National Council Meet - Bhopal - Proceedings

Minutes of the National Council Meeting Held at Bhopal on 24 & 25 April, 2015.

The NC meeting held at Bhopal on 24 & 25 April , 2015  was attended by the NC members of various AINBOA units as per the enclosed List of Attendance.

The Gist of deliberations held and decisions taken thereat are as follows-

24 April , 2015

The meeting was chaired by Sri K.Malligaraj, President AINBOA. The inaugural session was attended to and addressed by Sri Anil Shastri, Member (Special Invitee) Congress Working Committee & Chief Patron of AINBOA, Sri Ravi Saxena, General Secretary Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, Sri V.K.Bhosale, General Secretary, AINBEA, Mumbai, Sri Niranjan Pradhan, OIC, NABARD, RO, Bhopal, Sri Deepak Kumar, GM, NABARD, RO, Bhopal and by the Principal Apex Cooperative Bank Training Institute, Bhopal.

Sri K. Malligaraj and other office bearers of AINBOA welcomed the Chief patron and other guests. Sri K. Malligaraj, after welcoming the guests apprised the house with broad functioning of AINBOA and talked about the importance of unity and presence of a strong AINBOA.

Sri Anil Shastri in his Inaugural speech praised the role of AINBOA in safeguarding the interest of its membership as also that of NABARD. He also , briefly dwelled upon the pivotal role being played by NABARD in Agriculture and Rural Development and indicated that organisations like NABARD can only play the role of a catalytic agent s for growth and development. He complimented the officers and employees of NABARD for achieving excellent business results during the FY 2014-15. He mentioned the resolute role played by the AINBOA leadership during the past 2/3 years when the officers and other employees of the bank in general and Association activists in particular, were put to unsurmountable difficulties by the erstwhile bank management. He indicated that but for AINBOA the sufferings at the hands of the management could have been many folds. He underlined the importance of unity in rank and file of the AINBOA and also the need for forging a working arrangement with other sister organisations like AINBEA, RBIOA, SBIOA, SIDBIOA etc. He cautioned that AINBOA should not take the challenge of getting its charter of demands settled lightly as the difficulty which Commercial Banks have faced in getting their demands met is an indicator to hard times ahead. However he expressed his confidence that like in the past, a united and strong AINBOA will succeed in all its legitimate endeavours. The Chief Patron pledged his whole hearted support to the cause of AINBOA and indicated that in-spite of a change in guards at the centre he will ensure that AINBOA interests will be well protected.

Sri Ravi Saxena, while thanking the Chief Patron for his ever available support to AINBOA, expressed his agreement with the sagacious advise given by the patron and also indicated that he has very rarely seen the type of sincerity and commitment in the leaderships as he has been observing in that of AINBOA leadership and members. Sri Saxena also pledged his unconditional support to the cause of AINBOA.

Sri V.K.Bhosale welcomed Sri Anil Shastri and other dignitaries as also the NC members and thanked AINBOA for inviting him to the NC meet. He underlined the need for working in close coordination among fraternal organisation and indicated that like in the past, AINBOA and AINBEA will work in tandem to achieve the mutually acceptable goals. He also praised the AINBOA leadership for being able to strongly stand up towards safeguarding the honor and dignity of its membership.

Sri Niranjan Pradhan, OIC and Sri Deepak Kumar, GM, NABARD, MP RO, Bhopal welcomed the guests and delegates and indicated that it was a matter of pride and privilege for AINBOA, Bhopal and RO to host the NC. Both of them formally welcomed the Chief Patron and other guests and indicated that those organisations where Associations/Unions and management work with mutual trust and respect progress and prosper and conflicts of interests are greatly reduced. They expressed their confidence that in coming times AINBOA and top management of the bank will work in complete harmony and each one will play its desired role in shaping NABARD into a more vibrant and financially sound organisation so that the mandate assigned to NABARD is effectively implemented.

Sri Bhopal Singh, GS, NPEWA, also spoke on the occasion and asserted that AINBOA, being the bigger body should also actively take up with management the policy issues pertaining to its SC/ST members.

Dr. D. S.Chauhan, GS, thanked the chief guest and other dignitaries as also the delegates for making it  convenient to attend the inaugural session and informed the house that on e of the major agenda for the ensuing NC meet is to elect a new CEC and the office bearers of the AINBOA. He also indicated that AINBOA strictly functions as per the Objectives laid down in its Bye-laws and has always been on the fore front to take up the issues of common interest for officers fraternity and it is a matter of pride to note that AINBOA has always treaded a path of prudence and justice to avoid any conflict of interests among its membership. In case, NPEWA puts forth any request to AINBOA seeking its intervention the same will be acted upon after due deliberations and as per the collective and democratic decision which will be taken on the issue.

Sri D.K. Mazumdar, VP, AINBOA proposed a vote of thanks at the end of the  inaugural session.

