SBI OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION (CHENNAI CIRCLE) : 044-25227170/25228773 (For Internal Circulation only) : www.sbioacc.com taken up with the Management as well to Federation for resolving them. The Inter Circle Transfers are by and large brought happiness to our Members and expect the same for IMT also as far as Chennai Circle is considered. Let us all enliven the spirit of May Day by continuing our struggles and campaigns to save the Public Sector Banks and Private Sector Undertakings defend our trade union rights and involve whole heartedly in the nation building process through our ethics.: “Nation First, Institution Next and Individual Last”. With Revolutionary greetings May - 2021 SBIOA NEWS BULLETIN From : 044-25261013 : [email protected]: 044-25220225 (Housing) : 86, Rajaji Salai, Chennai - 600 001. : www.facebook.com/SBIOACC The May Day is a special occasion when people worldwide celebrate the true spirit of the working class. It's the day when workers get together and showcase their strength which indicates how effectively they can struggle to bring in positive reforms for the working class of the society. During this pandemic COVID-19 situation when the work force is experiencing their difficulties, We are observing yet another 'May Day' to show case our unity and solidarity by remembering the struggles, campaigns launched by the trade unions against the hegemony of the capitalist class and pay our homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for defending the trade union rights of the workers. Trade unions the world over have played an important role in emancipation of mankind from the clutches of the colonial rulers, the socio-economic transformation of the country. We as the stakeholders should be proud that our Chennai Circle has become No.1 in the MD Ranking once again exhibited our commitment to the Institutions which we belong. The joy and happiness is being witnessed on the faces of the Membership due to the recognition of their hard work and contributions are rewarded by way of recognition in the form of Promotion to the next level in their banking career. Many issues of Members' interest have been Dear Comrade, Comradely Yours, (R. BALAJI) GENERAL SECRETARY THE ONLY EFFECTIVE ANSWER TO THE ORGANISED GREED IS ORGANISED LABOUR - Thomas Donahue
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SBI OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION (CHENNAI CIRCLE)
: 044-25227170/25228773
(For Internal Circulation only)
: www.sbioacc.com
taken up with the Management as well to Federation for resolving them. The Inter Circle Transfers are by and large brought happiness to our Members and expect the same for IMT also as far as Chennai Circle is considered.
Let us all enliven the spirit of May Day by continuing our struggles and campaigns to save the Public Sector Banks and Private Sector Undertakings defend our trade union rights and involve whole heartedly in the nation building process through our ethics.:
“Nation First, Institution Next and Individual Last”.
The May Day is a special occasion when people worldwide celebrate the true spirit of the working class. It's the day when workers get together and showcase their strength which indicates how effectively they can struggle to bring in positive reforms for the working class of the society. During this pandemic COVID-19 situation when the work force is experiencing their difficulties, We are observing yet another 'May Day' to show case our unity and solidarity by remembering the struggles, campaigns launched by the trade unions against the hegemony of the capitalist class and pay our homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for defending the trade union rights of the workers. Trade unions the world over have played an important role in emancipation of mankind from the clutches of the colonial rulers, the socio-economic transformation of the country.
We as the stakeholders should be proud that our Chennai Circle has become No.1 in the MD Ranking once again exhibited our commitment to the Institutions which we belong.
The joy and happiness is being witnessed on the faces of the Membership due to the recognit ion of their hard work and contributions are rewarded by way of recognition in the form of Promotion to the next level in their banking career.
Many issues of Members' interest have been
Dear Comrade,
Comradely Yours,
(R. BALAJI)
GENERAL SECRETARY
THE ONLY EFFECTIVE ANSWER TO THE ORGANISED GREED IS ORGANISED LABOUR - Thomas Donahue
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONTO WIN THE MARKET PLACE, FIRST WIN THE WORK PLACE
Human Resource (HR) flexibility is a firm-level capability that consists of employee skill flexibility, employee behaviour flexibility, and HR practice flexibility. HR flexibility allows organizations to adapt and be responsive to changes in their environments. If the organization is highly innovative and has flexible HR policies, then that influences organizational culture, risk-taking and experimentation within a firm.
As the nature of doing business changes, HR roles are expanding and refocusing. Far from simply reacting to major events in the business climate, economy and labour market, HR professionals are uniquely positioned to look ahead to industry and global changes and to anticipate the resulting impact on how business is conducted. HR is increasingly called upon to navigate organizations through changes that occur as a result of trends in globalization, technology, the labour market, and financial outlooks. In order to successfully fulfil these expectations, HR leaders must respond by identifying and developing the competencies required of their dynamic roles.
The most dominant features of modern human resource management systems are flexibility and agility. They may refer to the f lex ibi l i ty o f procedures, pract ices , competences, and agility of human resources. The purpose of the paper is to present the relations between the flexibility and agility of human resources and achieving sustainable competitiveness.
The most dominant features of modern human resource management systems are flexibility and agility. They may refer to the f lex ibi l i ty o f procedures, pract ices , competences, and agility of human resources. It is to explain the relations between the flexibility and agility of human resources and
achieving sustainable competitiveness.It improves the understanding of the impact of flexibility and agility related to the HRM system on the implementation of the concept o f sus t a inab l e deve l opmen t i n the organisation.HR needs to shape the future rather than react to it. Program adoption yields actionable insights on program outcomes and effectiveness. HR should use these insights for ongoing discussions with businesses to jointly agree on the progress, understand the gaps in performance, and drive change with other stakeholders through constant calibration and adjustment.
HR needs to recognise program implementa-tion is not a one-time effort. Instead, it is ongoing and requires constant feedback to ensure completeness of program design both on domain and customer-centricity. Human resource management policies should also be acceptable and can be implemented by line managers as part of their regular schedule of work. Thus, strategic human resource management must provide a macro -organisational approach to the functions and roles of human resource management in an organisation, and this is what distinguishes strategic human resource management from traditional human resource management.
High employee commitment, which results in a behavioural commitment on the part of the employees to pursue set goals, is important in HR management. This can be in form of an attitudinal commitment that is reflected by a strong sense of identification for the organisation in question. The current major v i e w a m o n g s t r a t e g i c m a n a g e m e n t researchers is the recognition that sustained advantage in competition arises as a result of a firm's internal resource endowments and deployment of its resources, especially the human resources, which are imperfectly
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initiable, rather than from the organization's product market position.
Developing and strengthening adaptability skills enable us to rise above challenges, stay relevant throughout our working lives, lead teams effectively, and be able to innovate and apply creative solutions that may otherwise hold us back.
