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TheThe VVeteraneteran Quarterly News Bulletin of I.O.B. Retirees' Association (Registered under Trade Unions' Act-Registration No.476/KPM) Volume : 4 July 2016 Issue : 4 Aim ; Struggle ; Achieve; Move forward CONTENTS 1. THE PIONEER II 2. Fullling our commitment 3. PRESENTATION 4. Pension to Part time employees 5. AIBRF and Parliamentary Committee 6. MATTERS TAKEN UP WITH THE BANK:Pending issues of IOB Retirees 7. Hospitalisation Scheme: Reimbursement of Domiciliary Treatment Bills 8. IOBREMAS and New Hospitalisation Scheme 9. Legal Corner 10. Regional Councils 11. A Note from our Joint General Secretary 12. Personal, Obituary S L P in Supreme Court We wish to inform members that the SLP 8424/13 led by Com.C.R. Chandra sekaran in the matter of 100%D.R. neutralization wherein I.O.B. Retirees'Association has impleaded itself as a party was taken up on 29th June 2016.Final hearing has been xed in January 2017 Order published in this issue elsewhere 6th Central Committee Meeting The 6th meeting of the Central Committee will be held at Chennai on Saturday 30th July 2016.The agenda of the meeting includes Discussion on Parliamentary Committee meeting and follow up action; Discussion on SLP in the Supreme Court of India and discussion on Relationship with AIBRF THE PIONEER II AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MEETING We had already advised you that during the course of the meeting, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee had directed IBA to discuss all the issues raised by us in the immediately following Management Committee of IBA and to have discussion with us on the grievances with a view to resolve them and submit a report to him within two months (from 8th February 2016) 1.As a follow-up measure, we sought an appointment with Shri. Mohan.V. Tanksale Chief Executive Ofcer, Indian Banks' Association, Mumbai, vide our letter IOBRA/IBA CEO/ 01/2016 dated 4 March 2016. The letter reads as follows “I invite your reference to our meeting during the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice at New Delhi on 8th February 2016 to discuss various grievances raised by us in our letter dated 11th January 2016. The Chairman had advised you to have discussion with us on the grievances with a view to resolve the grievances and submit your report to him within two Fullling our Commitment months. In the last issue of The Veteran we had reported about our Disaster relief project in Cuddalore. We I will be obliged to you if you can give us an are distributed materials like Books, Note books, appointment at the earliest so that we can have Library books, Dictionaries. Uniforms, Tables, a preliminary discussion and work out Chairs, Computers, Water Treatment purier for modalities for the discussion. Providing drinking water low tables for activity based learning to the students of the following I would like to assure you that we will be extending schools on 22nd July 2016 in the respective schools. our full co-operation to you for completing the Our Central Unit Ofce-bearers Sri.AL. exercise within the stipulated time frame. Kindly Chandramouli President, Sri.M.Pethachie and advise us at the earliest. Sri.J.Balasubramaniam, Senior Vice-Presidents, 2.A reminder was sent to Shri. Mohan.V.Tanksale Sri.S.Radhakrishnan, Sri.N.Vijayaraghavan and Chief Executive Ofcer, Indian Banks' Association, Sri.M.Radhakrishnan Vice-Presidents Dr.B.Ramji Mumbai, vide our letter IOBRA/IBA CEO/ 02/2016 General Secretary, Sri.S.Jagannathan and dated 16 March 2016. The letter reads as follows Sri.G.Balachandran, Joint General Secretaries Parliamentary Standing Committee on Sri.K.S.Krishnamurthy, Sri.C.Soundararajan, Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice SriK.Venkataramanan, Sri.S.Gunalan and Sri,R meeting held on 8th February 2016 at New venkatesan Deputy General Secretaries and Delhi Sri.R.Sivakumar Asst.Treasurer participated in the Inviting reference to our earlier letter of 4th functions March 2016,we observed 1. Panchayat union Middle school, “ We observe that you are not undertaking any Visoor Panruti tk serious efforts to solve the problems/grievances 2. Adidravidar Middle school , raised by us in our above mentioned letter. This Chellankuppam Cuddalore casual approach and attitude towards 3. Adi dravider Elementary school , parliamentary Committees' directives and lack Dhanam nagar Cuddalore of respect to the authority of the Committee might not be taken lightly by the Committee 4. Adi dravider Elementary school and viewed as something against the Kondur Parliamentary Privileges. As an experienced 5. Panchayat Elementary school, banker We are sure that you would not like to expose Vellakarai colony near Cuddalore to such a risk and embarrassment. Therefore, we 6. Adidravider Elementary School, request you to immediately set in motion necessary Ramapuram colony near cuddalore steps to conform to the directives of the Parliamentary Committee and resolve all the issues Entire work of arranging the materials and co- th ordination work with all the schools has been done before 8 April by giving us a convenient date for by Com. Sri.M.Maruthavanan our member and discussion with us. Sri.Purushothaman a local social worker and We are forwarding copy of this letter to President of Federation of Cuddalore Residents' Chairman of the the Parliamentary Standing welfare Associations.We thank them. Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, for information and necessary We are also happy that Com.M.Maruthavanan action has been selected for and conferred the Prestigious DR.B.C.Roy award for social work 3.IBA sent their reply dated 06-04-2016 We during Disaster instituted by Indian Medical u n d e r s t a n d t h a t I B A h a s s e n t i d e n t i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s C o m . communication to AIBRF as well as All India Retired Maruthavanan Bank Employees Federation Pune on the same date. 2 IOBRA Touching lives spreading love No.HR&IR/KU/G5/30 employees periodically, say once in six months, vide April 6, 2016 our letter no. CIR/HR&IR/G5/2015-16/2263 dated the 9th March, 2016. Dr.B.Ramji, 4.IBA sent a copy of their communication to member General Secretary banks dated 09-03-2016 regarding functioning of I.O.B. Retirees' Association Grievance Cell in banks 2, First Cross Street, Jaya Nagar, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai - 600047 No. CIR/HR&IR/G5/2015-16/2263 March 9, 2016 Dear Sir, Chief Executives of all Member Banks Parliamentary Standing Committee on Dear Sir, Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Setting up of Grievance Cell at Bank level to meeting held on 8th February, 2016 at New redress the grievances of retired employees Delhi We refer to our Circular No.HR&IR/G5/2008-09/3059 We acknowledge receipt of your letter No. IOBRA/IBA dated 30.3.2009 (copy enclosed for your ready CEO/02/2016 dated the 16th March, 2016. reference) advising the decision of the Managing 2. In this connection, as you are well aware that IBA is Committee of IBA regarding setting up of a Grievance an independent and voluntary organization which Cell at the Corporate/Head Ofce of the member banks provides advisory services to its member banks as to look into the grievances of retired employees and and when asked for by these banks. It holds consider holding discussions with the representatives of discussions/negotiations with apex level Workmen the Association(s) of retired employees periodically, say Unions/Ofcers' Associations of Banks on behalf of once in 6 months, so that grievances, if any, can be member banks on the basis of specic mandate given settled across the table. by these banks in this regard. We hope that banks have already set up such 3. As regards main issues raised by various retirees grievance cell and, are holding periodical meetings federations including your Association viz. 100% with the retirees' association(s). We shall be glad, if Dearness relief to pre-2002 retirees w.e.f 1-5- you could kindly arrange to provide the following 2005,improvement in family pension, updation of details, latest by 17th March, 2016: basic pension, pension option to all left over retirees 1. Name(s) of the Retirees Association/Federation, if including compulsorily retired employees and any, with whom Bank is holding meetings on their resignees etc., we are in process of collecting the grievances latest data/information from all Public Sector Banks as suggested by the actuary to assess the cost factor 2. Number of meetings held during the last two years. and affordability of the Banks and also provision It is evident that our pointed reference to IBA not requirement as per AS-15(R) in this regard. On communicating with Retirees Organisations in the compilation of data/information received from the Parliamentary Committee meeting had its own banks and after assessing the cost factor as well as impact and they started corresponding on 7th April provisioning requirement as per actuarial calculation, 2016 just one day before the two month deadline set the same will be put up to the Managing Committee of by the committee for IBA was to expire on 8th April IBA for deliberation and further course of action. 2016. Our complaint about non functioning /non- 4. We may further add that the IBA has already issued establishment of Grievance cell before the committee the advisory to all Public Sector Banks vide its Circular has resulted in the IBA communication dated 09-03- No.