We
are happy to inform that Foundation Conference to form Delhi State
Committee of AIBRF was held in Delhi on Sunday, 6th March 2016. It was
attended by more than 500 retiree comrades from various banks.
2.
As you are aware that we were feeling need of having state body setup
of AIBRF in the national capital of the country for quite some time to
coordinate and implement various action programmes of the organisation.
In the present atmosphere when AIBRF and bank retirees are on struggle
path, formation of state committee in the state of Delhi will give big
boost to our action programmes. We appreciate the efforts of our
comrades/ activists from various banks in Delhi to take initiative to
form the state body. It is right decision at the right time when in
coming months, Delhi is going to become epic centre of our struggle to
press and achieve our demands
3.
The foundation Conference was addressed by the General Secretary, AIBRF
Shri S.C. Jain and union leaders who were present on the occasion.
4.
The conference unanimously adopted by- laws of the newly formed body
and Resolutions on the issues concerning to the retirees. Further the
house unanimously elected team of office bearers( President- Shri D.P.
Gupta, General Secretary- Shri A.K. Bansal, 5 Vice Presidents, one
secretary, 7 Assistant Secretaries, one treasurer and one assistant
treasurer ) as per the provisions of the by-laws adopted. The distinct
feature of bylaws of Delhi state committee was that in the team of
office bearers, one post of Vice- President and one post of Assistant
Secretaries are reserved for women candidates to ensure greater
participation of ladies in the retiree movement. This is the welcome
step.
5.
We are now in the process of forming state body setup in the states of
Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan in coming months so that these northern
states adjoining to Delhi can mobilise and support our action programmes
in Delhi in big way.
ACTION PROGRAMME BY A.P. & TELGANA STATE BODY
As
informed earlier, our State Body in A.P. & Telagana has decided to
hold massive Dharna programme on 14th March 2016 ( not 14th February,
2016 as wrongly mentioned in our earlier communication ) at various
centres namely Hyderabad , Vijayawada , Guntur and Thriupathi in support
of pending demands of retirees and submit memorandum to the heads of
the banks in the area.
With
the above, first phase of our action programme launched after Thrissur
Delegate Session will be successfully and effectively completed. We find
that the action programmes under first phase has been able to attract
attention of IBA, DFS, Bank managements and UFBU leadership besides
Members of Parliament and political leadership on mood and anger of 3
lakhs bank retirees on pending issues of retirees.
Programmes conducted in first phase can be summarised as below :
(1)
Protest Day at Azad Maiden in Mumbai on 10th February,16 wherein more
than 500 retirees participated and submission of the memorandum to IBA
CEO in delegation
(2)
Discussion on AIBRF representation on pending issues in the meeting of
Parliamentary Committee on Social Justice, Public Grievances and Law
held in Delhi on 8th February, 2016 under the chairmanship of Dr
Sudersana Nachippan.
(3)
Day long Dharna Programme on 14.02.2016 in Ahmadabad by bank retirees
organised by Gujarat State Body under the banner of AIBRF wherein about
500 retirees of various banks participated and submitted the memorandum
to heads of prominent banks of the area.
(4)
Dharna in Bangalore on 19.02.2016 by bank retirees where more than 1000
retirees were present and submission of the memorandum to the heads of
prominent banks of the area.
(5) Submission of memorandum on retiree demands to the heads of private banks in Thrissur in delegation on 23rd February 2016.
(6)
Submission of Memorandum on retiree demands to M.Ps, Shri B.Panda in
Bhuneshwar on 29.01.2016 and Dr Kirit Somaiya in Mumbai on 8.01.2016 by
delegation of AIBRF.
2 ND PHASE OF ACTION PROGRAMMES
We
propose to launch next phase of action programmes in coming months to
implement direction of the General Council “WE SHALL STRUGGLE AND WE
SHALL ACHIEVE”. We have convened office bearers meeting in Delhi on 22nd
and 23rd April 2016 to take stock of the action programmes conducted so
far and decide future plan of struggle based on suggestions/ feedback/
inputs received from our comrades and experience gained so far. We shall
inform you details of the action programme immediately after the office
bearers meeting.
In
the meantime we request you to be in readiness to respond to next phase
of action programmes. We will be happy to receive suggestions and ides
from central committee members and activists for the format of the next
phase to make it more effective and purposeful.
Here,
we would like to mention that on the basis of feedback we are getting
from the membership directly during various functions/ programmes, there
is huge anger and resentment on the treatment being given to the
retirees and their demands and tremendous amount of enthusiasm to
respond to the organisational programmes.