Human Resources are the hidden assets and the happiness of them results more productivity. They are like diamonds; more you polish more they glitter, Let us value the human resources which are directly responsible for the Total Quality Management of the Organisation.
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONSOCIAL SECURITY CODE 2020
reformed through this Social Security Code, 2020 or by other Codes. As far the Social Security Code is concerned, truly, mush thought should have been given. For over a century, 'Social Security' is the phrase after the word "Socialism" which has widely been misused, mainly in capitalist world, even the socialist countries (including the Governments sitting in the steering); who, in the words of Shakespeare, "I have to be cruel only to be kind; thus bad begins and worse remains behind" are kind enough to favour them, hence cruel in providing social security. (It is relevant to recallthis was quoted by the then Finance Minister, PranavMukharjee while presenting Annual Budget for 2012-13 in the Parliament), So, there is a thin line between bad and worse and between worse and the Security (The Social Security) to able the public, specially the 50 crores of laboures represented by none, to demark between cruelty and bad;. In that way, the present Social Security code, 2020 is. Out nine Acts proposed to be replaced; the Employment Exchange ( compulsory notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 should have been incorporated in the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 instead of this Social Security Code as SS Code does not talk about un-employment, but intent to talk about the employed only. The Employees Compensation Act, 1923, The Maternity Benefit Act, 1965, and the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 are fully implemented by employers. The Govt. could not even formula te any Scheme for implementation of these Acts. These Acts
Enthusiastically, the Central Government in the name of labour reforms has managed to get 03 Bills passed, rather got stamped by both the Houses of the Parliament within 02 days. Basically four codes related to labour were proposed to replace 20 different labour laws out of which Code on Wages was already passed last year. The Social Security code, 2020 (SS Code) is most important than other codes. Other codes deal with employment, whereas the SS code deals with the survival of the labourers. In 1973, more than a century old Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 was replaced by a new Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 which was merely a rearrangement of Sections & Provisions and a Schedule was given therein showing old sections and new sections. Same exercise seems to have been done in this SS Code or other Codes without any Schedule showing comparison of old and new sections/provisions. Interestingly in the history, Provident Fund law was never passed by taking initiative, instead The EPF & MP Act, 1952 was brought on the statute book by promulgating ordinances, may be it 1971 (for EFPS, 1971) or may be it 1976 (for EDLI Scheme) or may be it 1995 (For EPS, 1995) or may be it 1997 (For day one coverage of e s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d r a i s i n g r a t e o f contribution). Later, Finance Act was cleverly used to amend Labour Laws. But this time, neither the Parliamentarians bother to discuss what exactly is intended in the Codes nor any of the so called Central Labour Organization seemed worrisome about what exactly being
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cannot be termed as "Social Security" but employment obligations of an employer during the employment of a person.
In the present Social Security code, all these enactments, have been put in a separate chapters for each by reproducing main contents of benefit, contribution etc. and common provisions l ike Inspections, authorities, assessments, compliance and recovery etc. have been put under Chapter XI describing Chapter wise - say present Act wise. Most funny part is arrangement of schedules to the SS Code. Chapter I (Preliminary) related to applicability. Section I says the code will be in force on the date(s) to be notified by Central Government. In-schedule IApplicability of 8 Categories are mentioned one for each of the present Act. Rest, sections 1(4); 1(5); 1(6) & 1(8) are reproduction of section 1(3), 1(4), proviso to 1(3) b and section 1(5) of the EPF & M.P. Act, 1952. Section 2 of the code contains definitions incorporating 91 words & phrases, supplemented by schedule II containing 50 categories of employees. How much to remember in the era of ease of doing business? Further, in chapter III, provisions relating to EPF & M.P Act, 1952 have been reproduced with minor changes of words. In this chapter 10 sections are drafted incorporatingSection 14- reproduces section 5 D of the Act of 1952. Section 15- reproduces section 5, 6 A, 6 B & 6 C respectively for framing EPF Scheme, EPS & EDLI Scheme. Section 16- reproduces Section 6 and Schedule II, III & Schedule IV. Section 17- reproduces Section 8-A - recovery and payments of contributions. Section 18- reproduces Section 9- Deemed recognition under I.T. Act, 1961. Section 19- reproduces Section 11- priority of payment of PF Dues. Section 20- reproduces Sec. 16 Exclusions. Section 21- Sec. 16-A - Maintenance of A/c. by employees which has not been notified since 1988 it was put in this law. Section 22- reproduces Section 17-A -Transfer of members' A/cs. Section 23- reproduces Section 7- D to 7- P - Tribunal and Appeals.
Chapter XI- Authorities, Assessment, Compliance and recovery- As the title of this chapter denotes months of assessment, appeals, compliance & recovery of Dues. These provisions are also reproduction of related provisions of EPF & MP Act, 1952 and of the ESI Act, 1948 which were originally taken from the Income Tax Act. SummarilySection 122- reproduces Section 13 - Inspectors, now named as SOCIAL SECURITY FACILITATORS.
