Mass Casual Leave application

The Chief General Manager

NABARD

Uttar Pradesh RO

LUCKNOW

Dear Sir ,

Availing of Casual Leave on 06/01/2012

As you are aware, the officers of NABARD, under the aegis of NBOA, are on a peaceful agitation for last 4 months to protest and stop certain decisions taken by the bank which are/will adversely affect the interest of the officers community, a few of the decisions of the bank on which NBOA is protesting are as follows-

1. Implementation of BCG suggestions on the operations of NABARD which may lead to alteration in DFI status of NABARD which may ultimately result in alteration of our service conditions too.
2. Direct recruitment at Grade 'B' level leading to choking of career opportunities of all existing Grade 'A' officers.
3. Discriminatory scheme of NTS leading to forgoing of career opportunity as also PP scheme, which is in contrary to any such scheme in RBI.
4. Highly objectionable and discriminatory scheme of PP scheme in grade 'C' for an identified group of officers, which is in contrary to any such scheme in RBI.
5. Proposed changes in PAR format.
6. Inadequate revisions in the DDMs' package.
7. Non implementation of various various facilitiies such as Lounge facility, Ph.D allowance, NE package and LTC scheme at par with that of RBI.
8. Reportedly changes are being contemplated in Grade 'E' to 'F' promotion eligibility criterion.
9. Reported freezing of the promotion opportunities in Grade 'B' to 'C' and Grade 'A' to 'B' for the present panel.
10. Sanctioning of EOL officers in contradiction to provisions of NABARD Staff Rules, 1982.
11. Castigating and doubting financial integrity of hundreds of officers on LTC scheme without any material evidence.

That the issues are not being amicably setteled by the management is a great cause of concern for us.

Therfore, in response to the call given by NBOA, I am availing One(1) days Casual Leave on 06/01/2012 (Friday) as a protest against the inaction and inordinate delay on part of management in solving the issues.

Yours Faithfully ,

Name :

UIN :

Designation :

Date : 05.01.2012

Letter to Chairman on Gr. B Direct Recruitment

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION (NBOA)

        C/O NABARD, HO,   BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX, MUMBAI

                                

                                                      

No.NBOA.MUM/156B/2011-12                     13 December 2011

The Chairman

NABARD

Mumbai

Dear Sir,

                  Direct Recruitment of Grade 'B' officers

We understand that the bank is reportedly in the process of recruiting direct Grade 'B' officers. In this connection we draw your kind attention to the following facts-

1.        The bank has recruited, through rigorous recruitment process, as many as 415 officers in grade 'A' in the last 3 years and all of them are highly qualified and their capabilities are in consonance with the organisational needs as prescribed and laid down by NABARD. Similarly the remaining 161 grade 'A' officers are not only aptly qualified but also carry with them rich experience of NABARDs' functioning and operations.

2.        That, there are already 843 grade 'B' officers in bank in comparison to 576 grade 'A' officers. Further increasing the Grade 'B' strength will create a still bigger bulge in the hierarchical pyramid structure of the organisation, which is a serious cause of worry for NBOA and management.

3.        It would lead to chocking of career progression prospects of all the 576 grade 'A' officers working in NABARD, of which 75 % are below 30 years of age and would lead to a situation akin to that prevailing today in the organisation which has occurred more or less due to direct recruitment of grade 'B' officers way back during 1984-1987 and the inconsistent recruitment pattern followed by the bank.

4.        While discussing the current wage settlement in the month of October/November 2010, the ex-chairman, Sri U.C. Sarangi and the then MD, Dr. K.G. Karmakar have given a solemn assurance to NBOA that like in the past so many years the lateral entry of officers in grade 'B' and above shall not be resorted to and the recruitment of officers from the open market shall be continued to be at the base level i.e. at grade 'A' level only. As such, any deviation from the agreed upon principles during the tenure of the current charter of demands may please be avoided as a matter of good governance.

NBOA, therefore, once again requests you, not to resort to direct recruitment of officers at Grade 'B' or above levels so as to not jeopardize the career prospects of our own officers. Incidentally, the organisational needs can well be taken care-off by the existing pool of officers or by recruiting officers in grade 'A' of desired level and competence.

