CITU stages protest demanding better amenities for pensioners

August 27, 2011

Mangalore, August 27: The members of Dkshina Kannada district unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions staged a protest in front of the Regional Office of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation in the city demanding better facilities to pensioners on Friday.

In a memorandum addressed to Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjuna Kharge and submitted to the Assistant Provident Fund Commission, Vasanth Achary, general secretary DK district Committee of CITU, said the CITU had been long urging the Employees Provident Fund Organization Trust to retain and continue the benefits introduced through Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995, It had been seeking improvements in the same scheme.

Nearly 80 percent of pensioners were getting less than Rs. 500 a month. The minimum pension payable was unbelievably as low as Rs.50 a month. In the case of contract workers, In the case of contractors were not remitting provident fund contributions collected from the workers to the Provident Fund (P.F.) Organisation.

The labour contractors were enrolling themselves at far off places and not at the actual place of work. This was causing a lot of inconvenience to the workers in getting benefits available to them under the P.F Scheme.

Demands

Mr Achary said that the minimum pension payable should be increased to Rs. 1,000 per month as recommended by the Committee of Experts. The government should contribute 7 percent as its share to the Employees' Pension Fund. The workers should get 20.33 percent of the total contribution made by the employers and employees. Monthly pension should be increased at the rate of 3 percent per annum to compensate for rise in prices.

The benefit of commutation, which had been withdrawn, should be restored. The percentage of reduction in reduced pension should be re-fixed at 3 percent only. The provident fund and pension funds should not be diverted for investment in share market.

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Who is Ramachandra Rao? Karnataka DGP, actress Ranya’s stepfather suspended over viral ‘obscene’ video

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January 20,2026

Karnataka DGP (Civil Rights Enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao was suspended with immediate effect, as per a state government order issued on Monday, 19 January. The order cited conduct unbecoming of a government servant and causing embarrassment to the state administration.

The Karnataka government suspended Rao after a purported video showed him in a compromising position with a woman inside his official chamber. The video went viral on social media. Rao rejected the videos outright, terming them "fabricated and false".

Who is K Ramachandra Rao?

Rao is a DGP-rank officer who was heading the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement until his suspension. He was promoted to DGP in September 2023 and assumed office in October 2023, the Sunday Guardian reported.

He also served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

His stint as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Southern Range was also marred by controversy. In 2014, during a cash seizure near Mysuru’s Yelwal, officials claimed the seized amount was ₹20 lakh, while the accused (Kerala-based merchants) claimed it was around ₹2.27 crore.

Rao, who was present during the seizure, denied all allegations. However, he was transferred soon after.

Allegations of collusion with a businessman surfaced, and a senior police officer was quoted by The Sunday Guardian as saying, “In Rao’s case, the CID has clearly mentioned that there was a great degree of lapse on the part of Rao and a deputy superintendent of police after it was brought to their notice that a few policemen, including a gunman attached to the IGP, were involved in the robbery.”

Rao had denied all wrongdoing in that incident. Despite past controversies, he rose to the state’s top police position, the Sunday Guardian reported.

Ranya Rao’s stepfather

Rao is the stepfather of Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao, accused of orchestrating the illegal import of gold worth over ₹12.56 crore from Dubai to India along with two others — businessman Tarun Raju, and jewellery dealer Sahil Jain.

‘Obscene video’ controversy

A viral video showed Rao behaving inappropriately with a woman inside his office while in uniform.

The Karnataka government said in its Monday order that “vide videos and news reports widely broadcast on public news channels and media platforms, it is observed that Dr K Ramachandra Rao has acted in an obscene manner which is unbecoming of a Government Servant and also causing embarrassment to the Government.”

The order said the matter was examined by the state government, which found that the officer's conduct amounted to a violation of Rule 3 of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968.

The government said it is prima facie satisfied that "it is necessary to place Rao under suspension with immediate effect, pending inquiry".

During the suspension period, Rao will be entitled to subsistence allowance as per Rule 4 of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.

The order also places restrictions on his movement, stating that during the period of suspension, the officer must not leave headquarters under any circumstances without the written permission of the state government.

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