Section 123- reproduces duties of employers from EPF Scheme. Section 124- reproduces Section 12 - Employer not to reduce wages for avoiding liability under EPF and ESI. Section 125- reproduces Section 7-A- Assessment of dues. Section 127- reproduces Section 7-Q - Interest on belated payments, but rate not fixed in the Code, instead left for the Government to fix such rate. Section 128- reproduces Section 14-B- Levy of penal damages. Section 129-132- reproduces Section 8-B to 8-G- Recovery procedure and application of Schedule- II and certain IT Rules. And Chapter XII contains penalties and prosecution (from section 133 to 139). With this general scenario of the new Code, with respect to provident fund, it is strange not to find any provision for optional migration to NPS (New Provision System) which was proposed in bill for amending EPF Act in the late 2019 and now stands dropped. As provided in every such enactment, in this Code too, almost in every provision, every section, the Central Govt. has been authorized to make Rules or Schemes or Regulations. In section 164(1) repealing the existing Acts (9 in all); Sec. 164(2) provides for continuation of the Scheme framed under EPF & M.P Act, 1952 (to say, the EPF Scheme, 1952; The E.P.S 1995; The EDLI Scheme, 1976) and the rules framed under ESI Act, 1948 for one year from the date of commencement of this code. It is for the Central Government to appoint the date or dates to make the code or it different provisions in force. Till then, bear with self or with Govt. While reproducing the provisions of erstwhile section 16, in the Social Security
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Code, 2020, the main cause of dispute the provision has not been given any attention or has not been taken the history of dispute regarding availability of Pension benefits for a v a i l i n g i m m u n e a v a i l a b l e t o t h e establishments under the control of the Central or a state government. No demand of time meets the present provisions. On the contrary, this copy paste of provisions of erstwhile section 16 of EPF & MP Act, 1952 in section 20 of this Code is likely to benefit thousands of lakh of employees of such establishments which have claimed to have been established under a state or a Central Act with provision of Contributory Provident Fund and/or under the control of a state or of the central government claimed exclusion from the EPF & MP Act, 1952 by virtue of Article 254 of the Constitution of India. Specially, the employees of Non-Government Educational Institutes in Rajasthan will be covered by this Code by virtue of the same Article 254, including the employees covered by the Greater Bombay Security Guards Act, the Act establishing the National Dairy Development Board etc. Now, the main point which this Social Security code was supposed to deal with is "The Social Security" for all the working strata of the Indian Nation, In its constitution as a code, it is a mixture of social security and social welfare enactments already mentioned in the beginning of this article, EPF & MP Act, 1952 and the ESI Act, 1948 can only be termed as "Social Security laws" leading to Social Security Schemes to ten percent of the total workforce in India, whereas, rest of laws are "Social welfare laws", which aim to collect funds for Government but guarantees to none out of 90 percent of the total worker of Un-organised sector, except to certain persons belonging to the coterie commanded by the prevailing Government for a bandwagon. The nation was expecting from this Social Security code was a "National Social Security Scheme" for all workers/Labourers selling their premier time of life and youthful health for nothing to
get secured for their selves and for their families' future. In 1997 a small book on "Social Security and the Employees Provident Fund" was written in Hindi by the author of this article. At the time of its publication, a Chapter, titled as "Un-organized workers and Social Security" was added. Some relevant contents thereof are reproduced to show how the "National Social Security Scheme" would work. "Primarily, the un-organized labourers are connected with the village and agricultural set up in Indian economy, which use to run between labouring in urban areas and village based labouring. Hence, this fact has to be kept in mind while formulating any National Social Security Scheme." "Most of the un-organized workers are illiterate and bound to live within the cost conceptualized society. Therefore, to provide the social security, it is necessary to provide then a unique Identity and make feel them connected with the Social Security connected to the jobs they do. None of the Idle hand to get this security." "For raising fund to be known as The National Social Security Fund, a "Corporate Social Security Tax" on total turn-over including on the railways, may be levied." "Agri-Farm-Land owner above a certain limit of land may be leviedsimilar tax akin to land- revenue which may be called Social Security Tax." "No doubt, at present, some Fund as "Cess" from builders is being collected; but for none. This plus, similar collection from un-organized Industries, like Brick Kiln, Mining, Beedi etc. may also contribute to the SS Funds." "The Social Security benefits may be so designed that not a single beneficiary may become workless, idle before a certain age to work." Over and above these remedial steps, organizations having their own fund distribution schemes in the name of 'Social Security' or 'Social Welfare' like Khadi and Village Industries etc. may also be scrapped to merge with the National Social Security Fund. Perhaps, economic policy makers of India are not able to understand and underline the importance of the NATIONAL
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SECURITY FUND. Every developed country and the big economies of the world are having their SS Fund, with such a huge corpus which is able to sustain any economic recession or setback. For example, USA has a social security corpus of 2.79 trillion dollars in 2014 which was more than that of the total GDP of India for that year which is still lagging behind
Empathy is the ability to experience and relate to the thoughts, emotions or experience of others. Empathy is more than simple sympathy, which is being able to understand and support others with compassion or sensitivity. Empathy is the ability to step into someone else's shoes, be aware of their feelings and understand their needs.In the workplace, empathy can show a deep respect for colleagues and show that you care, as opposed to just going by rules and regulations. An empathic leadership style can make everyone feel like a team and increase productivity, morale and loyalty. Empathy is a powerful tool in the leadership belt of a well-liked and respected executive.
We could all take a lesson from nurses about being empathetic. Time and again, nurses rate as the most trusted profession. Why? Because they use proper empathy to make patients feel cared for and safe.Most people who score high on assessments for empathy have no idea why. They do not completely understand what it is they actually do that makes others see them as empathetic. They can only express that they:
Like people.
Enjoy working with and helping others.
Value people as individuals.
Key points to drive towards empathy:
Empathy allows us to feel safe with our failures because we won't simply be blamed for them.
It encourages leaders to understand the root cause behind poor performance.
that corpus. The countries are likely to face the economic depression. But India has nothing like that. On the contrary, on every occasion, Indian economy depends on borrowings that leave every citizen under an unvisible huge foreign debt; for which he is bound to refund by cost-rising and devaluation of national currency that is beyond all utopian progress
Being empathetic allows leaders to help struggling employees improve and excel.
Empathy takes work.
Demonstrating empathy takes time and e f f o r t t o s h o w a w a r e n e s s a n d understanding.
It's not always easy to understand why an employee thinks or feels the way they do about a situation.
It means putting others ahead of yourself, which can be a challenge in today's competitive workplace.
Many organizations are focused on achieving goals no matter what the cost to employees.
Each of these reasons can be seen as true. The distinction comes through the ability of the leader who actively works against all the so‐called “reasons” and incorporates an attitude of empathy throughout his or her organization. That type of leader will excel.
By spending more time learning about the needs of their employees, leaders can set the tone and approach taken by their employees to achieve their organization's goals.
Theodore Roosevelt:
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
This is a truth that has long stood the test of time. It is true for our relationships in and out of the workplace
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONTHE NEED OF EMPATHY IN THE WORKPLACE
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Dear Comrades, could you believe, in the year
2100, nearly 70% of Mumbai, financial capital
of India would be occupied by coral and
marine species. Yes. If we are not reducing the
global warming that will be the reality.
What is global warming. It is the long term
rise in the average temperature of the Earth's
climate system. It is a major aspect in climate
change and has been demonstrated by direct
t empera ture measurements and by
measurements of various effects of warming.
Global warming and climate change are often
used interchangeably. But more accurately
global warming is mainly human caused
increase in global surface temperatures and
its projected continuation while climate
change includes both global warming and its
effects such as changes in precipitation.
The largest human influence has been the
emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon
dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide especially
after Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel burning
is the dominant sources of these gases with
agricultural emissions and deforestation also
playing significant roles.
