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It is reported that some pensioners got payment of the medical allowance, without voucher, in Jind SSA of Haryana, in Jamshedpur SSA of Jharkhand and in Chennai TD Circle.
As all know, in April 2017, the BSNL corporate Office restored system of payment of medical allowance without voucher for pensioners. In the order dated 17-4-2017 it was mentioned that it would be reviewed after six months. But, unfortunately, No SSA except Jind in Haryana, has paid the allowance.
Now, Corporate office has issued another letter today to all CGMs saying that it is to be reviewed and hence the details called for should be furnished immediately to Corporate Office.
Without implementing a decision what they are going to review?
Corporate Office is not monitoring if its orders are complied with by the field offices. This is yet another example of the mismanagement.
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BSNL/Admn.I/15-22/14(Pt) dated 7-9-2017 to all CGMs
Kindly refer to this office letters of even Nos. dated 17th April 2017 and 27th June 2017 (copied enclosed for ready reference). first quarter of the financial year has already concluded, by now all the office have got the list of retired employees who have opted for without voucher facility.
As the decision is to be reviewed after 6 months, all the controlling offices were requested to maintain detailed information of retired employees seeking option without voucher facility under outdoor treatment and the amount payable during the financial year and qquarterly payments payable.All Circle office may obtain the ab0ve data from SSAs and forward consolidated information to Corporate Office. Copy of Proforma was already furnished along with the earlier letters.You are requested to furnish the soft copy of the information 8in excel sheet for further consolidation at Corporate Office. Soft copy may be mailed to dgmadmbasnlco@gmail.com and admnbsnlco@gmail.com.
You are also requested to furnish the details of payments made for the first quarter, if not paid the reasons there for.
[Note: The original restoration order was issued on 11-4-2017, not on 17-4-2017 as mentioned in this letter]
Com. P Gangadhara Rao, our Dy GS contacted concerned people in ITPC Office, Hyderabad and reported as:
" Modification Order dated 16-8-2017 regarding Free calls in the Night from Free Local Calls .....
Finally after continuous persuation with ITPC Hyderabad, the above modification is made effective from 01-09-2017,
It will be reflected in September Bill. All RBSNL category retirees will now get the benefits of
1) Full utilization of eligible free calls for Local/STD/ISD etc a and
2) Night free calling from 9 PM to 7 AM with effect from 1-9-2017.
(except on Sundays).
....P Gangadhara Rao, Dy GS.
From the Website of BSNLEU
[05.09.2017] DoT is totally against any wage revision to BSNL employees.
It is learned from reliable sources that, the DoT is totally against giving any wage revision to BSNL employees, based on the recommendations of the 3rd PRC. Even though, BSNL has sent a favourable note to the DoT, recommending wage revision to BSNL employees with 15% fitment, the DoT has taken a strong position that BSNL’s financial position does not permit the Company to give any wage revision to it’s employees. It is also learned from reliable sources that the Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications is also totally convinced by the arguments of the DoT, against wage revision to BSNL employees. BSNLEU has been firmly telling that, wage revision to BSNL employees is not possible, without serious and sustained struggles. But, leaders of some of the unions and associations joined hands with the BSNL Management, and were telling the workers that the DoT and the Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications were very positive towards settlement of wage revision in BSNL. However, such leaders are remaining silent nowadays. BSNLEU wishes to once again tell that, united, serious and sustained struggles alone can ensure wage revision to BSNL employees.
As reported in this Website earlier, the Government has decided to revise pension/family pension of DOT pensioners under a new formulation. The Last Pay Drawn by a DOT employee (all those retired before 1-10-2000 from Department of Telecom) has to be revised applying the revision formulae suggested by all subsequent CPCs and the pension from 1-1-2016 should be fixed at 50% of last figure arrived as per Pay Matrix.
Orders were issued by Directorate again and again.
But, Directorate in its latest letter dated 29-8-2017 admits that only 1059 cases have been settled by DOT Cells when there are total 91317 cases.
It means just 1.16% percent cases have been settled as on 16-8-2017.
NOT EVEN 2 PERCENT!
Instead of issuing orders again and again the Directorate should take action to augment staff in DOT CELLs to complete the extra work.dot-on-new-option-cases.pdf
Shri Arun Kumar Sharma from Meerut reports:
Recently the UP West Circle Office branch has enrolled 55 life members including the following six Retired Chief Engineers of Civil Wing and Electrical wing:
1. Shri Yogesh Kumar
2. Shri M K Jain
3. Shri Tikam Singh
4. Shri Harbajan singh
5. Shri A K Bansal and
6. Shri A K Gupta
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CHQ RECEIVED A SUM OF RUPEES 7,14,500 AS DONATIONS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2017.
