Covid affecting the employees and family members

 

                                           Dated: 18/5/2021

To

The Secretary General

Confederation of Central Government employees and Workers

New Delhi.

Comrade ,

                   The Covid situation in our country especially the 2^nd wave is very bad and taking away the lives of many younger generation people including the Central Government employees , the CG employees such as Postal , Railways, CGHS, Income tax , Audit , Central Excise   etc ,are the  frontline workers who are in public contact each day , the problems faced are many for them , the Confederation shall take up the cause of the Central Government Employees and their families interest with the Central Government for a meaningful solutions .

1)    The Central Government employees and their family members should be considered as frontline workers and provided with vaccinations at their respective offices.

 

2)    The Central Government Pensioners and their family members  should also be provided vaccinations at CGHS dispensary’s. 

 

3)    Many Central Government employees are carrying out the Government works in spite of  Covid situation ,in the process they are affected  by covid virus. Some employees who have recovered from covid are spending lakhs of rupees for  treatment and the reimbursement is taking place as per state government rates, which is far below the private hospital rates , as such for example for Rs 4 lakhs hospital bill they are reimbursed with just 1.5 lakhs ,  hence the entire medical treatment costs including oxygen support as oxygen concentrators rent and oxygen cylinders  and  medicines for home treatment should be reimbursed fully .

 

4)      Sadly many Central Government employees have lost their lives while performing the government duties due to covid or other wise. Their family members are facing many issues such as pension settlement, medical treatment , CGHS card issue etc , Due to lockdown and covid issues many state government departments are not functioning properly , the issue of official death certificate by local authorities  is taking considerably time may be a few months , hence there are not in a position to apply for the pension settlement and CGHS card . Secondly the family members are deprived of CGHS medical facilities   as they have to surrender it immediately after death .hence following suggestions are proposed.

 

 

A)    The existing  CGHS card shall be retained by the family members till the new pensioners CGHS card is provided to them.

 

B)     The pension cases to be processed   to be processed immediately upon the doctors death certificate instead of local Government certificate and later stage they can produce it as and when the death certificate is issued  by local state Government agency .

 

 

C)     The CGHS is asking for PPO number for issuing CGHS  pensioner card in this respect temporary  card for one year  shall be issued based upon the letter from concerned Head of office stating that the pension case is under process , this letter should be sufficient rather than PPO number .

 

D)    Immediate financial assistance to these family members shall be Rs  2 lakhs which can be deducted in gratuity amount at later stage.

 

E)     The pension cases shall be settled within three  months of death of the employee and provisional pension shall be fixed by head of office .

 

I kindly request to take up the above issues with the Central Government on priority basis .

                                                                Comradely yours

 

                                                                  (P.S.Prasad)  

                                                          Working President