BOMBAY SAPPERS ASSOCIATION

MINUTES OF NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON 24 AUG 2007 AT GYMNASTIC HALL, BEG & CENTRE, PUNE

 

GENERAL

 

1.         The Ninth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Bombay Sappers Association was held on 24 Aug 2007 at 1330 hrs at Gymnastic Hall, BEG & Centre, Kirkee. The meeting was initiated by the Secy–Cum–Treasurer Col Ashun Bahl, Dy Comdt, BEG & Centre but was adjourned due to lack of quorum and re-convened after two hours at 1530 hrs and lasted till 1630 hrs.  A total of 410 members, consisting 60 officers, 70 JCOs and 280 Other Ranks including retired Bombay Sappers attended the meeting. 

 

 

OPENING REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN

 

2.         On calling the meeting to order, the Chairman, Lt Gen N Thamburaj, SM & Col Comdt of Bombay Sappers, in his opening remarks welcomed all the BSA members to the Ninth Annual General Meeting(AGM).  The Chairman said that he was indeed honoured to be addressing this BSA Annual General Meeting for the first time after taking over as Colonel Commandant. 

 

3.         He informed the house that the AGM is convened yearly to consider changes in the BSA and approve the Income & Expdr statement and Statement of accounts duly audited by Charted Accountant for the year 2006 – 2007,  which had been circulated to members. He also asked all to express their views, on  the proposed budget for  year 2007 – 2008 freely.

 

4.         He informed the  AGM that the membership state of BSA has improved but there was a scope to improve further. The Chairman said that he was happy to inform the house that the membership had reached to 33,250 and  the corpus had risen to Rs. 2.05 Crore. This corpus is growing every year, which, he said, would enable us to give maximum benefits to larger number of members.

 

SECY-CUM-TREASURERS  INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

 

5.         Thereafter, the Secy-Cum-Treasurer Col Ashun Bahl, Dy Comdt BEG & Centre, in his introductory remarks formally welcomed the Chairman Lt Gen N Thamburaj, SM, The Management Committee members and the serving and retired BSA members to the Ninth AGM  of the Association. 

 

AGENDA POINTS

 

6.         The agenda points listed for the day were :-

 

(a)                Activities of BSA 2006 - 2007.

(b)               Review Budget Expenditure.

(c)                Budget for 2007 - 2008

(d)               Discussion & Misc Points :-

(i)         BSA – Punjab Chapter.

(ii)        Financial Powers.

(iii)       Points received from the units

(iv)       Points from the members.

 

(e)                Election of Management Committee

            

                                                         

FINANCIAL STATE OF BSA

 

7.         He mentioned that the financial state of BSA has been improving day by day, but there was a need and scope for further improvement. As on 31 Jul 2007 the corpus of BSA was  Rs 2.05 Crore.

 

8.         Details of Corpus-

 

01 Jan   2000

3,10,144.00

01 Jan   2001  

16,21,241.00

01 Jan   2002     

55,69,495.00

01 Jan   2003

1,07,84,490.00

 

01 Jul   2004

1,56,30,109.00

01 Jan   2005                   

1,69,15,859.00

01 Jan   2006

1,94,58,272.00

01 Jan   2007

1,96,33,559.00

01 Jul    2007

2,05,51,869.00

 

9.         Membership Details -            The house was informed about the membership details of the BSA, which was as under : -

 

                                    30 Jan 2007                31 Jul 2007                 Last six month

 

Offrs                   1016                             1032                                   16                   

JCOs                   1902                             1933                                   31

Ors                    30126                           30285                                 159

 

                                                                                                         

WELFARE SCHEMES 2006-2007

 

10.       Education Scholarship -       During the year 2006-07, Rs 1,64,700/-education scholarships were given to 244 children of Bombay Sappers.  The details are as under :-           

 

 

LIST OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP 2006 – 2007

SUMMARY

ORS

Class

Application received

Vacancy Allotted

Recommended by board

Scholarship per head

Amt allotted

Amt to be disbursed

Cut of %

 

5

43

32

32

500

16000

16000

78.40%

 

6

65

32

32

500

16000

16000

82.80%

 

7

65

32

32

500

16000

16000

81.97%

 

8

58

32

32

700

22400

22400

80.00%

 

9

39

16

16

800

12800

12800

83.40%

 

10

44

16

17

1000

16000

17000

80.26%

 

11

08

16

08

1000

16000

8000

65.33%

 

12

12

16

12

1000

16000

12000

67.20%

 

TOTAL

334

192

181

-

1,31,200

120200

 

 

 

JCOs

5

04

08

04

500

4000

2000

90.00%

 

6

27

08

08

500

4000

4000

87.70%

 

7

24

08

08

500

4000

4000

92.15%

 

8

30

08

08

700

5600

5600

89.70%

 

9

21

04

04

800

3200

3200

88.40%

 

10

27

04

04

1000

4000

4000

87.46%

 

11

10

04

04

1000

4000

4000

77.00%

 

12

18

04

04

1000

4000

4000

86.00%

 

TOTAL

161

48

44

-

32800

30800

 

 

OFFRS

5

02

04

02

500

2000

1000

90.60%

 

6

02

04

02

500

2000

1000

74.00%

 

7

04

04

04

500

2000

2000

81.90%

 

8

03

04

03

700

2800

2100

74.20%

 

9

03

02

02

800

1600

1600

84.00%

 

10

02

02

02

1000

2000

2000

82.00%

 

11

02

02

02

1000

2000

2000

79.80%

 

12

03

02

02

1000

2000

2000

74.40%

 

TOTAL

21

24

19

-

16400

13700

 

 

G.Total

516

264

244

-

1,80,400

164700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                              


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CUT – OFF PERCENTAGES 2006-07

 

Sl    

Class

ORS

CUT OF %

JCO

CUT OF %

OFFR

CUT OF %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

V

32

78.40%

04

90.00%

02

90.60%

2.

VI

32

82.80%

08

87.70%

02

74.00%

3.

VII

32

81.97%

08

92.15%

04

81.90%

4.

VIII

32

80.00%

08

89.70%

03

74.20%

5.

IX

16

83.40%

04

88.40%

02

84.00%

6.

X

17

80.26%

04

87.46%

02

82.00%

7.

XI

08

65.33%

04

77.00%

02

79.80%

8.

XII

12

67.20%

04

86.00%