ALL INDIA INSURANCE PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION
Cir No : 13/2015 Date : 26th
October 2015
To
All Divisional/State units of AIIPA
Dear Comrades,
A SPLENDID WAGE INCREASE AND A FINE GESTURE
AIIPA
heartily congratulates the AIIEA and its leadership for getting
the magnificent wage revision offer and achieving 13.5%
increase in basic pay, breaking the barriers on Basic Pay increase
and also for the increase of around 20% in gross.
AIIEA
is the only organization to raise the issue of improvements in the existing
pension scheme, in the Joint Meeting of the unions with management of LIC,
on 16th October 2015, when the entire top brass of LIC viz., Shri.S.K.Roy,
Chairman, Smt.Usha Sangwan, Shri.V.K.Sharma and Shri.S.B.Mainak, Managing
Directors, Shri.Neeraj Agarwal, Executive Director (Personnel) and Shri.Prakash
Chand, Chief (Personnel) were present. Com.Amanulla Khan, President, AIIEA,
while welcoming the wage revision offer made by the LIC and referring to
the Diamond Jubilee Year of the LIC, said that contributions made by the
pensioners for the growth and development of the LIC should not be forgotten
but to be taken cognizance of and LIC must make improvements in the
existing pension scheme in relation to minimum pension, uniform rate of family
pension and medical allowance to pensioners etc. As the LIC is in favour
of 100% neutralization in DA to pre-August 1997 pensioners, LIC should think
above the legal battle and offer benefit at the earliest, he further said.
Again
on 17th October 2015, when the AIIEA individually met the LIC
officials, they reiterated the demand for improvements in the existing
pension scheme. Referring to the improvements in pension scheme brought about
in RBI, AIIEA wanted minimum pension to be raised to Rs.5000 and rise in the
family pension and payment of medical allowance to all pensioners.
AIIEA also demanded that LIC should look beyond the legal battle to make
available 100% DA neutralization to pre-August 1997
pensioners.
AIIPA
wishes to convey its sincere hearty thanks to the AIIEA for raising the issues
of pensioners for improvements in the existing pension scheme.
While
complementing the AIIEA leadership for their sagacity and wisdom in this
great accomplishment, AIIPA also greets the employees/officers who stood
rocklike without any vacillations which helped the
AIIEA to bring about this spectacular
advancement. AIIPA also notes that it is a struggle won by the AIIEA
against the political policy of the Government. AIIPA once again
congratulates the leadership and the employees/officers for achieving excellent
wage revision offer.
AIIPA
reassures its members that the organisation, along with AIIEA, will strive to
secure the legitimate benefits both in life and general sectors.
As
a follow up of its meeting with the Chairman and other officials of LIC on 13th
August 2015 and AIIEA’s discussions on 16th/17th October
2015, AIIPA will be writing to LIC urging immediate solutions to the issues of
the LIC Pensioners.
With
Greetings,
Yours Comradely,
(T.K.CHAKRABORTY)
General Secretary
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TO CHIEF (PERSONNEL) ON MEDICLAIM
Shri Prakash Chand,
Chief (Personnel),
Life Insurance Corporation of India,
Central
Office,
MUMBAI.
Dear Sir,
Re:Mediclaim
We
are very appreciative of you for renewing Group mediclaim policy with reduced
premium and cashless facility.
We
had on 13th Aug, 2015 personally drawn your attention to the
problems faced by pensioners in availing cashless facility. You have taken note
of the same and assured our delegation led by Shri K Natarajan, Vice President,
that the issues will be sorted out very shortly. We are disappointed that even
after two months despite your assurance TPAs have so far not issued I.D. cards
to the employees and pensioners. In the absence of I.D. card insured,
particularly pensioners, are facing lot of problems in availing cashless
facility.
We
request you to please take up the matter with the insurer New India Assurance
Co. Ltd. and advise them to direct the TPAs to issue I.D. cards immediately to
all pensioners, employees and their dependents insured under the group.
We
also draw your attention to our discussions with ED(P) on 5th
January, 2015, when on our representation it was assured to us that instruction
for deduction of mediclaim premium in installments from pension will be issued.
Renewal of mediclaim is due on 01/04/2016 and pension for Feb-2016 being the
last pension before renewal, you are requested to please ensure mediclaim
premium deduction in installments from pension.
We
hope you will take necessary action in right earnest.
Thanking you.
Yours faithfully,
(TK CHAKRABORTY)
GENERAL SECRETARY