फोरम आफ बैंक पेंशनर एक्टिविस्टस्
Forum of Bank Pensioner Activists
PRAYAGRAJ
न त्वहं कामये राज्यं न स्वर्गं नापुनर्भवम्।
कामये दुःखतप्तानां प्रणिनामार्तिनाशनम्॥
हिमालयं समारभ्य, यायव हिन्दुसरोवरं।
आतं देवनिर्मितं देशं, हिन्दुस्तानं प्रचक्षेत।।
TO ALL BANKMEN/ACTIVISTS
( Hindi version will follow)
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
RBI, SBI, PSBs, NABARD, RRBs-
All owned by Government, but
Pay, Perks, Service Conditions
Different & Discriminating !
WHY?
At all, if any reform is urgent & necessary, it's in Banking sector where different entities exist in financial sector all under Government ownership, but having different, divergent & discriminatory HR policies.
The RBI is the Central Bank of Country, established under the RBI Act, 1934 (ll of 1934) commenced it's operation from April, 1935. RBI was nationalized on 1.1.1949, since fully owned by GOI.
SBI was constituted on 1.7.1955 by acquiring then Imperial Bank of India. 14 big private Commercial Banks were nationalised by GOI on 19.7.1969 followed with 6 more on 15.4.1980.
Now, let us examine the pay, perks and service conditions. The RBI has it's wages & service conditions. The SBI was not a member of IBA, so it was having it's own pay, perks and service conditions. However, now it is covered under industry level settlement, called Bipartite Settlement for certain issues. The SBI still has numerous independent HR policies that give extra benefits to it's staffers than its counter part in PSBs. The SBI staffer gets Pension as third benefit, while all other PSBs, RRBs, NABARD & RBI staffers get it as second retiral benefits. RRBs are given sponsorer Banks' wages and service conditions, while NABARD is covered by RBI terms.
If you look into job profile, risks, work load and operational hazards, it's heavier in SBI, PSBs, RRBs, as compared to RBI & NABARD. But, the RBI staffers get much more pay, perks & facilities than their counter part in SBI. The SBI staffers get more perks & allowances than their counter parts in PSBs, RRBs, while job profiles, risks and operational hazards are same.
In 1970s, after nationalization, Bank officers were better paid than their counter part in Finance Ministry. It was intolerable, so Government constituted Pillai Committee obviously with sole purpose to trim and 'rationalize' Bank officers pay & perks. Now, these officers get far below of their counter part in Ministry, but it's ok.
Today all bank staffers, irrespective their cadre, get lower pay than Central Services, while in 1970s, situation was just reverse. It doesn't matter to Unions, because it all come from right to bilateral settlement, how worst may it be!
A very strange scenario exists in these Banks. It's RBI staffer Unions, who oppose parity with anybody, being Central Bank. The SBI staffer Unions oppose wage parity of PSBs. And, same is the case of PSBs in RRBs matter. Sponsorer PSBs staffer Unions never liked wage parity to RRBs. Thank God, that RRBs staffers got it by NIT decision at the behest of Court.
Banks Unions forged grant alliance, but they remained protective and subservient of their respective constituencies. Be it RBI, SBI, NABARD they were happy to appear different & better than others. Among PSBs different perks stand, and unions in respective Banks always preferred to appear different & better than other PSBs. The Unions never could come to think about uniform wages, allowances & perks in all above entities, since owned by Government.
Still not at all, any Union is prepared to support common wage, common allowances, facilities and service condition. Owner is one, controlling ministry is one. Unions operate across Banks. They sit together, drink & dine together, and people believe they shit together too, but not together to work out common goal or achieve that. It's just to keep up their hegemony in Banks & industry and show case themselves as different to other. If every thing become common, we think, unions play ground would shrunk. This is what none of them is ready accept and for this bank men pay heavy cost on account of different & discriminatory HR policies in these institutions. It suits to all, we mean Unions, management and government as well. At all whom it doesn't suit, they are staffers of these banks, irrespective their cadre.