The effects of global warming include rising
sea levels, regional changes in precipitation,
more frequent extreme weather events such as
heat waves and expansion of deserts leads to
environmental disaster. Surface temperature
increases are greatest in the Arctic, which
have contributed to the retreat of glaciers,
permafrost and sea ice. Overall higher
temperatures bring more rain and snowfall
but for some regions droughts and wildfires
increase instead. Climate change threatens to
diminish crop yields, harming food security
and rising sea levels may flood coastal
infrastructure and force abandonment of
many coastal cities. Mere 50cm rise in the sea
level is enough to flood major port cities
around the world and expose more than 150
million people to disasters.
In India major coastal cities like Mumbai,
Chennai, Kolkata & Surat will be removed
from the World map in 2100 if the same trend
of global warming continues. Mumbai, one of
the world's most populous cities and India's
financial capital, is already below the sea level
at high tide and is flooded almost every
monsoon season. It fails to drain regular
floodwater during excess rainfall, a situation
that could worsen due to the rising sea level.
Environmental impacts include the extinction
or relocation of many species as their
ecosystems change, most immediately in coral
reefs, mountains and the Arctic. One example
due to decrease in sea ices two third of Polar
bear will be extinct by 2050. Moreover it leads
to new human deceases and effect on the
World economy will be disastrous and we are
now experiencing the COVID 19 virus effect.
Small islands and mega deltas will be
inundated and leads to homelessness in low
lying countries like Bangladesh, statelessness
for island nations like Maldives & Tuvalu etc
ultimately leads to migration of people which
will create havoc on the lives of people. Oceans
have become more acidic. There has already
been a shift in the distribution and abundance
of fish from the equator to the poles,
impacting income, livelihoods and food
security of coastal cities. These changes would
impact water resources and their uses,
especial ly hydropower and irrigated
agriculture in high mountain and downstream
areas. The Arctic is on track to be ice-free in
summers in 20 years, researchers say , while
the Amazon rain forest could turn into a
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONOUR ROLE TO REDUCE THE GLOBAL WARMING
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P.Nallaperumal Pillai, President, SBIOA(CC)
savanna in 50 years.
Mitigation efforts to address global warming
include development and deployment of low
carbon energy technologies, policies to reduce
fossil fuel emissions, reforestation, forest
preservation as well as the development of
potential climate engineering technologies.
Already nations are working together on
climate change under the umbrella of the
United Nations Framework convention on
climate change (UNFCCC) from 1994
onwards and lot of efforts on going on to
contain the global warming.
From your mind I hear the voice, What can I do
for this.
Yes. You can make the change.
Spread the message of Global warming to
unknown people to create awareness;
Reduce your carbon foot print by limiting
over consumption, living car free, using
public transport, drive a fuel efficient
vehicle like electric cars;
Buy only energy efficient appliances,
Reduce water waste,
Change to LED bulbs, Pull the plugs of
unused electrical instruments, Switch off
lights, fans & AC when not in use;
Forgoing air travel and adopting plant
based diet as meat industry is one of the
cu lpr i t for increas ing CO2 and
deforestation;
Your efforts will have effect on society
immediately. For example, cycling
reduces greenhouse gas emissions while
reducing the effects of a sedentary
lifestyle at the same time;
Plant more trees to protect the
environment.
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Earth Day Celebrations at Coimbatore
Earth day 2021 is celebrated in our CBSE school Cbe on 22.04.2021. Our beloved President
Com. Nallaperumal Pillai preside over the meeting. In commeration of Earth day our President
Com. Nallaperumal Pillai along with Regional Secretary R. Rajavelu planted saplings at our
school premises.
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONAREA MEET AT TUTICORIN ON 05.03.2021
The Area Meet of our Tuticorin zone was conducted at our Tuticorin Branch on 05.03.2021. The meeting was well attended by 80 members of our Tuticorin Zone. The meet was presided over by Com. Sivananthan N., Regional Manager RBO R&DB Tuticorin. Our Regional Secretary Com. Senthil Ramesh A, Deputy Regional Secretaries Com. Lazer Jeyaprakash, Com. Ganapathy G attended the meet along with Com. Satheeswaran, Zonal Secretary Madurai Zone I , Com. Prasath Charles Zonal Secretary Tirunelveli Zone and Com. Manivannan , Zonal Secretary Virudhunagar Zone.
A few minutes silence was observed to pay homage to our beloved Com. Stalin Durairaj, and Com. Janaarthanan V.S. who have laid down their life recently due to health issues.
Com. Simon Mathew, Unit Secretary of our Tuticorin Branch delivered the welcome address. He along with other members of our Tuticorin zone welcomed all the newly elected office bearers with the thunderous applause. In his presidential address, Com. Sivanandhan N has pointed out the importance and freedom given by our bank for various trade union activities as he himself proud of being the senior member of this zone attended the meet.
Com. Lazer Jeyaprakash , DRS has necessitated the importance of showing
resistance to the unethical things happening around in our workplace by quoting a small story. He also briefed about the importance of giving reply to the explanation called by our bank at the earlier stage and its escalation matrix.
Com. Ganapathy G DRS in his speech appealed to all our members to participate in the UFBU strike call on 15.03.2021 & 16.03.2021 and make it a grand success which will strengthen the hands of leaders.
In an open forum, Com. Yoganand Jagadeeshwar of Lead Bank Office, Tuticorin has raised queries about an anomaly in fixing the effective date of stagnation for calculation of arrears. He also necessitated the importance of Mandatory Health Checkup in line with bank's Mandatory Learning and Mandatory Leave. Com. Shivhari K.S., Com. Senthil
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONREGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING AT MADURAI
Regional Council Meeting was organized by
our Regional Secretary Com. R. Rajavelu at
Chennai on 20.03.2021. All the Regional
council members were present for the meeting
except Com. A. Sankar who joined the
meeting through whatsapp video call.
Regional Secretary Com. R.Rajavelu in his
welcome speech congratulated our General
Secretary Com. R. Balaji and the youngsters of
our circle team. He also congratulated Com.
R. Veerabahu who has been nominated as the
Director of SBIOA Co-op Thrift & Credit
Society.
He mentioned the attitude of management and
how it puts pressure on our members. He
e x p l a i n e d a b o u t t h e a p p r o v a l o f
compassionate appointment. He insisted the
zonal secretaries to select the Unit Secretary
for their branches and to have good rapport
with the members and to be contacted
frequently with them.
Branch/Member's grievances regarding
transfers, CTS & CBS network problem
whatsapp communication by controllers, LOS
& RLMS problems, sanctioning of sabbatical
leave, sealed cover issues, compassionate
appointment, Covid19 special leave and other
a l lowances re lated to e -AB Of f icers
demonetization claims have been timely taken
up by the respective zonal secretaries with the
Reg iona l Secre tary to reso l ve w i th
management.
