Despite the SC orders to deposit the amounts in courts for payment to the petitioners, LIC plays foul, uses dilatory tricks, seeks repeated adjournments , feigns non-availability of counsels on due dates to drag the suits to all possible extents. Needless to say, these skills are an inseparable part of our Democratic Justice Delivery System.
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We have come to know from the retired members of MAFS that the present Insurance company -IFFCO Tokio- with whom the GMP contract for the period 2015/16 has been renewed- has initiated restrictive practices regarding settlement of their pre-authorisation bills with Network Hospitals. Some other unauthorised practices have also been observed in cases relating to planned hospitalisation such as, Cataract…
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Fed up with the Government’s tactics, the present RBI Governor included the problem with Government in para x.28 of the RBI Annual report 2015, which no earlier governor liked to do.
But, here we should not overlook the fact that reliance on bank’s circular or Regulation 5(2) would have become redundant had there been a specific regulation regarding updation of pension.
We will be hoping against hope and 2016 may dawn with lesser number of pensioners needing updation.
As per our unhappy past experience with the Insurance company and TPAs regarding issue of new ID cards, and as the Bank has used the phrase “in due course” instead of prescribing a time limit for issue of new ID cards, retirees may remain vigilant, and in case they do not receive new ID cards within 3 weeks, they should contact the Relationship Managers concerned for immediate issue of ID cards along with details of Hospitals empanelled.
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In Bank’s RTI reply dated 29th July 15 to the issues raised in our earlier post dated 17th July 15, the Bank says that such assailing of privacy was neither the part of the Policy nor it was allowed by the Bank. It is further stated by the Bank that matter was taken up with…
