Meeting with                                                                                                                                                              Shri S K Roy, Chairman, LIC                                                                                                                                                       10.12.2014

 

We are grateful to the Chairman for not only to have agreed to meet us, the representatives of the Retired LIC Class I Officers' Association, Hyderabad, but also for facilitating the meeting at Hyderabad itself.  

 

We are deeply touched by your gesture, Sir.  THANK YOU.

 

Sir, we placed before you a brief note listing out the few issues of concern to all LIC Pensioners. The main issue viz.,Pension Revision & the DR Anomaly rectification is too well known to all the concerned parties and warrants no further elaboration.  

 

Sir, time has come to look at the issue beyond its 'sub-judice' status, beyond the constraints of the vexatious 'legal' contours coming in the way of a resolution.  Here comes the need and justification for the Chief Executive of the mighty Corporation to 'make the difference'. It is our information that the Government of India is not against periodical pension revision in LIC. That could make all the difference and any gracious initiative from LIC should lead to a lasting resolution and win back this hapless segment of the LIC family who now feel alienated.

 

 

Yet another much awaited relief is the extension of the total cashless hospitalization and treatment facility under the group Mediclaim scheme. Sir, it is necessary, possible and in fact overdue. It is rather ironical that the Insurer is willing and even eager to extend it but the Insured (LIC) is not ready. Some of the apprehensions coming in the way of formalizing the facility have been explained to be fallacious. When approved it will be a win-win for ALL.

 

One of the incongruities which we perceive as a possible reason for the state of despair among the Pensioners in LIC, is the absence of a formal mechanism enabling periodical interface between the top management of the Corporation and the Pensioners' representatives at C O & ZO levels. This may be addressed appropriately ASAP.

 

We look forward to Chairman giving the nod, for these urgent aspirations which could even be from this venue itself.      

 

 

Hyderabad                                                      (M.Sreenivasa Murty)  

Dec 10, 2014                                                               PRESIDENT