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BANK-O-VOICE A monthly bulletin of SBIOA, Jaipur Circle October, 2017

SBI OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION, JAIPUR CIRCLE

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Thank you all, Ramavtar Singh Jakhar Vinay Kumar Bhalla President General Secretary


2nd General Body Meeting of the State Bank of India Officers'

Association Jaipur Circle held at Jaipur on 1.10.2017- A GRAND GALA FUNCTION

The 2nd General Body Meeting of the State Bank of India Officers' Association, Jaipur Circle

was convened at 10.30 a.m. on 01.10.2017 at Deep Samriti Auditorium, Tagore

International School, Jaipur.

The Deep Smriti Auditorium was jam packed with the enthusiastic members of SBIOA

Jaipur Circle to be part of their historic 2nd General Body meeting after the recently held

Triennial Elections-2017-2020 of the association’s Jaipur Circle.

Chief Guest of the meeting was Sh. Vijuy Ronjan, Chief General Manager – State Bank of

India - Jaipur Circle and Sh. D T Franco Rajendra Dev, President- AISBOF & General

Secretary – AIBOC was the Guest of Honor. Sh. Harshavardhan Madabhushi – Advisor-

AIBOC & Ex. General Secretary-ABOA was the special invitee with Sh. Sanjeev Mishra,

General Secretary, SBIOA, Bhopal Circle the Sr. Vice President AIBOC and President Delhi

Circle Sh. Sushil Ahuja. Shri Sunil Dutt Bali the Ex. General Secretary of SBIOA Jaipur Circle

and Ex President of ABOA who retired from Bank’s service on 30.9.2017 was also among

special invitees.

After the floral welcome of the guests, the inaugural session commenced with lighting of

lamp by the Chief Guest Sh. Vijuy Ronjan, Sh. D T Franco Rajendra Dev, Sh. Harshvardhan

Madabhushi and Sh. S.D. Bali Ex. General Secretary SBIOA Jaipur Circle, Sh. Sanjeev

Mishra, General Secretary Bhopal Circle and Sh. Sushil Ahuja and other dignitaries on the

dais including President- Ramavtar Singh Jakhar-Presidnet & Vinay Kumar Bhalla – General

Secretary-SBIOA Jaipur Circle. Therafter Sh. Sanjeev Mishra, General Secretary Bhopal

Circle and Sh. Sushil Ahuja President, Delhi Circle, Secretary General , Kerla Circle Sh.

Jainkrishan and Sh. Umakant Tiwari the Federation EC member from Bhopal Circle were

felicitated.


SBIOA Jaipur Circle took the initiative to felicitate the veteran leaders of the ABOA who have

led the foundation of the Association strong in the past. The senior leaders Sh. B. L Rathore,

the Ex. General Secretary ABOA Unit SBBJ , Sh. J.N. Sharma- Chairman of ABOA Unit SBBJ,

Sh. R.K Shah- President and General Secretary of ABOA Unit SBBJ and Sh. Rajesh

Bhargava- President of ABOA Unit SBBJ were felicitated by Com. Franco, Com. Ramavtar

Singh Jakhar and Vinay Kumar Bhalla.

Com. Ramavtar Singh Jakhar President, SBIOA Jaipur Circle welcomed the guests and the

gathering in a traditional way. In his address he raised several issues of member’s interest

such as calling of officers on Holiday/Sunday, participation in strikes by Scale –IV /V

officers, Accidental Insurance Policy for members. He also appealed the member’s to work

whole heartedly for the Bank and raise the flag of the Circle high among other circles. He

then assured the house that we all will work together to take the Bank to new heights and

in no time the newly created circle will be in top circles of the Bank in all spheres of the

Business. He assured there will be no discrimination. He requested the gathering to provide

best customer service so that we all together can take this new circle at number one among

all the circles. He wished that the deliberations that will take place in the conference will be

beneficial for all the officers and will help in augmenting their knowledge and contribution in

further growth and development of the Bank and he wished the conference every success.

Com. Jakhar also spoke about Sh. Sunil Dutt Bali the Ex. President- ABOA and Ex. General

Secretary SBIOA, Jaipur Circle who retired from Bank Service on 30/9/2017 and his

contribution to the Association for which he will be remembered for long long time. Under

his leadership the Association has grown very strong and vibrant.

Vinay Kumar Bhalla, General Secretary of SBIOA Jaipur Circle then addressed the gathering

and touched upon issues pertaining to the need for cohesive working conditions for officer’s

in the Rajasthan state of Rajasthan so that officer’s can deliver their 100%, he also

requested the CGM to kindly look into the issues and wherever required the necessary steps

be taken to improve the working conditions. He also impressed upon the membership to

now leave behind the difference of officers of ABS & SBI as after merger we all are now


officers of SBI and now it is our bounded duty to work together for the growth of the Bank.

