Friday, August 27, 2010

Tax on perks on staff quarter

NOINO's DEMAND FOR BEARING TAX ON PERKS WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT ACCEPTED

26.8.2010.
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You may be aware that NOINO has been continuously taking up the issue of bearing of the tax on perks relating to various matters including staff quarters. The management had principally accepted our demand vide their circular dated 6.4.2010. However, there was a lack of clarity as to the period for which the tax on perks relating to staff quarters would be borne. You may recall that we had written a letter to the management on 7.8.2010 for issuing a clarification & raising the demand to bear the tax with retrospective effect. Now the CO/OS/Salary vide their circular dated 24.8.2010 clarified that the tax would be borne for the entire period from 1995-96 to 2009-2010. 

Thus NOINO has yet again been proved successful in resolving the issuewhich was concerning a good number of employees. We would like to recall the efforts which we have made in this context:-

18.2.2010-----NOINO's All India delegation meets ED(MKTG) & ED(Personnel) & raises the demand that LIC should bear tax on perquisites. 

2. 20.2.2010-----Letter submitted to ED(Mktg) & Chairman.

3. 17.3.2010-----NOINO again raises this demand in the light of SBI deciding to bear the tax on perks vide their circular dated 13.3.2010.

4. 19.3.2010-----NOINO again raises this demand during the discussions with management.

5. 22.3.2010-----NOINO again reminds the Chairman of this demand while submitting the joint front letter of suspension of agitation & demanding early & satisfactory settlement.

6. 3.4.2010------NOINO submits reminder letter to MD Shri A K Dasgupta. We also met him personally to remind him of this issue among other issues.

7. 6.4.2010-----Management issues circular that tax on perks, taxable at the hands of employees would be borne by LIC.

8. 7.8.2010----NOINO submits letter to ED ( F & A) & raises demand for bearing the tax with retrospective effect & issuing clarification.

9. 24.8.2010----Management issues circular clarifying that the tax would be borne with retrosepctive effect.


NOINO will continue to fight for the legitimate demands of the Class I Officers.

Yours brotherly,
sd/-
Ganesh Kamath
GS, NOINO.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

NOINO, NZ meets RM(P&IR)ZM, NZ

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Today, i.e. on 23.08.2010, NOINO, NZ had a meeting with Shri Neeraj Agarwal, RM (P&IR) ZM, North Zone at 12 o’clock to discuss different issues related to class-I officers of North Zone. NOINO, NZ was represented by Shri S.K.Saini, Zonal President and Shri S.B.Sharan, Zonal Secretary.

We are receiving frequent queries on the matter of request-transfers of class-I officers to be effected by North Zone. As such, we are giving below the fixed norms {as per our discussion with RM(P&IR)ZM} which P&IR deptt of North Zone has adopted to effect request-transfers:

1. The RM(P&IR) categorically said that they took-up request-transfers of the officers who had spent 2 years at a particular place. When requested to define 2 years, he said that it didn’t mean 2 calendar years. By and large it meant 2 promotion rounds subject to availability of vacancies at the place for which the concerned officer is requesting for. If the available vacancy permitted, they tried to accommodate the officers who had joined from 1st contingency list of last but one promotion round.
2. When asked about special considerations, the RM(P&IR) said that if an officer himself or any member of his nuclear family (wife & children only) (parents excluded) had some serious nature of disease due to which he / she was seeking the transfer, such cases were considered in one year also.
3. As regards inter-zone transfer of AAOs, the RM(P&IR) said that the 2-year norm applied to them also.

Besides above, other matters related to P&IR deptt of the Zone were also discussed. We also submitted a list of the officers who had applied for request transfers within the Zone and wished that NOINO, NZ should follow-up their cases.

Over-all response of the RM(P&IR)ZM was very positive.

We wish you all a very happy Rakshha Bandhan !!

S.B.Sharan, GS,
NOINO, NZ.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Notice: Intra Divn transfer - Delhi DO-I

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All NOINO office-bearers / members under Delhi DO-1:
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Officers who seek Intra-Division transfer i.e. transfer to be effected by Delhi Do-1, and wish that NOINO, Delhi DO-1 should follow-up their cases, are requested to furnish following details to us latest by 5.00pm on 24.08.2010 i.e. Tuesday:

1. Name:
2. Designation:
 3. SR No.:
 4. Present place of posting:
 (Branch/Deptt under Division)
 5. Date of joining at present place:
 6. Transfer seeking for:
 7. Reason for transfer (in brief):
 8. NOINO member since:
 9. Contact(Mobile) No.:
10. Any other relevant fact you
wish to mention:

Please attach a soft-copy of your representation while furnishing above facts.

Kanchan Chadha, Secretary
NOINO, Delhi DO-1.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Anomaly in Charter proposals

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NOINO has submitted a letter to ED(P) regarding continuation of anomaly in the earlier wage revision in the charter proposals of 19th July. The letter is reproduced below:

13.8.2010.

The Executive Director ( Personnel ),
L.I.C. of India.

Respected Madam,

Re: Continuation of anomaly in the Charter proposals of 19th July.