EARLIER, WE HAD RECEIVED RS 17,21,516.00.
[DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF PATRIKA].
TOTAL RECEIPT UP TO 31-8-2017 IS ... RS. 24,36,016.00
DETAILS IN ATTACHMENT: donations-received-in-august-2017.pdf
We are happy to note that Shri Kishan Singh, General Secretary of All India Retired BSNL Executives Welfare Association, New Delhi has written a letter to Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Communications demanding pension revision with CPC formula.The last paragraph of his letter reads:
“In view of the above submissions, your kind personal intervention is solicited to take urgent steps to get the pension revision implemented for BSNL Retirees, who are Central Service Pensioners drawing pension from Government of lndia on combined service rendered in DOT and BSNL under Rule 37-A of CCS Pension Rules 1972. Pension revision for BSNL Pensioners needs to be implemented w.e.f. 01.01.2017 based on 7th CPC fitment formula with multiplying factor of 2.515, as illustrated in para 4.6.2 above, after the due approval of the Union Cabinet”.
It is worth remembering that the above Association has been vehementally demanding pension revision with PRC formula.They went to the extent of saying that if the serving Executives get pay revision with 15% fitment benefit, we the pensioners will automatically will get pension revision with that formula. Now, they have understood the reality.
We knew that nothing will come automatically, We have to struggle for any gain. We knew that a regular sustainable system for our pension revision should be based on CPC formulae only. One by one all are coming to our line of thinking. We are happy. We welcome the change.
WHAT THEY WILL REVIEW?In April 2017, BSNL Corporate Office issued orders restoring the medical allowance without voucher for pensioners. It was mentioned in the order that the scheme will be reviewed after six months. Six months period will be over by end of this month. But, no circle has so far started paying the said medical allowance. Then what are they going review?
The Corporate Office issues many orders. Circles simply ignore. This is the present high tech management system of BSNL. How can such a company progress?
According to the Labour Bureau of India the All India consumer Price Index for July 2017 is 285 Points.
In June it was 280 Points.
Even if it remains at 285 points in August (it will be announced on 29th September only, 30th being Saturday), the IDA from October 2017 will be 124.3%.
It is confirmed that the price of many essential commodities is increasing, the tall claims of Finance Minister notwithstanding.
Again, the Calicut (Kerala) members of AIBSNLPWA have shown what charity is. When all others in Kerala are too busy in purchasing clothes and food items for celebrating Onam and Bakrid, the BSNL Pensioners under the banner of AIBSNLPWA, went to the Chevayur settlement Colony, which has rehabilitated old men and old women, recovered from Leprosy, and distributed clothes and food items to the needy. Last year also Calicut branch of AIBSNLPWA organised such charity work collecting more than Rs ONE LAKH from the members and helping the poor.
While we hear the Babas and others preaching great ideas and breaching them, we find the real charity work by members under the banner of AIBSNLPWA.
KUDOS TO CALICUT COMRADES.
A new branch of our Association has been formed in Sasaram SSA of Bihar in the presence of Com. A K Singh, CS Bihar. S/s R K Singh (Ex TDM), C B Sahu (Ex SDE) and A K Sinha (Ex Sr TOA) ere elected as President, Secretary and Treasruer of the new branch. CHQ welcomes Sasaram comrades to our organization.
On 29th August 2017, the BSNL Corporate Office has issued orders extending the Free Night Calling facility to serving staff of BSNL. It is a good decision.
Now, the serving staff should get the medical allowance under MRS restored. free-night-calling-for-bsnl-staff.pdf
According to the official information, 10397 cases are still pending as on 31-7-2017 for pension revision with 78.2% IDR benefit. Total number of BSNL pensioners retired before 10-6-2013 is 133535. Out of that, 123138 cases have been settled. BSNL offices have not yet forwarded 7675 cases. CCA offices have sent back 2196 cases for various reasons. So, total cases pending with BSNL offices is 9871. 526 cases are pending with CCA offices also.
A statement showing Circlewise figures is attached here. 78.2-pending-cases-on-july-31.xlsx
[We can not take the above figures as correct or perfect. DoT had released a statement in March 2017 showing the Circle-wise figures as on 28-2-2017. According to that statement, the total number of pensioners was 139835. Whereas, this time it is shown as 133535. In Maharastra Circle, according to the previous statement there were 16121 pensioners. Now it is shown as 9428. This is the credibility of official information.... PSR.]