NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF INSURANCE PENSIONERS
Regn No.PN 4769 (Regd under Indian T U Act, 1926)
(Affiliated to Bharateeya Mazdoor Sangh)
BMS Office, Vishwakarma Bhavan, 185, Shaniwar Peth, Pune 411030. Tel.: 020-24454040
President: T.C. Guneshkumar Working President: Vilas V. Purkar General Secretary: Ashok J. Joshi
Mob No: 9880683639 Mob No: 9922166599 Mob No: 9561084182 & 9945104570
Date: 30-09-2022
Circular No 6/2022
MINUTES OF THE 3
rd TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF N.O.I.P.
HELD ON 12
TH to 14TH Sept 2022, AT SURAT
In the month of June 2022, the Third All India Conference was declared and there was an
anxiety in the minds of members regarding place of Conference, because the first Conference
was in the Spiritual Capital, Nashik, second conference was in National Capital, Delhi. NOIP
Secretariat decided that the Third Conference will be held at Surat, the Textile and Diamond
Capital of India.
The conference was scheduled on 13th and 14th Sep 2022. All delegates were requested to
reach up to 12th Evening. The office bearers who were required to attend Secretariat Meeting
and Central Committee meeting on 12th afternoon and 12th evening were allowed to reach
Surat by 11th night.
On 11th Sept itself, near about 92 delegates (including spouses) reported at Surat. They were
accommodated in one hotel. On 12th Sept remaining delegates reached Surat and they were
accommodated in 2 more hotels. The reporting of delegates continued up to late night.
The attendance to all three Conferences is as under (Just for your ready reference)
Delegates Spouses Total No of Divisions represented
For First Conference (Nashik) 112 40 152 19
For Second Conference (Delhi) 201 64 265 24
For Third Conference (Surat) 259 44 303 34
In this Surat conference, delegates from following Divisional Units participated.
Sl No Name Of Division Delegates Spouses Sl No Name Of Division Delegates Spouses
1 Pune 31 3 18 Guwahati 5 2
2 Nashik 25 1 19 Shimoga 5 2
3 Surat 20 20 Mysuru 4 4
4 Mumbai 24 21 Aurangabad 3
5 Bengluru 18 11 22 Jabalpur 3
6 Nagpur 15 2 23 Agra 2
7 Kolkata 14 24 Kottayam 3
8 Dharwad 12 3 25 Bhubaneshwar 2 2
9 Belgavi 11 5 26 Kanpur 1
10 Gorakhpur 8 5 27 Kolhapur 1
11 Hyderabad 8 28 Lucknow 1
12 Amravati 7 29 Machilipatnam 1
13 Karimnagar 7 30 Patna 1
14 Nanded 7 31 Raichur 1
15 Delhi 6 32 Sambalpur 1 2
16 Satara 6 33 Varanasi 1
17 Cuttack 5 34 Vadodara 1
Total 260 44
12th Sept 2022- The Secretariat meeting and Central Committee meeting took place in the
afternoon and in the evening for finalisation of conference programmes and deciding future set
up of organization taken up. The day came to end at about 11 pm.
13th Sept 2022- On 13.09.2022 The inaugural session started at 9.45 am which was
presided by Dr.S.B.Sharan President, NOIP. Sri S G Elangadi, Working President, Sri
Vilas Purkar, General Secretary, Sri Ashok Joshi, Resident Secretary were also on the
dais.
Shri Ram Dhumaneji and Shri Ashok Joshiji presented songs befitting the occasion.
Thereafter Shri. Ram Dhumaneji requested various dignitaries to come on the dais.
Surat NOIP Secretary Shri Bharatbhai Parmeshwarwala introduced the dignitaries and
welcomed all. A team of five lady members of Surat Unit led by Smt Jyoti Chitnis,
presented an Invocation song in a nice manner which was appreciated by one and all.
The ceremony of lighting the lamp by all the dignitaries was performed.
