VOF FACILITY TO OFFICERS - LETTER FROM GS TO MD

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX , MUMBAI

Managing Director                                                                                          13/04/2011

NABARD

Head Office

Mumbai

Dear Sir,

VOF Facility to Officers

We draw your kind attention to Circular No.49/PPD-15/2011 dated 18/03/2011 on the captioned subject. In this connection we submit as follows-

1. The essence of providing VOF facility to officers falls under ‘Staff Welfare Measures’, a fact which can be corroborated in the original Circulars issued at the advent of the VOF facility and has been accepted on various occasions by the Bank during the discussions with NBOA on the issue.

2. The Circular under reference, issued on 18/03/2011, has clearly shifted the essence of VOF facility from ‘Staff Welfare Measures’ to ‘Corporate Welfare Measure’ and in to a great measure the facility has been almost converted for the benefit of Official tours and for personal use of Chairman, MD, EDs-both present and formers-and for their family members and guests .

3. We were astonished to note that though all the earlier circulars have indicated that VOF allotment shall be strictly as per ‘First come First Serve’ basis, the master circular under reference has conveniently undermined this aspect and has indicated that priority shall be given to Officers on tours and transfers and also to the official guests and thereafter if accommodation is available then only to officers on personal visit. (please refer to para 5.3 of the circular). It tantamount to saying that now VOFs shall be primarily used as ‘Revenue saving/generating’ devices.

4. Moreover the VOF charges , in case of personal visits , have been increased 200% from Rs. 5.00 to Rs.100.00 per day. This inspite of the fact that RBI continues to charge only Rs.5.00 per day and also the fact that the bank , before taking such drastic decision has not deemed fit to even consult NBOA. We are at loss of wits to note that when NBOA is not even consulted on such issues then why is a copy of the circular being marked to us?

5. While the rates for all the lesser mortals (officers upto grade ‘F’) have been hiked from Rs.5.00 to Rs.100.00, the facility to Chairman, MD, EDs and their kith and kin, as also the guests, shall be provided free of cost along with free foods and other facility for as many days as they may wish. Incidentally, for all other officers an embargo of 7 days at a stretch has been fixed for staying in VOF on personal visits.

In light of the above , we earnestly request you to-

1. Roll back the rental charges from Rs.100.00 per day to Rs. 5.00 per day for officers and their family members who are allotted VOF on personal visits.

2. The VOF may be normally allotted for 7 days on personal visit but discretion may be granted to OICs to extend the allotment in deserving cases such as Illness or examinations of Kids etc.

3. VOFs may be allotted on ‘First cum First Serve basis’ with priority to be given to personal visits over official visits, so that the true essence of VOFs as Staff welfare Measure remains in place as hither to.

Yours Sincerely,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary (NBOA)

DEDUCTION OF CASUAL LEAVE - WEST BENGAL RO - LETTER BY GS TO MD

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX , MUMBAI

Managing Director

NABARD

Head Office 13/04/2011

Mumbai

Dear Sir ,

Deduction of Casual Leaves - West Bengal RO

Please refer to the correspondence resting with our letters dated 31/08/10 and 02/11/2010 on the captioned subject. We have been apprised by our West Bengal Unit that the bank has unilaterally debited the Casual Leaves of officers, reportedly for non attending the office on 05/07/2010 and 07/09/2010 .

In this connection, as already apprised to the bank vide our letters under reference, the following is again reiterated-

1. That, it is the prime and sole responsibility of the management to keep the entrance of the office opened during the working hours, so that the officers can enter their workplace unhindered and uninterrupted.

2. The basic responsibility of providing safe and unbridled passage to the officers in and out of the office premises vests with the management.

3. On 05/07/2010 and 07/09/2010 the officers of West Bengal RO have turned up for their duties at the West Bengal RO as at the start of business hours. However, to their utter dismay they found the entrance gate locked up (photographic evidence available with NBOA) . In spite of their best efforts they were unable to enter the office as the management was neither able to get the entrance unlocked nor it provided any security to the officers.

4. In turn, the officers were heckled and abused by certain outsiders, reportedly supporters of the Bandh Call. At that time too, we had lodged a strong protest to the bank on such unsavory incident/s.

5. Now the bank has arbitrarily and unilaterally debited Casual leaves of the officers. The officers of West Bengal unit are peeved at this stance of the bank and have submitted a memorandum to the CGM on 11/04/2011 and have decided to sport black badges and if need be intensify their protest on this legitimate issue.

NBOA, therefore, once again requests you to instruct the RO not to debit any CL or any other type of leaves from the officers for the days under reference. This will pave way for smooth functioning of the office and maintenance of Industrial harmony in the organisation.