Yours Sincerely,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

Appeal to Gr. C officers on PP

APPEAL  

Dear Officer ,

 This has reference to the PPP scheme launched by the bank on 05/12/2011 and which is being made applicable to you. It is an optional scheme and NBOA would like to request to you to give a thought to the following aspects before you opt or do not opt for this particular scheme-

1. The Personal Promotion Policy as introduced by the bank is highly discriminatory in nature, as PP in all other grades of services is grade-tenure based and it also doesn't requires an officer to forgo his/her career progression too. Is it justice that a class of officers who have already suffered the most in NABARD and whose contribution in building NABARD block by block is less to none are being subjected to this ignominy

2. More so, the PP scheme in its present form will not serve any organisational purpose too as neither it would contribute to 'age correction' in grade 'D' nor it would ease the problem of stagnation in grade 'C' , may be it would contribute in creating another category of officers year after year , who would deem themselves to be good for nothing. Sir, will it be Good for 'TEAM NABARD' ?

3. In our opinion and as already submitted to NABARD, HRMD both in written as well as verbal dispositions, the likely solution to this vexed problem is to-

Introduce a one time measure of upgradation of posts in grade 'D' for all those officers who have completed 10 years of services in the grade 'C'. The repestive upgraded post in grade 'D' shall cease to exist as and when the concerned officer demits the office or gets further promotion.

Introduce a VRS scheme in all grades, including, grade 'C' and upwards.

Create additional posts in grade 'D' consequent upon the emerging organisational needs as has been outlined by NBOA and on which basis even the agenda was placed to BoD and board has not turned it down, instead has asked for some more information before taking a decision on the issue. Ironically, the management has chosen not to resubmit the proposal to the BoDs.

4. Furthermore, the scheme intends to give a clear cut message to a set of eligible officer that it has been decided by the bank not to promote them, howsoever good they may be, just because they have languished for too many years in grade 'C' for no fault of theirs ?

5. Will you like to submit to bank that you have accepted that you are not a deserving candidate for promotion in lieu of some meager monetary gains ??

NBOA has already requested the chairman in writing to suitably modify the scheme on lines of the suggestions given above at 3 (A) to (D), bank may accept our request and may not accept it but you as a member do accept our request to give a thought to the above before deciding your fate in the bank which you have so assiduously built over the years.

Yours fraternally,

Sd/-

(General Secretary)

 

Letter to Chairman on introduction of PP to Gr. C

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO,

BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX,

MUMBAI

No. NBOA. MUM / 156 A / 2011-12                                          12 December 2011

The Chairman

NABARD

Mumbai

Dear Sir,

Personal Promotion Policy in Grade 'C'

Please refer to HO circular No. PA.6555 dated 05/12/2011 on the captioned subject, a copy of which has been provided to NBOA also . In this connection, we draw your kind attention to the following:

1. The Personal Promotion Policy as introduced by the bank is highly discriminatory in nature , as PP in all other grades of services is grade-tenure based and doesn't requires an officer to forego his/her career progression too. Is it justice that a class of officers who have already suffered the most in NABARD and whose contribution in building NABARD block by block is less to none are being subjected to this ignominy ?

2. The lack of far sight on the part of the bank in recruiting officers in haphazard manner since 1984 onwards (sometimes in 200-300 in one batch and also not recruiting officers for few years at a strech) and resorting to campus recruitment of officers in grade ‘B’ had been the sole reason for officers stagnating at Grade C level for around 12 years.This has been the situation for the last 6/7 years and our frantic appeal to the management to address this issue had not been responded to .The most practicable solution provided by the HR Committee constituted by the bank in 2007 has also not been implemented by the bank despite repeated request by NBOA. Now all on a sudden,the bank decides to make age correction in Grade D by bluntly telling Grade C officers that they are no more desirable in Grade D because they do not have age on their side.The officers community considers this tratment of Grade C officers as most insensitive and devoid of human touch.The officers who have put their best years for this institution are made to feel undesirable and unwanted in this organisation. We strongly resent this sort of treatment to officers.

3. The PP scheme in its present form will not serve any organisational purpose too as neither it would contribute to 'age correction' in grade 'D' nor it would ease the problem of stagnation in grade 'C' , may be it would contribute in creating another category of officers year after year , who would deem themselves to be good for nothing. Sir ,will it be Good for 'TEAM NABARD' ?

