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Vellore conference was held on 1-1-2018. Comrades G Natarajan, K Muthialyu and N Mohan addressed the meeting.
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Comrades T S Manoharan, C Murugan and N Sugumaran are elected as
Dist. President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively.
Karwar district conference was held on 29-12-2017 in the presence of Com. P Gangadhara Rao (Circle President of Karntaka) and Com. R Changappa (Circle Secretary). 58 Pensioners have become Life members of AIBSNLPWA in the district on the day. Comrades A V Anvekar, A T Naik and Shinnu N Naik are elected as District President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Sirsi and Kumta branches were also formed on the day.
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The Labour Bureau of India has announced All India Cost of Consumer Price Index (AICPI) for the month of November 2017.It is 288 points. Based on the indices for three months the rate of IDA from January 2018 can be calculated as;
AICPI for September 2017: 285
AICPI for October 2017: 287
AICPI for November 2017: 288
Average for three months: 286.67
Increase over 126.33 (merged): 126.9%
Existing rate of IDA:: 124.3%; INCREASE: 2.6%
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Shimoga (Karnataka) District conference was held on 28-12-2017. Com. P Gangadhara Rao and Com. R Changappa attended it and addressed the delegates. Comrades K K Ganapathy, G S Ajjappa and S Raja Rao are elected as District President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively
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THE WARNING SIGNALSIndian Telecom Industry is in crisis. Few months back, the mighty TATAs sold its Mobile Teleservices to Airtel for free. Now, Reliance JIO of elder brother Mukesh Ambani is acquiring some assets of RCom of young brother Anil Ambani.
It is reported that RCom has a debt of more than Rs. 45000 Crores. By selling some of its assets the Company can reduce its debt to Rs 25000 Crores.
Two brothers started jointly with blessing of father Dhirubhai Ambani. After death of the father the brothers split. Now they are joining together. JIO will become the deciding powerful player in Indian Telecom Industry.
The two brothers can decide their business. What about BSNL and MTNL? Who will bail out them? The Government has to decide. Or will the Government succumb to the pressure tactics of Private Telecos like JIO?
2018 is Crucial….
11 Members of Parliament asked a question about Loss of BSNL and MTNL and also the Debts of the two companies during the last three years. Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister for Communications has given the reply. The official figures supplied by Minister are as:
LOSS of BSNL in 2014-2015: 8234.8 Crores
LOSS of BSNL in 2015-2016: 4875 Crores
LOSS of BSNL in 2016-2017: 4786 Crores
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LOSS of MTNL in 2014-2015: 2893 Crores
LOSS of MTNL in 2015-2016: 2005 Crores
LOSS of MTNL in 2016-2017: 2970 Crores
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DEBT of BSNL in 2014-2015: 6385 Crores
DEBT of BSNL in 2015-2016: 7883 Crores
DEBT of BSNL in 2016-2017: 3813 Crores
Total: Rs. 18081 Crores
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DEBT of MTNL in 2014-2015: 12070 Crores
DEBT of MTNL in 2015-2016: 13398 Crores
DEBT of MTNL in 2016-2017: 15160 Crores
Total: Rs. 40628 Crores
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PENSION REVISION OF DOT PENSIONERS
The Government accepted a new formulation for revision of pension of central government pensioners with effect from 1-1-2016. Orders were issued on 12-5-2017 with a directive that the revision should be completed by 31-12-2017. Accordingly 99086 DoT employees retired before 1-10-2000 should get pension revision. BSNL had to forward the calculations to the CCA offices. But as on 18-12-2017 only 29890 cases have been sent by BSNL to CCAs. Only 30%. Just one week is left for completion of the work. As usual, the BSNL Corporate Office has sent another reminder to Circles to take immediate action. The number of cases sent by BSNL and the total number of cases (in bracket) are given hereunder.
A& N: 0 (2)
AP: 4081 (5602)
ASSAM: 510 (823)
BIHAR: 1900(2350)
CHHATISGARH:534 (534)… Full
DELHI: 1858 (13000)
GUJARAT: 1855 (3655)
HARYANA : 850 (850) …Full
HP: 105 (354)
J&K: 483 (525)
JHARKHAND: (215 (383)
KARNATAKA: 1395 (5955)
KERALA: 1595 (4407)
KOLKATA PHONES : 0 (4631)
MP: 1423 (3213)
MAHARASTRA : 258 (21500)
NE I: 411(411) … Full
ORISSA: 528 (1482)
PUNJAB: 2028 (2699)
RAJASTHAN: 2418(2506)
TAMILNADU: 485 (11400)
UP EAST: 3900 (3900) Full
UP WEST 1532 (1586)
UTTRAKHAND : 369 (485)
WEST BENGAL 1157(6863)
TOTAL: 29890 (99086).
Chattishgarh, Haryana, NE and UP East Circles of BSNL haved completed their work. There is good progress in J&K, Rajasthan, UP West and Uttrakhand circles. Kolkata telephone Circle has not sent a single case so far. Position in Delhi, Maharastra and Tamilnadu (where there are many cases) is also very poor.
AIBSNLPWA IS REALLY A WELFARE ORGANIZATIONThis year, good number of our branches have observed the Pensioners Day with great enthusiasm on 17, December or some other convenient day. Our members understood significance of the day, significance of the landmark judgement delivered by Supreme Court of India 35 years ago on 17-12-1982 and also the significance of the case fought by Mr. D S Nakara, Rear Admiral Satyengdra Singh and Mr. H D Shourie. Active participation of large number of BSNL pensioners in this regard is commendable.
