Wake up India
Sir,
December 13,
people call it 'Black Thursday'. But indeed it is
the darkest chapter in the history of terrorism
that India has faced in the past two decades.
When the American cowboys were attacked they
retaliated with bombs and missiles. It gives me
shivers thinking what the Americans would have
done, had the white house been attached?
I am not
sympathising with the Taliab. My sole aim is to
draw attention on the point that when the
Westerners felt their democracy and freedom was
under threat their modus operandi was
"First, Retaliate, then provide evidence to
the world". When India's centre of democracy
is under threat their tone is "First show
evidence, then we'll think". I wonder where
is the youth of this nation. Is the youth in this
country so busy that freedom seems to be a
negligible topic? I agree fellow Indians that
there may not be enough jobs, food, facilities,
but people wake up. This is your country. This is
India Bharat, our nation.
It is Indian
cultural heritage in which we take pride. It is
variety of languages and people that we are proud
of. This is my India, your India, our India. It
was here that we were born and had the privilege
to call it our motherland. Since ancient times,
people came to conquer us but we survived though
we never learnt from our past history. National
reconstruction is not an easy Job. To achieve our
goals, we have to make sacrifices. The path will
be difficult and impossible but with
determination and hard work we will emerge
victorious.
Yours etc...
Shivam Gupta
Shastri Nagar.
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Mushrooming
Nursing homes
Sir,
This is in
reference to the publication is your esteemed
paper Daily Excelsior Dated: 25.12.2001,
captioned "No Check on Mushrooming Nursing
Homes."
Nursing Homes are
registered by a board comprising one Dy Director
Drug Control Organisation, one Surgeon, one
Physician, one anaesthetist headed by a Dy.
Director Health Services, Jammu as chairman.
The registration
is done by the board only when it is satisfied as
regards location, building rooms, ventilation,
sanitation and other facilities like requisite
staff and medical equipments available.
The list of
Registered Nursing Homes is published from time
to time for the information of public, so that
they avail the facilities of only registered
Nursing Homes.
As regards the
service charges no rates have been fixed by this
office.
The prices of
drugs are also not monitored by this office
Yours etc...
Director Health Services,
Jammu.
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GP Fund
subscribers' grievances-I
Sir,
It is right time
for the Director Funds Organisation to stop and
take stock of the relevant laws governing the
functioning of his organisation than weaving cock
and bull stories in a bid to provide a smoke
screen to the inefficient, corrupt, lack-lustre
and mal-functioning of his organisation which,
from all standards when viewed from its
functioning as of now, is a total burden on the
scarce financial resources of our state. (Refer
Director Funds Organisation clarifies -Daily
Excelsior January 4).
In the first
instance I can safely say that an organisation
can in no way claim that it safeguards the state
exchequer which in itself is a big drain on the
same. The subscriber, insurant is not concerned
as to who committed the mistake resulting in his
mis-credits, What he is concerned with is that he
has paid the money on different counts and it
should be paid to him as the laws envisage. The
General Provident Fund Rules SVT 1981 (1924 AD),
Rule 8(1) (Recast by SRO 385 dated 15.9.1966)
says: " Subject to the provisions of this
rule, the sum which accumulates to the credit of
the subscriber will, when he quits services,
becomes his absolute property and will be handed
over to him unconditionally on written
application from him...."Schedule II
inserted by SRO 450 dated 14.11.1966 provides
additional strength to this rule. Besides the
expansion "absolute property" comes
under the provisions of right to property as
guaranteed under Article 300-A of the
constitution of India. By denying the credits to
the subscriber the Director is denying to the
subscriber both his legal and constitutional
rights.
Rule 8 (ii) of the
State Insurance Fund Rules SVT 2004 (1947 AD),
issued by the General Department says: "in
the event of the insured surviving to the
insurance anniversary just preceding the
attainment of age 55 the full sum assured shall
be paid to the insured. "With regard to the
fact that all the insurance premia have been paid
by the insurant there can be no other substantial
proofs than the rules on the subject. Rule 16 (A)
of the above quoted rules says: "If
accepted, notice to the employee proposing and to
Treasury Officer, for deducting premium from the
monthly pay bill:-- If Secretary to Government
Finance Department decides to accept the
application, he will notify to the employee and
the officer who draws the employee's salary, the
amount to be deducted from the monthly salary in
respect of the premium for the life insurance
granted. "The certificate below Rule 17 (A)
makes the point sufficiently further clear that
all the premia due have been realised from the
insurant" I certify that the persons from
whom no dedfuction have been made towards
insurance premia are those from whom no premia
are due."
In the light to
the above the making of the Funds Organisation a
subscriber/insured run from pillar to post and
releasing his maturity value in parts leave no
room for one to believe that the Organisation
needlessly makes people to suffer in order to
justify its existence.
I would ,
therefore, once again beseech our daring and
dynamic Finance Minister to do away with this
Organisation and find other methods of
maintenance of the accounts of the
subscribers/insurants. It shall bring another
feather to his cap.
Yours etc...
Predhuman K Joseph Dhar
Jammu.
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GP Fund
subscribers' grievances-II
Sir,
This has reference
to Daily Excelsior of 4th January 2002 captioned
funds organisation clarification. Mr. Joseph
Dhar, is quite within his rights to speak
"Why there are missing credits". His
grievance is genuine which may be considered more
as a caution to streamline the working than war
of attrition.
The credits of the
subscribers are not to the expected from any
distant or foreign place to make the affair in
accessible. These had to come from the sister
deptts. who could have been pressed or at best
approached to expedite the information. At times
personal contacts, meetings could be more useful
in mitigating the hardships of the subscribers.
This buck passing will not do at all. Rules and
Regulations are enacted for the convenience of
the public. Besides, there is no rigidity in the
separation of powers that could prevent us to
come to the expectation of the public.
I had earlier
suggested through this very print media to chalk
out a calender of returns specifically bringing
out "Due to and Due from Statements,
schedules" from DDO's office to concerned
Treasuries and from Treasury to fund organisation
to be watched faithfully followed with monthly
reconciliation with two sets of books to avert
the chances as missing credits and delay.
Besides I had
invited your kind attention to the honest
comments of Mr. K K Gupta the then Director Funds
Organisation who had lucidly discussed the modus
operandi from adjustment of missing credits of
subscribers on collateral evidence. This has
reference to his No DF/TEch/57 (B) 8895-8910
dated 14-12-1987. This too had not been given any
credence resulting in the colossal harassment,
humiliation of the subscribers for no fault or
reason. This is how we create hurdles, ignore
justice, malign the image of machinery.
The Director Funds
is suggested to sort out the problem with his
counterpart Director Accounts and Treasuries,
concerned Do and TOs to put the things on right
track.
Yours etc...
P N Sus
129-Surya Vihar,
Bohri-Jammu.
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