4. In our opinion and as already submitted to NABARD , HRMD both in written as well as verbal dispositions , the likely solution to this vexed problem is to-

1. Introduce a one time measure of up-gradation of posts in grade 'D' for all those officers who have completed 10 years of services in the grade 'C' as recommended by HR Committee with the condition that the respective upgraded post in grade 'D' shall cease to exist as and when the concerned officer demits the office or gets further promotion.
2. Create additional posts in grade 'D' consequent upon the emerging organisational needs as has been outlined by NBOA and on which basis even the agenda was placed to BoD earlier.Ironically,the management has chosen not to resubmit the proposal to the BoD.
3. Introduce a VRS scheme in all grades including 'C' and upwards.

5. Further,as already requested on so many occasions we again reiterate our earnest request to you to hold the discussions with NBOA (which is a recognised representative body of all the officers of NABARD) on all the issues pertaining to service conditions of officers, with specific reference to great many changes which bank is doing/contemplating to initiate in light of the Restructuring/repositioning of NABARD as advised by the BCG.

6. Furthermore , we are sure that introduction , if at all , of PP scheme for grade 'C' officers in any form or format shall not be quoted by the bank as an accepted example of deviation from parity in Pay allowances and other service conditions vis-a-vis our parity with RBI is concerned.

Keeping in view the above we request you to put on hold this scheme and implement a comprehensive scheme , broadly on the lines of suggestions outlined above so as to ensure achieving both the organisational needs and requirements as also a dignified level of satisfaction to the officers concerned.

Thanking you

Yours Sincerely ,

(Dr D S chauhan)

General Secretary

Agitation Programme of NBOA

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX

MUMBAI

A.  LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION ON 02/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS AND SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDUM TO BE SIGNED BY ALL THE OFFICERS.

 

B.  LETTER TO BE WRITTEN BY NBOA TO ALL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BANK BY 09/12/2011.

 

C.  LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION ON 09/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS

 

D.  BLACK BADGE WEARING BY ALL THE OFFICERS FROM 12/12/2011 TO 16/12/2011.

E.  LETTER TO ALL THE HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BY CENTRAL UNIT OF NBOA LATEST BY 26/12/2011.

 

F.  DHARNA BY THE OFFICE-BEARERS FOR ONE HOUR AFTER THE OFFICE HOURS ON 26/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS

G.  DHARNA BY THE OFFICE-BEARERS FOR ONE HOUR BEFORE THE OFFICE HOURS ON 27/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS

H.  CONVEYING OF NATIONAL COUNCIL AT NEW DELHI ON 10/& 11/ 01/2012 TO TAKE THE STOCK OF THE SITUATION AND CHALK OUT FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION.

(NBOA)

Proceedings of CEC Meeting at Mumbai on 24 and 25 November 2011

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX

MUMBAI

MINUTES

The CEC meeting of NBOA was held on 24/11 & 25/11/2011 at Mumbai. The meeting was chaired by Sri U.K.Mohanty , President , NBOA and was attended by the following CEC members -

S/Shri

1.    D K Majumdar Vice-President

2.   Dr. D S Chauhan General Secretary

3.   Nitin Nerurkar Organising Secretary

4.  A K S Chauhan Treasurer

5.  M Jha Zonal Secretary (E)

6.  V K Pahwa Zonal Secretary (N)

7.  P Pandey Zonal Secretary (C)

8.  A Lokare Zonal Secretary (W)

9.  A. Bajpai EC Member

10. B V Rao EC Member

11.  A Das EC Member

12. Ms. Swati Randive EC Member

13. N C Pareekh Secretary, J&K

14. Sunil Pandey Secretary, Uttrakhand

15. A Shinde Secretary, Karnataka

16. Shankar Das Vice President, West Bengal

17. S Narshimhan Secretary, AP

18. M K Baruah Secretary, Assam

19. Paras Ram Secretary, HP

20. B K Choudhary Secretary, Jharkhand

21. K Malligaraj Advisor, NBOA

the following business was transacted -

1.  The participants were made aware about the circumstances leading to deferment of our proposed Lunch Hour Demo on 16/11/2011. it was reiterated that the protest was deferred on account of clear cut assurance given by the CGM (HRMD) that Annual discussion will most likely be arranged with Chairman on 25/11/2011 or at the next available date at the earliest but not later than 10/12/2011. It was also very categorically stated that the HRMD shall revert back to NBOA positively by 18/11/2011 and firm up the date. CGM (HRMD) also indicated that the Check-off facility provided to NBOA in respect of deduction and remittance of monthly subscription shall be restored immediately. It was noted that though the bank has restored the cheque-off facility, it has not bothered to firm up the date for the Annual Discussions, as was promised.

