FORSE to SAIL for improving Mediclaim issues

 

Request to pay pension/of Rs.5000/- to all Early Retirees

By e-mail: chairman.sail@sail.in

FORSE/SAIL-C/ 0722

March 29, 2022       

To

Ms Soma Mondal,

Chairman,

Steel Authority of India Ltd,

Ispat Bhavan, Lodhi Road, 

New Delhi – 110 003.

 Sub: Request to meet our long-standing demand of a pension/ monthly financial assistance of Rs.5000/- to all non-pensioners Pioneer and Early Retired Employees of SAIL (Early Retirees)

 Ref: Our letter No. FORSE/SAIL-C/0522 dated 15^th Feb 2022 (copy attached)

Madam,    

This is to invite your kind attention to the Newspaper reports and other reliable sources that indicates very encouraging financial fortune of SAIL. This, surely, is the result of hard work done by the SAIL collective under your superb guidance and leadership which has resulted in record cash collection.

In view of this and the reasons and justifications explained in the above referred letter we renew our request in the aforesaid letter for providing the non - pensionable category of Early retirees some monthly relief - Rs.5000/- or higher - in lieu of pension. This is required not only to mitigate the growing hardships of elderly retirees due to ever increasing cost of living in all spheres of life.

Madam, we make a serious appeal to you to kindly act fast in favour of Early retirees by providing relief to them for survival.

With regards,

Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of Federation of Retired SAIL Employees

(V. N. Sharma)  Chairman

(Ram Agar Singh(  Gen Secretary ******************

 

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SAIL Mediclaim Scheme for 2021-22

SAIL Mediclaim Scheme for 2021-22 in detail can be seen in the link  https://tinyurl.com/medi2122 

Issues for Immediate Attention:

Premium to Pay - Last date 10th August 2021 

How to Pay

Salient Features:

1. Gap Cases can join on the same premium payment. However, they shold do it Offline.

2.. New India Assurance has been retained as the Insurer and MDIndia is the TPA.

3. Insurer/ TPA will make  arrangement for E-consultancy with Hospitals and E-pharmacy for Home delivery of medicines

SAIL Mediclaim Scheme 21-22 First information

Dear SAIL Retirees,

SAIL Mediclaim Scheme has been finalised and it is on similar lines as circulated earlier by us with coverage of Rs. 4 lakh each for IPD/ Hospitalisation with floating arrangement. 

Also as per information received, based on our recommendation dated 25th May 2021 New India Assurance Company Ltd alongwith MDIndia Health Insurance TPA Pvt Ltd. as TPA have been selected to continue for SAIL Mediclaim Scheme for 2021-22.  The Circular will be issued by SAIL any day in the next week with details of 

1. IPD & OPD coverage 
2. premium to be paid 
3. payment procedure 
4. cappings
5. exclusions
6. list of Hospitals  etc

Members are requested to wait for further communication from SAIL, FORSE and the concerned Associations. Hope for the best.

With warm regards,

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For & on behalf of Federation of Retired SAIL Employees (Regd)

Ram Agar Singh, GS

https://tinyurl.com/sail-retirees 

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Request for improvement in SAIL -FORSE communication.

 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 25^th May 2021 (ref https://sailex.blogspot.com/2021/05/by-e-mail-forsesail-c0621-may-25-2021.html) incorporating a comprehensive note on improvement in Healthcare scheme for the retirees for 2021-22 and FORSE/SAIL-C/0721 dated 27^th May 2021 (https://sailex.blogspot.com/2021/05/acknowledgement-of-improvement-in-smsre.html) acknowledging our thanks for bringing certain improvements and with a request to increase OPD limit bringing parity without any inter-se discrimination concluding with our renewed appeal to organise SAIL-FORSE virtual meeting immediately which has not taken place so far.

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 25^th 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