After lighting of lamps, BMS Geet was presented by five lady members’ team of Nashik
Unit led by Smt Smita Mande. The inaugural function started. The local leaders of BMS
and leaders of other unions were present. Shri.Vilas Purkarji, GS, NOIP gave his
introductory speech. Shri Jagadish Thakkar (Co Ordinator Insurance Sector) narrated
his experience in BMS and gave valuable advice in the interest of the organization. He assured all support in the activities of NOIP. Shri. J. Vinodkumar, (Gen SecretaryBLIAS) from Kerala extended his best wishes for success of the conference and
promised whole hearted cooperation in future. Gujarat State BMS General Secretary,
Shri. B. P. Parmar in his advisory speech requested everybody for continuous liaison
with the local BMS which will help in strengthening the bond with other organisations
affiliated to BMS. Shri Malcolm Bhathena, Org Secretary NOINO gave compliments to
conference and assured all help to NOIP. Dr S.B. Sharanji in his presidential address
requested the central leadership of BMS to follow up our demands with DFS and
finance ministry. The inaugural function was over after vote of thanks by Shri
Kishorebhai Patel (President of NOIP Surat.)
The inaugural session was graced by following BMS Leaders like Shri Ashok Rathore (
VP ONGC), Shri Anil Nishad (BMS Leader), Smt Hima Parikh ( President Surat NOINO)
Shri Dharmendra Kahar (Secretary Surat NOINO), Shri Anil Desai and Shri KL Patel,
leaders of other Pensioners’ Union.
Shri Vilas Purkar, GS thereafter started the meeting and
items on agenda were taken up one by one. He welcomed all the 259 delegates coming
from 34 centres. He informed the house that our membership was more than 922 in
2016, it rose to more than 1836 in 2019 and now we have crossed figure of 4341 as on
31st Aug 2022. For this grand success, he gave compliments to all the Office Bearers
and activists of all Units representing all Zones for their hard work. He made it clear
that NOIP is not against any other pensioner union and we will strive hard for
betterment of pensioners. To substantiate his views he quoted Shloka from Srimad
Bhagwatgeeta – “ Sarva Deva Namaskara, Keshavam Prati Gachhati.” He urged all the
activists to give their best for pensioners’ fraternity, because up to age 100 nobody is
“Vridhha”, all are senior citizens. We have to give our valuable time to organisation for
its progress by keeping faith on vision, foresight and dedication of BMS founder, the
great visionary Late Dattopantji Thengadi. He expected that our membership will cross
10000 figure as on next all India conference. He complimented new Units like Agra,
Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Guwahati, Surat, Jabalpur and Gorakhpur for their splendid
performance among others.
Agenda No 1—To report NOIP activities since last Delhi conference of 2019.
The General Secretary’s report on the activities of the NOIP after the Delhi
conference was already circulated. He briefed the same. He informed that in the report,
there are 150 activities. The report was accepted by the house in toto.
Agenda No 2: - To approve statement of accounts
Treasurer Shri Sanjay Ramdasi presented the receipt and payment accounts for the
calendar years 01/01/2019 to 01/12/2019; 01/01/2020 to 01/12/2020; & 01/01/2021 to 01/12/2021. It was pointed out that the name of Corporation Bank is changed to Union
Bank of India. Shri Ramdasi assured to make the said corrections. Another point was
raised regarding the change in year of accounting to financial year. In reply Shri.
Ramdasi told that as per the Indian Trade Union Act 1926, the accounting year of a
trade union is calendar year and not financial year. But for filing of Income Tax returns,
it is financial year.
Standing ovation was given to Shri.Ramdasi ji for his excellent account keeping despite
his frail health.
Agenda No 3: Reporting of activities from IPO units. and Agenda No 5: - Gearing up
new memberships and opening of new units.
All the units from nook and corner of the country gave report as per the format already
circulated and also the items mentioned in the agenda. From reporting of the units, it
was noticed that all have performed satisfactorily on all counts. Wherever the AGMs are
held the new office bearers and committee members were announced. Where AGMs
are yet to be held for some or other reasons, those units announced probable date/s for
holding the AGMs.
14th Sep 2022- On the eve of “Hindi Divas” Sri Purkar gave compliments to the
delegates and requested all to have their presentations in Hindi. This Second day of
conference started with BMS Geet by ladies of Mumbai/Thane Unit.
Homage was paid to expired NOIP Members (150 in these 3 years) by observing a
minute’s silence.