2.  Subsequent to this, unit wise details were collected towards the cases pertaining to suspension, memos given, Financial recoveries ordered and cases pertaining to sanctioning of leaves. It was pointed out that in all at least 65-70 cases of such harassment were resorted to by the bank in the last 3 to 4 months.

3.  The cases pertaining to sanctioning of EOL to the officers, LTC recovery cases, punishment transfer cases and suspension cases were discussed in threadbare.

4.  The banks continued stance to skirt a meaningful discussion with NBOA on subjects of great importance such as RESTRUCTURING & REPOSITIONING of NABARD, was also apprised to the participants.

5.  The CEC then passed a resolution demanding the bank to immediately revoke the suspension of Shri Sushil Kumar, AM, HO, Mumbai.

6.  The CEC also decided to convene a gate meeting on 25/11/2011 at Mumbai so as to apprise the members about the recent developments. Subsequent to this the Mumbai unit convened and organised a very well attended and successful gate Meeting on 25/11/2011. The office-bearers of the central unit apprised the members of the latest developments, with specific reference to the management's obstinate stand not to enter into a meaningful discussion with the NBOA on all the issues of importance, specially on Repositioning & Restructuring Exercise and Harassment cases pertaining to the officers.

7.  Subsequent to this, the office bearers went in delegation to CGM (HRMD) and submitted the resolution passed by the CEC and requested him to revoke the suspension of the officer concerned immediately. The office-bearers also requested him to favourably resolve the issues pertaining to EOL, LTC related recoveries and other victimisation cases too. The office-bearers also requested the CGM (HRMD) to give a firm date for conduct of Annual discussions with the chairman. The response of the CGM (HRMD) was as under-

A.  On the issue of revoking the suspension of the officer, he chose to be noncommittal.

B.  On the issues of EOL and LTC related cases he first opined that NBOA should not take-up individual cases to which we humbly responded that Association comprises of Individual members only and we are duty bound to take-up the cases of all the members as and when required with the management.

C.  Subsequent to this, CGM (HRMD) was again non committal on all the issues pertaining to harassment.

D.  Regarding the Annual Discussion, the CGM (HRMD) indicated that NBOA should wait upto January 2012 for getting a date for the discussions as Chairman is too busy in the month of December 2011. We responded by requesting him that NBOA is prepared to have a discussion even on holidays and any venue and time as may be convenient to Chairman. Further to it we also requested that if management wants to resolve the issue, it could give us a written communication on the date of Annual discussions to be held in January 2012, off course that too will be subject to official exigencies of the Chairman on the particular date. In spite of this, the CGM (HRMD) was not in a mood to fix any time frame for the discussions.

E.  In fact at a given point of time he indicated that NBOA need not worry about the organisational matters and just wait and watch for the things to unfold and everything being done by the management is in the best interest of NABARD.

G.  The office-bearers then indicated to him that bank is forcing NBOA to proceed on agitation path and that we are left with no other option. The CGM (HRMD) indicated that in case NBOA proceeds on an agitation path then the bank will act tough. The meeting with CGM (HRMD) ended with NBOA telling him politely that we don't want a confrontation but if it is being thrust upon us and Chairman/Bank is not prepared to even discuss with NBOA about the legitimate concerns affecting the interests of the officers and the organisation then NBOA shall also to perform its duty as entrusted to us by the officers community.

AS SUCH ALL THE UNITS ARE ADVISED TO CONVEY GENERAL BODY MEETINGS AT THE RESPECTIVE UNITS AND APPRISE THE MEMBERSHIP WITH THE ABOVE DECISION OF THE CEC AND ENSURE FULL AND PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGITATION PROGRAM AS CHALKED ABOVE.

