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State Bank of India will grant special leave of two days to its employees

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:51:43 +0000

State Bank to grant two-day special leave to employees

State Bank of India will grant special leave of two days to its employees as reward for having taken additional stress since November 8 when demonetisation was announced.

Employees would be able to avail this leave any time until March 2018, said SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya in Mumbai on Wednesday.

“Our employees will get rewarded, I am sure. We are looking into what can be done. We have already given overtime wherever it is due.”

On the issue of new currency notes being diverted by some bank employees, Bhattacharya clarified that in any system there would be a few bad examples.

She observed that such incidents of Rs.100-200 crore being diverted to a select few had created doubts in the minds of people. The banking sector had dispensed Rs.7 lakh crore worth of money in the system during this period. But those who are guilty of such malpractices will be dealt in accordance with law, she said.

Bankers have been going about their job silently and without being given credit for implementing such a challenging task, she said.

They had been putting in late hours and many could not go home in the initial few days, she said.

The SBI chief said that there were checks and balances in place but if checks were tightened further, banks would not be able to serve their customers.

SBI was using analytics to ascertain the number of notes received by the bank versus the number issued to customers, besides reporting suspicious transactions on a daily basis, Bhattacharya said.

Source : The Hindu

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MoU Signed Between Indian Army and State Bank of India on the Defence Salary Package

admin — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 02:51:33 +0000

MoU Signed Between Indian Army and State Bank of India on the Defence Salary Package

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Defence

23-February-2015

MoU Signed Between Indian Army and State Bank of India

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Army and State Bank of India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package on 23 Feb 2015. The signing in ceremony was chaired by the Adjutant General, Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma and was attended by top dignitaries of SBI Bank, headed by Dr Vaidyan MG, Dy MD (Retail Strategy).

The first MoU between SBI and the Indian Army was signed in 2011 and was valid for a period of three years. The revised MoU is tailor-made to suit the requirements of serving soldiers, pensioners and families. A number of additional facilities have been incorporated in the revised MoU after concerted efforts spanning over a year.

The basic features of the MoU include a number of free / concessional services like free drafts, free cheque books, free funds transfers to any bank in India through RTGS / NEFT, free ATM cards etc. The provision also includes the Nepal Express Remittance Scheme which enables instant fund transfers to Nepal for the benefit of the Nepali Domicile Gorkha Soldiers serving in the Indian Army.

Additional improved features are linking of the Personal Accident Insurance (PAI) to the Savings account instead of the debit card, enhancement of the PAI amounts, enhancement of the exemption percentage of margin money for house and car loans and waiving off of the processing charges on the loans. The revised MoU will benefit almost 19.5 lakh pensioners and 10 lakh serving personnel who hold Pay or Pension accounts with SBI and also provide them an opportunity to access modern banking facilities.

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Col Rohan Anand, SM

PRO (Army)

PIB

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IBA Circular : Pension Option for VRS Retirees (OSR)

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:27:14 +0000

IBA Circular : Pension Option for VRS Retirees (OSR)

Pension Option for VRS Retirees (OSR)

Managing Committee of IBA has extend the benefit of exercising another option to join the Pension Scheme to those officers who had taken Voluntary Retirement from the Bank’s service on or after 29.6.1995 in case of Nationalised Banks / 26.3.1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India in terms of rules framed by each Bank’s Board…

We have reproduced the content of the circular and given below for your information…

Indian Banks’ Association

No.CIR/HR&IR/2012-13/G2/6213

November 9, 2012

Chief Executives of Member Banks which are parties to the Joint Note dated 27.4.2010 on Pension Option

Dear Sirs,

Joint Note dated 27.4.2010 with Officers’ Organisations for extending another option to join the Pension Scheme to those who did not opt for pension earlier

We would like to draw your attention to our Circular no.CIR/HR&IR/G2/665/90/2010-11/999 dated 10.8.2010 forwarding copies of the Settlement / Joint Note on extending another option for pension to the non-optees who were in the service of the bank prior to 29th September 1995 in case of Nationalised Banks and 26th March 1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India and continued to be in service on or after the said date and did not opt for pension earlier.

2. In terms of aforesaid Joint Note, another option for joining the existing Pension Scheme was extended under the following clauses to those officers who-

Clause-2(a): Were in the service of the bank prior to 29th September 1995 in case of Nationalized Banks / 26th March 1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India and continue in the service of the bank on the date of this Joint Note;

Clause-3(a): Were in service of the bank prior to 29th September 1995 in case of Nationalized Banks / 26th March 1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India and retired after that date and prior to the date of this Joint Note;

Clause-4: The family of those officers who were in the service of the bank prior to 29th September 1995 in case of Nationalized Banks / 26th March 1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India retired after that date and had died will be eligible for family pension.

Clause-5: The family of those officers who were in the service of the bank prior to 29th September 1995 in case of Nationalized Banks / 26th March 1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India, but have died while in service of the bank after that date will be eligible for family pension.

Clause-7: Officers who ceased to be in service on or after 29th September 1995 in case of Nationalized Banks / 26th March 1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India on account of voluntary retirement under special scheme after rendering service for a minimum period of 15 years, shall be eligible to exercise an option to join the Pension Scheme subject to the terms and conditions mentioned for retiring officers opting for joining the Scheme.

3. The Joint Note dated 27.4.2010 for extending another option for pension to the non-optees indicates the categories of employees eligible for another option. In accordance with the provisions contained in the Joint Note dated 27.4.2010. Banks had extended the benefit of exercising another option to join the Pension Scheme to the eligible category of employees within the prescribed time schedule.

However, the Joint Note did not specifically include a provision for offering another option to join the pension scheme to those officers who took voluntary retirement. Consequently, a number of representations were made by such category of officers to banks / IBA / Government and many of them moved to court of law. Besides, representations have also been made by UFBU to resolve the issue.

4. The above matter has been engaging the attention of Government as well as IBA for quite some time. Accordingly, the Managing Committee of IBA at its meeting held on 30.10.2012 had decided that those officers who took Voluntary Retirement within the meaning and provision of Regulation 19(1) of Bank Officers’ Service Regulations, 1979 may be extended the benefit of exercising another option to join the existing Pension Scheme strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the Joint Note dated 27.4.2010.

5. We are, therefore, to advise that the banks may, as decided by the Managing Committee of IBA extend the benefit of exercising another option to join the Pension Scheme to those officers who had taken Voluntary Retirement from the Bank’s service on or after 29.6.1995 in case of Nationalised Banks / 26.3.1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India in terms of rules framed by each Bank’s Board pursuant to the proviso to Regulation 19(1) of Bank Officers’ Service Regulations, 1979. Besides, the family of those officers who were in the service of the bank prior to 29.9.1995 in case of Nationalised Banks/26.3,1996 in case of Associate Banks of State Bank of India, retired after that date and had died thereafter will be eligible for another option to join the existing Pension Scheme for family pension. These categories of officers / family members are to be sanctioned the benefits in terms of Regulation-29 of Bank Employees’ Pension Regulations, 1995.

6. In extending the aforesaid benefits, all terms and conditions contained in Joint Note dated 27.4.2010 as enclosed with our letter no. CIR/HR&IRG2/665/90/2010-11/999 dated 10.8.2010 should be strictly adhered to.

7. No other category of officers outside the purview of Regulation 19(1) of Bank Officers’ Service Regulations, 1979 would be eligible to exercise another option to join the existing Pension Scheme.

Yours faithfully‚

sd/-

K.UNNIKRISHANAN

DY.CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Source: ww.iba.org.in

[http://iba.org.in/upload/PensionVRSRetireesOSR.pdf]

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