Agenda 4: - Pending issues. Shri Ashokji Joshi (Resident Secretary) narrated the
background of all the items mentioned in agenda, the efforts taken by us as also BMS at
central level and the follow up made with the LIC management and DFS. He urged the
BMS at central level to push forward some of the matters immediately, as they are at
the final stage in DFS and Fin Ministry. He also requested BMS to gear up for early
solution of the remaining long pending issues such as OROP.
Agenda 6 – The resolutions on various matters were presented by the various office
bearers from different parts of the country along with the draft resolution. The
resolutions were seconded by some other office bearer. After thread bare discussion on
each and every resolution, they were passed unanimously with some modifications.
Resolution No 1 to 7 passed with some amendments- Please see details at the end
of the circular.
Agenda Item No. 7: - Election of new office bearers/C.C. members etc.
Shri S.L.Burman was assigned the role of Returning Officer. He narrated the
process of the election in a lucid manner and then asked whether there are any panels
prepared. Shri. Sardeshpande from Dharwad put forth a panel. The panel was
seconded by Shri MP Chauhan from Delhi. The returning officer again asked if any
other panel is there. None came forward. Hence, he opened the list and read the names
one by one for the post mentioned against their names. The house clapped giving their
approval and he declared all of them as elected unopposed.
Agenda item No 8: - Any other matter with the permission of the chair. No matters
were brought before the house on this item.
Valedictory- After the invocation, newly elected GS Shri.Ashok Joshi assured the
conference that he would try to live up to the expectation of the members and would
leave no stone unturned to find satisfactory resolution to the pending issues through
constant follow up with the LIC management and DFS.
Shri.Guneshkumar ji, newly elected President, in his characteristic philosophical style
said-“Thank you for reposing confidence in me by electing me as President. In the last 3
years due to pandemic, not much could be done in tackling pending issues because of
stoppage of movements. It is now time for action and not time for speaking. Our new
team is highly professional and it will be our immediate endeavour to swiftly follow up
the pending issues with FM/DFS/LIC for notification of family pension enhancement,
OROP etc. I extend my fullest support to the new team and seek your cooperation to
me to discharge my duties effectively.”
The vote of thanks was given by Shri Prabir Mazumder, Org Secretary. He thanked all
the activists from Surat unit, hotel authorities, caterers and all other service providers.
Standing ovation was given to Surat team for their accurate planning, excellent
execution for comfortable accommodation and sumptuous Gujarati food. He also
thanked all the outgoing members of Secretariat and Central Committee for their
immense contribution in bringing NOIP to this level and assured that with their
continued guidance, NOIP would reach new heights.
Shri S.L.Burman suggested a few things which must find place in our General
Secretary’s report such as 1. Obituary of national and international personalities who
expired during the period of the report. 2. National and international economic scenario.
The meeting ended with “VANDE MATARAM” by Shri.L.N.Sharma, Bengaluru.
All the delegates returned to their HQs with redoubled vigour and enthusiasm, with a
vow to work sincerely for the cause of pensioners.
After the lunch, the meeting of New Secretariat was held for 2 hours, wherein certain
decisions were taken for the smooth running of the organization, which shall be
circulated later.
NOIP Zindabad! BMS long live! Bharat Mata Ki Jai! Vande Mataram!
General Secretary
Office bearers for 3 years from 2022 to 2025
NOIP Margadarshak Mandal- S/shri.
1) S.S.Kashikar, Nashik
2) P.R.Kholkute, Nagpur
3) S.Bhavanarayana, Hyderabad
4) P.H.Joshi, Belagavi
5) B.S.Adiga, Udupi
Chief Advisors for Zones/States- S/Shri.
1) R.Mahadevudu, Hyderabad- A.P.& Telangana States
2) N.V.Gururaja, Mysuru- Kerala & Tamilnadu States
3) R.B.Kulkarni, Vijayapura- Karnataka State
4) S.M.Mahajan, Jammu- J&K & H.P.State
5) K L Methwani, Jaipur- Rajasthan State
6) O.P.Bhargava, Lucknow- U.P & Uttarakhand States
7) K.K.Narkar, Mumbai- Mumbai & Thane
8) Hemant Naik, Pune- Maharashtra, Goa & Gujarat States
9) S.M.Sawhney, Delhi- Delhi, Haryana & Punjab states
10) S.L.Burman, Jabalpur- M.P, Bihar, Jharkhand & Chhattisgarh States.
