NOINO Delhi DO-2 Divl Committee reconstituted

A meeting was held on 02.07.2011 at Delhi DO-2 to elect office bearers for NOINO Delhi DO-2 Divisional Committee. In addition to members of Delhi DO-2, the meeting was attended by Shri S.K.SAINI, SHRI RAJIV K. SHARMA, & SHRI YASHPAL SINGH; Northern Zonal President, Secretary and Organizing Secretary respectively. The following office bearers were elected unanimously for Delhi DO-2:-

1. President: Shri Arvind Kumar, Principal, DTC, Delhi DO-2

2. Secretary: Shri A.K.JAIN, AAO, BO-12D

3. Vice President: Shri Rattan Lal, AO, Sales deptt, Divl Office

4. Joint Secretary: Shri Ashok Vaid, AAO, BO-11B

5. Treasurer: Shri Vikrant Kalia, AO, BO-312

6. Asstt Treasurer: Smt Sudha Mishra, AAO, BO-12F

Besides above 7 nos of EC members were also elected.

NOINO SCZ meets ZM, SCZ

NOINO SCZ delegation with ZM, SCZ. (L to R) Sarvashri N.K.Amminabhavi, Divl Secr.(Dharwad); G.N.Sridhar Rao, Treasurer(Hyderabad); S.K.Sardeshpande, Zonal Secretary; and A.K.Sahoo, Zonal Manager.

A delegation of NOINO South Central Zone comprising of Shri S.K.Sardeshpande, Zonal Secretary; Shri Hari Somayaji, Secretary(Hyderabad); Shri G.N.Sridhar Rao, Treasurer(Hyderabad); and Shri N.K. Amminabhavi, Divl Secretary(Dharwad) met Shri A.K.Sahoo, Zonal Manager, SCZ on 1^st July 2011.


The Zonal Manager warmly received the delegation and assured full cooperation to NOINO. The delegation also introduced the office-bearers of the newly constituted Hyderabad Unit to the ZM.

Prior to that, a delegation comprising of Sarvashri S.G.Elangadi, Vice President, NOINO; S.K. Sardeshpande, Zonal Secretary, NOINO SCZ; Hari Somayaji, Secretary(Hyderabad); P.V.V. Shivakumar, Organizing Secretary(Hyderabad); G.N. Sridhar Rao, Treasurer(Hyderabad); N.K. Amminabhavi, Secretary(Dharwad) and others met Shri Ravichandran, RM(P&IR). The new Hyderabad team was introduced to him also. There were detailed discussions for about an hour on promotions, transfers and representations by NOINO members (against non-transfers & non-promotions). He gave a very good hearing and assured the delegation that the grievances would be rectified where ever possible at the earliest and assured cooperation.

The delegation also met Smt. Savitri Ramarao, Secretary(P&IR)(DZM) and appraised of the expectations of NOINO on various problems faced by Class-1 officers in general & NOINO members in particular.

Survey on 'Problems associated with E-FEAP'

We all know that during & after the implementation of e-feap the employees / agents / policyholders / development officers have/had to face lots of problems. One may recall that NOINO has been raising the issue since long with all the concerned authorities. We have again decided to follow up these problems with the management.

As such, we request one and all to provide following details to enable us to follow-up the issue:-

1. Branch no.

2. Division.

3. Date of migration:

4. Problems encountered during migration:

5. Problems encountered after migration:

6. Name & designation of the sender of the problems(for our record - this will not be disclosed to the management):

The details are to be sent to the General Secretary of NOINO Shri Ganesh Kamath at g.kamath@licindia.com on or before 11th of July 2011.

NOINO Hyderabad Unit formed

A meeting of NOINO members of Hyderabad City was called today i.e. 1^st July 2011 at Canteen Hall of South Central Zonal Office, Hyderabad. Shri S.G.Elangadi, Vice President, NOINO and Shri S.K.Sardeshpande, Zonal Secretary, NOINO SCZ were present during the meeting.

Problems related to officers posted at Hyderabad were discussed at large during the meeting and the need was felt to form the Hyderabad Unit of NOINO immediately. The Unit was formed with following office-bearers declared elected unanimously:

 1. President: Shri C. Somalingam, Manager(Admn), ZTC, Hyderabad

 2. Vice President: Shri Y. Narasinga Rao, AO(Audit), IAD, SCZ, Hyderabad

 3. Secretary: Shri Hari Somayaji, Asstt Secretary(IT), ZO, SCZ, Hyderabad

 4. Organizing Secretary: Shri P.V.V.Shivakumar, AO(Audit), IAD, SCZ, Hyderabad

 5. Joint Secretary: Shri N. C. Ramachandra, AAO(Micro), ZO, SCZ, Hyderabad

 6. Treasurer: Shri G. N. Sridhar Rao, AO(ATC), Mehbubnagar

 7. EC members: Shri R. Kishan, AAO(Audit), IAD, SCZ, Hyderabad

                         Shri G. V. Sudhakar, AAO(Customer Care Zone), Hyderabad

                                 Shri Sadanand Jalwadi, AE, Engg. Deptt., ZO, SCZ, Hyderabad

Later during the day, the Hyderabad Unit office-bearers, along with SCZ Zonal Secretary & All India Vice President, did introductory meetings with the Secretary(P&IR), RM(P&IR) and also ZM, SCZ.

