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Membership (Rule 19 (a))<\/p>\n
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- Effective Date of Option:<\/strong> For employees who were in service before the implementation date of the welfare schemes for each category, the option must be accepted with effect from the said implementation date. For those who joined later, it is effective from their date of joining the service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Mandatory Enrollment:<\/strong> In accordance with the section 80(d) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act,2013 (2), Co-operative Society must enroll its employees as members of this scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Application Submission:<\/strong> Immediately upon joining service, employees must prepare the following documents and submit an application for membership to the Regional Office of the Board:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nRequired Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Application and Nomination Forms:<\/strong> One set of the Application (Annexure I) and Nomination (Annexure II) forms, countersigned by a government officer not below the rank of a Taluk-level officer who holds administrative control over the institution, along with the office seal.<\/li>\n
- Board Resolution:<\/strong> A resolution passed by the Managing Committee of the Society requesting the Additional Registrar\/Secretary of the Welfare Board to admit the employees as members with effect from their date of joining, and undertaking to remit both the employees’ and the institution’s contributions.<\/li>\n
- Service Details:<\/strong> A certified copy of the service details\/service book certifying the employee’s date of joining, retirement date as per rules, and date of birth.<\/li>\n
- Order Copies:<\/strong> Certified copies of the appointment order and the order sanctioning the post.<\/li>\n
- Covering Letter:<\/strong> A covering letter from the Secretary\/Chief Executive of the institution.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Important Notice on Contributions<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Prerequisite for Remittance:<\/strong> Monthly contributions must be remitted only after receiving separate membership code numbers for the employees and the institution, along with the Board’s account number for remitting contributions at the main branch of the Kerala State Co-operative Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Consequences of Premature Remittance:<\/strong> If monthly contributions are remitted in the name of an employee after submitting the application but before a code number is allotted by the Board, that employee will not be considered a member of this Board, and they will not<\/strong> be eligible for any welfare benefits from the Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Nomination (Rule 19 (c))<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Purpose:<\/strong> To receive financial death benefits from the Board in the event of an employee’s death while in service, the employee can nominate family members including their spouse, children, dependent parents, or children of a deceased son.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Validity of Nomination: I<\/strong>f the employee has a family at the time of applying for membership, individuals belonging to that family must be designated as nominees. Any nomination made otherwise will be invalid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Unmarried Employees:<\/strong> If an unmarried employee nominates individuals outside of their family, that nomination will automatically become invalid upon their marriage. Consequently, a new nominee must be determined and a revised nomination must be submitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Form Completion:<\/strong> All columns in the nomination form must be fully filled out, witnessed by two persons, and submitted with the counter-signature of the President of the institution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Form Completion:<\/strong> All columns in the nomination form must be fully filled out, witnessed by two persons, and submitted with the counter-signature of the President of the institution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Unmarried Employees:<\/strong> If an unmarried employee nominates individuals outside of their family, that nomination will automatically become invalid upon their marriage. Consequently, a new nominee must be determined and a revised nomination must be submitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Validity of Nomination: I<\/strong>f the employee has a family at the time of applying for membership, individuals belonging to that family must be designated as nominees. Any nomination made otherwise will be invalid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Purpose:<\/strong> To receive financial death benefits from the Board in the event of an employee’s death while in service, the employee can nominate family members including their spouse, children, dependent parents, or children of a deceased son.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Nomination (Rule 19 (c))<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Consequences of Premature Remittance:<\/strong> If monthly contributions are remitted in the name of an employee after submitting the application but before a code number is allotted by the Board, that employee will not be considered a member of this Board, and they will not<\/strong> be eligible for any welfare benefits from the Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Board Resolution:<\/strong> A resolution passed by the Managing Committee of the Society requesting the Additional Registrar\/Secretary of the Welfare Board to admit the employees as members with effect from their date of joining, and undertaking to remit both the employees’ and the institution’s contributions.<\/li>\n
- Application and Nomination Forms:<\/strong> One set of the Application (Annexure I) and Nomination (Annexure II) forms, countersigned by a government officer not below the rank of a Taluk-level officer who holds administrative control over the institution, along with the office seal.<\/li>\n
- Application Submission:<\/strong> Immediately upon joining service, employees must prepare the following documents and submit an application for membership to the Regional Office of the Board:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Mandatory Enrollment:<\/strong> In accordance with the section 80(d) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act,2013 (2), Co-operative Society must enroll its employees as members of this scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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