11) Pulak Dey, Kolkata- Eastern Zone (Includes North Eastern States) & Odisha State in East Central
Zone
Final list of OBs from September 14th ,2022 to 2025, elected in Surat conference- S/Shri/Smt
President- T.C.Guneshkumar, Bengaluru
Working President- Vilas Purkar, Nashik
Vice presidents- 1) S.M.Wate, Nagpur- 2) Partha Chatterjee, Kolkata, 3) H S Ramesh,
Hyderabad- 4) P.P.Phadke, Mumbai/Thane 5) V.B.Ghare, Nashik, 6) U.C.Mohanty,
Bhubaneshwar, 7) Smt.Sumitra Mane, Mumbai/Thane, 8) S.K.Saini, Delhi/Jaipur & 9) Ashwani
Kumar Srivastava, Gorakhpur
General Secretary- Ashok J.Joshi, Pune
Treasurer- R P Dhumane, Pune
Asst Treasurer- Sushant Hadas, Pune
Organising Secretaries- 1) D.R.Mapara, Mumbai/Thane, 2) Prabir Kumar Mazumder- Kolkata, 3)
G.L.Bhat, Bengaluru & 4) Aravind Mittimani, Delhi.
Secretaries- 1) M.A.Kulkarni, Mumbai/Thane, 2) Smt.Anagha Sant, Pune, 3) Santosh Bhat,
Dharwad, 4) Tarini Prasad Mohapatra, Cuttack, 5) Arup Dasgupta, Kolkata & 6) Ashwani Kumar
Sharma, Agra Total 24
Internal Auditor- S.D.Jawalkar, Pune
Special Invitees to the Secretariat/EC- 1) C.T.Joshi, Vijayapur (Belagavi Dn), 2) Ashok Gogte,
Thane/Mumbai, 3) A.G.Bhat, Bengaluru, 4) Dipak Edlabadkar, Pune, 5) Gangadhar Malashetty,
Bengaluru 6) K.T.Hemanna, Mysuru, 7) Sanjay Ramdasi, Pune, 8) K.D.Deshpande, Nagpur, 9)
Bharat Parameshwarwala, Surat 10) M.D.Umarani, Dharwad & 11) S.B.Sharan, Delhi
Final list of CC Members declared elected on 14-9-2022 in Surat Conference
1.Mumbai-Thane- 1) Anil Patkey, 2) Sachit Rege, 3) Smt.Uma Ghanekar, 4) Smt.Neeta Phuria, 5)
Smt.Aabha Joshi, 6) Smt.Trupti Brahme.
2.Pune- 1) D P Joshi, 2) Sanjay Wani, 3) Smt.Vijayalakshmi Sondur, 4) Anil Bhalerao, 5) Hari
Kulkarni
3. Gorakhpur- 1) Ram Kumar Singh
4.Bengaluru- 1) Shankar Shanbhogue, 2) Narayan Nargund, 3) Smt.K.Sumana
5.Dharwad- 1) Govind Ankolekar, 2) K T Murugendrappa, 3) Smt.Sujata Sardeshpande,
6. Nashik- 1) S.D.Pol, 2) R.S.Mali, 3) Smt.Smita Mande & 4) C.S.Deshmukh & 5) Sharad Yeole
7. Nagpur- 1) Milind Wagh, 2) Girish Munje, 3) Shrikant Hardas & 4) Smt.Madhuri Barve
8. Hyderabad- 1) B.Shankar, 2) Gade Srinivasa Rao, 3) K.S.Dakshina Murthy & 4) Ch.Satyanarayana
Reddy
9.Belagavi- 1) Girish Bhandiwad, 2) M.A.Mahalinamani & 3) M.P.Deshpande
10. Amaravati- 1) Dipak Rajurkar & 2) Dipak Nanotkar
11. Kolkata- 1) Arun Patra & 2) Mukesh Dasgupta
12.Satara- 1) V R Joshi, 2) P V Deshpande & 3) J R Patil
13. Shivamogga- 1) K.Krishna Naik & 2) Surendra Bhat
14.Aurangabad- 1) Mukesh Naik & 2) S.C.Thakur & 3) Dilip Shirurkar
15.Bhubaneshwar- 1) Brahmananda Panda
16. Udupi- 1) A.Vasantha
17. Lucknow- 1) D P S Rathore
18. Karimnagar- 1) S.Kodanda Ramulu
19. Machilipatnam- 1) P.Busiraiah
20. Delhi- Rajiv Kumar Sharma
21. Mysuru- 1) N.K.Puttegowda & 2) C.H.Ramakanth Shenoy
22. Kolhapur- 1) Jaysingh Koli
23. Raichur- 1) B.H.Sharma
24. Visakhapatnam- 1) M.Jagadeesh
25. Guwahati- 1) Bhajan Saha & 2) Jatin Das
26. Bongaingaon- 1) N.N.Patowary
27. Surat- 1) Smt.J.G.Chitnis
28. Berhampur- 1) Nihar Ranjan Mullick
29. Agra- 1) Manoj Gandhi
30. Chennai- 1) Smt.Uma Raghavendran
31. Jabalpur- 1) Satya Prakash Gupta