The meeting ended with a vote of Thanks proposed by the Vice President.

            Sd/-

(Dr D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

Place: Bhopal

Date: 28/11/2011

8. The CEC was then briefed by the GS about the contents of the meeting held with CGM (HRMD) and the CEC has then unanimously resolved to proceed on an agitation path as per the following program-

 

A. LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION ON 02/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS AND SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDUM TO BE SIGNED BY ALL THE OFFICERS.

 

B. LETTER TO BE WRITTEN BY NBOA TO ALL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BANK BY 09/12/2011 (the letter shall be finalised by office-bearers of the central unit and forwarded to BODs by the stipulated time frame)

 

C. LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION ON 09/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS

 

D. BLACK BADGE WEARING BY ALL THE OFFICERS FROM 12/12/2011 TO 16/12/2011.

 

E. LETTER TO ALL THE HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BY CENTRAL UNIT OF NBOA LATEST BY 26/12/2011.

 

F. DHARNA BY THE OFFICE-BEARERS FOR ONE HOUR AFTER THE OFFICE HOURS ON 26/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS

 

G. DHARNA BY THE OFFICE-BEARERS FOR ONE HOUR BEFORE THE OFFICE HOURS ON 27/12/2011 AT ALL THE UNITS

 

H. CONVEYING OF NATIONAL COUNCIL AT NEW DELHI ON 10/& 11/ 01/2012 TO TAKE THE STOCK OF THE SITUATION AND CHALK OUT FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION.

9. OTHER DECISIONS -

Mr Amlan was authorised to operate the blog within the overall supervision of the President NBOA and GS, NBOA. It was decided that only that correspondence which is marked to the blog by President and GS shall be put up on the blog and Mr Amlan shall take adequate measures to publicize the address of the blog among all the members at Mumbai. All the unit secretaries are requested to publicize the address among its membership and request them to hit the blog regularly to have the updates.

i.  It was decided that in order to have adequate communication with the members Mr Amlan Das, CEC member, shall administration the blog of NBOA having the address www.ainboa.blogspot.com .

Change in the system of PAR Recording

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION

c/o NABARD, HO, Bandra Kurla Complex, MUMBAI

12/10/2011

Chairman

NABARD

Head Office

Mumbai

Dear Sir,

Change in the system of PAR Recording

Please refer to our earlier letter dated 03/10/2011 on the captioned subject requesting you to put on hold the new system of PAR recording. In the meanwhile we have received communication/feedback from most of our units that officers have, by and large, expressed their dissatisfaction/reservation on the new PAR system.

Primarily, the reservations expressed on the issue arises out of the following-

1. Well laid out job profile assigning specific , target based , roles and responsibilities to each grade of officers has not been done in the organisation.
2. TEAM NABARDs’ corporate job profile is more of the nature of TEAM WORK and as such demarcating specific Key Parameters and Deliverables against it is confusing and misleading in nature.
3. The requirement of converting Key Parameters into ‘Units or Lakh of Rupees’ is ambiguous in nature and as such it would not be a true reflection of work/job accomplished or attended to by an officer at various levels of hierarchy.

Incidentally, you will agree that a similar looking exercise in the name of ‘PERFORMANCE TASK APPRAISAL’ in the past attempted to in our bank has failed to take off.

Keeping in view the above we once again request you to put the entire exercise on hold and discuss the entire gamut of PAR exercise with NBOA urgently.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely

       Sd/-

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

12/10/2011

Agitation - Future Course of Action

Dear Office Bearers,

As you may be aware that GM (HRMD) has called upon the office-bearers of NBOA located at Mumbai on 05/10/2011 and requested them to put-off the lunch hour demonstration slated on 07/10/2011. We told him that its not possible to do so at the last minute as it not only involves NBOA, but also NABARD Retired Officers Association and SIDBI officers Association too. Further to it our main demand is to initiate a meaningful dialogue on restructuring & repositioning exercise currently underway at NABARD as also the revising the DDMs package and stopping of all cases of harassment of officers.