Vote of thanks was given by Com. V.
Subramanian, Zonal Secretary Coimbatore
Zone – I.
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Kumar C, Com. Jeya Ezhil Arasu also raised various doubts and clarification.
Our beloved Regional Secretary Com. Senthil Ramesh A. clarified all the queries and doubts raised by our members and appreciated Com. Yoganand Jagadeeshwar for giving an input about Mandatory Health Checkup facility. He
insisted our members follow the system and procedures ethically and Briefed about various issues that our industry and our organization is undergoing. He pressed for the united approach of our members during the crisis.
The area meet was concluded with the vote of thanks by Com. Kaviston J, Zonal Secretary of our Tuticorin Zone and followed by dinner.
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As the pandemic is spreading very rapidly our
comrades are infected in large numbers. With
regard to the safety of our members, Regional
Secretary Com. R. Rajavelu has taken
initiatives to organize a medical camp by our
Bank's Doctor to get vaccination for our
members in AO and nearby Branches.
Management has arranged a Vaccination
camp with the supervision of our Medical
Officer for the staff members who have not
vaccinated at our Bank dispensary on
12.04.2021.
All the comrades were advised to follow the
safety measures of wearing mask, hand wash
and sanitizing and maintain social distancing
to get rid away from the pandemic.
Remember always: SMS-Sanitizing, Mask
wearing, Social distancing. Be Safe.
COVID 19 - RESTRICTIONS
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONNEW PREMISES OPENING AT THURAIYUR
New Premises Opening - Com. R. Ganapathy Subramanian, Regional Secretary a t tended the opening ceremony of New Premises of Thuraiyur Branch on 26 Apr 2021, along with
C o m . S e l v a r a j K , D R S , C o m . Vellayampillai AKA, DRS and Com. Muralidharan N, Zonal Secretary, Trichy Zone.
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SBIOA (CC) Wishes a very happy married life to the newly wedded couples.
WEDDING BELLS
1. Chi.S.Aravind, Son of Com. Saravanan
S, CM – IR, LHO, Chennai, married
Sow.R .Ov i ya on 03 /03 /2021 a t
Mayiladuthurai.
2. S o w. R a n g a Pr i y a , D a u g h t e r o f
Com.R.Parthasarathy, AGM, OAD, LHO,
Chennai, married Chi.Sundarshan on
15/03/2021 at Chennai.
3 Com. Rangarajan, DM, IFB Chennai,
married Sow.S.Dhivya on 25.04.2021.
4. Chi.Rahul, Son of Com.Surendran.T,
DM, Zonal Office, Chennai married
Sow.Richa on 25/04/2021 at Chennai.
5. Sow. G.V.Subashree Daughter of
Com.G.Venkatesan DM, PRO, LHO,
Chennai, married Chi.K.Sarwesh on
24/04/2021 at Chennai.
6. Chi Sivasubramanian, son of Com P
Sivaramakrishnan, DM and DRS,
Chennai Module-1 married Sow K
Monica on 22/04/2021 at Chennai
7. S Vignesh, son of com Saminathan, DM,
ARMB, weds V Kiruba Ananda on
22/04/2021 at Chennai
8. Com Vipul Raj (Accountant, Sastri
Nagar) wedded Sukreeti Raj on
26.04.2021
9. Shri.K.RajendraPrabhu, DM(S), Gingee
married Smt.S.Suganya on 29.04.2021.
10. Mr G.Amirtharaj s /o K.Gunalan
sukirtharaj, Regional secratary of Salem
module weds Ms. Rachel Rubina on
09/04/2021 at Salem.
May - 2021
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONMOCK INTERVIEW
Mock Interview conducted by SBIOACC for
the candidates appearing for interview
On 10th April 2021 SBIOACC conducted mocj
interview for TOs, and JMGs. 182 candidates
participated at a very short notice. In the
morning session, 24 candidates were
interviewed by Shri Radhakrishnan, DGM
(REHBU), Thiruvanantha-puram, Shri M S
Ravichandran, AGM, (FMC), LHO Chennai,
S h r i A p p a v u , d i r e c t o r , S B I R D ,
Tiruchirappalli, Shri Rajendran, RM, Region
1, Chennai South. The quality of questions
asked by the interview Panel, and the level of
answering by the candidates was very good.
The panel is ts made correct ion and
suggestion to the candidates, wherever
required..
In the post lunch session, valuable tips given
by Shri Ramachandran, AGM, RACPC, MRC
Nagar branch and Shri Uppiliyappan, AGM,
SMEGuindy. The participants were given
enough time to interact and get clarification on
their doubts. Our hearty thanks to the DGM
and AGMs who conducted the mock interview
and gave valuable tips to the participants.
Most of the candidates participated in the
mock interview came out successful.
Fo r t h e c a n d i d a t e s
appearing for TO Systems,
a separate session was
conducted on 13th April
2021 , i n wh i ch Shr i
Ramesh, AGM (ITS) gave
v a l u a b l e t i p s t o t h e
c a n d i d a t e s . . T h e
candidates participated
appreciated the program conducted and
thanked the association for the excellent
service.