32. Nanded- 1) V.V.Kunthe & 2) Srirang Gachhe
33. Patna- 1) Prem Chandra Sharma
34. Varanasi- 1) Jay Prakash Verma
35. Silchar- 1) S.C.Majumder
36. Warangal- C.Somalingam
37. Meerut- 1) Lalitkumar
38. Ajmer- 1) Sham Prakash Somani
39. Dehradun- 1) Premlal Semwal
40.Kottayam- 1) M P C Nair 75 Total Plus 24 OBs= 99
Members of Special Committees
A) Charter Committee
Chairman- C T Joshi & Members- S M wate, M A Kulkarni, K T Hemanna & M P Chauhan
B) Mediclaim CommitteeChairman – V K Dutta, Members- Partha Chatterjee & M A Kulkarni
(C) Disciplinary & P&IR Committee
Chairman- K T Hemanna & Members- C T Joshi & S M Wate
(D) Legal Committee
Chairman- A G Bhat & Members- A K Choudhury & A B Deshpande
Allotment of Divisions to OBs
1) Smt.Anagha Sant, Pune- Pune, Satara and Kolhapur
2) Shri.S.D.Jawalkar, Pune- Aurangabad & Nanded
3) Shri.Dilip Mapara, Mumbai- Mumbai, Thane & Aurangabad
4) Shri.Satish Wate, Nagpur- Nagpur, Jabalpur, Shahdol & Amaravati
5) Dr.V.B.Ghare- Nashik & Gujarat
6) Shri.Vilas Purkar, Nashik- Central Zone & North Central Zone
7) Shri.Aravind Mittimani, Delhi- North Zone, Liaison with BMS & DFS
8) Shri.S.K.Saini, Delhi- Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur & Bikaner
9) Dr.K.D.Deshpande, Nagpur- Central Zone- Bhopal, Indore, Raipur, Nagpur & Amaravati
10) Shri.Ashwinikumar Sharma, Agra-Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow
11) Shri.Ashwani Kumar Srivastava, Gorakhpur- Gorakhpur, Faizabad, Varanasi
12) Shri.Prabir Kumar Mazumder, Kolkata- Eastern Zone & East Central Zone- Kolkata, KSDO,
Kharagpur, Bardhaman
13) Shri.Arup Dasgupta, Kolkata- Entire Eastern Zone
14) Shri.Partha Chatterjee, Kolkata- North East- Guwahati, Bongaigaon, Silchar, Jorhat
15) Shri.Umesh Chandra Mohanty, Bhubaneshwar- Bhubaneshwar, Berhampur, Sambalpur
16) Shri.Tarini Prasad Mohapatra, Cuttack- Cuttack, Jamshedpur, Hazaribag, Patna, Muzaffarpur
17) Smt.Sumitra Mane- Mumbai & Thane
18) Shri.Ashok Gogte, Thane- Mumbai & Thane
19) Shri.H S Ramesh, Hyderabad- Andhra & Telangana States
20) Shri.G.L.Bhat, Bengaluru- South Central Zone & South Zone- Bengaluru, Shivamogga
21) Shri.Gangadhar Malashetty, Bengaluru- Bengaluru
22) Shri.Guneshkumar T.C, Bengaluru- Bengaluru, Udupi & Mysuru
23) Shri.K.T.Hemanna, Mysuru- Mysuru
24) Shri.Santosh Bhat, Dharwad- Dharwad, Belagavi, Raichur
25) Shri.A.G.Bhat, Bengaluru- Bengaluru, Udupi
26) Shri.C.T.Joshi, Vijayapura- Belagavi & Dharwad
27) Shri.D.V.Edlabadkar, Pune- Indore & Bhopal
28) Shri.M.D.Umarani, Dharwad- South Zone
29) Shri.Bharat Parameshwarwala, Surat- Gujarat State- Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar,
Rajkot, Bhavanagar
30) Ashok Joshi, Pune- Goa, Nadiad & Vadodara
31) P.P.Phadke, Mumbai- CO, Mumbai & Thane
32) M.A.Kulkarni, Mumbai- CO, Mumbai & Thane
33) Sanjay Ramdasi, Pune- Statistics
34) Dr.S.B.Sharan, Delhi- Patna & Muzaffarpur
HQs sub committee to decide important matters/events- Total 9 members
1. President
2. Working President
3. General Secretary
4. Organising Secretaries- FOUR
5. Treasurer
6. Asst Treasurer
Committee on digitisation
