A documentary on NOINO President's life

Rajya Sabha TV will broadcast a documentary on the life of Shri Prakash Javadekar, President, NOINO (also MP, Rajya Sabha) at 16.30 hrs today i.e. on 27th March 2013. Any one interested may please watch it. The film is of 24 minutes duration.

The film is also available on http://www.youtube.com/noinocentral/ .

Happy Holi..!!

We wish you all a very happy Holi..!!

NOINO DELEGATION MEETS CHIEF (P) ON PENDING ISSUES

    A NOINO delegation consisting of  Shri Dattaraj Prabhukhanolkar, Resident Secretary, NOINO, Shri Suryakant Gawde, EC member, NOINO, WZ; met Chief(Personnel), Shri T. Mendiratta on 20^th March, 2013 to discuss & follow-up pending issues. After taking up certain individual issues, we raised the following general issues:-

1. Discussions on Charter of demands: - We asked about the current status of the issue and what initiatives management has taken in this regard to settle the wage revision at the earliest. We demanded immediate discussions. Chief replied that the management was waiting for a go-ahead from the Finance Ministry.
2. One more pension option:- We once again took up this issue. Chief replied that management has taken up the issue several times with the Government. In the light of the continuous representations from NOINO, as also the fact that very few of the employees did not opt for the pension, the management would again take up this issue with the government soon.
3. Information sharing meeting: - We pointed out that there was no information sharing meeting for more than two years & demanded that such meeting should be convened immediately. Chief said that such meeting would be convened in the near future.
4. Anomaly after computer increment: - We once again raised this demand & reminded that SBI has settled this issue in 1996(i.e. 16 years back) by granting one more increment to all the affected employees. We strongly insisted that this matter be sorted out before the settlement of Charter. We pointed out that the anomaly was crystal clear & it was a clear case of injustice to the affected employees. Chief assured to look into the matter.
5. Recruitment in Class III: - We once again raised this demand. We reiterated that the Class I Officers were under tremendous pressure due to lack of staff as they have to perform non-supervisory duties. We also demanded that the recruitment process should not be entrusted to outside agencies. Chief said that such recruitment was under active consideration.
6. Sabbatical leave for women employees: - We reminded Chief about our demand for sabbatical leave for women employees & said that the banks had already introduced this leave from 1^st April 2012. We demanded that this leave should be introduced at the earliest in LIC. Chief assured to look into the demand sympathetically.
7. Revision in LTC rules and Encashment of LTC: - We repeated our demand to simplify LTC rules & allow LTC encashment. Chief replied that no such proposal for LTC encashment was under consideration.
8. Petrol expenses re-imbursement: - We demanded once again for re-imbursement of petrol expenses. Chief said that no such proposal was under consideration as of now
9. Technical allowances for Class I Officers having professional qualifications: - We once again raised this issue. Chief was positive on this issue & agreed to consider this demand.

Later we also again raised the issue of grant of Metro status to Pune city. Though till now there was no development in this matter, Chief (P) assured to look into the matter.

NOINO will continue to follow-up all the pending issues.

Subsidy in Group Mediclaim Scheme – NOINO’s one more demand accepted

      You all are well aware of the continuous efforts made by NOINO for the fulfilment of the just aspirations of the Class I Officers in particular. The diligent efforts & the rigorous follow-up which has been the USP of NOINO have started to give results & the last 5 to 6 years have seen a steady trickle of benefits & achievements for the Class I Officers which was a neglected Class before the formation of NOINO in 2002.

      The latest achievement is regarding the subsidy in Group Mediclaim premium. You may be aware that for all these years, the subsidy given to the Class I Officers in Group Mediclaim premium was 2/3rd of the premium whereas for all other classes it is 3/4th of the premium. Even retired employees (including retired Class I Officers) are given 3/4th subsidy. This was devoid of any logic. In terms of the amount, it may seem insignificant. However, it amounted to discrimination & hence NOINO was continuously taking up this matter with the management. The management saw reason in our argument & accepted our demand. The circular enhancing the subsidy is available at Jeevan Sanchar site ref:- CO/OS/Mediclaim/2012-13 dated 15th March 2013. We thank the management for accepting our demand.

Following is the date-wise list of efforts in recent times:-

1. 29.8.2012--- raised this issue in the meeting with ED(P) Shri M R Kumar.

2. 11.10.2012---raised this issue in the meeting with Managing Director, Shri Sushobhan Sarker.

3. 14.12.2012---raised this issue in the meeting with ED(P) Shri M R Kumar.

4. 28.12.2012---raised this issue in the massive rally at Yogakshema.

NOINO will continue to fight for the just demands of the Class I officers.

