Meeting with the Pensioners at National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack
The ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack organisedits first one daymonthly meeting with the pensioners on September 18, 2018 as a part of the good governance.The objective of the meeting was to redress the grievances of the pensioners by taking a prompt and quick action. The members of the ICAR Eastern Region Pensioners’ Association (IERPA), Cuttack were present in the programme. All the stakeholders viz., Director, Head of Office, Head of Finance, Pension Authorization Unit and all other concerned sections, Branch Manager of SBI, Naya Bazar participated in the meeting for effective redress across the table. The pensioners of ICAR institutes located at Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Ranchi and their representatives were present to plead their cases personally and some grievances were registered through mail. Around 90 pensioners attended the meeting. Dr H.Pathak, Director Chaired the meeting. Dr. B.N.Mohapatra, President, IERPAand Dr S.K.Nayak, Working President, IERPA also participated in the meeting. The meeting has been successfully coordinated by Mr. S.K.Das, Finance & Accounts Officer, NRRI and ended with vote of thanks by Shri B.K.Sahoo, Head of Office, NRRI.