Subsequent to the inaugural session, the regular agenda was taken-up and the General Secretary, read and placed the General Secretary’s Report on the functioning of AINBOA for the period January, 2013 to April, 2015. A few members raised query that the tenancy of the outgoing CEC ought to be 01/07/2012 to 30/06/2014. The house was made aware about the reasons leading to delay in convening the NC for the purpose of electing a new CEC after 30/06/2014 and it was also indicated that as per the amended Bye-laws of the AINBOA the tenure of CEC is for a period of two years from the date of election as such the normal period of tenancy for the outgoing CEC was upto 31/01/2015. Subsequent to it, due to various reasons, primarily due to non conduct of Elections in many of the units the NC for elections could not be convened immediately after 31/01/2015. It was also indicated by the GS that the Bye-laws of the association do permit extension tenure of CEC by a maximum of 6 months, which in the instant case expires on 31/07/2015. The house was of the view that it should be our endeavour that elections are held on time both in the units as well as at the central unit. It was decided to relook the bye-laws and amend them, if need be, so as to provide a fix tenure of 2 years to all the units as also the CEC starting 01/09 and ending 31/08 of the corresponding years. Thereafter the Secretary’s report was unanimously accepted with a few minor amendments. The Secretary’s report as adopted by the house is enclosed herewith.

Sri AKS Chauhan, Treasurer thereafter placed the audited accounts of the association for being accepted and ratified by the NC. The same were accepted and adopted. A copy of the audited Accounts sheet/s is enclosed herewith.

National Council placed on records its appreciation and gratitude towards the excellent functioning of the outgoing CEC and specifically mentioned the contribution provided by Shri K. Malligaraj, the outgoing President towards strengthening and making AINBOA a dynamic and vibrant body which always stood up for the cause of the general membership.

Subsequent to this, NC nominated Shri  U.S. Shevde as Chief Election Officer, Shri  A.N Mishra and Smt. Bhama Bhubneswari  as Election officers to oversee the smooth conduct of elections.

The election committee thereby duly notified the commencement of Elections for the new CEC and thereafter the elections for the following Posts were carried out on 25/04/2015-

1.     President (1)

2.     Vice President (1)

3.     General secretary (1)

4.     Organising Secretary (1)

5.     Treasurer (1)

6.     Zonal Secretary (6)

7.     EC Members (5)

Consequent to the completion of Election process the following were elected as Office-bearers of AINBOA for a period of two years, commencing 25/04/2015, subject to any amendments to the bye-laws in this regards.

1.     President –                  Shri Giridhar Thakur

2.     Vice President-           Shri D.K Mazumdar

3.     General secretary  -     Dr.D.S. Chauhan

4.     Organising Secretary  Shri P.K.Maheswari

5.     Treasurer-                   Shri Amit Gupta

6.    Zonal Secretary –       S/Shri AKS Chauhan(W), P.Pandey(C), A. Chatterjee(S),                                                Dr. R.Mehta(E ), A.K.Gogoi (NE) and Mrs. S. Chaudhary (N).

7.     EC Members-            S/Shri B V Rao, Dr S.K.Pandey, A.K.Dixit, M. Raichandani and                                    R. Mohan.

The National Council thereafter ratified the results announced by the Election Committee and also ratified the co-option of Secretaries of those units which remained unrepresented as the new CEC members. The NC placed on records it appreciation and gratitude to the Election Committee for the well managed and smooth conduct of the Election process.

The outgoing CEC handed over the charge to the newly elected CEC and wished them well in their future efforts. The newly elected CEC thanked the outgoing CEC and placed on records the appreciation towards the services rendered by them to AINBOA. The new CEC, thereafter assured the NC to carry forward the mandate assigned to it diligently, honestly and sincerely. The CEC thereafter took the following decisions as per the Bye-laws of the AINBOA-

• 1.     Nominated Sri A.D.Lokare as the Advisor to Association.
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• 2.   Decided to have Secretary of the NPEWA as a special Invitee on the CEC for the present tenancy of the CEC.
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• 3.     CEC also Co-opted Sri K.K.Bagul as the second Vice President of AINBOA , in terms of the provisions available in the Bye-laws of the association.

Sri D.K.Mazumdar urged the CEC to record his dissent on the issue and the same may be treated as ‘recorded’.

4.     CEC co-opted Shri V.K.Pahwa and Shri R.B. Phanda as EC members in terms of the provisions available in the Bye-laws of the association. However, both the co-opted members expressed some reservations on their co-option and CEC decided to discuss the issue with both the members towards acceptance of the assigned responsibility on a later date.

5.     It was decided by the CEC to approach the bank for holding Annual discussions with the AINBOA at an early date.

6.  Thereafter, local issues from the units were taken-up as per the following and was decided to pursue the same with the bank.

·     Dehradun has raised the issue of halting Allowance during travelling (Settling of Taxi Bills on hilly areas etc. and the related settlement of Tour Bills.

·        Promotional avenues for Rajbhashaand Other Services officers

·        Choice of Centres to the officers who has attained the age of 55

·        Foreign LTC policy

·        Travelling in odd hours to be avoided.

·        Officers to be provided Taxi Services if required to work late.

·  Tea Lunch Expenditure on lines of RBI during late sitting.Providing the Laptops to all the eligible officers

·  To follow GoI directives on Joining of spouse at the time of transfer/placement of officers.

·        Applicability of Trigger point in A to B promotions

·        Issue with HRMD on placement of officers at NBSC

·    Allowance to Principal and Vice Principal of NBSC at par with that prevailing in  RBI.

·        Placement of Engineers at all the Regional Offices and recruitment of ACTs having diploma/certification in Engineering streams.

·        Weightage of Seniority in Promotion.

·        Bank should come up with a well laid down Policy in respect of  placement of senior officers.

·        Appointment of Research associates in NBSC/BIRD.

The CEC ended with a vote of thanks proposed to AINBOA, Bhopal Unit for excellent hosting and warm reception which they provided to each delegate.

(Dr. D.S.Chauhan)

General Secretary

25/04/2015