AERWA News Letter 2017

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Table of Contents:

From Managing Editor, Aims and Objectives

Export of Irradiated Mangoes from

India: A pride for DAE? Guest Article

Status of court cases- October 2017

7th

CPC Developments

Status of PPO Revision at CPAO

Important OM/GO, DAE News

BARC News, Nobel Prize News

Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day Greetings

President’s Appeal

Welcome New Members

Obituary etc

Interesting Information on Pensioners’ Day

AICPI Table, Announcements, Appeals etc.

From Managing Editor:

Dear Member,

Warm greetings from AERWA . With all the

health related hassles during monsoon and then

hustle bustle of festivals behind us, we are now in

the winter, perhaps the best season in most p

of India. Lets us enjoy it and keep ourselves fit

and happy.

Few health tips have been given in this issue

under the title “आरो�यम ्धनसंपदा “.I guess many

of you are already practicing them. However, you

might consider to do so if you are not.

AERWA will be observing Pensioners’ day on

Dec 16, 2017. An announcement of the function

appears in the next column of this page. Managing Editor

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Office: Project Square, Opposite SBI,

Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400 094, T. No. 25559994

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(Affiliated to Bharat Pensioners Samaj, Delhi)

Issue No.6 Nov-Dec 2017 (12 Pages)

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

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With all the

onsoon and then

we are now in

parts

of India. Lets us enjoy it and keep ourselves fit

Few health tips have been given in this issue

I guess many

are already practicing them. However, you

will be observing Pensioners’ day on

Dec 16, 2017. An announcement of the function

Managing Editor

Pensioners’ Day and Annual Picnic

Important Announcement: AERWA will be

celebrating Pensioners' Day on Saturday,

16th December, 2017 from 9:30 onwards in

AERB Hall A, to be followed by Lunch and an

afternoon session on Pension related issues

thereafter.

Registration Charges: Rs 200/- per head

(includes lunch & Tea). Members are

encouraged to bring their spouses. Please

remember to carry your Pensioner’s ID card/

CHSS Card for entry in Anushakti Nagar.

IMPORTANT: AERWA Plans to organize a

one day Picnic in Mid Jan., 2018, Details will be

made available on Pensioners' day,

Contribution ~Rs 800/-

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.

AERWA News Letter 2017 2 Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017 Guest Article: Export of Irradiated Mangoes

from India: A pride for DAE?

One wonders why India’s mango export to USA

should be an issue of national pride for DAE.

While everybody is aware of the efforts made by

DAE about Indo-US nuclear deal, the untiring

efforts made by DAE authorities in overcoming

export hurdles of mangoes is relatively

unknown.

It is rather well known that India ranks first in

the production of mangoes in the world (FAO

and Indian Horticulture Data base, 2013). More

than 50% of mangoes (14million MT/annum) are

produced in India. Its export to USA, however,

was banned since 1989 because the pest risk

analysis had revealed the possibility of incidence

of fruit flies and seed weevil in the produce. This

ban continued till 2007.

Technically, it was well established that

irradiation at 150 Gy is effective against fruit

flies while a dose at 300 Gy can prevent

development of pupae of seed weevil into

adults and if already present, the adults, are

rendered sterile. However, it took almost two

decades to convince the US authorities that

irradiation facilities in India are well equipped to

carry out the task.

The first major step towards the realization of

this goal was the agreement reached between

India and US during the meeting of Prime

Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and President

George W. Bush in 2006 followed by a number

of meetings between USDA-APHIS (Animal Plant

Health Inspection Services), Ministry of

Agriculture, APEDA (Agricultural and Processed

Food Export Development Authority), and DAE

(Department of Atomic Energy). In these

meetings Operational Work Plan (OWP)

elaborating detailed procedures for export of

mangoes under pre clearance programme was

worked out.

The mangoes were to be treated with 400 Gy of

gamma radiation in a USDA-APHIS approved

facility. DAE offered its “KRUSHAK facility” at

Lasalgaon for mango irradiation. It was basically

meant for low dose radiation processing of agro

based commodities like onion and potato. It was

upgraded for mango irradiation by incorporating

all provisions to meet the requirements of

USDA-APHIS (Ramesh Chander. Indian mango

exports to USA. National Association for

Application of Radioisotopes & Radiation in

Industry (NAARRI), Mumbai. 2010), It included

raising of Co-60 source strength from 40 kCi to

260 kCi to deliver a minimum dose of 400 Gy to

mangoes. The facility was made insect proof and

provided with double doors entry for loading &

unloading mangoes with air curtains to prevent

insects from outside. Physical insect/fly killers and pheromone traps

were also installed. Several other features were

included in KRUSHAK to meet all requirements

of USDA-APHIS. All these modifications were

carried out on war footing in one month before

the visit of USDA team that approved the

KRUSHAK facility on 26th April 2007. It was the

first Co-60 facility approved by USDA outside US.

First consignment of 150 mango boxes was

irradiated on the same day and exported to

USA. Though export in the year 2007 was 158

tons only, the market access to US could be

achieved due to acceptance of radiation as a

quarantine treatment. Americans could now

taste ten varieties of mangoes viz. Alphonso,

Kesar, Baingalpalli, Totapuri, Chausa, Dasseri,

Langra, Fazali, Amarpalli and so on. It also

opened up others markets in Australia and New

Zealand in near future for irradiated mangoes.

