520.00

Less: Exp.

75000.00 Advocate fees 100000.00

5996.00 Expenditure

6041.00

- Bank charges

100.00

80996.00 Total 106141.00

100470.00 Bal carried B/S 24579.00

31/3/2015 DPPW Expenditure 31/3/2016

14400 Data Entry work 15300

24000

Rent, Water& Electric.

etc. 25800

6783 Stationery, Battery 20857

10970 Tel + Internet charges 13380

56153 Total 75337

The AERWA Accounts shown above have been

audited by the CA Shri B. Shankar, B.Com, FCA.

There are no adverse remarks by CA.


Know Your Managing Committee Members:

Subsequent to the announcement of the election

results, following AERWA members have formed

the Managing Committee.

Dr. V K Manchanda, Former Head,

Radiochemistry Division, BARC was

VP AERWA during 2014-2016 and

played active role in successfully

pursuing the AERWA office

allotment at Anushaktinagar. He has

taken over as President, AERWA

Dr. B M Misra, Ex-Head,

Desalination Division, BARC has

significantly contributed in various

court cases related to the injustice

to DAE Retirees. He has taken over

as Vice President, AERWA

Dr. K T P Balakrishnan, retired from

Health and Safety Group BARC, was

the joint Secretary, AERWA during

2014-16. He has now taken over as

Secretary, AERWA.

Dr. Veena Sagar, retired from RACD,

BARC was involved in the activities

of AERWA as Treasurer during 2014-

16. She continues as the Treasurer,

AERWA for 2016-18.

Shri P K Vaze, retired from BARC is a

stalwart of AERWA since its

inception, continues to be the

Managing Committee member,

AERWA

Sh.P. Gururaj, retired from NPCIL,

was involved as a MC member

during 2014-16. He continues to be

the member. Dr. K. K. Gothi, retired from BRIT,

has been engaged in the activities

of AERWA from last two years.

Dr. G. Chourasia, retired as head

(MP&TS), RPAD, BARC, has joined

AERWA Managing committee.

Shri Jacob Kurian, retired as security

officer from BARC has joined the

AERWA Managing Committee.

Sh.Param Jyoti Kapoor, retired from

BARC, has joined the AERWA

Managing committee

Sh. Ram Sarup retired from AERB

continues to be the member of

AERWA MC.


Sh. S. D. Gajare retired from BARC

has joined the AERWA Managing

committee .

Sh. Pradeep Aggarwal retired from

DCSEM has joined the AERWA

Managing committee.

Co-Opted Members

Shri R. C. Pant, retired as Head, ROD

BARC, was the President AERWA.

Shri Pant is the convenor of S29+

group and is the co opted member

as convenor AERWA cell for social

activities.

Dr. S P Garg retired as Asso.

Director KMG, BARC is doing

extraordinary work for grievances

of AERWA pensioners. He is a co

opted member as the database

Manager of AERWA

Dr. M. R. Iyer, retired as Head,

RSSD, BARC, is a prolific writer on

topics related to Radiation Safety.

He is a co opted member as our

web master.

Sh. P. K. Krishnan, retired as GM of

NFC. He is a co opted member to

coordinate AERWA activities in

South India.

Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar, retired as

Head, PM&PDS, RP&AD, BARC, is a

co opted member as the Managing

Editor of AERWA News Letter

Important Tel Nos

BARC Hospital Security to call

Ambulance (Only for CHSS

beneficiaries)

2559 8200

2559 8308

24 hrs Ambulance Services for

Heart Attack

105

24 hrs Amb. Services for Accident

cases only

102

24 hrs Ambulance Services At New

Mumbai

27708016,

9324206678

24 hrs Ambulance Services at City

(Fort)

61618141

Police Control Room at Mumbai

and Navi Mumbai

100

Fire Station 101

Complaint against an auto driver

who refuses any passenger

1800220110

Central Pen Ac Off, Delhi to Register

your Grievances about Pension

(Toll Free)

180117788


Attention past residents of Training School

Hostel at Band Stand Bandra : Those who

were associated with Training School Hostel at

Band Stand Bandra during 1958-1969 (Batch 1

to 12) are meeting on August 17 & 18. The

venue tentatively is Lonavala and the place is

being finalized. Those who want to join can

contact [email protected] or

[email protected] or

[email protected].

R C Pant

Important: Do you really need a printed copy of

News Letter? The Soft copy of News Letter is

emailed to all those who have opted for it even

before it is printed. It is more colorful and very

much liked by readers. Please opt for Soft copy by

emailing your request to [email protected]. AERWA also appeals to you for donating towards

AERWA NL fund. Please send your cheque drawn in

favour of “Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association

SBI A/c 34597981320”; (IFS Code: SBIN0013055) and

follow other details given in a box on page 9.

Laughter: The best medicine.

A month Before Exams, we prefer Books of

foreign authors.

A week before exams, we prefer Books of Local

authors.

A day before exams, trying to read our own

notes.

On the day of exam, we become authors.

Biology is the only science in which

multiplication is the same thing as division. Do

you know why? Read the box below.

A cell was too defiant, always defying God in

everything. Once, God asked the cell to multiply.

The cell said: “No. I will divide.

The God said: “OK. You will multiply by dividing.

Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: 501 Emerald

Heights, 32, Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai,

400071. Managing Editor: Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar

contact: [email protected]


Training School

Those who

Training School Hostel at

1969 (Batch 1

The

venue tentatively is Lonavala and the place is

being finalized. Those who want to join can

or

or

R C Pant

Important: Do you really need a printed copy of

The Soft copy of News Letter is

emailed to all those who have opted for it even

before it is printed. It is more colorful and very

much liked by readers. Please opt for Soft copy by

AERWA also appeals to you for donating towards

AERWA NL fund. Please send your cheque drawn in

“Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association

(IFS Code: SBIN0013055) and

A week before exams, we prefer Books of Local

Biology is the only science in which

thing as division. Do

A cell was too defiant, always defying God in

everything. Once, God asked the cell to multiply.

All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 115.76 as on

1/1/2006)

Month CPI base

1982=100

Twelve

months

total

Twelve

monthly

average

%increase

Above

115.76 for

DA/DR

Jul15 263 3064 255.33 120.57

Aug15 264 3075 256.25 121.36

Sep15 266 3088 257.33 122.30

Oct15 269 3104 258.66 123.44

Nov15 270 3121 260.08 124.67

Dec15 269 3137 261.42 125.83

Jan16 269 3152 262.67 126.91

Feb16 267 3166 263.83 127.91

Mar16 268 3180 265 128.92

Apr16 271 3195 266.25 130.00

May16 271 3208 267.33 130.93

Jun16 271 3218 268.17 131.66

Expected DA from 1-7-16 is 6% if index remains

constant for May and Jun16.

Important Announcement by DOPPW:

Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare

(DOPPW) has opened a TWITTER account

(https://twitter.com/doppw_india) and has

been uploading its activities on this account.

You may follow the department on TWITTER to

know the latest developmental activities

undertaken by this Department. You

suggestions are welcome.

If not delivered please return to:

Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association

(Regd)., 501 Emerald Heights, 32, Union Park,

Chembur. Mumbai 400071; Tel: 09967357264.

Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: 501 Emerald

Heights, 32, Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai,

Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar

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