J. N. Shukla ,
National Convener
4.2.2021
9559748834
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[2/5, 07:51] J N Shukla Dena Bank: फोरम आफ बैंक पेंशनर एक्टिविस्टस्
Forum of Bank Pensioner Activists
PRAYAGRAJ
न त्वहं कामये राज्यं न स्वर्गं नापुनर्भवम्।
कामये दुःखतप्तानां प्रणिनामार्तिनाशनम्॥
हिमालयं समारभ्य, यायव हिन्दुसरोवरं।
आतं देवनिर्मितं देशं, हिन्दुस्तानं प्रचक्षेत।।
Sister Nirmala Sitharaman,
Hon'ble Finance Minister,
GOI, New Delhi
Respected Sister,
Next Wage Revision Talks
The existing 11th Settlement/ 8th Joint Note concerning workmen & officers' wages & service conditions respectively, shall expire on 1.11.2022.
Last time DFS advised Chief Executives of PSBs, vide it's letter dated 12.1.2016, to initiate the process of negotiations/ next wage revision of the employees and conclude it prior to the effective date, i.e. 1.11.2017. The said letter reads as under:
“I am directed to refer to the subject cited above and to request Public Sector Banks to initiate the process of negotiations/ next wage revision of the employees and conclude it prior to the effective date i.e.1.11.2017.”
We, therefore, request you to please advise department concerned to please write to the Chief Executives of PSBs/IBA to commence the process for next settlement and complete it prior to the effective date i.e. 1.11.2022.
Last time government initiative was foiled by Bankers. Settlement didn't happen on desired line, i.e. prior to effective date, rather exceptionally related over 36 months since due date.
We, therefore, request that, this time, directive and it's compliance may please be made mandatory, because delayed settlement adversely impacts the mindset and performance of Bank staffers.
Hope, this receives your kind consideration and necessary decision at the earliest.
Respectful Regards,
( J. N. Shukla)
National Convenor
5.2.2021
9559748834
Copies to:
1. Sri Anurag Thakur,
Hon'ble State Finance Minister,
GOI, New Delhi
2. Sri Debashis Panda,
Secretary,
DFS, MOF, GOI,
New Delhi
- with similar request to please consider and order
as may deem proper.
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: All Members,
YES BANK-FBPA
Dear Brothers,
We issued an appeal on 19th Jan.21, followed with another request on 26th Jan.21, seeking your financial assistance to help the Forum run effectively.
We thank to those who remitted the fund and request them to ignore this message. But, they must seek support from their contacts.
We call on our such friends who could so far not considered it and done the needful.
Without your help we cannot do the things at desired level. You have to associate and stand with us irrespective our difficulties.
We beg your support for common cause and hope, you are out to help us. Please cooperate with us.
Regards
फोरम को सुचारू रूप से चलाने के लिए 19 जन.21 को, आर्थिक सहायता के लिए, हमनें एक अपील आप लोगों से की थी और 26.1.21 को पुन: स्मरण कराया था।
जिन्होंने सहायता राशि भेजी है, हम उनका हार्दिक आभार व्यक्त करते हैं और निवेदन है कि वे इस संदेश का संज्ञान न लें। हां, अपने सहयोगियों से सहयोग हासिल करने का प्रयास जरूर करें।
यह संदेश उन मित्रों के लिए है, जिनके सहयोग की अभी हमें प्रतीक्षा है और जो अभी तक नहीं आया है।
बिना आर्थिक सहयोग के हम अपेक्षा के अनुरूप काम नहीं कर सकते। आप सबको हमारे साथ जुड़ना और खड़ा होना पड़ेगा, बावजूद हम सबकी अपनीं निजी कठिनाइयों के।
हम पेंशनरों के सामान्य काम के लिए आपके बहुमूल्य योगदान की याचना करते हैं। आप हमें मदत के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं। कृपया सहयोग करें।
सादर,
(J. N. Shukla)
National Convener
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