But for the untiring efforts of the “KRUSHAK

TEAM” and encouragement and support of DAE

authorities this feat of national importance

would not have been accomplished. At the back

of achieving such an important feat was

extensive research and development work

carried out at FTD, BARC, Mumbai on irradiation

of mangoes. It has been established that

irradiation of mangoes at 250 Gy results in delay

in ripening of fruits by 6 to 8 days at ambient

temperature The doses higher than the

optimum showed earlier ripening and

physiological damage. The optimum dose varies

with the variety of mango. Indian mango

varieties such as Alphonso, Dasseri, Langra and

Neelam all seem to have optimal dose of 250

Gy. Irradiation at optimal doses in combination

with hot water treatment, refrigeration and

waxing confers additional extension in shelf –

life and reduces fungal decay. Gamma

irradiation of mango also provides adequate

quarantine security against fruit flies and seed

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weevil. Mathur et al., were the first to report

improvement in shelf life of Alphonso mango

by gamma radiation in our country. Gamma

radiation doses exceeding 750 Gy to Alphonso

mango caused phytotoxicity as manifested by

skin spotting. Complete blackening of the fruits

occurred at doses of 2.0 kGy (Mathur, P. B. and

Lewis, N. F., Storage behavior of gamma

irradiated mangoes, Int. J. Appl. Radiation

Isotop., 11, 43, 1961.). Alphonso mangoes

coated with 6% emulsion of “Myacet”

(acetylated monoglyceride) and irradiated at

250 Gy showed further extension of shelf life.

Irradiated mangoes stored at 5o C were repor

to ripen after a delay of 40 days.

Although India has made a landmark

breakthrough in exporting mangoes to US after

a gap of 18 years, the mission is not yet

accomplished. This year (2017), export was

meager 1000 tons. Demand from USA seems to

be huge and competition is tough with other

nearby countries. A long way to go to overcome

this disparity between country’s mango

production and export to USA. Some of the

reasons for such a low volume of exports are

transportation cost, operational cost of

treatment, lack of infrastructure and corrupt

practices of trade.

High Transportation costs by air are a big hurdle

in exporting to the United States market.

Proximity gives Mexico and Haiti a clear

advantage in supplying mangoes to the United

States market. To reduce the transportation

cost, export of the fruits by sea instead of by air

is needed. It is not easy as shelf life of mangoes

varies from 10 to 15 days depending upon the

variety and it takes about 25 days to reach US

from India. Gamma radiation treatment not only

can solve phytosanitary requirements but also

delays ripening of mangoes. However,

irradiation alone will not suffice to achieve

desired shelf life of mangoes of 35 – 40 days. It

needs to be combined with other treatments

known to delay ripening of fruits such as control

of ethylene evolution, respiration rates, low

temperatures, and controlled/reduced

atmosphere. The combination treatments

should be explored for commercial exploitation

for exporting mangoes by sea route. APEDA has

taken a leading part with the help of experts

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were the first to report an

improvement in shelf life of Alphonso mangoes

ation in our country. Gamma

radiation doses exceeding 750 Gy to Alphonso

mango caused phytotoxicity as manifested by

skin spotting. Complete blackening of the fruits

occurred at doses of 2.0 kGy (Mathur, P. B. and

Lewis, N. F., Storage behavior of gamma-

radiated mangoes, Int. J. Appl. Radiation

Isotop., 11, 43, 1961.). Alphonso mangoes

coated with 6% emulsion of “Myacet”

(acetylated monoglyceride) and irradiated at

250 Gy showed further extension of shelf life.

C were reported

India has made a landmark

breakthrough in exporting mangoes to US after

the mission is not yet

accomplished. This year (2017), export was

meager 1000 tons. Demand from USA seems to

be huge and competition is tough with other

nearby countries. A long way to go to overcome

this disparity between country’s mango

port to USA. Some of the

reasons for such a low volume of exports are

transportation cost, operational cost of

treatment, lack of infrastructure and corrupt

Transportation costs by air are a big hurdle

tates market.

Proximity gives Mexico and Haiti a clear

advantage in supplying mangoes to the United

States market. To reduce the transportation

cost, export of the fruits by sea instead of by air

is needed. It is not easy as shelf life of mangoes

rom 10 to 15 days depending upon the

variety and it takes about 25 days to reach US

from India. Gamma radiation treatment not only

can solve phytosanitary requirements but also

delays ripening of mangoes. However,

eve

40 days. It

needs to be combined with other treatments

known to delay ripening of fruits such as control

of ethylene evolution, respiration rates, low

temperatures, and controlled/reduced

n treatments

should be explored for commercial exploitation

for exporting mangoes by sea route. APEDA has

taken a leading part with the help of experts

from the field in developing protocols for

exporting mangoes by sea route. One

consignment of 14.3 tons was sent by Sachi

exports, Mumbai in refrigerated container by

sea in 2009 with participation of APEDA officials

and the experience was encouraging as

mangoes reached in good condition.

