Regn No.PN 4769 (Regd under The Trade Unions Act, 1926)
(Affiliated to Bharateeya Mazdoor Sangh)
BMS Office, Vishwakarma Bhavan, 185, Shaniwar Peth, Pune 411030
President: Prabir Kumar Mazumder Mob No: 9330337430 Prabir.majumdar@gmail.com Working President: Arvind Mittimani Mob No: 9868878667 arvindmittimani@gmail.com
General Secretary: Rajiv Kumar Sharma Mob No: 9811902770
rajivkumarsharma1558@gmail.com
Date: 6th Sept 2025
TO,
Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman,
Hon'ble Finance Minister,
Government of India.
Reg: Waiver of GST on Group Mediclaim policy premium.
Respected Madam,
At the outset we the Members of National Organisation of Insurance Pensioners thank you for the revolutionary changes made in GST rates and limiting them to just two categories. We welcome your decision to end gst on Individual life Insurance and Health Insurance policies. This decision will make health care more affordable and reach to wider section of people.
But by leaving out group Mediclaim policies from this benefit has dealt a serious blow to members of group Mediclaim policies, particularly senior citizens who are mostly members of employer sponsored Mediclaim policies.
We have been appealing for waiver of gst on Mediclaim insurance premium to lower the high cost of premium. In this era of high cost medical treatments waiver of gst will come as a great relief.
We therefore urge upon you to waive gst on premium of Group Mediclaim Policies and oblige. We hope you will consider our request favourably and bring smiles on the faces of thousands of people.
Thanking in great anticipation.
Yours Sincerely
Rajiv Kumar Sharma
General Secretary
4 comments:
Read this comment which may/ may not be relevant to LICians (if there are any member in NOIP as everyone is a believer in one ideology like their God)Samir Bandyopadhyay: Why does non-implementation of Bank's Pension Updation since last 30 years?
Reasons:-
1) Inefficacy of our advocate Sewaram in respect of early hearing in M.C.SINGHLA CASE IN SUPREME COURT,
2) Lack of miliitant attitudes to snatch the most legitimate demand like Pension Updation,
3) lack of unity among all the Retired Associations to snatch the bargaining power from the competent authorities in respect of Pensioners demand ,
4) misappropriation of huge Pension corpus funds where trustees along with DFS nexus bank's competent authorities are directly held responsible but our leaders are silent in this regard but why??
Raise our voices against all these injustice, " Awake , Arise otherwise be forever fallen"
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Even serious members themselves are agreed that the four issues raised by the bench are not going to help us in spite of would be favourable judgment by this bench. Is it a hint for GOI will appeal to higher number bench to overthrow soon to be favourable judgment? We had not learned from a decade old favourable judgment by VR Krisnaiyer like Gopala Gowda Bench. Bonus victory by Krishnaiyer made GOI to enact sec 48 of LIC Act 1981. All living retirees/In-service are perhaps satisfied with the inflow of benefits from banking sector by the courtesy of DFS and not bothered about restoration TU rights for 44 years unlike In-service RBI staff's passive resistance of holding placards for decades before every board meeting. If everything can be achieved by members of working class in millions by legal means what is the utility of enacting ID Act 1947 and trade unions ACT to avoid the exploitation of workers by employers. Banking sector benefits however limited they may be are due to these two acts only and not by charity which was graciously extended by DFS to LIC in order to avoid confrontations and judiciary which is unable to settle only one issue for the last 25 years. DFS achieved success in its thinking. Karma punished those already died and is punishing those alive every 5 years in a graded manner.
S.Rajasekhar says on the chat column of the other blog that CJI had not referred the matter still now to a higher number bench as requested by the co-ordinate bench long back in Feb 2022. Why a CJI takes a long time to say "No" or Yes" when there is no need of study of constitutional issues? Even the hypothetical case of already referred no judgment by larger bench will take its own time. So there is definitely a motive behind it for raising this issue on 29.10.25 by AG. Though I already predicted the outcome after the would be favourable judgement events will be unpalatable to one and all including me. I never imagined in my life that after 25 years and presumed to be continuing according to reliable sources 3 member bench will over throw the altruistic Gopala Gowda judgment destroying the lives of thousands of temp employees who put in years of service due to the collaboration of AIIEA with Zonal Manager of South Zone LIC started in 1993 at then called full Bench ie., 3 member bench of Madras HC.
What is the latest judgement on regularisation? AI Mode:
The Supreme Court recently ruled against the selective regularization of similarly situated employees. It held that daily wage employees engaged in perennial work cannot be discriminated against by denying them regularization while extending the benefit to other similarly situated workers on vacant posts.5 Sept 2025.So same persons with different names for every 85 days are working on daily wages instead of regular monthly/pay scale with their willingness except those appointed on compassionate grounds. One can understand it by seeing number of sub-staff at the beginning and at the end of each financial year.
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