We would like to point out that the anomaly in the earlier wage-revision continues in the charter proposals given by the management on 19th of July 2010. Before substantiating our point through an example, we would like to bring to your notice that the main issue here is that an employee who has passed Fellowship examination of the Insurance Institute of India is fixed at the same Salary on promotion from HGA to AAO as that of an employee who has passed Associateship examination, though they are promoted on the same day & are having the same basic pay (pre-promotion). The example is as follows:-

X & Y have been promoted as AAO on the same day & have the same basic pay as HGA. Both opt for fixation on NGI which is again same. X has passed Associateship while Y has passed Fellowship.

X (Associateship):
Present New Offer
Basic: 12605 19570
NGI: 540 840
Allow.: + 325 + 490
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13470 20900

Y( Fellowship):
Present New Offer Basic: 12605 19570 NGI: 540 840 Allow:+ 545 + 820
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13690 21230
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New Basic after fixation in AAO:
X
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(old) (New)
14350 22280

Y
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(old) (New)
14350 22280

Hence both are fixed at the same basic pay in spite of the fact that Y has additional qualification. This is an injustice to such employees who have worked hard to acquire the additional qualification. There are two solutions:-

Either the difference between the Associateship & Fellowship should be suitably increased, say, more than one increment & the Fellowship allowance should be increased suitably,
OR such employees (who have passed Fellowship) should be given one more increment on fixation after promotion.

We urge you to take urgent necessary steps to remove the anomaly before the Charter proposals are notified.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-
Ganesh Kamath
GS, NOINO
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Notice: Inter Division/Zone transfers

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All NOINO office-bearers / members under NZ:
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Officers who seek Inter-Division(AAO & AO cadres)/Inter-Zone(AAOs only) transfers i.e. transfers to be effected by Northern Zonal Office, and wish that NOINO, NZ should follow-up their cases, are requested to furnish following details to us latest by 1.30pm on 14.08.2010 i.e. Saturday:

1. Name:
 2. Designation:
 3. SR No.:
 4. Present place of posting:
 (Branch/Deptt under Division)
 5. Date of joining at present place:
 6. Transfer seeking for:
7. Reason for transfer (in brief):
 8. NOINO member since:
 9. Contact(Mobile) No.:
 10. Any other relevant fact you
 wish to mention:

Please attach a soft-copy of your representation while furnishing above facts.

S.B.Sharan, GS,
NOINO, NZ.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Tax on perks on staff qrs

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NOINO demands RETROSPECTIVE effect on tax on perks on staff quarters

NOINO/ NOIW have demanded that LIC should bear the entire tax liability of tax on perks relating to staff quarters / leased accommodation instead of only from 2009-2010 onwards. The letter given today in this regard is reproduced, here-in-below:

7.8.2010

The Executive Director (F & A),
L.I.C. of India.

Respected Sir,

Re: Tax on perquisites relating to staff quarters/leased accommodation

Kindly refer to your circular EDA/ZDB/932 dated 6.4.2010 regarding the above subject & other perks. The circular states that the Corporation will bear the tax on certain perquisites from the financial year 2009-10 onwards. The E & OS department has recently on 31.7.2010 issued a circular asking the various Zones to compute the data relating to Tax on perks relating to staff quarters/leased accommodation for the period 1994-95 to 2009-2010.

The circular EDA/ZDB/932 dated 6.4.2010 conveys the impression that the Corporation will not bear tax prior to Financial year 2009-2010. As per our understanding the Management had given us assurance to bear the entire tax liability. We, therefore, demand that a clarification be immediately issued regarding the period for which the Corporation would bear the tax. It is our demand that the Corporation should bear the entire tax liability for the aforesaid period.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-
Ganesh Kamath
GS, NOINO

Sd/-
Brahmesh Hardikar
Secy., NOIW
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Formation of NCZ unit of NOINO

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We are happy to inform you that the full-fledged committee of NCZ unit of NOINO has been formed on 1st August 2010. The responsibilty of our NCZ unit was hitherto shouldered by Shri Manoj Mishra. However, the need for a full-fledged committee was felt for the further expansion of NCZ unit. Many officers also showed keen interest in the formation. The following committee was formed in the presence of Shri Sudhakar Ingole, WP, NOINO in Kanpur:-

1. President: Shri Sudhakar Mishra, AO, CBO-9, Kanpur (09936714694)
2. Vice President : Shri Vinod Kumar, AAO (Insp.), ZO Kanpur (09415895836)
3. Vice President : Shri G.S.L.Srivastava, PGI, BO-Jagdishpur, DO Faizabad (9450958647)
4. General Secretary : Shri R.N.Pal, AO (P & GS), ZO Kanpur (09415537855)
5. Organising Secretary: Shri Manoj Mishra, ABM(S), BO-TANDA, DO Faizabad (09451462628)
6. Treasurer: Girish Kumar Dwivedi, AAO, SO MOOLGANJ, Kanpur (09415484417)

Executive Committee Members:

1. Ms. Hiya Banerjee, AAO BO RISHIKESH, DO DEHRADUN (09634317724)
2. Shri Lalit Kumar, AO (PMR), DO Meerut (09411232534)
3. Shri Shailendra Srivastava, AAO (IT), ZO Kanpur (09415443529)
4. Shri R.K.Tewari, ABM(S) DBO Varanasi (09415200619)
5. Shri N.K.Pandey, AAO (CRM), DO Faizabad (09452404446)
6. Shri RK Singh,AAO BO – JAUNPUR, DO Varanasi (09336049804)

Ganesh Kamath
GS, NOINO
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