The operational cost of the treatment is high

due to various factors. Volumes of mango

arriving at the facility for treatment are low.

One of the most annoying factor is the import of

costly dosimeters (optic chromic) employed

routinely during irradiation of mango. Another

irritant is unethical practice followed by

National Plant Protection Officials (NPPO) who

are entrusted with power of administrative

clearance.

Infrastructure also needs to be further

developed. To meet such a high requirement,

two more radiation facilities have been built

recently and approved by USDA-APHIS apart

from “KRUSHAK” at Lasalgaon. Also

improvements need to be carried out in

infrastructure such as packaging house, cold

storage and container loading facility in the

close proximity of radiation processing plant. In

this direction, APEDA has already joined hands

with Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing

Board and has built such an infrastructure at

Navi Mumbai. One more facility operational for

mango irradiation is in Malur, near Benguluru.

Recent export of Indian mangoes to US has

given a fillip to radiation processing of foods in a

big way. The scope for commercial exploitation

of radiation technology to fruits for exports

appears bright not only to USA but also

countries like New Zealand and Australia. All

stake holders like exporters, APEDA, Ministry of

Agriculture, National Plant Protection Office

need to come together and break this barrier of

low volume exports. Only then can it act as a

boon to our farmers and will also help in earning

valuable foreign exchange.

Dr. Ramesh Chander, retired in 2009

from FTD, BARC was involved in the

upgradation of KRUSHAK irradiator

at Lasalgaon and getting its USDA-

APHIS approval for irradiation of

mangoes for export to USA.

AERWA News Letter 2017 4 Pension related issues:

1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs of service for pre-

2006 retirees: Only a few cases were reported

to AERWA and these have been forwarded to

BARC Pension cell for processing.

2. Two increments for DA, HRA, pension and

pensionary benefits: DAE, vide their OM dated

June 13, 2017, has agreed to implement the

various CAT orders on counting two additional

increments as “Pay” for DA, HRA, Pension &

pensionary benefits wef 1.1.1996 for all working

scientists/engineers and pensioners retired in

the grade D to G.

Status of court cases- October 2017

1. 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 first hearing at CAT,

Delhi on 5th April, 2016. It was postponed many

times. The next date of hearing is 1st

December,

2017.

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

Mumbai has been getting postponed since June

30, 2016 on five hearing dates. It is now

adjourned to October 12, 2017.Next date of

hearing is to be fixed.

3. Pension on special pay for H+ retirees: The

DAE SLP (CC)/ 3452/ 2016 in case of pre-2006

H+ pensioners is now converted to

LP/6045/2017.This is listed on 12.1.2018. The

DAE SLP/ 27273 / 2016 in case of post 2006 H+

pensioners is tagged with DOS SLP /13531 /2016

and DRDO SLP/24745/15. These cases are listed

on 12.2.2018.

There is no progress in implementation by DAE,

of the CAT Mumbai order (OA/261/2011) dated

Nov.6, 2015 on granting pension on special pay

to post 2010 H+ DAE retirees

7th

CPC: New Developments:

Subsequent to information given on 7th

CPC in

the Sep-Oct 2017 issue of Newsletter (NL 18.5),

further developments are as follows:

1. The 7th

CPC revision of pension has started in

21 DAE Units including BARC. CPAO status of

amendment of cases under process of

pensioners from various DAE Units is updated

periodically on http://cpao.nic.in. Latest

figures indicate that 4000 cases have already

been revised.

Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017

2. A separate cell in BARC is looking in o 2

additional increments for DA, HRA for working

employees and for pensionary benefits to

retirees in D to G grade. At present the cases

from BARC, Trombay of revised pension sent

to CPAO do not include additional two

increments in basic pay for arriving Notional

pay and corresponding pension w.e.f. 1.1.2016.

It is learnt that some PPOs sent including two

increments from DAE are lying with CPAO for

clarification.

Compiled by Dr. B M Misra

Following is the list of DAE Units and their

respective status of 7th

CPC revision cases

S.No. PAO Name

No. of

Cases

1 BARCF, Kalpakkam 9

2 REFRE TARAPUR 39

3 NFC, Hyderabad 796

4 AMD,, Hyderabad 131

5 IGCAR Kalpakam 102

6 BARC, Mumbai 1520

7 BRIT, Navi Mumbai 19

8 HWB , Mumbai 11

9 DCSEM Mumbai 22

10 HWP, Manuguru 83

11 DPS Mumbai 16

12 HWP, Kota 67

13 GSO, Kalpakam 22

14 HWP, Baroda 5

15 AERB, Mumbai 14

16 CAT,Indore 13

17 VECC Kolkata 5

18 DAE MumbaiMumbai 1216

19 RMP 18

20 HWP,Tuticorin 5

21 HWP,Talcher 2

This status is as on Oct 16, 2017 and will have

changed considerably by the time readers get this

issue in hand. Source:

http://cpao.nic.in/PIPELINE_CASES/new_amt_pipe

line_main.php

Important GOs/ OMs during Sept-Oct 2017:

1. DPPW OM No. 38/37/2026-P&PW (A) (iii)

dated 11th

September, recommends that NPA

at the rate as applicable on 1.1.2016 shall be

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added to Notional pay as on 1.1.2016 to arrive

at pension/family pension of retired Medical

officers w.e.f. 1.1.2016. For serving officers it

has been revised@ 20% of basic pay w.e.f.