Subsequent to this, all of you may be aware that Hon'ble Chairman himself has acknowledged, in his NABNET message dated 05/10/2011, addressed to all the employees, that rumour mongering and a state of confusion has set in in the organisation in so far as certain aspects of service conditions and new business operations of NABARD is concerned. Albiet, he has chosen to dwell only on VRS and went on to say that 'he intends to locate the black sheep/s' and so called 'saviour/s of NABARD', such oblique references on the eve of lunch hour demonstration and that too after our discussions with GM (HRMD), could be a pointer towards Chairman's attitude towards NBOA. though NBOA shall be more than happy to assist the top management in locating the rumour monger/s or the black sheep/s (as he puts it) the mute question remains that who is responsible for such a sorry state of affairs....the management itself....as it has chosen a path to curtail communication with a recognised representative body on all important issues pertaining to our organisation and in the absence of an assurance from NBOA to its members about the safety and security of their service conditions in an era of 'Organisational Change' - the speculations and rumours will definitely found their way in a corporate buzz. as far as 'saviors of NABARD' is concerned, we are of the view that each and every employee of NABARD has got a responsibility and mandate to safeguard the interest of NABARD - although the prime responsibility on this account vests with the BoDs and top management and followed by bodies like NBOA & AINBEA and Chairman Sir should not be unduly concerned about this aspect. Ironically, Chairman's internal communication to his employees has found its way to the press (Business Standard) giving an impression to the outside world that 'all is not well' in the organisation and also probably for the first time the world has been unwittingly told that there are black sheep/s and vested interest/s in NABARD.

INSPITE OF ALL THIS NBOA AS A RESPONSIBLE BODY, HAS DESISTED AS OF NOW, TO GO PUBLIC ON THE ISSUE, BUT A TIME MAY COME WHEN WE WILL BE FORCED TO TELL OUR STAND TO THE WORLD TOO. WE ALSO HOPED THAT BETTER SENSE WILL PREVAIL TO THE MANAGEMENT AND NBOA SHALL BE CALLED FOR A DIALOGUE, HOWEVER NO SUCH INITIATIVE SEEMS TO BE FORTHCOMING AND AS SUCH AFTER DISCUSSING THE THINGS WITH PRESIDENT, VP, OS & ADVISOR , THE FOLLOWING COURSE OF ACTION IS PROPOSED-

1. TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE MANAGEMENT FOR HOLDING ANOTHER LUNCH TIME DEMONSTRATION ON 17/10/2011 ALONGWITH A SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDUM TO CHAIRMAN SIGNED BY ALL THE OFFICERS ON THE SAME DAY.
2. ALL THE OFFICE-BEARERS MAY REACH MUMBAI TO ADDRESS THE GATE MEETING ON 16/10/2011. THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL UNIT OFFICE BEARERS MAY TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ORGANISE THE DEMO & SUBMIT THE MEMORANDUM ON 17/10/2011.
3. WRITE A LETTER TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE ISSUE
4. ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE ON 13/10/2011 TO CLARIFY OUR STAND AND CONVENE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON 16/10/2011

PLEASE CONFIRM AND GIVE YOUR VIEWS IMMEDIATELY SO THAT A DECISION COULD BE TAKEN AND UNITS MAY BE COMMUNICATED ACCORDINGLY.

WITH FIGHTING GREETINGS

Sd/-

DR D S CHAUHAN

GEN SECRETARY

Modification in PAR System

General Secretary

Chief Patron SHRI ANIL SHASTRI President U K MOHANTY Vice President D K MAZUMDAR General Secretary DR D. S. CHAUHAN Organising Secretary N P NERURKAR Treasurer A K S CHAUHAN Zonal Secretary (W) A LOKARE Zonal Secretary (N) V K PAHWA Zonal Secretary (C) P PANDEY Zonal Secretary (S) K P PADMAKUMAR Zonal Secretary (E) M JHA Committee Members B V RAO AMLAN DASH S JOHNSON A BAJPAI MS. SWATI RANDIVE Advisor K MALLIGARAJ