With the merger of Associate Banks with SBI we are only & only one SBI family. He then

shared that there are some issues related to merger for which this is not the right platform

and time to discuss. Association will separately discuss these issues in CNC. He then

assured the house that we all will work together to take the Jaipur Circle to new heights and

in no time the newly created circle will be in top circles of the Bank in all spheres of the

Business. He also requested Com Franco to touch upon the issues of CDS, prosper, Salary

Revision, Strikes and future organizational steps relating to merger and consolidation etc.,.

He assured there will be no discrimination. He requested the gathering to provide best

customer service so that we all together can take this new circle at number one among all

the circles. He wished that the deliberations that will take place in the conference will be

beneficial for all the officers and will help in augmenting their knowledge and contribution in

further growth and development of the Bank and he wished the conference every success.

He also spoke about Sh. Sunil Dutt Bali the Ex. President- ABOA and Ex. General Secretary

SBIOA, Jaipur Circle who retired from Bank Service on 30/9/2017 . He told the house about

his contribution to the Association for which he will be remembered for long period and his

name will always be there when the history of the Association is written. Bali ji was a

mature leader and under his leadership the Association has grown very strong year after

year and is considered a vibrant Association.

Shri Vijuy Ronjan, Chief General Manager then gave his address and informed the house

regarding the recently conducted survey by an international agency which has rated the SBI

as the top three places to work with apart from Google and BHEL. He thanked the entire

officer’s community in the circle for the smooth transition after merger and gave full credit

to all. He then advised the house that he also do not believe in working on Holiday/Sunday

as it impacts the work life balance. He impressed upon the officers to ensure that they

complete the work during the working days only to avoid the working during holidays. He

also appealed to the officers to see that more and more customers are diverted to alternate

channels and advised the need to enhance the digital banking. He then announced that the

ICT portal for officers upto scale III has been operationalsed. He also announced that the

Circle has decided to start the Non Public Working day on every 1st,3rd and 5th Wednesday of

the month for single officer branches on selected days to complete the work and ease the

pressure of work. He also thanked the newly elected Team under the leadership of Com.

Jakhar and Bhalla and assured that the circle will grow with the joint efforts.

Com. Franco while delivering his keynote address covered almost all the aspects of banking

industry. He said that this is the historic day as after very long time a new circle association

which was created on 1.4.2016 with merger of Abs with SBI and their Triennial elections

process was just completed and this is our youngest SBIOA among all circles. He then

congratulated the new President Mr. Jakhar and General Secretary Vinay Bhalla and assured

to extend all support to strengthen the new circle association in all its endeavors. He also

congratulated all the members of new team. He then touched upon the save Public Sector

campaign, salary revision progress, 5 day week, Service Charges, CDS, Prosper and working

on Sunday/Holidays. He also impressed upon the need to involve the young officers in the

Association activities so that the young officers are also groomed to take forward the

Association activities. He also discussed the successful conduct of youth convention in

Kolkata held in August 2017. While deliberating on the salary revision he assured the house

that unless the IBA agrees to discuss the salary revision for officers upto Scale VII the UFBU

will not go forward.

Thereafter, Sh Harsavardhan Madabhushi – Advisor AIBOC and Ex. General Secretary –

ABOA gave his address. He especially spoke about Sh. Sunil Dutt Bali the Ex. President-


ABOA and Ex. General Secretary SBIOA, Jaipur Circle who retired from Bank Service on

30/9/2017 . He told the house about his contribution to the officer’s fraternity, he was not

only leader of ABOA but his contribution to SBIOA, Jaipur Circle, AIBOC and AISBOF is

unforgettable. He has given lot many good things to the officers of Abs through his

negotiation skills in various bipartite meetings with the Management. He said that Mr. Bali is

a cool, calm and a hard negotiator and possess all the qualities a human being and leader

should possess.

Therafter, the meeting was adjourned for the lunch break.

After the lunch Break, the meeting started with the felicitation of Sh. Bali the Ex. President-

ABOA and Ex. General Secretary SBIOA, Jaipur Circle who retired from Bank Service on

30/9/2017. He was given a befitting farewell by all the office bearers and Com. Harsha and

Com Jaikishan. Thereafter, Bali Ji addressed the gathering and thanked each officer member

for the support given to him to enable him to run the affairs of the Association. He

appraised the house how he reached to the level of General Secretary from the day he

joined the Bank. He said he will always remember the period spent by him with the entire

officer fraternity which will be in his fond memories always.

