AIGDSU Charter of Demands 2025: Pension, 8-Hour Duty & Equal Pay for Gramin Dak Sevaks

AIGDSU Agitational Programme (2025)

Objective: Secure implementation of the 9-point Charter of Demands for Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).

Phase 1: Awareness & Mobilization

Date/Day	Action	Mode
Week 1	Circle-level meetings to explain demands to members.	Physical/Virtual Meetings
10th–15th May	Mass signature campaigns; submission of memoranda to CPMGs.	Postal Circles

Phase 2: Protest Actions

Date/Day	Action	Mode
20th May	Black Badge Day – Wear black badges while on duty.	Nationwide
27th May	Dharna/Rally at divisional headquarters.	Physical Protests

Phase 3: Escalation

Date/Day	Action	Mode
3rd June	Mass Leave (One-day strike) – GDS to abstain from work.	Nationwide Work Stoppage
10th June	Relay Hunger Fast at Circle offices.	Rotational Participation

Phase 4: Final Warning

Date/Day	Action	Mode
17th June	March to Dak Bhawan (Delhi) – Submission of ultimatum to DG Posts.	Centralized Protest

Phase 5: Indefinite Strike

Date/Day	Action	Mode
24th June	Indefinite Strike if demands remain unaddressed.	Nationwide Work Stoppage

Issuer: All India Gramin Dak Sevaks Union (AIGDSU)

Reference No.: October No.1 GRA/CHP/17-7/2025

Key Excerpts:

• Mentions the 2025 financial campaign and seeks Department’s support for Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).
• Refers to rights and dignity of GDS but text is incomplete.

Also read :Protest from RMS Section and Request for Action - AIGDSU

Also read :Payment of TA/DA for serving government servants assisting GDS in Oral lnquiry

Title: Charter of Demands by AIGDSU

Key Demands:

• Pension & Service Benefits:
• Extend monthly pension to GDS under NPS or equivalent.
• Grant 8-hour duty, higher TRCA (Time-Related Continuity Allowance), and full service benefits.
• Include GDS issues in the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) terms.

Policy Reforms:

• Scrap Independent Delivery Centres (IDCs); if implemented, absorb GDS with full benefits.

Implement Kamalesh Chandra Committee recommendations:

• Rationalize TRCA from 01.01.2016 (at par with regular employees).
• Grant MACP (financial upgradation) after 12/24/36 years.
• Enhance Group Insurance cover to ₹5 lakhs and remove ₹1.5 lakh gratuity cap.
• Allow 180-day paid leave encashment.
• Provide CGHS/ESI medical facilities to GDS families.

Workload & Pay Equity:

• Abolish incentive-based schemes; include all work (IPPB, PLI, RPLI, MGNREGS) in workload assessment.
• End discrimination in TRCA/increments; ensure equal pay for equal work.
• Grant II TRCA to 5-hour work recruits.

Infrastructure & Harassment:

• Stop unreasonable business targets and harassment.
• Provide laptops, printers, and broadband to Branch Offices.

Strike Victimization:

• Withdraw disciplinary actions against GDS for the 12th December 2023 strike.
• Extend trade union facilities to AIGDSU.

Punishment Reform:

• Oppose disproportionate punishments under the "graded punishment" system.
• Highlight inhumane treatment of GDS facing poverty and poor service conditions.

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Recipients:

• All CWC Members, Circle/Divisional/Branch Secretaries of AIGDSU.
• PJCA Conveners and affiliated unions.

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Summary:

• Purpose: Advocacy for fair wages, pensions, and working conditions for Gramin Dak Sevaks.
• Authority: AIGDSU (All India Gramin Dak Sevaks Union).
• Urgency: Addresses systemic issues and post-strike victimization.