ALL INDIA BANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION Central Office: “PRABHAT NIVAS” Regn. No.2037 Singapore Plaza, 164, Linghi Chetty Street, Chennai-600001 Phone: 2535 1522, 6543 1566 Fax: 4500 2191, 2535 8853 e mail ~ chv.aibea@gmail.com & aibeahq@gmail.com CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 27/124/2015/20 6TH April, 2015 TO ALL OFFICE BEARERS, STATE FEDERATIONS AND ALL INDIA BANKWISE ORGANISATIONS Dear Comrades, Ensure Vibrant Banking – Enable Vibrant India National Campaign for pro-people banking policies Launch 1 Crore Signature Campaign from 20th April, 2015 Vide our Circular No. 100/11 dated 2-4-2015, we have informed our units about the decision of AIBEA to launch a national campaign against banking reforms and to demand pro-people banking policies to ensure vibrant banking to enable vibrant India. The Campaign consists of the following programmes: Mass meetings of employees in all centres and banks Public Meetings, street corner meetings, seminars, workshops Press meets and press conferences Distribution of leaflets to bank customers and general public Publication of latest list of loan defaulters Letters to political leaders, Members of Parliament, MLAs, etc Petition to Prime Minister – mobilising 1 crore signatures All India Strike CAMPAIGN DEMANDS : “ Vibrant Banking - Vibrant India” o o o o o o o o o Strengthen Public Sector Banks Provide adequate capital to PSBs Do not privatise public sector banks Do not encourage FDI/FII in banking sector Stop dilution of social banking Extend more loans to priority sectors and agriculture Increase interest rate on Savings Deposits Do not give banking license to the corporates Do not encourage Small Private Banks and Payment Banks o o o o o o o o o o o Open more branches of PSBs all over the country Bring all private banks under public sector Delink Associate Banks from SBI Do not privatise Regional Rural Banks Merge RRBs with Sponsor Banks Strengthen and revitalise Co-operative Banks Publish list of bank loan defaulters Take stringent measures to recover the bad loans Declare wilful default of bank loan as criminal offence Declare right to banking as fundamental right Ensure vibrant banking to enable vibrant India Launch Signature Campaign on PETITION TO PRIME MINISTER 20th April to 31st May, 2015 : The main programme of this Campaign is to collect ONE CRORE SIGNATURES in the PETITION TO PRIME MINISTER from the bank customers, general public, bank employees, political leaders, leaders of various trade unions, economists, public servants, MPs, MLAs, etc. Signatures should also be mobilised in the Petition from all our members. The Signature Campaign should be launched on 20th April, 2015 and should be completed by 31st May, 2015. On 20th April, 2105, when programmes are being conducted for celebrating the 70th Founding Day of AIBEA, signature of some prominent leaders should be obtained in the Petition to mark the commencement of the campaign. Necessary publicity should be given for the same. Photographs of these activities should be sent to us. The proforma of the Petition is provided herein. The Petition should be printed in large numbers including in local languages and sent to all branches and units. Each State Federation is given their quota of signatures to be collected as hereinbelow. The signed petitions ( originals ) should be collected by the State Federations from their units. Thereafter State Federations should consolidate and forward the same to AIBEA Central Office. AIBEA will hand over all the Petitions to the Prime Minister in person in one lot. With greetings Yours Comradely, C.H. VENKATACHALAM GENERAL SECRETARY State Federation Min. Quota of signatures to be collected 1. Tamilnadu 13,00,000 2. Andhra Pradesh/ Telengana 10,00,000 3. Maharashtra 10,00,000 4. West Bengal 10,00,000 5. Karnataka 7,00,000 6. Punjab 7,00,000 7. Uttar Pradesh 7,00,000 8. Gujarat 5,00,000 9. Kerala 5,00,000 10. Madhya Pradesh 4,00,000 11. Maha Gujarat 4,00,000 12. Rajasthan 4,00,000 13. Bihar 2,50,000 14. Assam 2,00,000 15. Delhi 2,00,000 16. Chhattisgarh 1,00,000 17. Eastern Maharashtra 1,00,000 18. Haryana 1,00,000 19. Jharkhand 1,00,000 20. Orissa 1,00,000 21. Uttaranchal 50,000 22. Goa 20,000 23. Himachal Pradesh 10,000 24. Jammu 10,000 25. Manipur 10,000 26. Meghalaya 10,000 27. Tripura 10,000 All India Co-op. Bank Employees Federation 1,00,000 All India Gramin Bank Emp. Association 20,000 All India Bank Deposit Collectors Federation 10,000 1,00,00,000 PETITION TO PRIME MINISTER To Shri Narendra Modi, Hon. Prime Minister Government of India New Delhi Dear Sir, WE WANT VIBRANT PRO-PEOPLE BANKING POLCIIES TO MAKE VIBRANT INDIA WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA wish to represent and submit to you the following demands to make our Banks strong and vibrant to enable them to be engines of growth and development of this great nation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Strengthen Public Sector Banks Provide adequate capital to PSBs Do not privatise public sector banks Do not encourage FDI/FII in banking sector Stop dilution of social banking Extend more loans to priority sectors and agriculture Increase interest rate on Savings Deposits Do not give banking license to the corporates Do not encourage Small Private Banks and Payment Banks Open more branches of PSBs all over the country Bring all private banks under public sector Delink Associate Banks from SBI Do not privatise Regional Rural Banks Merge RRBs with Sponsor Banks Strengthen and revitalise Co-operative Banks Publish list of bank loan defaulters Take stringent measures to recover the bad loans Declare wilful default of bank loan as criminal offence Declare right to banking as fundamental right Ensure vibrant banking to enable vibrant India Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Signature 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.