1. C T Joshi, Vijayapur- Chairman
2. D V Edlabadkar, Pune- Member
3. Ashok J Joshi, Pune- Member
4. Sanjay Ramdasi, Pune- Member
5. Sushant Hadas, Pune- Member
6. Ram Dhumne, Pune- Member
Resolution No.1
Up gradation of Basic Pension and 100% DR Neutralisation to pre-8/97 Retirees
NOIP has been demanding up gradation of basic pension with every wage revision by merging
DR and with weightage and fixing the basic pension on stage-to-stage basis as is being done in case of
existing employees (OROP in a simple language). We have also been demanding 100% DR neutralization
to pre-8/97 retirees after doing away with the initial anomaly of giving half DR as per the 1995 pension
regulations. Three High Courts in the country have decided the case in favour of pensioners. But the LIC
management and GOI combine are engaged in the uncalled-for litigation, making the age-old pensioners
to run from pillar to post in flagrant violation of National Litigation Policy. The conference calls upon
LIC/GOI combine to withdraw all the litigations from the Courts and bestow the twin benefits as above
on all the concerned pensioners, thus ensuring the parity amongst the pensioners irrespective of their
dates of retirement, keeping in view rights conferred to the pensioners under Articles 14, 16 & 21 of the
constitution of India.
Proposed by Shri.Guneshkumar T.C
Seconded by Shri. G.L.Bhat
Resolution No.2
Other pension related mattersFamily Pension - As per recommendations of VI Pay Commission family pension was
increased to 30% of last pay drawn. For family pensioners of RBI and PSU Banks 30% of last basic
pay was granted as family pension in 2013 and 2021 respectively. The gazette notification is
pending in DFS. The conference demands the same to be gazetted without further delay and
with retrospective effect, for LIC family pensioners also.
a) Full pension for 20 years’ service- Ex-Servicemen and employees recruited at higher ages
like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Chartered Accountants, Actuaries, directly
recruited Superintending Engineers, Short Service Commissioned Officers and Agents
recruited as Development Officers etc cannot be able to complete 33 years’ of service to get
full pension. V pay commission granted full pension if one completes 20 years of service. For
RBI pensioners, the Govt issued gazette notification dtd Jan 12-Jan 18, 2013, granting full
pension if 20 years’ service is completed. Hence, we demand that the full pension be
granted for a minimum service of 20 years.
b) Computation of Basic Pension- For computation of pension, average of last 10 months’
basic pay or 50% of last drawn basic whichever is beneficial to the retiree, is taken for Govt
pensioners. This ensures un- anomalous situation if one retires in the intervening period of
new wage revision or gets increment during the last 10 months of service or gets higher
scale. The conference vociferously demands the same rule to be applied to LIC pensioners as
thousands of pensioners are affected due to the faulty method of computation of pension,
being followed in LIC, in such cases.