1.7.2017.

2. DPPW, vide their OM No. 38/37/2016- P&PW

(A) dt 13th

September, has issued revised

concordance Table 51 & 52 (Level 14) to be

substituted for Concordance Tables issued on

6th

July 2017. In the revised Tables, the

minimum pension is 72,100 instead of 74,250

for 5th

CPC pensioners up to basic pay of

7300 and for 6th

CPC pensioners up to basic

pay of Rs. 19,400. On the other hand, the

5th

CPC pensioners up to basic pay of Rs 6500

and 6th

CPC pensioners up to basic pay of

18,900 were to draw pension of Rs 74,250.

3. MOF (DOE) OM No.4-6/2017-IC-iii (A) dt 28

September, 2017: The modified Level-13 takes

effect from 1st

January, 2016.The modified

Level 13 is an improvement on the earlier

Level 13 in as much as the earlier Level 13 is

based on the ‘Index of Rationalisation’ (IOR)

of 2.57, whereas the modified Level 13 is

based on the IOR of 2.67.

4. DPPW OM 1/4/2017-P &PW (F) dt 2.8.2017 on

enhancement of Constant Attendant

Allowance: Govt. has accepted the

recommendation of 7th

CPC to increase the

Constant Attendant Allowance for pensioners

who retired with 100% disability (where the

individual is completely dependent on

somebody else for day to day function) by a

factor of 1.5 i.e. from existing Rs 4500/ month

to Rs 6750/ month. The order will take effect

from 1.7.2017

All these OMs are available at

https://aerwa.wordpress.com B M Misra

BARC News:

BARC Scientists have developed a technology

to make food items consumable for a longer

period of time, while retaining nutritional

value. It uses irradiation technology in which

the food products are treated under gamma

rays at -40o C to prepare frozen food. The

technology has been transferred to a meal

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added to Notional pay as on 1.1.2016 to arrive

at pension/family pension of retired Medical

1.1.2016. For serving officers it

w.e.f.

P&PW

evised

oncordance Table 51 & 52 (Level 14) to be

substituted for Concordance Tables issued on

July 2017. In the revised Tables, the

minimum pension is 72,100 instead of 74,250

of Rs

basic

On the other hand, the

6500

CPC pensioners up to basic pay of

.

iii (A) dt 28th

13 takes

January, 2016.The modified

arlier

Level 13 in as much as the earlier Level 13 is

based on the ‘Index of Rationalisation’ (IOR)

of 2.57, whereas the modified Level 13 is

P &PW (F) dt 2.8.2017 on

enhancement of Constant Attendant

Govt. has accepted the

CPC to increase the

Constant Attendant Allowance for pensioners

who retired with 100% disability (where the

individual is completely dependent on

somebody else for day to day function) by a

from existing Rs 4500/ month

to Rs 6750/ month. The order will take effect

these OMs are available at

B M Misra

technology

to make food items consumable for a longer

period of time, while retaining nutritional

irradiation technology in which

the food products are treated under gamma

C to prepare frozen food. The

technology has been transferred to a meal

manufacturing company that will soon launch

ready-to-eat items such as chicken tikka.

Preservative-free, ready-to-eat food will thus

be soon reality.

Nobel Prize News:

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was

awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank

and Richard Henderson "for developing cryo-

electron microscopy for the high-resolution

structure determination of biomolecules in

solution".

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017

was awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael

Rosbash and Michael W. Young "for their

discoveries of molecular mechanisms

controlling the circadian rhythm".

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 was

awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro "who, in novels of

great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss

beneath our illusory sense of connection with

the world".

The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 was awarded to

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear

Weapons (ICAN) "for its work to draw attention

to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences

of any use of nuclear weapons and for its

ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-

based prohibition of such weapons".

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided,

one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other

half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne

"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector

and the observation of gravitational waves". Source: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists

“आरो�यम ्धनसंपदा “. • Walk Regularly.

• Something as uncomplicated and low-

impact as walking is associated with a

variety of benefits for the body and the

brain. It also includes, reducing the risk of

chronic diseases, anti-anxiety and mood-

enhancing effects.

• Aim for a total of about 30 minutes of brisk

walking every day.

Did you know?

RBI/2015-16/63, vide their Master circular No.

RBI/2014-15/110 dated July 1, 2014 and

AERWA News Letter 2017 6 endorsed vide their circular No.

DGBA.GAD.No.H-1/31.05.001/2015-16 July 1,

2015 and Updated as on March 17, 2016,

clearly instructs all the pension paying banks

the following:

Continuation of either or survivor pension

account after death of pensioner: All agency

banks disbursing Central Government pension

have been advised that in case the spouse

(Family pensioner) opts for existing joint

account for credit of family pension, banks

should not insist on opening a new account

when the spouse is the survivor and having a

joint account with the pensioner and in whose

favour an authorisation for payment of family

pension exists in the Pension Payment Order

(PPO).

The complete document, Master Circular by

RBI, is available on AERWA website

https://aerwa.wordpress.com

Did you know?