We
are witnessing more and more attendance and participation in 20
functions conducted by our affiliates in last 2 months. Now the
leadership has to come to the expectations of the membership and give
proper effective direction to the movement. We are grateful to the
membership and salute them for showing unqualified confidence and faith
in AIBRF and its leadership.
CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT FOR PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
As
you are aware that of late overall environment for public sector banks
in the country in particular after the announcement of quarterly results
for December 2015 showing record combined loss of Rs. 10000 crores ,
mounting NPAs and stressed assets and adverse well designed publicity in
the media has become negative and challenging.
Government
has initiated several steps like constitution of Banking Business
Bureau under the chairmanship of Shri Vinod Rai, formation of holding
company for public sector banks, dilution of equity to private entities,
higher FII limits in equity in the public sector banks, holding Gyan
Sangam 02 to decide strategy for merger of PSBs in the name of reforms
to address the problems.
We
are of the view that these steps will affect the retiree and retirees’
issues adversely and we will be required to take appropriate steps to
protect interest of the retirees in the fast changing environment for
public sector banks and certainly not in the positive direction.
AIBRF
has also to keep a close watch and take appropriate steps on the
feature of fast reducing number of employees who have opted for defined
benefit pension scheme governed by Pension Regulation, 1995 in the
banking system in view of large number of retirements and increasing
number of retirees coming to the fold of AIBRF. This phenomena will
bring qualitative change on the retiree issues and its addressing them
effectively. Next settlement for which dies have been cast may be
beginning in this direction. We should be ready to gear up our resources
and strength to meet this challenge.
CAMP TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FLOOD AFFECTED PEOPLE IN TAMINLNADU ORGANISED BY TAMILNADU STATE BODY OF AIBRF
As
a part of social responsibility, Tamilnadu State Committee organised
camps in flood affected villages in Cudlore District on 16th February,
2016 to provided 1400 kits consisting of plastic mats, bed sheets and
towels to the villagers to help them to rehabilitate themselves after
vast destruction of their personal belongings in the un-precedent ant
flood witnessed in the area. The programme was attended by functionaries
of the state body and G.S. AIBOA Comrade S. Nagarajan.
On
the appeal issued by AIBRF for this purpose, we had earlier received
donations from our affiliates including Rs. 75000 from AKBRF and Rs
2,30,000 from All India Canara Bank Retirees’ Federation.
We convey our thanks to the functionaries of Tamilnadu state body for conducting this type of camp for the cause of humanity.
TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF ALL INDIA CANARA BANK RETIREES’ FEDERATION
Our
affiliate , All India Canara Bank Retirees’ Federation organised two
day Triennial Conference on 24th and 25th February ,2016 in Ernakulum.
The conference was attended by more than 800 delegates and observers
coming from nook and corners of the country. The open session was
inaugurated by Former High Court Judge Shri C.N.R. Nair. It was also
addressed by GS, AIBOA Shri S. Nagarajan and by other union leaders who
were present on the occasion and also addressed by the GS AIBRF Shri
S.C. Jain.
On
this occasion, one kilo meter long rally was organised in support of
the retiree demands on 24.02.2016. The conference conducted business
session where important decisions were taken for its future functioning.
SILVER JUBILEE FUNCTION OF BOI RETIREES’ ASSOCIATION MAHARSHTRA UNIT
Bank
of India Retirees’ Association Maharashtra Unit ( affiliated to BOI
Retirees’ Federation ) celebrated 25th year of its formation on 14th
February, 2016 in Mumbai. The function was attended by more than 800
members from Mumbai and nearby centres. The meeting was addressed by
Chief General Manager, BOI Shri R.N. Kar and the GS AIBRF Shri S. C.
Jain On this occasion, 35 members who completed age of 75 years were
honoured.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE YEAR 2016
We
request all our affiliates to remit annual subscription for 2016 at the
earliest. We are in need of funds in view of sizable expenses incurred
for 4th National Conference and expensed being incurred for ongoing
action programmes.
DISSOLUTION OF RECEPTION COMMITTEE OF 4TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
In
a function held at Thrissur on 23rd February, 2016, the Reception
Committee formed in the month of June, 2015 for organising the
conference was formally dissolved on completion of the task
successfully. In his address General Secretary, S. C. Jain gave profound
thanks and gratitude to the Convenor,
General
Convenor and other office bearers of the committee , comrades and
activists of Thrissur, leadership of AKBRF , leaders of serving unions
and well wishers for taking untiring pains to make the conference grand
success.
On
this occasion, audited accounts of the conference were unanimously
adopted and the Souvenir was released for which separate circular has
already been issued.
With Warm Greetings
Yours Sincerely
(S. C. JAIN )
GENERAL SECRETARY
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