c) Increased pension to very old pensioners – Govt pensioners/family pensioners of age 80
and above get increased pension running up to 100% more for those reaching 100 years of
age. The conference demands the same be granted to LIC’s Pensioners/ family pensioners
too.
d) OMOP (One More Pension Option)-Less than 100 PF Optees (Direct recruit Superintending
Engineers and ex-servicemen, appointed in 1995-1997) have been denied one more option
of pension in 2019. We urge upon the DFS to offer pension option to these hapless retirees,
too.
e) OMOP (One More Pension Option) to those retirees of less than 55 years of age- Due to a
funny provision in LIC of India (Staff Regulations) 1960, a very few retirees were not given
OMOP option though they had completed 20-36 years of service, simply because they took
voluntary retirement before the completion of 55 years of age. When LIC Employees’
Pension Rules provide pension to all those who complete 20 years’ service, equity demands
that these left-over retirees deserve a fair treatment and they also, should be offered
OMOP.
f) Increased Family pension in case pensioner dies before 67 age- In the event of an
unfortunate death of an employee or pensioner before the age of 65 yrs, the relevant rule
should be amended as “Double the normal family pension or 50% of the last pay drawn,
whichever is less, payable for 7 years or till the employee or pensioner would have attained
the age of 67 instead of 65 years”. This age limit was fixed when the retirement age was 58
years. Hence it requires to be increased to age 67 years immediately.
Proposed by Shri.C.T.Joshi
Seconded by Shri.P.K.Mazumder
Resolution No.3
NOIP to be called for talks/negotiations on charter of demands
Over the last 15 years, NOIP has been insisting the LIC management to call NOIP to discuss the
Charter of Demands submitted by it. Soon after the formation of NOIP, we submitted our first Charter.
Again in 2022 September, NOIP will be submitting its charter of demands. Despite several letters,
appeals and visits to Central Office, LIC did not care to invite NOIP for discussions. It is noteworthy that
already the strength of pensioners has crossed 80,000 mark and within the next 10-15 years the number
may cross the number of in-service employees. And also, pensioners have been subjected to lot of
inconveniences like late credit of monthly pension, abnormal delay in release of various payments to
pensioners, mediclaim related issues and above all forcing the pensioners to seek legal remedy in
respect of pension related issues. This has necessitated continuous talks with the management. Hence
this conference urges upon the LIC to call the NOIP for formal meeting once in a quarter and also invite
NOIP to discuss the charter of demands being submitted by it every 5 years, NOIP being the union
registered under The Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926.
Proposed by Smt.Anagha Sant
Seconded by Shri.Ashok GogteResolution No .4
Disciplinary action being taken after retirement
Of late, we are coming across a lot of cases in the country, wherein the pensioners are being
issued charge sheets for various reasons. After conducting domestic enquiries, penalties are being
imposed reducing the basic pension, recovering huge amounts against the pecuniary loss incurred by
the Corporation etc. In some cases, disciplinary action is being initiated in respect of the cause of action
which arose or in respect of an event which took place more than 4 years before such institution. Such
flagrant violation of Pension Rules is highly despicable and uncalled for. Even after retirement
employees cannot spend their retired life peacefully due to the fear of such actions. Large number of
such affected retirees belong to the Class I cadre. Majority of the cases are of wrong payments through
NEFT. We call upon the LIC management to desist from initiating disciplinary proceedings wherever a
lenient view can be taken.
Proposed by: K.T.Hemanna
Seconded by: Vivek Deshpande
Resolution No.5
Reckoning ADO’s period (Training period) for calculation of gratuity and pension in respect of
Development Officers
Section 20 of LIC of India (Employees’) Pension Rules, 1995 clearly stipulates that the period
spent on training by the employee should also be counted for arriving at number of years of
qualifying service for computing the quantum of pension. Mutatis Mutandis it should equally
apply to calculation of qualifying service for payment of gratuity too.
The said issue has also created a lot of heart burn in the minds of employees who retired in Class
II and who are paid less amount of gratuity by not reckoning the Training/ADO period (for
Development Officers) for the purpose of calculation. The matter has been satisfactorily
resolved by the CO way back in 2014, but the decision has not been properly conveyed to all the
Zones. The conference urges the LIC management to immediately release the clarificatory
instructions to the ZOs instructing the latter to review all the old cases and release the
difference.