NOINO Hyderabad office-bearers with ZM, SCZ. (L to R) Sarvashri  N.K.Amminabhavi; Hari Somayaji, Secretary; G.N. Sridhar Rao, Treasurer; and A.K.Sahoo, Zonal Manager.

DHARNA IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT – An Appeal

Brothers & Sisters,

A joint meeting of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh affiliated Trade Union segments of Insurance Sector i.e. NOIW, NOINO, NOIP & BLIAS  was held recently at Kolhapur on 27^th & 28^th June, 2011. The meeting had a detailed discussion on the issues like proposed ‘LIC Act Amendment Bill’ & ‘Hike in FDI in Insurance Sector’ most likely to get tabled during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament commencing on 1^st of August 2011 at New Delhi. The meeting decided unanimously to protest the proposals of such bills jointly, visualizing the gravity and concerns of Nationalised Insurance Sector, Workforce (both Adminstrative and Marketing), Policyholders and the Public in general getting  affected adversely due to such proposals.

As such, the joint meeting of these segments unanimously decided to organize a programme “MAHA DHARNA” in front of Parliament at New Delhi jointly on 1^st of August  2011 between 10.00 am and 5.00 pm on the very first day of Monsoon Session of House to protest the proposed bills and proposals of the Govt at the Centre to safeguard the interest of Nation, Industry and the general Public.

The venue proposed for said programme is “JANTAR MANTAR”, New Delhi. The meeting decided to make joint appeal to all concerned for maximum participation in the said programme.

The meeting also took a decision to carry out mobilization activity to ensure maximum participation for the programme & also create awareness among the employees. Accordingly it is decided to hold joint Seminars of NOIW/NOINO/NOIP/BLIAS at centres like Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mysore and Nagpur at the earliest on this issue.

In view of the above and looking to the gravity and concern involved for all of us to the issues proposed by the Govt at the Centre during Monsoon session of Parliament, we appeal the Insurance fraternity and workforce nationwide to participate in the programme of MAHA DHARNA before Parliament on 1^st August 2011 at New Delhi with huge numbers and make the protest more strong and stern.

With appeal for Chalo Delhi on 1^st August 2011…

Dated at Nagpur this 1^st July 2011

Brotherly yours,

Atul Deshpande              Ganesh  Kamath

General Secretary             General Secretary

NOIW                                   NOINO

C.Y.Kalele                       Swarup Biswas

General Secretary            General Secretary

NOIP                                   BLIAS

Consumer Price Index

CPI for April 2011 is 186 and May 2011 is 187. If the CPI for June 2011 remains same then there will be increase in DA by 4 slabs w.e.f. August 2011.

Dharna on 1st August at Delhi

NOINO, NOIW, NOIP & BLIAS - the 4 affiliated organizations of BMS in LIC - have decided to hold Dharna at Delhi on 1st Aug 2011 against proposed hike in FDI in Insurance Sector and also the proposed LIC Amendment Bill which are likely to figure in monsoon session of Parliament commencing 1st August itself.

Activists of all the 4 organizations are requested to ensure maximum participation in the Dharna. As such, they are requsted to book their tickets immediately. The timing of the Dharna will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., as such, the activists must reach Delhi by 8 a.m. on 1st August. They may get their return-journey tickets booked for the evening (after 5) of 1st itself.

Any further details will be communicated through mails. All are requested to be in constant touch with their respective Zonal / Divisional Secretaries.

Annual GB Meeting of Pune DO - I & II

Joint AGM of Pune DO-1 & Pune DO-2 Divisional Units was held on Sunday, 26^th June 2011. Our All India GS Shri Ganesh Kamath, Zonal President Shri Vilas Purkar, and Zonal Secretary Shri Vishwas Shastri were present on the occasion. More than 90 members were present including good number of Lady Members.

The meeting started with rendering of Shramik Geet by Shri Ajit Paranjape (NOIW). The lighting of Lamp was done by all the dignitaries. Shri D P Joshi, President Pune DO-2 welcomed the gathering. He expressed his happiness over the response of Officers in attending the AGM. He thanked the founder members for starting NOINO unit in Pune way back in 2003.

Then Sri Vilas Purkar, Zonal President conducted the meeting. While welcoming the gathering he expressed his happiness over the efforts in making the Pune unit a very strong one. He called upon all activists to undertake tour of other Divisions also to strengthen the NOINO Units there. Sri Vishwas Shastri then spoke and explained in detail the last minute efforts of NOINO in getting a good charter to the Officer community. He informed the house about the new units formed in the Zone. He informed the house that a Zonal Workshop has been arranged at Satara on 15th and 16th August and appealed the members to take advantage of the same and make it a grand success by participating in it. He then dwelt at length the issues successfully taken up by the Zonal Unit with Zonal Management.

