Coal pensioners to agitate for dearness relief in pay, pension body revamp

Retired Employees Association says nearly 270,000 pensioners are getting less than Rs 2,000 a month as pension

Members of the All India Association of Coal Pensioners (AICPA) will be staging a protest in the capital in the coming days against the non-revision of the pension amount and restructuring the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)- coal pensioners' apex social security organisation. 

Among the primary demands by the pensioners is the incorporation of the Dearness Relief (DR) component as a part of pension to ensure equitable pension and abide by the provisions enacted in Coal Miners Pension Scheme (CMPS)-1998  to review and revise pension every three years. 

Coal mines employees are covered under the CMPS 1998, which is