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX, MUMBAI                                                                                03/10/2011 Chairman NABARD Head Office Mumbai Dear Sir, Change in the system of PAR Recording We have come to know that the bank has decided to effect sweeping changes in the system to be adopted for recording of PAR  recording. It is ironic to note that though the proposed change shall be directly affecting the career prospects of the officers and it may lead to certain ambiguities too, the bank has not deemed necessary to even mark a copy of the circular to NBOA for its information and internal debate. In fact , NBOA expected that it would have been consulted even before a decision was made so that a wider consensus on the issue could have been arrived at. Though the final parameters of PAR recordings are yet to be finalised by the bank, going by the format devised by the bank to undertake the ‘mid term review’, we are constrained to note that the system adopted doesn’t augurs well with the corporate profile governing the operations at NABARD. We, therefore, request you to discuss with NBOA the proposed changes and till that time put the proposal PAR recording on hold. Thanking You Yours Sincerely Sd/- (Dr. D.S.Chauhan) General Secretary

Mail received from General Secretary AINBOA

Dear Secretary,

Please find attached a letter written to chairman, NABARD on the captioned subject. It is for your and your members information.

You are further advised to convene a general body meeting immediately but not later than 10/11/2011 and discuss with members about the acceptability of-

1. New PAR system being introduced with specific reference to mid term review and the parameters indicated for the review and also that it has not been discussed by management with NBOA.
2. About the sketchy package announced for the DDMs. Since the DDMs may not be able to attend the GB you may seperately take their feedback thru phone , email etc.

AS PER THE FEED BACK RECEIVED IMMEDIATELY COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE UNDERSIGNED AND PRESIDENT ABOUT THE ACTION SOUGHT FOR FROM THE NBOA ON THE ISSUE.... IS BOYCOTTING THE NEW PAR SYSTEM AS WAS DONE WHILE FIGHTING AGAINST THE PT EXERCISE WAY BACK IS REQUIRED AND IF YES WHETHER IT WOULD BE SUCCESSFULL IN YOUR UNIT ???

SIMILARLY , IS BOYCOTTING THE SO CALLED ENHANCEMENTS INDICATED IN THE NEW DDM PACKAGE BY THE DDMS A FEASIBLE PROPOSITION IN YOUR UNIT ??

YOU MAY ALSO INDICATE ANY OTHER MODE OF PROTESTS WHICH YOUR UNIT MAY SUGGEST ON THIS TWIN ISSUE OF IMMEDIATE IMPORTANCE

Dr D.S.Chauhan

Minutes of Meeting with regard to Revision of Pension

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX, MUMBAI

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD AT MUMBAI ON 26/08/2011

 

A MEETING WAS CONVENED BY NBOA ON 26/08/2011 WITH AN OBJECTIVE TO FORGE AN ALLIANCE WITH NABARD RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, SIDBI OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND RBI OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SO AS TO JOINTLY TAKE-UP THE CASE OF PENSION REVISION AND UPGRADATION OF PENSION & FAMILY PENSION.

THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY THE FOLLOWING-

S/SHRI

1. T.K KASHIVISHWANATHAN, PRESIDENT, ALL INDIA NROA

2. S.C.WADHWA, SECRETARY, ALL INDIA NROA

3. B.I CHANDAK, PRESIDENT, SIDBI OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

4. A.K. RASTOGI, SECRETARY, SIDBI OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

5. U.K. MOHANTY, PRESIDENT, NBOA

6. D.K. MAZUMDAR, VICE-PRESIDENT, NBOA

7. DR. D.S CHAUHAN, GEN. SECRETARY, NBOA

8. A.K.S. CHAUHAN, TREASURER, NBOA

9. A. LOKARE, ZONAL SECRETARY (W) , NBOA

10. SAMUEL JOHNSON, EXEC.MEMBER, NBOA

THE MEETING STARTED WITH NBOA WELCOMING THE NABARD RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND SIDBI OFFICER ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTATIVES AND THEREAFTER THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS TRANSACTED-

A) SRI U. K. MOHANTY INFORMED THE HOUSE THAT THE RBI PROMOTE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE JOINT FORUM BUT DUE TO CERTAIN PREOCCUPATION THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING. IT WAS DECIDED THAT SRI U.K.MOHANTY SHALL BRIEF THEM ABOUT THE MEETING AND TAKE FURTHER STEPS AS REQUIRED TOWARDS THIS ASPECT.