The business session then commenced and the President Ramavtar Singh Jakhar called the

meeting to order after ensuring that the required quorum is there for holding the General

Body and requested the Secretary to proceed further as per the agenda. General Secretary,

Vinay Kumar Bhalla then read the 2nd General Body Meeting notice dated 12/9/2017 with

the adoption of following agenda as per notice of the meeting dated 12/9/2017 as proposed

by Sh. Vinay Kumar Bhalla, General Secretary.

a. To read and confirm the minutes of the previous General Body Meeting held on

10/06/2017;

b. Passing of resolutions if any

c. To install the newly elected Office Bearers and other elected members to various

post of the Executive Committee,


d. To transact such other business as may be brought forward with the permission of

the Chair.

Shri Bhalla read the minutes of the 1st General Body Meeting dated 10/6/2017 and the same

was approved by the General Body.

Thereafter Sh. Bhalla presented the Resolutions with a request to adopt them.

Resolutions were moved and passed unanimously calling for:

1. 5 Days week in the Banking Industry

2. Timely Salary Revision

3. For recruitment of adequate staff

4. No working on Sunday/ Holiday in any case

5. For recruitment of Sports persons

6. Self lease facility for officers

7. For appointment of officer Director on the Bank’s Board

After adoption of the above resolutions Shri Bhalla requested the Returning Officer Sh.

Himmat Singh and Assistant Returning Officer to Sh. A.K. Mittal to come over to Dias and

the existing office bearer vacated the dias to enable the Election Officer to complete the

process of installation of newly elected office bearers and other elected members of the E.C.

Returning Officer Himmat Singh then took charge of the meeting and introduced the newly

elected office bearer one by one and thereafter the new E.C. took charge of the Association.

Newly elected President and General Secretary Sh. Ramavatar Singh Jakhar and Vinay

Kumar Bhalla then extended their thanks to the entire membership for extending their full

support, faith and confidence. Sh.Jakhar and Shri Bhalla assured the house that they and

their entire team members would try their best to come out true to the expectations of the

members.

Sh Ramavtar Singh Jakhar, newly elected President gave vote of thanks and adjourned the

meeting


SUB – CORE GROUP (OFFICERS) – MEET AT MUMBAI WITH IBA

We reproduce hereunder the full text of Circular issued by the four officers` Organisation dated

16th September 2017 on the above subject for information of all concerned.

sd/-

(D.T. Franco)

General Secretary

The second meeting of the core Group (Officers) was held at IBA Office today at 11.30 a.m.

The management team was led by Shri Prashant Kumar (DMD) SBI, Shri K. Virupaksha,

General Manager, Canara Bank, Shri Ujjal Kumar, General Manager, UCO Bank, Shri N.K.

Biswal, General Manager, Bank of Maharashtra with Shri V.G. Kannan, CEO, IBA and other

team members of IBA.

Our Officers’ team was represented by Com. Dilip Saha, President, AIBOC, Com. Y.

Sudarshan, Chairman, AIBOC, Com. S. Nagarajan, General Secretary, AIBOA, Com. K.K.

Nair, General Secretary, INBOC and Dr. Sunil Deshpande, President, NOBO.

Shri Prashant Kumar, Chairman of Core Group (Officers) expressed the stand taken by the

IBA on some of the issues discussed in the meeting held on 06/09/2017 with Workmen

Organisations such as leave Bank etc. On our part, it was submitted that issues connected

with Pay slip Components would be taken up for discussion subsequently. The issues listed

out in Charter were taken up and it was more of exploratory in nature. The discussions are

inconclusive. The Small Committee on Discipline & Appeal Regulations will be meeting

shortly to give a definite shape.

IBA informed that the Insurance linked Hospitalisation Scheme is yet to be stabilized fully in

all Banks and continuation of the same is required for another year. In the matter of

domiciliary treatment to be availed by retirees, since the claim rate is 220%, the steep

increase is insisted by the Insurance Company. From our side, we suggested that there is

need to provide some subsidy to retirees in the matter of insurance premium by the banks.

It was also agreed by IBA to have a tripartite meeting with the Insurance Company as well

as with the Reinsurers shortly to enable us to present the problems encountered in the

hospitalization scheme by TPAS in Banks.

The next date for the discussion has been fixed on 9th October, 2017 at Mumbai.

With Greetings,

Yours Sincerely,

Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- Sd/-

(Dilip Saha) (Y. Sudarshan) (S. Nagarajan) (K.K. Nair)

President, AIBOC Chairman, AIBOC Gen. Secy, AIBOA Gen. Secy, INBOC

Sd/-

(Dr. Sunil Deshpande)

President, NOBO UNQUOTE:


TEXT PF AIBOC Circular No. 2017/53 Date: 28.09.2017

OPENING OF GUEST HOUSE AT PONDICHERRY

We are happy to inform our members that All India Bank Officers’ Confederation has

purchased a Guest House at Pondicherry, the largest city of the Indian Union Territory. The

Guest House consists of drawing cum dining room and three air conditioned bedrooms with

attached toilets started functioning from 01st September 2017.

