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