*MEDICLAIM B POLICY RENEWAL*--2018

*MEDICLAIM B POLICY RENEWAL*

*Please circulate this amongst your fellow pensioner colleagues*

RENEWAL OF SBI FAMILY FLOATER POLICY THROUGH HRMS PORTAL w.e.f 01st week of JANUARY 2018            [ PLAN : B  ]

The text of the ‘Note’ dated 13.12.2017 issued by the AGM, PPG, SBI, Corporate Centre, Mumbai is given below for your information please.
 
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 “ROLLOUT  OF MEDICLAIM SCHEME THROUGH HRMS PORTAL”

Bank is in process of rolling out new procedure for applying to Mediclaim Policy by retirees through HRMS Portal from 1st week of January, 2018. The facility will be available to pensioners by using their User
Id and Password. Circles/Zonal Offices are requested to inform pensioners/Branches in
advance  regarding the procedure to be adopted for membership of the Mediclaim Policy.

*Procedure:*

On logging into HRMS, a link “Apply for membership of Mediclaim” will appear on the screen. On clicking on the link, member will be allowed to fill the application form (some information which is already with the Bank like PF Index No., Date of Birth etc. will be populated automatically. Once required information is provided by the member, system will ask for payment of
premium from member’s Pension Account as per
the selected plan. Premium will be debited
from member’s Pension account after 5.00
 p.m. on the same day (in one batch for all enrolments of the day). After confirmation
of successful payment of premium, member can
download submitted application form containing receipt for premium paid.

*Roll Out:*

As the existing Mediclaim Policy is
scheduled to be renewed on 16.01.2018, we are trying to roll out the enrolment facility w.e.f 1st January, 2018 through HRMS Portal. Once facility is rolled out,
existing procedure of applying through REMBS
Portal will no longer function and will be
withdrawn.

*Precautions :*

• Manual deposit of premium in Corporate Centre’s account will not be required in the new system as the enrolment and payment of premium will stand integrated.
• No manual transaction will be permitted in Corporate Centre’s account unless approved by CC.
*• Pensioners should be advised to keep HRMS User Ids functional  for smooth and timely membership.*

 Thanks & Regards,

Assistant General Manager(PPG)
SBI, Corporate Centre,
Mumbai
Ph: 022-22741661” ---Unquote

Members of B Policy, kindly prepare and keep their id and pw at the following site ready:-

https://hrms.onlinesbi.com

Id will be your PF number  of 7 digit; and

Initially i.e. first time pw to be used to login is
Hrms@123
Pl ensure that in pw 'H' is in capital letter.
After initial login, the system will ask you to change your pw, which must be done and the new pw must be noted somewhere for future use.

Dated 20.12.2017

Shocking News....Gratuity

Dear friends,

Have some Rude shock in Gratuity front also.

For the past 3 months there were news articles and announcement of increasing Gratuity ceiling from '10 Lakh' to '20 Lakh' for Public sector and private sector employees by way of amending the THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972.

yesterday The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to amend the THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972 has been introduced in Lok Sabha.

As a rude shock to all our expectations the word "ten Lakh" is replaced with "amount as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time".

i.e. our gratuity ceiling is not increased to 20 Lakh but at the same time the already existing legal protection to claim 10 lakh as Gratuity is removed.

The amended section 4(3) would be like this

" Sec 4(3) The amount of gratuity payable to an employee shall not exceed "such amount as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time".

So once the law is enacted the Central govt will become all powerful to decide the Gratuity amount for every employee of an organisation.

This is a clear betrayal and abridgment of our rights. There is NO assurance in the bill that Govt will increase the Gratuity.

Its needful to ensure that the word "twenty Lakh" is incorporated in the bill.