Existence Certificate for the year 2020 : Gen.Secy circular DK 30 dated 17th July 2020

FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS          

President :    N.P. Bali 705, Sur, Veena Saaz, Thakur Complex, Kandivali (East), Mumbai - 400 101 Mob : 9820324213 Email Id - npbali@hotmail.com

General Secretary :    D Krishnan No.6/1, Sreshta Riverside Apartments, Wood Creek Road, Nandambakkam, Chennai - 600089 Tel : 9176635967 / 044 42850049. Email Id - dkrishnan1@gmail.com

   E circular No.DK/30                                                  17- 07-2020                                

Friends,         

                 Reg: Existence Certificate for the year 2020

All of us have been concerned as to what concessional changes LIC would advise in their instructions for this year's Existence Certificate falling due in August. We had anticipated the kind of issues that would be faced by our Pensioners in these lockdown times, and had written to the CO suggesting certain concessions. One suggestion was to extend the returnable time limit to say Dec. Another was to say, LIC could take a leaf out of the state of Tamil Nadu, where they had dispensed with this requirement altogether for this current year.

 What has however come to our Notice, is a Circular letter from ED Personnel, to ED E&OS, suggesting some minor concessions , which in effect were no concessions at all. They have talked about Pensioners going to any office of LIC and personally getting the EC filled out and handing over. Another relates to such filled out ECs to be sent by E-mail. Another fancy suggestion relates to fixing up time and date over phone with the disbursing Office, and go over in virtual terms by showing ourselves on video, and getting such appearance recorded by the Office.  All these really are mere paper suggestions which may not be of interest to the Pensioners, most of whom will have difficulty , one way or the other, in going thro' these so called concessional procedures.

 I have therefore addressed a letter to the ED Personnel, asking for some real change which can help the elderly pensioners. I am appending the communication to ED Personnel.

Madam Pratibha Kher,

I have just seen copy of your communication to ED (E&OS) , Per/ER-A/Pension/Existence Certificate of 15-07-2020, wherein certain minor concessions in the methods seem to be embodied in the matter of submitting the Existence Certificate for the current year.  But there seems to be no clarity on Extension of date, by which the EC can be sent to the Pension Disbursing Office of LIC.

 

 My communication on this earlier, spoke of the difficult times and the problems in going out to different offices/Authorities for the Attestation. Your communication does not seem to carry any thoughts on this. Also no suggestion is there in your message about the date by which the E C should reach the LIC Office.  I would request you once again to have this matter examined and appropriate changes considered, before a Circular is issued to the Pension Disbursing Offices on this subject.  Extension of date by which the EC has to be reached to the LIC Office, is going to be a very crucial concession, in view of the lockdown conditions prevailing in most places.  This will be very important for the Pensioners at their present age and health.

Thanking you 

D.Krishnan ( Gen. Secretary, Retired Class I officers' Federation.)

16-07-2020   Chennai.

The  Circular ED (E&OS), Per/ER-A/Pension/Existence Certificate of 15-07-2020 is enclosed.

D.Krishnan           

General Secretary

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