FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS
Acting President : P.P.Dhamija R-6/104, Raj Nagar, GHAZIABAD – 201002. Tel: 0120-4107104 / 9810186067 Email Id – premdhamija38@gmail.com | General Secretary : D Krishnan No.6/1, Sreshta Riverside Apartments, Wood Creek Road, Nandambakkam, Chennai - 600089 Tel : 9176635967 / 044 42850049. Email Id - dkrishnan1@gmail.com |
E circular No.DK/5 08-02-2022
Dear Friends,
Reg: Letter to the Chairperson on Health Check-up for Retirees
As you know, we have been constantly on the refrain with the CO that the retirees should be reimbursed on Health Check-up at least once in two years. We now came across a Circular of Indian Bank extending an Annual Health Check facility for the Bank's retirees and their partners. We also came to know that The Punjab National Bank has also done a similar turn for its Retirees. I, therefore, thought this is an opportune moment to press our claim too with added force. So here is the letter sent out to the Chairperson of LIC in this context:
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FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS
08-02-2022
SHRI M.R.KUMAR
CHAIRPERSON
LIC OF INDIA, YOGAKSHEMA,
JEEVAN BIMA MARG,
MUMBAI – 400021.
Dear Sri Kumarji,
First of all my hearty greetings to you on your extension of tenure by one more year.
I am enclosing copy of a Circular/ letter of Indian Bank, announcing Benefits of Yearly Health Check for the Retiree and partner. This is one matter on which we have been repeatedly requesting you to offer a similar benefit to the Retirees of LIC.
If the Indian Bank can offer this to its Retirees, why a much bigger LIC cannot do it for its retirees? And I may mention here that even the Punjab National Bank is understood to have extended similar benefits to its retirees. Please do therefore think seriously in terms of extending the benefit of Health Check-up to the LIC Retirees too.
While here in Chennai, you had promised to consider closing the 92-93 retirees' matter extending the application of the Court judgment in the M C Jain case to all similarly placed. Since you know the matter very intimately, I would once again request that this be done, even if it is after so many years of waiting.
Thanking you and with kind Regards
D.Krishnan.
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We are also enclosing a letter dt. 7-02-2022 addressed the Finance Minister by The Hyderabad Association regarding Notification of amendment to LIC (Employees)Pension Rules 1995 for enhancement in Family Pension
RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS` ASSOCIATION, HYDERABAD
( REGD NO: 934 /2014)
President: S S R Murthy Vice-President: CH Mahadevan Secretary: M V Ramana
(9703442103) (9349314013) (9848590636)
7/2/2022
To
Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon 'ble Minister of Finance,
Government of India, North Block,New Delhi 110001.
Respected Madam,
Re: Notification of amendment to LIC (Employees)Pension Rules 1995
for enhancement in Family Pension
We invite your kind attention to the fact that reportedly, LIC Board had considered the proposal for enhancement of the rate of family pension from 15% of last drawn pay to 30% of last drawn pay and approved the same in the meeting held in 2019. It is also reported that a proposal to increase the age for payment of full pension to the family pensioner to 67( had he been alive) or seven years from the date of death whichever is earlier, had also been approved by the Board in the same meeting. We understand that the recommendations by LIC for acceptance of both the recommendations by the Central Government were sent to the Department of Financial Services more than two years ago. The notification for amending the LIC Pension Rules 1995 to give effect to these recommendations is yet to be issued.
It is learnt by us that Mr Debashish Panda, Secretary of the Department of Financial Services had retired from service on 31/1/2022 and it may take some time for a successor to be posted for the position. So we are afraid that the notification of amendments to LIC Pension Rules 1995 maybe further delayed causing continued agony and anxiety to the waiting family pensioners .
There are 21527 family pensioners of LIC as at 31/3/2021, who are surviving on a meagre amount of family pension already suffering due to the death of the retiree-breadwinners of their families. They constitute nearly one-third of the total pensioners of LIC.
We therefore request you to bestow your personal attention in the matter and issue suitable instructions to the Department of Financial Services for expeditious action in the matter to alleviate the sufferings of the family pensioners.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours faithfully,
Secretary
With fraternal Greetings to all --
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