The All India Federation of General Insurance Pensioners held its office-bearers’ meeting at Puri recently.
The delegates expressed immense displeasure that the Union Government was only giving 15 per cent of the pension amount to the widows of the deceased pensioners; while under similar circumstances the widows of other Central Government employee are getting 30 per cent of the pension amount.
A resolution was unanimously passed with a decision that the widows of the deceased pensioners along with women pensioners will stage a peaceful demonstration.
The delegates also appealed to the managements of the non-life insurance companies’ to revisit their pension arrangement with the LIC which has been “unscrupulously” designed to benefit the LIC most at the cost of non-life companies.
The federation also appealed to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to implement reservation of seats for the senior citizens in both Government and private buses as has been done in Maharashtra.
Federation Odisha unit president Ashok Behari Mahapatra and secretary Bijay Sahoo under stewardship of insurance think-tank Rajendra Prasad Samal would take up the matter with the CM.