Have any questions about Pension and pension

governing rules?

The complete document, FAQ –Civil Pensioners,

is available on AERWA website

https://aerwa.wordpress.com

Announcements about AERWA’s activities

viz. various functions, annual trips etc are

regularly posted on its website

https://aerwa.wordpress.com . Members are

requested to visit the website regularly to be

kept informed about AERWA’s activities.

Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)

AERWA welcomes those attaining ≥75 yrs of age

as members of our prestigious Platinum Club.

They will also receive AERWA Platinum Club

Certificate shortly. (Continued in next column)

(Congratulations for getting Full Pension)

Name Phone No DOB

Chakraborty Gouri 24763879 1-Nov-42

Sundararajan P 25584395 1-Nov-42

Patnaik R N 982158189 2-Nov-42

Shenoy U N 26716157 10-Nov-42

Rajamani K

11-Nov-42

Subramanian R V 944846639 13-Nov-42

Panicker P C 981934090 18-Nov-42

Prasad Diwakar 27718856 1-Dec-42

Jayaraman V 802587712 8-Dec-42

Marhas S Singh

12-Dec-42

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Bharatan Girija 27877143 16-Dec-42

S Suresh Rao 855528768 16-Dec-42

Mukhopadhyay S 27652553 17-Dec-42

Abani M C 27805452 18-Dec-42

Karekar S.N. 202542326 23-Dec-42

Benadikar S V 982214528 24-Dec-42

Bhargava Y B

24-Dec-42

Gogate S V 25112150 26-Dec-42

Srinivasa K 981952668 28-Dec-42

Kadam V P 981923796 30-Dec-42

D'Souza Edward 27719297 31-Dec-42

Chakraborty B

31-Dec-42

G R Srinivasan 804146677 31-Dec-42

Hearty congratulations for your completing

80 years of age and 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.

Name Phone No DoB

Venkatasubramanian 9969327012 8-Nov-37

Rasal J P 9-Nov-37

Nagarajan P S 27705706 11-Nov-37

Sundaram P G 27669885 11-Nov-37

Birdi K S 27821739 14-Nov-37

D'Souza A B 25511621 16-Nov-37

Tilak W G 18-Nov-37

Mamdapur V R 25562902 20-Nov-37

Ramakrishna D V S 27718591 22-Nov-37

Sunder Rajan N S 26044296 23-Nov-37

Ganga M K 27562283 30-Nov-37

Barve V C 26119145 1-Dec-37

Jadhav V N 12-Dec-37

Nair G M 25576098 12-Dec-37

Mainkar S A 28743088 19-Dec-37

Phadnis M G 26591964 19-Dec-37

Thomas M J 23-Dec-37

Mathur A S 27822333 27-Dec-37

Birthday Greetings to the existing

Platinum Club members. जीवेत शरद: शतम ्Name Tel. No DoB

Raote S L 26700286 7-Nov-29

Gogate S S 25260646 16-Nov-31

Chowdhury T K 27660397 1-Nov-32

Bagchi A K 25583777 1-Nov-32

Krishnan A 27669772 3-Nov-32

Coutino T G 27703687 15-Nov-32

Pande B.P. 427730403 20-Nov-32

Menon K K S 25886377 24-Nov-32

Mhaisalkar V M 25553099 28-Nov-32

Degwekar V H 24078243 27-Nov-33

Bandyopadhyay C 1-Nov-34

LakshminarayananTA 8-Nov-34

Thakur V G 11-Nov-34

Biswas C R 5386044 15-Nov-34

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Chavan Vijay R 25348919 5-Nov-35