NOINO’s 2 more demands acceded – Computer Advance & Prev. Health Check-up

NOINO has been continuously highlighting the plight of the Class I Officers & the huge pressures they are subjected to. It has been on the forefront in taking efforts for reducing these pressures & fulfilling the just aspirations of the officers. The continuous follow-up of the issues with the management, which is the hallmark of NOINO, has brought unprecedented success & succour to the officers. The realization of the two above demands, viz. Computer advance & Preventive Health Check-up are live examples of the same.

You are aware that NOINO was the first to submit a comprehensive charter of demands to the management on 23^rd July 2012. The two demands which have been realized now were also included in the Charter of demands. They read as follows:--

Preventive Health Check-up: “ALL OFFICERS should be allowed reimbursement of fees for getting Executive Health Check-up every year up to age 45, every six months thereafter. There is an urgent need for upward revision in the scale of Fees reimbursable.”

Computer advance: “Full purchase price to be allowed. It should include all peripherals & should be free of any interest”.

Thereafter, the last (Extended) EC meeting of NOINO was held on 5^th & 6^th November 2012 at Dehradun. We had a re-think on all the pressing demands of the Class I officers. With this in mind, in the meeting we passed Resolutions on different issues which were pending for acceptance by the management. Two of the resolutions related to – 1. Resolution No. 6: Advance for purchase of Personal Computer, and 2. Resolution No. 7: Preventive Health Check-up. A copy each of above resolutions is attached, herewith, for your ready reference. Later during our meeting with management, we conveyed the resolutions to them and discussed the matters. On different more occasions also we raised the issues and discussed.

We are pleased to announce that above 2 demands have been accepted by the management. The revision in rules on “Advance for purchase of Computer/Laptop, iPad/Tablet” is almost the same as we had suggested vide our Resolution, while the revision in “Preventive Health Check-up Scheme” is quite low if compared to our suggestions, though they accepted our suggestion to extend it to all officers/employees.

We thank the management for acceding to our demands.

Full details of the revision are available in CO Personnel Circular Nos. CO/Per/ER-A/023/2013 dated 11/03/2013 and CO/PER/ER-A/026/2013 dated 12^th March, 2013.

We shall continue to strive for further improvements in the revisions wherever required.

Happy International Women's Day

NOINO wishes you all a very happy International Women's Day..!!

Lucknow Divisional Unit of NOINO formed

We are pleased to announce that Lucknow Divisional Unit of NOINO (under North Central Zone) was formed on 4^th March 2013. A General Body meeting of members of NOINO Lucknow Division was called after office hours on Saturday, the 2^nd March 2013. More than 30 officers attended the meeting and decided to form Divisional Unit. The names of office bearers were decided and kept pending for formal announcement on 4^th March 2013 on the eve of visit of Organizing Secretary of NOINO, Shri Rajesh Dubey and Zonal President of NOINO NCZ, Shri Sudhakar Mishra. Both Central and Zonal office-bearers reached Lucknow on 3^rd March itself and made formal announcement of the committee on 4^th March during ‘Activists Meeting’. Following office-bearers were declared elected unanimously:

1.      President: Shri Y K Bhatnagar, Manager(EDMS), 09452296577, y.bhatnagar@licindia.com

2.       Vice President: Shri R K Rawat, ABM(S), BO – TransGomti, 09935473625, rk.rawat@lic...

3.       Divisional Secretary: Shri D P S Rathore, AO(CRM), 09415151469, d.rathore@lic...

4.       Organizing Secretary: Shri R K Tiwari, ABM(S), City Branch, 09415200619, rama.tiwari@lic...

5.      Treasurer: Shri G S L Srivastava, PG-I, DO, 09450958647, gsl.srivastava@licindia.com

6.      EC members:     Shri R K Agrawal

Shri Rajiv Shrivastava

Shri Shardendu Dwivedi

Shri O K Lal

Shri Santosh Shrivastava

Smt. Shahar Jamal

Later in the day (on 4^th March), the entire committee met the Manager(P&IR) Shri Ashutosh Mishra (Sr DM was on official tour) in the presence of Shri Dubey and Shri Mishra. They informed about the formation of the Unit and introduced themselves.

We wish to put on record the initiatives taken by Shri Rajesh Dubey and Shri Sudhakar Mishra in formation of the unit.

Our heartiest congratulations to the entire team of Lucknow Unit!

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Talks in Bank postponed

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Lucknow Divisional Unit formed

NOINO Lucknow Divisional Unit was formed today. As per information received till now the following office-bearers were elected unanimously:

1.      President: Shri Y K Bhatnagar, Manager(EDMS), Mob.No.09452296577

2.      Divl Secretary: Shri D P S Rathore, AO(CRM), Mob.No.09415151469

3.      Treasurer: Shri G S L Srivastava, AAO(IT), Mob.No.09450958647

Further details are awaited. Our hearty congratulations to the entire team!

We wish to put on record the initiatives of Shri Rajesh Dubey, Organizing Secretary, NOINO and Shri Sudhakar Mishra, Zonal President, NOINO NCZ who camped there since yesterday and formed the committee during the meeting of officers held today.