B) THEREAFTER, SRI KASHIVISWANATHAN BRIEFED THE HOUSE ABOUT THE GENESIS OF NABARD’S PENSION SCHEME AND ITS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND HE UNDERLINED THE PLIGHT OF RETIREE OFFICERS DUE TO NO N REVISION & NON UPGRADATION OF PENSION IN RBI, NABARD AND SIDBI. HE FURTHER OUTLINED THE NEED FOR AN ACTIVE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY NBOA AND OTHER SISTER CONCERNS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEGITIMATE DEMANDS OF THE RETIREE OFFICERS. HE ALSO WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE TAKEN BY NBOA IN TAKING-UP THE ISSUE IN RIGHT EARNEST AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPES THAT THE INITIATIVE OF JOINT FORUM WILL BE ABLE TO CLINCH THE ISSUE IN DUE COURSE OF TIME.

C) SRI S.C. WADHWA THEREAFTER BRIEFED THE HOUSE ABOUT THE VARIOUS STEPS INITIATED BY THE NABARD RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR FIGHTING THIS JUST CAUSE AND HE ALSO BRIEFED THE HOUSE ABOUT VARIOUS ORDERS ISSUED BY THE HON’BLE COURTS OF JUSTICE IN INDIA ON THE PENSION ISSUE. THE GIST OF ALL SUCH COURT INTERVENTION IS THAT ‘SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH DIGNITY AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO EKE OUT AN HONORABLE AND COMFORTABLE LIFE WITH THE HELP OF THE PENSION THEY ARE BEING PROVIDED TO.

D) SRI RASTOGI & SRI CHANDAK THEN APPRISED THE HOUSE OF THE STATUS OF THINGS IN SIDBI AND ALSO THE NEED FOR SIDBI & NABARD OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS TO COME TOGETHER NOT ONLY ON THE ISSUE OF PENSION BUT IF REQUIRED , IN FUTURE , THEN ALSO ON OTHER SERVICE CONDITION RELATED ISSUES. SRI CHANDAK INFORMED THE HOUSE THAT SINCE SIDBI’S PAY & ALLOWANCES ARE NOW LINKED AT PAR WITH THAT IN NABARD, IT HAS BECOME MORE IMPERATIVE FOR THE TWO ASSOCIATIONS TO COME TOGETHER. HE FURTHER OPINED THAT THOUGH THE NUMBER OF RETIRED OFFICERS IN SIDBI IS FAR LESS THAN THAT IN RBI & NABARD BUT THE ISSUE OF PENSION IS RELEVANT FOR EVEN FOR THE PRESENT DAY WORKING EMPLOYEES AS ALL OF US HAVE TO RETIRE ON A PARTICULAR DAY. SRI RASTOGI ASSURED THAT SIDBI OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SHALL EXTEND ALL COOPERATION IN THIS COORDINATED EFFORT.

E) SRI U.K. MOHANTY AND THE UNDERSIGNED THEN BRIEFED THE HOUSE TOWARDS THE INITIATIVES TAKEN BY NBOA ON THE ASPECT OF PENSION & FAMILY PENSION REVISION AND CALLED UPON ALL THE PARTICIPANTS TO UNTIDILY FIGHT FOR THIS IMPORTANT AND JUST ISSUE.

F) IT WAS THEREAFTER DECIDED TO FORM A COORDINATION COMMITTEE COMPRISING OF -

1. SRI T.K.A. KASHIVISHWANATHAN

2. SRI S.C. WADHWA

3. SRI A.K. RASTOGI

4. SRI B.I CHANDAK

5. SRI U.K. MOHANTY, AND

6. DR D.S.CHAUHAN AS CONVENER

IT WAS DECIDED TO INITIATE ORGANISATIONAL MOVES BY ALL THE THREE ASSOCIATIONS JOINTLY ON THE ISSUE OF PENSION AND IT WAS FURTHER DECIDED THAT TO START WITH A LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION MAY BE ORGANISED PREFERABLY IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO LODGE A STRONG PROTEST ON THE ISSUE. IT WAS FURTHER DECIDED THAT THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE SHALL THEREAFTER DECIDE THE FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION.

THE MEETING ENDED WITH A VOTE OF THANKS PROPOSED BY SRI D.K. MAZUMDAR.

Sd/-

(DR. D.S. CHAUHAN)

28/09/2011