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Appreciation from Participants
25. K N Pavankumar Overseas Br, Chennai26. P V Arivazhagan Overseas Br, Chennai27. Sattainathan C CAG Chennai
1 Ajith Antony Augustine SHENCOTTAH2 Anees Fathima Mujeepur Rahman LHO Chennai3 Anitha Ragupathy Srivilliputhur4 Archana Prabha A Maduravoyal5 Arivumathi Palanisamy Kulithalai6 Arumugam N Siruthozhil,Che7 Arumugam Nallaperumal LHO Chennai8 Arun Vishnu A S Arumanai9 Balaji K S Dadagapatti10 Balaji Venkatesan RBO-II, COIMBAT11 Chitra T . Thangiah AVANIPURAM12 Dhanalakshmi K Madurantakam13 Dhyuthilal E S Gudalur14 Dinesh Kumar Marimuthu TIRUPUR15 Dinesh Kumaran G Gobichettipalay16 Dinesh R Podanur17 Esakki Alias Athilakshmi Srire Tirunelveli18 G Kasiviswanathan Karungal19 Gomathi Suryarao POONAMALLEE20 HARI BASKAR Shanmugasundaram Dharmapuri21 Hariprasad Mani ARNI22 J M Lavanya NRI Branch, Tir23 Jayadev Heman Kumar Perungudi24 Jeyalakshmi Karthik KEELAPAVUR25 Jeyasaravanan R Cumbum ADB26 Kantharaj M SIRUSERI27 Karthikeyan C SiruthozilTheni28 Kathirvel P Namakkal Town29 Kavitha Sankari Aravinda Gose Pudupet30 Keerthi B Sathanur31 Kennedy J Oddanchathram32 L N SHASHIDHAR SHFB Chennai33 Lakshmi Janarthanan Veedur34 Mahesh Kumar M TreasuryBrCBE35 Murali Krishnan M Tiruvana'lai To36 Murugan H Ambathurai37 Murugan S RBO2,Coimbatore38 Nateshkumar Ramadass SiruthTUTICORIN39 Oliver S Suramangalam40 Paranitharan R PBB,Nungambakam
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2� Anbumalar S� RBO-IV, MADURAI
3� Annapoorani G� Kodambakkam
4� Aravanai Selvan R� OverseasBr.Tiru
5� Elangovan R� AO Chennai Z II
6� Eswara Moorthy M� Alandur
7� Guruswamy V� RDB RACC DHARMA
8� Jaleel Hasanath Syed Umar� CB MADURAI
9� Jayavadivu Harikrishnan� CommercialGuind
10� Krishnamoorthy R� CB Tiruchirapal
11� Mallikharjuna RaoKuchimanchi� RBO-I,MADURAI
12� Mohan R� Dharmapuri
13� Navin Davids D� Sankaranayinark
14� Parthasarathy SS� Chennai Main Br
15� PITCHAIAH V� Dindigul
16� Rajasekaran R� ZO Chennai
17� Ramakrishnan P� Ambasamudram
18� RishiKumar S� Nagapattinam
19� Senthil Kumar S� ZO Madurai
20� Sethuraman C� Anna Nagar West
21� Shanmugasundari L M� Purasawalkam
22� Sindu B� Kuzhithurai
23� Swaraj Palathaty� Omalur
24� Venkatesh R� Panruti
SBIOACC NEWS 13
SBI Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle)
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONPROMOTIONS 2021-22
In spite of the prevailing Pandemic situation, the promotion process in our Bank are carried out
in time, and we are happy to note that many of our comrades are elevated to the next cadre. The
promotion of our comrades doesn't come as a surprise to us. Hardworking, reliable, efficient,
organized, proactive, and effective people usually always get promotions in life.
SBIOA(CC) celebrates the incredible success of our comrades and wishes them the very best in
their future endeavors.PROMOTION YEAR 2021-22
Sr.No.
Name (S/Shri.) BranchSr.No.
Name (S/Shri.) Branch
FINAL SELECT OF GENERAL MANAGERS
FROM OUR CIRCLE
FINAL SELECT OF DEPUTY GENERAL
MANAGERS FROM OUR CIRCLE
PROMOTION TO ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGERS (GENERALIST CADRE)
PROMOTION TO CHIEF MANAGERS
May - 2021
1� Ravikumar Sadhana� DGM Coimbatore2� Sathya Prakash A.G.K� DGM Chennai North
1� Abraham Selvin� RBO-4 COIMBATOR2 Manivannan Vaithialingam� RBO-1 SALEM SAL3� Prakash Paranthaman� LEATHER INTL BR4� Rajendran S� RBO-1 CHENNAI C5� Varadarajan R� RBO-2 TANJORE T6. Ganesh Kumar IFB Chennai7. Balanand R CAG Chennai
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Name (S/Shri.) BranchSr.No.
Name (S/Shri.) Branch
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SBI Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle)
41 Parthiban S SME, COIMBATORE42 PRABHAVA KIRAN CHANDANA Sankarapuram43 PRABHU KIRAN TADI SME Rajaji Sala44 Preeti M LHO Chennai45 Purushothaman Ramamurthy Sirkali46 Rajkumar N CommercialGuind47 Rajkumar U Manamadurai48 Ram Sowmi Raja Ram Pbb Madurai49 Ramesh Babu P LHO Chennai50 Ramesh K Asaveerankudika51 Ramya Govindaraj Ashok Ngr1stAve52 Rangan K VAZHAPADI53 Robinson A RDB RACVIRUDHNA54 Ruthramoorthy D LHO Chennai55 S Sivakumar ZO Madurai56 SAIJU S Kalkulam57 Sangamesh U METTUPALAYAM RD58 Santhosh Kumar R Tambaram59 Sathish Kumar Nagappan SME ADYAR60 Senthamil Selvan Annadurai LeatherIB,Chenn61 Senthil kumar S THIRUTHANGAL62 Senthil Nathan B Koyambedu63 Senthil R SME PALANI64 Senthil Vadivou P LHO Chennai65 Senthoor PremAnanth KuttiSamy Tuticorin Bazaa66 SHAIK KHADER BASHA Royapettah67 Shyamala Sundara Varadhan SME Branch, Vil68 Siva narayanan T Sholinganallur69 Soumya Mohandas Sp Personal Ban70 Sourabh Mishra NRI BrVelachery71 Srinivasan Dakshinamoorthy Nagapattinam72 Sriramkumar Ramakrishnan RBO, PUDUCHERRY73 Suganya M RSPuramCoimbato74 Sujatha Priyadarshini Muniaras Saligramam75 Sulochana C SME, COIMBATORE76 Sundhar R K PB BRANCH SALEM77 Suresh Kumar Dhanasekaran Jolarpet78 Sureshkumar N S Sivaraman N Melapalayam79 Surya Prakash R ELAKKIAMPATTI80 Swaminathan S Arcot81 SWAMINATHAN THIYAGARAJAN Puduvayal82 Swarna Jagruthi Duggirala Ashok Nagar83 UDAYARAJAN V Valluvar Kottam84 Vijaya Sankar P ZO Chennai85 VIJAYABASKAR KUPPAN SME THANJAVUR86 Vimal Selvaraj Mannargudi87 Ayyavoo Murugappan (Law Officer) ARMB CHENNAI
Service of show-cause notice or charge-sheet by publication in newspaper not shown to be popular in the area will not be sufficient and initiation of disciplinary proceedings upon such defective service will be bad in law.
Union of India & Ors.v. Dinanath Shantaram Karcker & Ors., 1998 II LLJ 748 (SC): 1998 (80) FLR 446: 1998 LLR 1097
Issue of charge-sheet by Controlling Authority instead of Disciplinary Authority will not be illegal.
Steel Authority of India and Anr.v. Dr. R.K. Diwakar and Ors., 1998 LLR 343: 1998-I LLJ 344
Postal remarks 'not found' upon an envelop containing charge-sheet sent by registered post will not be deemed to have been served.
