ALL INDIA BANK PENSIONERS' & RETIREES' CONFEDERATION
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Circular No. 40/17.
04.08.2017.
Dear Comrade,
Sub
:
CBPRO In the midst of hectic activities to impress
upon the need of attending to the issues of the retirees – meets Hon
'ble Minister of State for Finance and top level officials of Dept. of Fin
ancial Services, Ministry of Finance,Govt. of India – committee constituted in DOFS to resolve the issues of the retirees.
We reproduce hereunder CBPRO circular no. 011/2017
dated 03.08.2017 which is self-explanatory.
With best wishes,
( SUPRITA SARKAR )
ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY
QUOTE :
Circular No. 011/2017
Dated:
03.08.2017
Dear Comrades,
LATEST UPDATE ON PENDING ISSUES OF PENSIONERS AND R
ETIREES
We have been posting you with the developments and various efforts put in by CBPRO and its constituents in regard to
the following major outstanding issues concerning the pensioners and retirees:
1. 100% DA neutralization to pre 2002 retirees;
2. Improvement in family pension;
3. Pension updation
4. Improvement in medical insurance policy/medical
benefit scheme for retirees;
5. Second option to left out compulsorily retired o
fficers;
6. Second option to resignees who have put in pensi
onable service;
We are happy to note that due to our persistent follow up and interactions with the UFBU, they have ta
ken up the issues mentioned in the record note of the last Bi-partite settlement during their ongoing negotiations for
the 11th Bipartite Settlement. We are in constant touch with the Convenor of the UFBU and the leaders of the constituents
of the UBFU.
During their meeting with the Chairman of the Sub-Committee of IBA In-charge of negotiation on 1st August 2017, they have taken up the matter of 100% DA neutralization and family pension and have got a positive response
from the Chairman of the sub-committee in resolving the above issues. We hope that the issues contained in the record note will be sorted out on a priority basis before the conclusion of the ensuing Bipartite Sett
lement as the record note is the product of last settlement.
Meanwhile we have been pursuing all the major issues concerning the retirees cited above with the Gove
rnment and the IBA by writing to them and also by meeting them
. After our meeting with Shri Arun Jaitleyji, Honourable Finance
Minister on 1stJune 2017, we are enthused by his response to us while discussing our issues. We explained to him the
details about 100% DA neutralization issue, family pension and updation. By all means it was not a mee
ting for merely submitting a memorandum but a meeting where he heard our issues patiently asking us to clarify points
in respect of the issues.
As a further follow up we met Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwarji, Honourable Minister of State for Finance on 24 July
2017 and further explained to him about our meeting with the Honourable Finance Minister and also urged him to advise
his Ministry to initiate steps to resolve the issues on an urgent note as quite a lot of retirees are in their advanced age of
life. The Honourable Minister was very sympathetic and assured us of the resolution of the pending ma
tters. He also informed us that he had already talked to the Ministry officials in this regard and assured of reminding them further.
In between the meetings we had with the Honourable Finance Minister and Honourable Minister of State f
or Finance, we were also pursuing the issues on a continuous basis with the top Ministry officials in the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. We have given a detailed note on 17th July 2017 in respect of all the
above issues and also submitted a chart with approximate calculations in regard to each of the above issues. We have also mentioned inour note that the cost implications are not going to affect the profitability of the Banks as the payments have to be madeout of Pension Funds which are adequate to meet the cost of improvements.
We are happy to inform you that consequent to our meetings with the Honourable Ministers, followed by meetings and discussions with the top Ministry officials, a committee has been constituted in the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance to resolve the pending issues of Bank pensioners and retirees.
We are hopeful of a favourable outcome in regard to the issues very shortly
.We firmly believe that the issues like Pension Updation, Family Pension, Medical Benefit Scheme etc. shall be
of direct concern to the serving employees as well in the years to come on their retirement. It is imperative that
the UBFU and CBPRO enhance their combined efforts for resolution of the pending issues. We are happy
thatall the constituents and leaders of UFBU are making sincere efforts in this regard.
Comrades, we do understand the anxiety of all concerned as the issues did not get encouraging response
from any of the authorities earlier. Nevertheless we did not allow our determination to diminish for clinching the
issues. The developments during the last couple of months tend
to give us confidence that as a result of our efforts with Ministry and IBA and also the initiatives taken by UFBU we are
inching towards a satisfactory solution to the issues raised by us. We will further step up the momentum of our efforts wi
th the Ministry and IBA and also scale up the level of our interaction with UFBU leaders so as to ensure early success.
With regards,
Yours comradely
(A.RAMESH BABU) (K.V. ACHARYA)
JOINT CONVENERS
INSPITE OF THIS, THERE DOUBTS WHY AIBPARC NOT PERCOLATED THE INFORMATION TO DOWNSTREAM OF THE ORGANISATION WITH MUCH FAN AND FARE THAT SHOULD BE AS IT IS DELIGHTED BY ALL RETIREES & SETTING UP A COMMITTEE IS NOT A CASUAL TASK.
ALSO IN FURTHER DILEMMA, WHETHER IT IS ALSO A PLOY LIKE IN AUGUST2012 WHEN UFBU ANNOUNCED THAT IBA HAS WRITTEN TO DFS MOF FOR CLEARANCE OF 100% DA ISSUE BUT ULTIMATELY TIGHTLIPPED TILL MAY 2015 WHEN ON BP SIGNING, DIVULGED THEY SAYING THE MATTER IS SUBJUDICE AND FURTHER NOT COMPLYING WITH AS15.
MANY R OF THE OPINION THAT DFS/MOF NOT SO EASILY INCLINED IN FAVOUR OF RETIREES ISSUES.
= VBV Ramesh
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