By e-mail
FORSE/SAIL-C/1021
June 03, 2021
To
Ms Soma Mondal,
Chairman,
Steel Authority of India Ltd,
Ispat Bhavan, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110 003.
Sub: Request for improvement in SAIL -FORSE communication.
Ref: Our FORSE/SAIL-C/0621 dated May 25, 2021 & May 27, 2021
Respected Madam,
We take liberty in requesting you to call for our two letters nos. FORSE/SAIL-C/0621 dated 25th May 2021 (ref https://sailex.blogspot.com/
The reasons for not convening any such meeting with FORSE, in spite of our frantic and repeated requests, are not known so far though as per the indications available and floating around such meetings with few organisations of unfathomed stature and strengths and without much concern for the retiree’s welfare have been held in virtual mode. In such scenario, our Federation deserves much more merit for having a meeting with you at your convenience as being convened regularly for the retirees of other major PSUs e.g. IOC, ONGC, BHEL etc about which you must be aware being at the helm of SCOPE.
Madam, we the Federation of Retired SAIL Employees, formed 7 years back at Rourkela, registered in Odisha have affiliation of 14 units as may be seen from our letterhead of plants, metropolis, State and other cities operating since long, thereby commanding largest coverage of retirees settled throughout the length and breadth of the country and inexplicably interlinked with their long-term interest, not only with their healthcare, on a continuous basis.
Madam, emphatically we say that we are professionally managed, having retirees with highest academic achievements, business and commercial acumen and also possessing technical expertise having worked on shopfloor as front-line managers also in senior positions. Also, that its founders and the current Office bearers of FORSE have held lead positions in SEFI like Chairman, Vice-Chairman, General Secretary etc and President/ G.S. in SEFI affiliated Executives Associations and NJCS affiliated Unions. Most of them are still continuing with their social & professional commitments.
Besides, our Federation is complying with all statutory requirements as per Society's Act, holding regular committee meetings, AGM, accounts being audited and Income Tax assessed on a regular basis. We do not profess or deal only with healthcare issue or financial gains. We do have a holistic approach and ponder over other issues as well just to brighten the image of the organisation where we served for 35-40 years.
Our members are passing through trials and tribulations specially in this pandemic situation. In some cases, as our limit is low for treatment of covid patients in super specialty hospitals, retiree’s dependents had to take charge of the body or to take discharge of incapacitated member by mortgaging their valuables even. What a pitiable condition of SAIL retirees now?
Right now, we contemplate to take some loan from recently announced SBI offer of soft unsecured personal loan for 5 years. We just wonder whether SAIL can take bulk loan and disburse to needy retirees with lower interest.
There are many organisations both in public sector and private sector coming forward to help covid stricken serving and ex-employees. Tatas have assured to continue with the payment of salary to the dependents of diseased employees till the date of superannuation.
There are lot of ideas coming to our mind at this juncture which could be discussed at your level apart from only Health Care issues. This could bolster our image as benevolent and enlightened large undertaking like SAIL. This will usher in a new era under your leadership and go a long way in better goodwill, mutual trust and respect and unblemished understanding.
In view of the above we request you to kindly accept our suggestions as in FORSE letter dated 25th May 2021 and kindly organize a SAIL-FORSE meeting, in virtual mode, as per your convenience, so that we have an opportunity to clarify our position wrt all-encompassing issues raised in our recent communications and also in the past.
With regards,
Yours faithfully,
For and on behalf of Federation of Retired SAIL Employees
(V. N. Sharma) Chairman | (Ram Agar Singh( Gen Secretary |