All our Affiliates / State Units are requested to bring this communication to the notice of the

members so that they can avail this facility in Pondicherry. The EC has decided to collect Rs.

500/- (Rupees five hundred only) per room / day.

The address of the AIBOC Guest House is as under:

AVM Lemon Green Apartments No. 67, Bharathi Nagar,

Dor No.”B” 1st Floor,

Lawspet Main Road, Karuvadikuppam

Pondicherry – 605 008

The request for bookings can be sent to confederation office by email/ fax or contact Com. A V

Joseph, Treasurer, AIBOC / Com. Mounissamy, Secretary, Pondicherry state unit.

Address for communication: The General Secretary,

All India Bank Officers’ Confederation

C/o SBI Officers’ Association

4th Floor, SBI Administrative Unit, No. 86, Rajaji Salai, Chennai 01.

email ID: [email protected]

Fax No: 044 25261013

Contact Numbers: Com. Mounissamy +91 94449 09863

Com. A V Joseph +91 94450 00817 The confirmation letter/ SMS will be sent to members subject to availability and advising of

transaction ID after depositing of booking charges for the credit of a/c no. 37194369743 held

with SBI Rajaji Salai Branch, Chennai 01. IFSC Code: SBIN0013242

TEXT OF AISBOF CIRCULAR NO.101 DATE: 26.09.2017

MINIMUM AVERAGE BALANCE IN

SB ACCOUNTS REDUCED

We are happy to inform all our members that due to continuous persuasion both at the

industry level as well as with the Management of our Bank the minimum average balance in

SB Accounts has been reduced. The Federation and the AIBOC along with the UFBU took up

the issue with the respective authorities for review of the position, since it was affecting the

common man. The bank was under tremendous pressure from the Public as well as the

media in respect of the minimum balance and the penalty.

2. We are now happy to note that the Management of State Bank of India in response

to the concern expressed by the Federation, Confederation and also the constituents of

UFBU have responded positively.

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3. The State Bank of India has over 42 crores Savings Bank accounts out of which

about 13 crores accounts which falls under the various categories such as Jan Dhan

accounts, and Basic Savings Bank deposit accounts (BSBD). With these changes we are sure

that a lot of account holders will have a sigh of relief from the threat of recovery of charges

in regard to the maintenance of minimum balance in the Savings Bank Accounts, and more

importantly help in maintaining the image of the Bank – as the ‘Largest Bank for the

Smallest Man’.

4. We are still hoping that further relaxation may be looked into by the Bank so that the

adverse publicity that the Bank has received can be wiped out from the minds of the general

public in this regard.

TEXT of AISBOF CIRCULAR NO. 102 DATE: 03.10.2017

NATIONAL WOMEN OFFICERS’ CONVENTION IN MUMBAI

ON 4th & 5th NOVEMBER, 2017

QUOTE:

We are happy to announce that as decided in the Executive Committee Meeting of All India

Bank Officers Confederation, a National Women Officers` Convention has been planned at

Mumbai on 4th & 5th November, 2017.

"Empowerment is the process of enhancing the capacity of individuals or groups to

make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes.

Empowered people have freedom of choice and action. This in turn enables them to

better influence the course of their lives and the decisions which affect them". With more

and more women employees joining the banking system, it is incumbent on the All India

Bank Officers Confederation to ensure that women officers are given a fair deal and

there is no gender inequality in the system. We also see them as the future leaders of the

Confederation and thus take the federation to greater heights.

The 2 day National Women Officers` Convention, the first of its kind, in the history of the

Confederation is being organized with the primary focus of raising awareness among women

officers about their workplace rights and to make them aware of the socio-economic-political

scenario of the country. This would be an ideal platform to exhibit their potential leadership

qualities and showcase their talents in various spheres in front of the central leadership.

There is a myth that women stay away from Trade Union activities. However, the

undersigned feels that given an opportunity they have better leadership qualities and they

identify strongly with its principles and values and would be more than willing to join the

cause if guided properly and accorded responsibility. In the recently held National Youth

Convention at Kolkata, we witnessed active participation of a large of contingent of women.

We, therefore, request all the affiliate organizations/State Units to take note of this and

prepare the list of participants and ensure the maximum possible participation to make the

event a grand success. The details of the convention will be made known by way of another

circular. We place on record our appreciation to our Maharastra State Unit (1) for arranging

the Convention.


The number of delegates affiliate wise is annexed. The affiliates will meet their travel and

accommodation cost as practiced for the GB. Let us create a vibrant Trade Union of Women

and Save Public Sector.

Comradely yours,

D.T. Franco

General Secretary

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Published on behalf of State Bank of India Officer’s Association, Jaipur Circle

by Ramavtar Sigh Jakhar – President and Vinay Kumar Bhalla-General Secretary

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