Yours Sincerely ,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

(NBOA)

BCG: REPOSITIONING IN NABARD - LETTER BY GS

Chairman/Managing Director /Executive Director (HRMD)

NABARD

Head Office 05/04/2011

Mumbai

Dear Sir ,

BCG : Repositioning in NABARD

Please refer to the only meeting management had with AINBOA on the captioned subject. We draw your kind attention to the following decision taken thereat by the then Chairman , MD and other senior executives.

1. It was assured that the NABARD’s position as DFI shall remain unaltered and no such activity shall be embarked upon which may lead to the dilution of NABARD’s mandate as enshrined in NABARD Act, 1982.

2. It was also assured that only those new operational activities will be introduced for which basic and rudimentary skills are existing with NABARD staff and efforts will be made to further strengthen the areas of expertise developed by NABARD over the years.

3. A firm commitment was given that the service conditions of officers of NABARD shall not be altered at all and they would continue to be governed as per the proviso of NABARD Act , 1982 and NABARD Staff Rules , 1983 with specific reference to parity with RBI.

4. It was also decided that there shall be a regular meeting/discussion with NBOA in order to smoothly implement the repositioning exercise.

With great anguish we bring to your notice that niter the AINBOA has been consulted on the issue nor it is being kept apprised of the things in offing. Now we have come to know that Bank is contemplating a few changes in the service conditions which would have direct bearing on the service conditions of Officers vis-a-vis parity with RBI. NBOA reiterates that it would not be feasible for us to accept any dilution on this aspect.

We once again request you to immediately convene a meeting with NBOA on the issue to have a discussion on these important aspect.

Yours Sincerely,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

ELECTION TO THE NEW CEC - 2010-12

Chairman/Managing Director /Executive Director (HRMD)

NABARD

Head Office 05/04/2011

Mumbai

Dear Sir ,

ELECTION TO THE NEW CEC : 2010-12

The National Council of NBOA at its meeting held on 28/03/2011 & 29/03/2011 has elected the following office bearers of NBOA and the CEC for the term 2010-12.

PRESIDENT :                                        U.K.MOHANTY

VICE-PRESIDENT :                             D.K. MAZUMDAR

GENERAL SECRETARY :                  DR. D.S.CHAUHAN

ORGANISING SECRETARY :             N.P. NEREURKAR

TREASURER :                                     AKS CHAUHAN

ZONAL SECRETARIES :                   A.LOKARE (W)

                                                               V.K.PAHWA (N)

                                                               P.PANDEY (C)

                                                               K.P.PADMAKUMAR (S)

                                                               M. JHA (E)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS :                B. V. RAO

                                                              AMLAN DASH

                                                             S.JOHNSON

                                                             A.BAJPAE

                                                            MS. SWATI RANDIVE

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE SECRETARIES OF J&K , HP, UTTRAKHAND, JHARKHAND, ASSAM, ORRISA , KARNATAKA, AP, TN, CHATTISGARH HAVE BEEN CO-OPTED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL TO CEC.

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ALSO CO-OPTED SRI K.MALLIGARAJ AS THE ADVISOR AND AS SUCH HE WILL BE PART OF CEC & OFFICE BEARERS.

Yours Sincerely,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

CONVENING OF JCC MEETING - LETTER FROM GS

Managing Director /Executive Director (HRMD)

NABARD

Head Office 05/04/2011

Mumbai

Dear Sir ,

Convening of Joint Consultative Committee Meeting

We request that JCC meeting , which was to be convened in December’10/ January ’11 may be immediately convened so as to discuss the agenda which has already been provided to the HRMD-PPD in the month of December’10 itself.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW DDDMs' PACKAGE - LETTER BY GS

NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

C/O NABARD, HO, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX , MUMBAI

Managing Director /Executive Director (HRMD)

NABARD

Head Office                                                                                           05/04/2011

Mumbai

Dear Sir ,

Implementation of New Package for DDMs

We once again bring to your kind notice that the agreed upon package for the DDMs has yet to be implemented by the bank inspite of our repeated requests to do so. The recently concluded National Council Meeting of NBOA has expressed its deep resentment on the non implementation of the DDM Package inspite of the fact that your good self have time and again given a firm assurance that it would be implemented without any further delay. We request your favorable intervention on the issue so that this long pending demand of NBOA which has direct bearing on the motivational level of our DDMs is finally implemented in letter and spirit without any further delay.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely,

(Dr.D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

(NBOA)

NEW COMMITTEE OF AINBOA - ELECTION RESULT