Murthy M S 25-Nov-35

Venkatappiah J 27720887 3-Nov-36

Pai N D 25550514 10-Nov-36

Mistry R B 23739676 13-Nov-36

Iyer Gopal Krishna 26436878 16-Nov-36

Narayanan P V 9495196893 2-Nov-38

Bhaumik N 27709906 3-Nov-38

Kumra Madhusudan 27543205 7-Nov-38

Kothare R S 9870323189 11-Nov-38

Gopalkrishnan S 15-Nov-38

Thyagarajan S 27708234 30-Nov-38

Kamala Balaraman 27659454 3-Nov-39

Sadalgekar P D 25814094 4-Nov-39

Garud Arun N 27711965 7-Nov-39

Agashe S M 26592644 8-Nov-39

Das Sharma R N 27722315 11-Nov-39

Bhor S G 25221127 15-Nov-39

Shukla J P 27897506 15-Nov-39

Tiwari G P 15-Nov-39

Nair K K V 9847056046 17-Nov-39

Apte P S 7547828 17-Nov-39

Michael Mariamma 7303887999 20-Nov-39

Shah T M 9869167095 22-Nov-39

Jogdand S T 24366045 4-Nov-40

Rajesh Kumar 25561926 14-Nov-40

Jani K P 27580737 21-Nov-40

Bhartiya U C 9920769643 23-Nov-40

Dalvi Sarojini Arun 25286378 25-Nov-40

Parab V T 25235274 29-Nov-40

Sathe S T 21734617 1-Nov-41

Matkar Vasanti M 25567964 6-Nov-41

De Deepak 27566263 6-Nov-41

Sengupta T K 27542729 9-Nov-41

Pant H C 27669013 10-Nov-41

Sevak Ram Bhola 27580130 11-Nov-41

Neelkantan K N 9895600733 20-Nov-41

Vaidya S N 22-Nov-41

Kannan Seshadri 28-Dec-27

Venkatachalam K 27890819 1-Dec-28

Natarajan C S 24095734 11-Dec-29

Krishnan V 25250563 29-Dec-29

Vaze G D 25403225 1-Dec-30

Bhave S B 24221063 14-Dec-31

Bagade R K 25331147 15-Dec-31

Shetty Babu 25584828 17-Dec-31

Jayawant S D 24453174 5-Dec-32

Joshi M R 25375642 15-Dec-33

Gadadare D A 15-Dec-33

Nair V P S 19-Dec-33

Dande Y D 22-Dec-33

Nair J S 1853272215 24-Dec-33

Rajagopalan G 25565887 12-Dec-34

Ramachandran T L 25320799 20-Dec-34

Baste M S 16-Dec-35

Viswanathan S 423513235 17-Dec-35

Patil S K 21023768 22-Dec-35

Dutta Bijoy Bhushan 25234237 22-Dec-35

Sakhare D R 27653135 30-Dec-35

Adhikari H R 24141244 2-Dec-36

Bapat S D 25251039 4-Dec-36

Joshi Manohar 9890054736 8-Dec-36

BalasubramanianKR 16-Dec-36

Lewis T G 28166208 19-Dec-36

Rambhajan 27669046 25-Dec-36

Shetty I A 9901004836 28-Dec-36

Varshney S V 27704308 31-Dec-36

Nair P V N 25560484 1-Dec-38

Vaswani K G 9821567757 4-Dec-38

Gore M S 26100394 8-Dec-38

Mahajan S C 27668327 15-Dec-38

Banerji Asoke 17-Dec-38

Deshpande P V 27821808 20-Dec-38

Desai M V M 25567812 24-Dec-38

Rangarajan A N 27823422 25-Dec-38

Dharmadhikari M J 27824030 27-Dec-38

Dharwadkar S R 26153470 27-Dec-38

Francis Netto 15-Dec-39

Kamat A V 26103369 8-Dec-40

Saitawdekar D H 25516328 10-Dec-40

Mishra S D 25569462 10-Dec-40

Tandon P N 27653249 18-Dec-40

Jag Jyothi Nath 27663862 19-Dec-40

Kapoor Paramjyoti 9833524892 20-Dec-40

Patil Ravindra V 27661718 24-Dec-40

Gurkha Lalit Kumar 29-Dec-40

Majali A B 25565701 31-Dec-40

Mangalvedkar N V 25551554 1-Dec-41

Singh Ram Janam 25562778 6-Dec-41

Sethi Kailash 13-Dec-41

Malik M K 9833072444 18-Dec-41

Pushpangathan P N 9769881960 23-Dec-41

Dr. C. M Sunta, author of

the book entitled

"Unraveling Thermo

luminescence" (2014),

has donated Rs.15000/ to

AERWA as a mark of

appreciation for the

service the organization is doing to DAE

retiree community. Prior to this, he had

donated Rs 10000 in 2015 too. These

amounts are a part of the Royalty that he has

been receiving from the publisher of his book.

AERWA thanks Dr. Sunta for his noble gesture

and assures him that we shall strive hard to

live up to the expectations of the pensioners

in addressing their issues.

AERWA News Letter 2017 8 Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017

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

Members M.No. Name Tel No. Area

P2850 Kasiperumal K 27715239 Nerul

P2851 Achuthan P V 27740579 Kharghar

P2852 C Prabhakar 9022833343 Kharghar

L2853 Alve Vijay V 25567648 Mankhurd

P2854 Annamma J 4812547309 Kerala

L2855 Joseph K M 4812547309 Kerala

P2856 Narayanan A 27741203 Kharghar

P2857 Iyer H P 28737079 GoregaonW

L2858 M.S. Vijay 9075772330 Pune

L3001 A K Kundu 9969302720 Belapur

P3002 Sharma S. K. 9969144561 Chembur

L3003 Khatkhatay GA 9819326048 Trombay

L3004 Dubey T. N. 9869001816 Bhopal

P3005 Ramesh Chander 9224190422 K’ khairane

P3006 G.P.Rajput 9820794009 Vashi

P3007 Sainis J K 9323704636 Kharghar

P3008 Sainis K B 9869410374 Kharghar

AERWA thanks the following members for

their kind heartedness in donating to AERWA

Name Purpose Amount (Rs)

Shashi Prabha Kapur Donation 500

M A Chhugani Donation 1000

S D Gajare Donation 1001

Pramod Marathe Donation 2000

V V Sabharwal Donation 5500

G R Mahajan Societal Activities 5000

N S Nair Societal Activities 2000

Senior Citizens: Interesting Tidbits

1. There are 72 men for every 100 women in the

age group ‘above 65 years’ and there are 45

men per 100 women in the age group ‘above

85 years.’