The SDM of Pune DO-2 visited the venue and addressed the gathering. He touched upon various aspects of office work and genuine problems faced by Officers.

The house passed 3 resolutions on the local problems.

Then Shri Ganesh Kamath, GS, NOINO spoke. He traced the history of NOINO and reviewed the progress made by NOINO in the last 9 years. He stressed the need of active participation by all members in all the activities of NOINO. He insisted upon the need to further strengthen the relations with NOIW. He assured the house that NOINO will strive for better working conditions for Officers.

New committees were formed for both the Divisions as follow :

Pune DO-1:

President: Haribhau Kulkarni, Manager(Admn) P&GS, Pune DO-I

Divisional Secretary: Ram Dhumane, Dy Manager(CLIA), Pune DO-I

Treasurer: Sanjay Ramdasi, AO(EDMS), Pune DO-I

Pune DO-2:

President: Sri D P Joshi, Chief Manager, BO-955, Pune DO-II

Divisional Secretary: Sri R H Desai, AO(PS/CRM), Pune DO-II

Treasurer: Ms Seema Gothankar, AAO(NB), Pune DO-II

The meeting concluded with Vande Mataram.

NOIP CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING HELD

The Central Committee Meeting of NOIP was held on 26-06-2011 at BMS Office, Pune. Shri S L Burman, President, NOIP presided over the meeting. Shri C Y Kalele, GS, NOIP and Shri A J Joshi, Working President, NOIP were also on the Dias. Shri S D Kulkarni, President, Maharashtra State BMS graced the meeting and guided it. Apart from the above dignitaries 14 CC Members attended the meeting.

Shri C Y Kalele, Shri A J Joshi and Shri V W Bapat reported in detail the meeting NOIP had with Central Office officials and the court-case of Pensioners. The Management has filed a Special Leave Petition in Supreme Court on 21-04-2011. It was unanimously decided that since no fresh points are there for argument before SC, there is no need for NOIP to join as a party to the case at this juncture. It was reported that when Shri Baijnathji Rai, GS, BMS visited Central Office of LIC and met Chairman, he raised the issues of Pensioners. He again wrote letters in May to LIC Chairman and Finance Ministry on the issues of Pensioners and urged them to settle them amicably and early. The house noted with satisfaction the progress made by NOIP on the Organisational front. Each and every participant reported the activities conducted by them and assured to increase the membership and collect donations. Shri Burman narrated the efforts made by him and how he was able to increase the membership in the North. The house decided to participate in large numbers in the Dharna in front of Parliament on 1st August 2011 and in the BMS rally on 23-11-2011. Next CC meeting will be held at New Delhi on 22-11-2011.

Shri S D Kulkarni in his speech called upon youngsters between age 58 and 65 to be more active in the Organisation and work to strengthen the hands of NOIP. He said that BMS has already Unions amongst Class I Officers, Class III & IV employees, the Pensioners and the Agents in LIC. He expressed confidence that it is BMS and BMS affiliated Unions in LIC which will have a say in the matters concerning Officers, Employees and Agents. He called upon the members present to enroll retired Development Officers as life members of NOIP. Shri S D Kulkarni also announced the induction of Shri C T Joshi from Belgaum as Vice President of NOIP and Shri R B Kulkarni from Bijapur as CC member.

The meeting came to an end with vote of thanks by Shri Burmanji.

Report on Nagpur Divl Unit Dharna

The National Organization of Insurance officers, Nagpur Division staged DHARNA and massive DEMONSTRATION on 25.06.2011 against arbitrary decisions taken by the Divisional Management in postings and transfers of officers during current round of promotion. The Dharna and demonstration which started at 1:30 PM concluded at 5:00 PM. Over 53 officers participated in this Dharna.

At the outset Shri Milind Wagh, Divisional Secretary, NOINO, Nagpur DO, narrated the events and decisions taken by local management during last three months. Thereafter, Shri Anil Bhagdikar, President, NOINO Nagpur Divl Unit cited many cases of transfers and postings which were taken under the pretext of discretion, were discriminatory to our member officers. He also said that during the course of series of meeting; NOINO leadership tried to convince the management on these issues. "We pleaded for course correction and requested them to accommodate our very few member officers. But, management did not budge and we were forced to take the decision to hold Dharna and protest demonstrations against the unilateral and arbitrary decisions of management", he said. Shri S. G. Khapre, Vice President, NOINO also spoke on this occasion.

NOINO’s former All India Working President and presently Advisory Committee member Shri Sudhakar Rao Ingole also guided the gathering. He congratulated the members and cited many cases where NOINO forced management to take note of its view point and amend decisions accordingly. He warned management of more protest actions in future. He warned management to take immediate remedial action. He also assured all support in NOINO’s future struggles.

Finally Shri Milind Wagh proposed vote of thanks. All NOINO activists strived hard for the success of this protest Dharna.