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.
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.
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-
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01 Jan 2000 |
3,10,144.00 |
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01 Jan 2001 |
16,21,241.00 |
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01 Jan 2002 |
55,69,495.00 |
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01 Jan 2003 |
1,07,84,490.00
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01 Jul 2004 |
1,56,30,109.00 |
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01 Jan 2005 |
1,69,15,859.00 |
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01 Jan 2006 |
1,94,58,272.00 |
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01 Jan 2007 |
1,96,33,559.00 |
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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 :-
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LIST OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP 2006 – 2007 SUMMARY ORS |
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Class |
Application received |
Vacancy Allotted |
Recommended by board |
Scholarship per head |
Amt allotted |
Amt to be disbursed |
Cut of % |
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5 |
43 |
32 |
32 |
500 |
16000 |
16000 |
78.40% |
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6 |
65 |
32 |
32 |
500 |
16000 |
16000 |
82.80% |
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|||
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7 |
65 |
32 |
32 |
500 |
16000 |
16000 |
81.97% |
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8 |
58 |
32 |
32 |
700 |
22400 |
22400 |
80.00% |
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9 |
39 |
16 |
16 |
800 |
12800 |
12800 |
83.40% |
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|
10 |
44 |
16 |
17 |
1000 |
16000 |
17000 |
80.26% |
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|||
|
11 |
08 |
16 |
08 |
1000 |
16000 |
8000 |
65.33% |
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|
12 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
1000 |
16000 |
12000 |
67.20% |
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|||
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TOTAL |
334 |
192 |
181 |
- |
1,31,200 |
120200 |
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JCOs |
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5 |
04 |
08 |
04 |
500 |
4000 |
2000 |
90.00% |
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6 |
27 |
08 |
08 |
500 |
4000 |
4000 |
87.70% |
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|||
|
7 |
24 |
08 |
08 |
500 |
4000 |
4000 |
92.15% |
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|||
|
8 |
30 |
08 |
08 |
700 |
5600 |
5600 |
89.70% |
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|||
|
9 |
21 |
04 |
04 |
800 |
3200 |
3200 |
88.40% |
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|||
|
10 |
27 |
04 |
04 |
1000 |
4000 |
4000 |
87.46% |
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|||
|
11 |
10 |
04 |
04 |
1000 |
4000 |
4000 |
77.00% |
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|
12 |
18 |
04 |
04 |
1000 |
4000 |
4000 |
86.00% |
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TOTAL |
161 |
48 |
44 |
- |
32800 |
30800 |
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OFFRS |
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5 |
02 |
04 |
02 |
500 |
2000 |
1000 |
90.60% |
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|||
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6 |
02 |
04 |
02 |
500 |
2000 |
1000 |
74.00% |
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|||
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7 |
04 |
04 |
04 |
500 |
2000 |
2000 |
81.90% |
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|||
|
8 |
03 |
04 |
03 |
700 |
2800 |
2100 |
74.20% |
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|||
|
9 |
03 |
02 |
02 |
800 |
1600 |
1600 |
84.00% |
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|||
|
10 |
02 |
02 |
02 |
1000 |
2000 |
2000 |
82.00% |
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|||
|
11 |
02 |
02 |
02 |
1000 |
2000 |
2000 |
79.80% |
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|||
|
12 |
03 |
02 |
02 |
1000 |
2000 |
2000 |
74.40% |
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TOTAL |
21 |
24 |
19 |
- |
16400 |
13700 |
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G.Total |
516 |
264 |
244 |
- |
1,80,400 |
164700 |
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CUT – OFF PERCENTAGES 2006-07
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Sl |
Class |
ORS |
CUT OF % |
JCO |
CUT OF % |
OFFR |
CUT OF % |
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1. |
V |
32 |
78.40% |
04 |
90.00% |
02 |
90.60% |
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2. |
VI |
32 |
82.80% |
08 |
87.70% |
02 |
74.00% |
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3. |
VII |
32 |
81.97% |
08 |
92.15% |
04 |
81.90% |
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4. |
VIII |
32 |
80.00% |
08 |
89.70% |
03 |
74.20% |
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5. |
IX |
16 |
83.40% |
04 |
88.40% |
02 |
84.00% |
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6. |
X |
17 |
80.26% |
04 |
87.46% |
02 |
82.00% |
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7. |
XI |
08 |
65.33% |
04 |
77.00% |
02 |
79.80% |
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8. |
XII |
12 |
67.20% |
04 |
86.00% |