Proposed by: Mallasetty
Seconded by: C.S.Deshmukh
Resolution No.6
Proposed Amendments to NOIP’s Constitution
1) Item No (07)- Admission of Life membership- Sentence starting from “The benefits of life
membership shall be extended…...” be amended as “The benefit of Life Membership shall be
extended to the recipients of family pension of the Life Members. However, spouse of our
deceased member has to enrol afresh by submitting the enrolment form along with Life time
fees of Rs.1000 and resultantly fresh FPM (Family pensioner member) number shall be allotted
to her/him.
2) Item No.12- Conference- The first sentence “The conference shall be the supreme body……...”
shall be amended as “The Conference shall be the Supreme Body of the organisation consisting
of delegates elected by the members on the basis of one delegate for 20 members or part
thereof to a minimum of one from each Divisional/Zonal unit establishment within the territorial
jurisdiction of offices of LIC of India and/or insurance industry”. Delegate has a voting power in
the conference. However, if any observers also accompany the delegates to attend the
conference; such observers have no voting power.
After the first sentence in Item No 12, next sentence is to be inserted- “At least 30 days’ notice
has to be given by the General Secretary for the Conference”.
3) Item No.15- Executive Committee meetings- Wherever ‘Executive Committee’ is mentioned, it
shall be amended as “Executive Committee/Secretariat”.
2 new sentences be added at the last- Internal Auditor to be elected in the Triennial
Conference, is a special invitee to the Executive Committee/Secretariat without voting power.
Similarly special invitees too don’t have voting powers.
4) Item No.16- Office Bearers- The whole item be reworded as follows- “The organisation shall
have a President, a Working President, not more than Nine Vice-Presidents, a General Secretary,
a Resident Secretary, not more than Four Organising Secretaries, not more than Nine
Secretaries, a Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer. All of them shall be elected at the Triennial
Conference of the organisation and they shall be eligible for re-election. However, as per the
convention of BMS, the President/Working President/General Secretary may hold their
respective office bearer ships for a maximum term of 6 years at a stretch. After 6 years, even
inter changeability among these 3 posts also, is not permissible. The Central Committee may
add any new office bearer/s, or drop any present office-bearer/s in case of exigency.”
5) Item No.17- Functions of the Office Bearers17(a) be amended as- “The President/Working President shall ordinarily preside over and
conduct all meetings of the organisation. In the absence of both of them, one of the VicePresidents shall perform the duties.”
17(b)- Last sentence be amended as - “He shall have powers to spend up to Rs. 10000/- per
month without prior permission of the Central Committee.”
6) Item No.18(a)- To be amended as- “The Divisional/Zonal unit shall be elected by all the pensionermembers residing in its territorial jurisdiction. It shall consist of at least President, Secretary and 2
members”.
7) Item No. 18(e)- “The Divl/Zonal unit shall meet thrice in a year” be amended as “The
Divl/Zonal unit shall meet once in 3 years”
8) Item No.22- Funds- The third sentence be amended as- “The General Secretary or the
Treasurer shall not keep more than Rs. 5000/- with him for current expenses.”
Proposed by: Ashok Joshi
Seconded by: M.D.Umarani
Resolution No.7
Change the name of IPO as “NOIP……Unit
When NOIP was formed, it followed the structure of NOIW. At divisional level, it was named as
“Insurance Pensioners’ Organisation” …...Division, because at Divisional level registration was
thought of including opening of bank account. Due to practical difficulties, Central Committee
Meeting took a decision to have centralised bank account at the HQs and NOIP was registered
under The Indian Trade Unions, Act, 1926, having all India jurisdiction. Resultantly, registration
at divisional level was obviated. As such, naming the divisional unit as IPO appears to be
incongruent. As such, it is resolved to change the name of divisional unit as “National
Organisation of Insurance Pensioners, ………. Unit”. Accordingly, the Banner and Letterhead of
each divisional unit have to be modified.
Proposed by: D.R.Mapara
Seconded by: H.S.Ramesh
General Secretary
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