Union of India &Ors.v. Dinanath Shantaram
CHARGE SHEET
LEGAL CORNERSBIOACC NEWS 21
SBI Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle)
Karekar & Ors., 1998 FLR 1097: 1998 (80) FLR 446
CHANGE OF DATE OF BIRTH
Failure of employee to make efforts for change of date of birth at the fag-end of service will not be sustainable.
State of Orissa &Ors.v. Shri Ramanath Patnaik, 1997 LLR 607: 1997-II LLN 1034: 1997 (2) LLJ 1022
Correction in date of birth by an employee cannot be sought at the fag-end of his career.
Hindustan Lever Ltd. v. S.M. Jadharo&Anr., 2001 LLR 501
Correction of date of birth by an employee long after his joining service will not be permissible.
11 Ganesh Gopalakrishnan Chief Manager LHO Chennai
12 Raghavan G Chief Manager RACPC MRC Naga
13 Samuel V Joseph D Chief Manager RACPC COIMTR N
14 Radjarame
Vengadessane Chief Manager RASECPCPondi.
15 Beena Ibrahim Chief Manager RDB RACKUZHITHU
16 Bhaskar R Chief Manager SARC CHENNAI
17 Srinivas KRV Chief Manager Tuticorin
18 Rajagopalan M S
Swaminathan Manager ALANGANALLUR
19 Sridhar P.S Manager C.A.G. Chennai
20 Murugesan Krishnan Manager CCPC Chennai
21 Balaguru V Manager F PtLinkBrChenn
22 Vijayakumar
Kandaswamy Manager FIMM RBO-2 COIM
23 Sundarrajan S Manager LHO Chennai
BranchS/Shri Name Designation
MAY 2021
RETIREMENTS
BranchS/Shri Name Designation
SBIOA (CC) wishes a very happy, healthy and peaceful retired life.
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SBI Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle)
LEGAL CORNER 24
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATION
ORG / 23 / 2021 12.04.2021
The General Secretary,All India State Bank Officers' Federation,C/o. Samriddhi Bhavan,E- Block, No.1, Strand Road,Kolkatta - 700 001.
Dear Sir,
PROMOTION YEAR 2021-22
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA FOR ZONE OF SELECTION e-LEARNING LESSONS
A promotion is a form of recognition for employees who make significant and effective work contributions. It is viewed as desirable by employees because of the impact a p r o m o t i o n h a s o n p a y, a u t h o r i t y, responsibility, and the ability to influence broader organizational decision making. It raises the status of the employee who receives a promotion which is a visible sign of esteem from the employer. I t is a powerful communication tool about what is valued within an organization.
02. The e-learning lessons are introduced in the Bank to imbibe knowledge and to create awareness on the role play of the assignments for effective and efficient discharge of duties. The staff members have been advised to undergo the learning at their leisure time for their development which indirectly increase the productivity on account of the knowledge acquired by going through the e-learning lessons and attempting the tests in concern topics.
03. Most of our officers are working at the Branches under peer pressure to achieve the budgets and targets imposed on them in spite of shortage of staff. Their time and energy is being consumed in attending variety of clientele for the excellent customer service due to their high degree of expectations of the customers to keep the image of the bank and also for business development in every sphere of the products needed by the customers.
04. The Bank has issued an e-circular stating that the Officers / Associates are eligible for the Zone of Selection only if the candidate completes all the mandatory e-lessons and also an additional lesson for various grades of promotion.
While it is a welcome sign to make the candidates update their knowledge, we bring to your kind attention that many of the candidates could not complete the mandatory lessons for various reasons.
a. The mandatory lessons are easily available in SBI connect. But everyone cannot complete the e-lessons when working in a branch.
b. The e-lessons are made available through mobile, which is very difficult to access in a remote and semi urban area, where the connectivity is a major issue.
c. The resources given through Microsoft share-point is very difficult to access and gets disconnected often.
d. Partial completion the e-learning lessons due to paucity of time or on obvious reasons are not taken credit for CDS
e. For mandatory learning already the marks are given in the CDS. Those who are unable to complete e-learning will not be given the marks in CDS.
05. Any initiative of the Bank should be a tool to increase the morale of the staff members since the human resources are the valuable hidden asset o f the Bank. In these circumstances, making completion of the mandatory e-learning as criteria for the eligibility to appear for interview/ZOS is detrimental to the interest of the staff that is successful in the written examination/test conducted for the promotions.
06. We suggest that mandatory lessons should not be made compulsory for a candidate to appear for the interview/ZOS or getting promotion. Already the candidates are being
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATION
tested with a written test and interview. Hence the e - l earning should not be made compulsory. Taking the pandemic situation of COVID-19, a condonation of non-completion of e-learning lessons for the promotion year 2021-22 is highly solicited from the Management and the proper decision will definitely boost the morale of the young officers who aspire their career development in the interest of the Bank.
07. We therefore urge upon the leadership to take up the issue and make all the candidates, who are otherwise eligible for promotion may be called for interview/final selection of promotion for the respective scales.
Comradely Yours,
Sd/-
(R.BALAJI)
GENERAL SECRETARY
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ORG / 24 / 2021 17.04.2021
The General Secretary,
All India State Bank Officers' Federation,
C/o. Samriddhi Bhavan,
E- Block, No.1, Strand Road, Kolkatta - 700 001.
Dear Sir,
PAYMENT OF OUT-OF-POCKET
EXPENSES FOR WORKING ON A
HOLIDAY
We forward herewith a representation letter dated 12.04.2021 received from our members of CCPC Chennai Unit, contents are explicit.
In the light of the above, we urge upon the leadership to take up the issue with the Management for resolving it at the earliest.
Comradely Yours,
Sd/-
(R.BALAJI)
GENERAL SECRETARY
ORG / 26 / 2021 06.05.2021
The General Secretary,
All India State Bank Officers' Federation,
C/o. Samriddhi Bhavan,
E- Block, No.1, Strand Road,
Kolkatta - 700 001.
Dear Sir,
PROMOTION FROM MMGS-III TO SMGS-
IV (2021-22)
SELECTION OF CANDIDATES –
GRIEVANCES/OBSERVATIONS
A promotion is a form of recognition for officers who make significant and effective work contributions. It is viewed as desirable by officers because of the impact a promotion has on pay, authority, responsibility, and the ability to influence broader organizational decision making. It raises the status of them who receives a promotion which is a visible sign of esteem from the employer. It is a powerful communication tool about what is valued within an organization. You will appreciate that every officers are discharging their duties with commitment, due diligence and devotion. The elevation in their banking career in higher scales not only increases their responsibilities and responsiveness but also boosts their morale and increases their self-esteem.
