CSD Canteen Facilities for Retired Employees – Long pending demand accepted by MoD
“CSD Canteen facilities for Defence Civilian retired employees – Long pending demand accepted by MoD”
For a number of years the Defence
Civilian employees have obtained the facility to buy items at subsidized
prices from CSD canteens. Especially, Ordnance Employees could buy
anything from groceries to bike – at super-subsidized rates from the CSD
Canteens, also called Unit Run Canteens. But these facilities were
denied to retired employees.
There is no doubt that such concessions
are of tremendous importance post-retirement, when the person faces
extreme financial crunch. There is no denying the fact that the mental
satisfaction is much higher when these items are bought at subsidized
rates from these canteens. Also, denying this privilege after retirement
becomes a prestige issue of sorts.
After prolonged fights by all the
federations of employees union, the Centre is accepted to extend the
subsidized CSD canteen facility to retired defence civilian employees
too. It is being said that the Minister of Defence has given his
approval to the order.
More information on this is expected
soon. Issues like who qualifies for the facility, what are the items
they cold buy at subsidized rates, and providing Smart Cards, etc., have
not yet been decided.
One thing is for sure – retired employees can now proudly shop at the CSD canteens.
Source: www.cgstaffnews.in
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