2. Currently people over 65 years number 483

million in the world and by 2030 the number

will reach 974 million. By the year 2025

approximately 18% of the world population

will be seniors.

3. The number of people over 50 years who

access the web is growing every day. It is

estimated that 19% of the web users are over

50 years.

4. As per the Guinness Book of World Records -

Jeanne Louise Calment was the oldest human

who lived for 122 years and 164 days. She

was born in France on February 21, 1875, and

died at a nursing home in Arles, southern

France, on August 4, 1997.

5. Keeping physically active can slow the ageing

process. Regular exercise prevents bone loss

and incidence of fractures; it increases the

muscle strength and hence the balance and

co-ordination.

Source: http://www.medindia.net/health_statistics/h

ealth_facts/senior-health-facts.htm

If you want to share the celebrations of your

silver, golden or diamond jubilee wedding

anniversary or 61st

, 75th

or 80th

birthday with

your friends, AERWA News Latter can publish

them on donation basis. Please send us your

photo and suitable write up, both together to

fit in the quarter page for publication in the NL

issue of appropriate month. You will also be

required to donate AERWA a token sum of

Rs5000 to cover the expenditure. Please write

to aerwa12@gmail.com

President ‘s Appeal: Apart from its mandate

to help members on Pension/Medical related

issues, AERWA has been pursuing societal

activities by supporting programmes related

to weaker sections of society, medical camps

for eyes and general health, creating

awareness towards cadaver organ donation

and Swachh Bharat. AERWA feels that as

enlightened citizens we should do more in

this direction. Thus there is a need to

mobilise funds to pursue these activities

more vigorously. I appeal to each one of you

to come forward with your contribution (your

intent is more important than the amount)

which can go a long way to bring cheers to

someone belonging to the deprived section of

society. Henceforth we will gratefully accept

such donations also in the memory of nears

and dears. AERWA will publish the name of

the donor and name and relation of the

departed soul in whose memory the donation

is being given along with the amount of

donation. Your contribution should be sent

to the AERWA either by cheque to: Shri

P.K.Vaze, 1 Udayagiri CHS, opp. Telecom

Factory, Deonar, Mumbai 400088 or through

internet banking . The cheque / Internet

transfer should be in favour of “ATOMIC

ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION” ,

SBI A/C 34597981320 (IFSC code

SBIN0013055). PLEASE DO MENTION THAT IT

IS FOR SOCIETAL ACTIVITIES. President, AERWA

AERWA News Letter 2017

Senior Citizen Benefits:

Benefit 1: Concessions in Travel: As a senior

citizen, you can avail certain benefits when

using air transport or rail transport. You can

avail concession on air fare or railway fare

that reflects on your ticket price. While for air

transport, this benefit is up to a travel within

the country on economy fare, the railways

extends this benefit to include all classes of

trains, be it Shatabdi, Rajdhani, Express trains

or even Duronto.

Benefit 2: Lower Tax: Since senior citizens are

unable to work for a living the way young folks

do, they have to rely on pension or other such

benefits. So, to keep the financial burden on

them to a minimum, they have to pay lower

taxes. How so? The tax slabs applicable for

senior citizens are different from those

applicable to other individuals.

Benefit 3: Government schemes: The Indian

government has a number of schemes that

come in handy to benefit the senior citizens.

For example, there is a mediclaim policy that

offers senior citizens with hospitalisation and

critical illness covers.

Benefit 4: Health Insurance Deductions: For

senior citizens, premium towards health

insurance gets tax deduction under Section

80D of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Why? T

keep the financial burden on them to a

minimum. Those suffering from a critical

illness can claim even more tax deduction

under Section 80D.

Source: http://www.fingyan.com/senior

citizen-benefits/

Important: Printed copies of AERWA NL Vol

18.5, sent to the following members have

been returned undelivered. We appeal to

friends of the listed members to contact

them and ask them to send the correct

postal address, Tel. Nos and email addresses

to Secretary, AERWA at aerwa12@gmail.com

or write to AERWA office address. given on

page1. Name Mem. No

Shri Phalke K D P-465

Shri Narahari P P-155

Shri Divekar M W P-1071

Shri Lal S A P-262

2017 9 Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017

As a senior

citizen, you can avail certain benefits when

using air transport or rail transport. You can

avail concession on air fare or railway fare

air

transport, this benefit is up to a travel within

ntry on economy fare, the railways

extends this benefit to include all classes of

trains, be it Shatabdi, Rajdhani, Express trains

Since senior citizens are

unable to work for a living the way young folks

e to rely on pension or other such

on

them to a minimum, they have to pay lower

taxes. How so? The tax slabs applicable for

senior citizens are different from those

The Indian

government has a number of schemes that

come in handy to benefit the senior citizens.

For example, there is a mediclaim policy that

offers senior citizens with hospitalisation and

For

premium towards health

gets tax deduction under Section

80D of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Why? To

keep the financial burden on them to a

minimum. Those suffering from a critical

m even more tax deduction

http://www.fingyan.com/senior-

NL Vol

18.5, sent to the following members have

We appeal to

friends of the listed members to contact

send the correct

postal address, Tel. Nos and email addresses

aerwa12@gmail.com

given on

Shri Chari Kamala V P-864

Kindly take a note that AERWA will be forced

to stop posting the AERWA News Letter if it is

returned undelivered twice.

Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad

demise of the following members and share

the grief of their families. May God keep their

souls in peace.

Sri V.V. Babji. (P-2585), passed away in Sep 2017. He was 70. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Shri R.P.Saini, (P-1024),

passed away in Aug

2017. He was 71.

Shri N N Khurana (P-1078),

who retired as chief

Executive HWB left for

heavenly abode on Sep 16

2017. He was 80.

Dr. V. N. Vaidya (L-1008),

former Head FCD BARC,

passed away on Oct 16,

2017. He was 72 and is

survived by his wife, a son

and a daughter.

Important: Life Membership and Patron

Membership fees are Rs 1000/- and 1500/-

respectively w.e.f. Sep. 1 2017. Existing Life

member will have to pay Rs 500/- to switch

over to PATRON. 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. 1

st Method: Please fill the form on your PC

and email (signature not required if emailed)

in MS Word format (and not in pdf format to:

aerwa12@gmail.com. You may email your

scanned photograph also along with the form.

2nd

Method: Please post the filled FORM along

with photograph and cheque (if already

deposited, please include the counterfoil) to:

Shri Vaze P. K. 1 Udayagiri CHS, Opp. Telecom

Factory Deonar, Mumbai-400088 Tel:

25584324 and Mob: 9821249101. The

cheque/ Internet Transfer should be in favor

AERWA News Letter 2017 10 of “Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare

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

SBIN0013055) The new AERWA membership

form can be downloaded from our website:

https://aerwa.wordpress.com

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: aerwa12@gmail.com

आरो�यम धन संपदा • Sleep has the ability to optimise mental and

physical energy. Getting enough sleep

(about eight hours a night) is known to

reduce the risk of chronic disease and

improve longevity.

• One simple strategy that can help ensure

you get a good amount of sleep is to go to

bed early.

• Getting into bed by 10 pm or 10:30 pm

ensures you get enough sleep which also

benefits you in the long run.

Shutting down the computer or turning off the

TV early in the evening is often all it takes to

create the time and space to sleep early.

An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of

one’s life and everyone meets death sooner or

later. Still, the near and dear ones of the

deceased seek a solace in the solidarity and

condolences from the friends and well wishers. It

is for this purpose that AERWA seeks your help in

informing us if you know our AERWA member

has passed away. Please inform the news of

demise of your friend, if any, along with his

photograph to aerwa12@gmail.com

Pensioner’s Day: Every year, since 1983, the 17th day of

December is celebrated as pensioners’ day.

The Pension system in India was introduced

by the British Government as a reflection of

the Pension system then prevailing in Britain

Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017

and was meant to provide money cover to

retired employees for their post retirement

life. British Government occasionally

compensated pensioners through increase in

their pension to neutralise effect of inflation.

However, the system was not free from flaws.

Shri D. S. Nakara, Financial Advisor to Ministry

of Defense, (an officer from Indian Defense

Service Audit and Accounts), who retired in

1972, faced problems in getting pension like

all other pensioners. Therefore, he lodged a

petition in the Supreme Court. Justice

Yashavantrao Chandrachud, the then Chief

Justice, heard the petitioner & the

Government and ruled that ‘Pension is neither

a gift nor a reward or bounty’ Pension is the

right of a retired Government servant who

had served nation for a long time. This

historical judgment was issued on 17 Dec

1982 and is the reason why 17th December is

chosen as ‘Pensioners’ Day’. Supreme Court

judgment is very clear. Pension is firstly

considered as right of pensioner and secondly

it should be adequate for leading honorable

life. The government, therefore, constituted a

commission, 6th

Central Pay Commission, to

study in details condition of pensioners and

recommend remedies in true sense of

Supreme Court judgment.

AERWA celebrates Pensioners’ Day on a

Saturday nearest to the historical 17th

December which is on 16th

this year. Join us,

with your spouse to celebrate our day!

AERWA News Letter 2017 11 Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017

AERWA News Letter 2017 12 Vol. 18(6) Nov-Dec 2017

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

India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 261.4

as on 1/1/2016)

Month CPI

base

1982

=100

12

mth

total

12 mth

ave.

%incr.

Above

261.4

for

DA/DR

Sep 16 277 3270 272.50 4

Oct 16 278 3279 273.25 4

Nov 16 277 3286 273.83 4

Dec 16 275 3292 274.33 4

Jan 17 274 3297 274.75 5

Feb 17 274 3304 275.33 5

Mar 17 275 3311 275.92 5

Apr 17 277 3317 276.42 5

May 17 278 3320 276.67 5

Jun 17 280 3323 276.92 5

Jul 17 285 3328 277.33 6

Aug 17 285 3335 277.92 6

Compiled by Dr. G B Kale

Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: Project

Square, Opposite to SBI Anushakti Nagar

Branch, Mumbai 400 094. Managing Editor:

Mohan P. Chougaonkar.

AERWA

WISHES YOU

A MERRY

CHRISTMAS

Name and Address

If not delivered please return to:

Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association

(Regd)., Project Square, Opposite to SBI

Anushakti Nagar Branch, Mumbai 400 094.