02. In the recent announcement of results for the SMGS-IV, we submit our observations as under:
Out of more than 450 officers, nearly more t h a n 3 5 0 a r e b r o u g h t i n Z o n e o f Consideration; 289 candidates in the Zone of Selection, 86 got promoted. From the analysis of the select list of SMGS IV in our Circle published, our observations are as under:
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Category Zone of Promoted Percentage Selection
Probationary Officers 123 54 44%
Trainee Officers 45 23 51%
JMGS I 120 9 7%
Total 288 86 30%
As it is evident from the above table, only 7% of the officers who are promoted as JMGS-I have found place in the select list. These officers have rich experience and are equally good in knowledge, expertise and handling the difficult branches and proved their mettle all the years. They have excelled in the areas viz. decision making, administration of difficult branches, maintaining excellent rapport with the Government officials besides Staff Members and obtained very good ratings in the RFIA Audits. They are second to none in achieving the cross selling and other miscellaneous business besides marketing of our products and business developments which has kept our bank's image very high at all times.
ii. It is disheartening to note that the age group of the officers who got promoted - 70 officers, out of 86 (81%) are 40 years and below. As far as the Zone of Selection is concerned, out of 124 officers, who are below 40 years, 70 got promoted (57%). Whereas only 10% of the officers above 40 years got promoted to SMGS-IV, out of the 164 eligible candidates. It gives room to officers to believe that only youngsters especially POs/TOs are being considered than the experienced rank promotees.
iii. Many of the senior MMGS-III officers who were not given promotion this year are appearing for their promotion, continuously
thfor the 4 year. These officers will have a cooling period of another 2 years from next
year. These officers will be de-motivated to a large extent and their productivity will come down, because most of them will be working under the officers who are very junior to them.
iv. It is pertinent to mention that these officers are awarded CDS Grade AAA this year and AA during the past two years. Most of them got gems from their bosses / and higher officials also. This year, as per the revised promotion policy, for scale III to IV, the marks for CDS are 60%. The PAF and the marks for interview together constitute 40%. The candidates are at the mercy of the management to get these 40% marks, which played a crucial role in this year's promotion. It is evident that the role of CDS in the officers' promotion has no scientific effect. The PAF marks play vital role than the CDS Marks, performance and the calibre of the officers.
From the above, it is observed that the due recognition for the seniors have been deprived and the elevation in their banking career is jeopardised and those officers feel that they are meted out injustice in the promotion results.
03. We suggest that the consideration of officers of MMGS-III to higher scales in the ratio of 35:35:30 of PO:TO:JMGS-I is fair and reasonable since all of them are good performers when they are brought in ZOS.
04. We urge the leadership to take up this most concerned issue with the Management and resolve the dissatisfaction and frustration prevailing among the Middle Management Cadre Officials.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(R.BALAJI)
GENERAL SECRETARY
May - 2021
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SBI Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle)
CORRESPONDENCE WITH FEDERATIONThe cruel face of CORONA VIRUS
The ugly face of Cornoa Virus is very much
visible now. The daily reported CORONA
cases exceeds 4 lakhs per day continuously
for more than a week. Daily deaths exceeds
4000 per day continuously for the past 5
days
During the past few days, we lost many
important personalities due to the cruel face
of CORONA virus.
Com Shantha Raju, Doyen of Officers'
trade union movement is no more
We lost a veteran and one of the ardent and
most passionate trade unionist, who
succumbed to the Covid-19 virus.
Having joined as a clerk in State Bank of
India on 01.07.1970, Com. Shantha Raju
entered the officers' fraternity in State Bank
of India as a Trainee Officer in September
1977. He dedicated himself to the cause of
officers at an early age and sacrificed his
career. He was the President of Dakshina
Kannada Unit of AICOBOO, Secretary of All
India State Bank Officers' Federation
(AISBOF), Presi¬dent of State Bank of India
Officers' Association (Karnataka), General
Secretary of AISBOF and AIBOC. He was an
Officer-Director on the Central Board of SBI
for two successive terms and was
instrumental in clinching many benefits for
the community.
He became the UFBU Convenor during
2002-2006 and was instrumental clinching
numerous benefits in the historical 5th
Joint Note, which was signed on 2.6.2005
viz. removal of anomaly in D.A. and
neutralization of D.A. @ 100% for officers,
introduction of encashment of LFC facility et
al and he had laid the foundation stone of
achieving one more option for pension.
Though he retired from Bank's Service on
31.8.2006, he continued to serve the
officers' fraternity in many ways. He was also
the President of SBI Pensioners' Association
(Karnataka) and had visited the Association
office as well as AISBOF office at Bangalore
the week before he passed away.
We dip our flag in honour and to pay our
respect to Com Shantha Raju.
Shri Sambandan, General Manager, CAO,
Chennai, a humanitarian personality, a
s a v i o u r o f m a n y s t a f f m e m b e r s ;
passionately helping the staff members and
wonderful human being is left for heavenly
abode on 10th May 2021.
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SBI Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle)
Com I D Francis
succumbed to
Corona
Com I D Francis, the former DGS of SBIOACC d ied due to Corona on 25th April 2021.
He was the editor of our Monthly bulletin for quite long time. He used to write the “Banking News “ column in our bulletin. He worked as part time news reporter for Hindu Magazine section. In one of his articles, he gave an in depth analysis of the Ornamental light vendors, opposite to the AGS office, Teynampet.
We pray that his soul may rest in eternal peace.
Com Albertraj Cappel former DRS of
C o i m b a t o r e Module passed away on 5th May 2021.
H e w a s a dedicated leader from Coimbatore module. He was an excellent orator w h o k e e p t h e
members spell bound.
We pray that his soul may rest in eternal peace.
We are very saddened to inform that Com
Vijayalakshmi, Branch Manager of Our
L U Z B R A N C H passed away on 4th May 2021 due to COVID 19
O u r d e e p e s t condolences to the bereaved family. May her soul rest in peace
It is with deep regret and profound sadness we regret to
inform you that Com. Ravichandran, CM
Sanctions, RACPC Anna Nagar, passed
away on 7th May 2021. May Lord Almighty g ive enough strength to their family members to face this situation and irreparable loss.
May his soul rest in peace.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of one more comrade due to Covid-19.
Smt L Unnamalai, Deputy Manager from
CCPC,Coimbatore,
went to heavenly
abode on 10th May
2021. Our heartfelt
condolences to the
bereaved family,
May her soul rest in
peace.
The cruel face of CORONA VIRUS
May - 2021
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