CHENNAI MEET

HI!
Let us start with a good news that our DA will raise by 91 slabs around 20% increase on your basic pension from March.

Our Chennai meet on 30th Jan 2010, was overwhelmingly succesful with good participation and interaction from our members.

We started with prayer and with Mr.Ponraj, our Working President set the ball rolling superbly compering the whole meeting.

President Shri V.Ravishanker elaborately dealt with Mediclaim especially the need of the direct payment facility for pensioners in the present cicumstance, where the treatment cost is soaring, and appreciated the work of our Association in the introduction of the same in Oriental and United, and the struggle we are putting in getting it in National and New India likely to be introduced shortly.

Dr.Rajagopalan Joint Secty., spoke about our achievements in the past 6 years and introduced all the representatives from LIC, POST OFFICE, SHRIRAM INVESTMENTS and Benefit fund, to speak about their products, for the benefit of our members, to choose the right portfolio to re invest their money, since by March2010, our previous investments comes to a close.

Our Genl.Secty. Shri.V.A.Nagarajan spoke about the need for finance to fight the cases in Supreme Court and discussed elaborately about the case itself. He cleared, beyond doubt, the apprehension in the minds of PF optees, whether they will be benefited because of the case in Supreme Court, of course in the affirmative.

The meeting ended with the full, elaborate, detailed explanation about the case and the advantage position we are now in, by our Chair person Shri.A.G.Gajapathy.

With National Anthem we dispersed for small snacks.

NAGARAJAN