NO ONE HAS EVER BECOME POOR BY GIVING INTENTIONALLY TO THE NEEDY
At the same time, some branches of our Association have organized charity activities on the Day instead of alone holding meetings and discussing our problems. Vijayawada, West Godavari, Bhimavaram and Tanuku branches in Andhra as well as Calicut (Kerala) are some of such branches. The leaders and members of these branches went to the Poor Homes, Old Age Homes, Orphanages, Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre etc. etc. and gave away food items, clothes, dress materials, grinder, bed sheets, buckets etc., as required by the respective Homes. The charity reaches the really needy people because it was done through Institutions established by Late Mother Teresa in Andhra and the reputed Institution in Calicut for rehabilitating the leprosy patients who are not taken back by their families. These branches do it every year.
I congratulate the leaders and active members who cooperated with this charity work in Andhra, in Calicut etc. Their act stands out exemplary when, people at some other places are more busy in fighting each other for posts and positions.
Kerala Circle Association had sent Rs ONE LAKH to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to help the victims of Okhi cyclone. While observing PENSIONERS' DAY members in all branches donated liberally to the Fund.
...................................................................................................................... P S Ramankutty,
PENSIONERS DAY 2017
Today is observed as Pensioners Day by lakhs of service pensioners in India. It was on this day, 35 years ago, on 17-12-1982, that the Supreme Court of India delivered its landmark judgement in DS Nakara Vs GOI case. (For details please see the article published in Pensioners Patrika November-December 2017).
On this day, we pay our respectful tributes to late Shri H D Shourie, Late Shri D S Nakara and Late Shri Rear Admiral Satyendra Singh. Mr. Nakara and Mr. Singh were pensioners, denied the benefits of liberalized pension scheme introduced in 1979. Court granted the benefits to them. Mr. H D Shourie was a man fighting for justice through legal remedy. He founded a society called COMMON CAUSE and started the Public Interest Litigation in our country. It is because they raised fundamental basic issues concerning Pension in their original application and the Affidavit in the case that the Supreme Court was compelled to make very significant observations on pension. Court declared that pensioners as a whole is a homogenous group and pensioners cannot be divided based on any cutoff date. Supreme Court declared that pension is neither a bounty nor an ex gratia benefit and that it is deferred wage.
Lakhs of old pensioners - central and state - are getting parity in pension because of this judgement.
BSNL retirees are covered by CCS Pension Rule 1972.Hence they should get pension revision granted to all other central service pensioners covered by same rule. BSNL pensioners cannot be discriminated or denied the benefit. AIBSNLPWA, therefore, demands pension revision with the same benefits as recommended by Seventh CPC. We shall continue our struggle for justice. Our branches observe this Day with high hopes and great respect to the pioneers.
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PENSIONERS DAY 2017 BY AIBSNLPWA
BANGALORE MEETING
DHARNA BEFORE BSNL BHAVAN, ERNAKULAM
VILLUPURAM TN
VIJAYAWADA COMRADES IN AN ORPHANAGE GIVING FOOD TO ABOUT 75 INMATES
WEST GODAVARI COMRADES IN AN ORPHANAGE AT ELURU DISTRIBUTING FRUITS, SWEETS ETC TO THE INAMATES.
PATNA
JABALPUR
CALICUT (KOZHIKODE)
TIRUCHIRAPALLI
JAMSHEDPUR
SAMBALPUR
RANCHI. HAZARIBAG
DHANBAD................ AND ............................... BOKARO
MATHURA UP...................AND .................... ARA (BIHAR)
HYDERABAD: PENSIONERS DAY AND RELEASE OF DIRECTORY
NAGPUR
PONDICHERRY
RAJASTAN CIRCLE CONFERENCE AND PENSIONERS DAY AT AJMER
AHMEDABAD
ANANTAPUR AP
BHAVNAGAR
BHIMAVARAM COMRADES IN AN ORPHANAGE
INDORE MP
VISAKHAPATNAM
KANNUR KERALA
FEROZEPUR PB ...........................AND ........................ NAVANSHAHR PB
MUMBAI TELECOM FACTORY
MALAPPURAM KERALA
MANGALORE (KTK)......................AND ............................... NAGERCOIL TN
CUDDALORE TN
GREAT CHARITY WORK BY TANUKU BRANCH IN AP.
TENKASI TN
TIRUNELVELI TN
TRIVANDRUM
CHENNAI STR
PALGHAT KERALA
DHURI PB
SILCHAR - ASSAM
CO0MRADES OF VIZIANAGARAM BRANCH IN AP WITH INMATES OF AN ORPHANAGE
VIJAYPUR KARNATAKA
An article by Com. R Pattabiraman
CIRCLE CONFERENCE OF CHENNAI TD CIRCLE WAS HELD IN CHENNAI ON 14-15, DECEMBER 2017
COMRADES A O BHASKAR, B N HALAPPA AND G VENKAESH ELECTED AS
DISTRICT PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
TIMES OF INDIA REPORTS;
BENGALURU: The two-day nationwide strike called by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) employees from Tuesday has affected several Computerized Passenger Reservation Centers of the railways across the state. South Western railway officials said telecom communication channels were disrupted due to the strike which affected the functioning of several booking centres on Wednesday. The booking centers at Bengaluru high court, city civil court, Vidhana Soudha, Banashankari BDA Complex, Jayanagar BBMP Shopping Complex, Koramangala BDA Shopping Complex, NR Road (Majlis-e/Millia Islamia building- KR Martket) and KSSIDC Building at Electronic City Ph-II were affected.
WILL THE GOVERNMENT REALISE THE IMPACT OF THE STRIKE AND ACT SENSIBLY?
Today, units of AIBSNLPWA in different parts of the country organised demonstrations exhibiting their solidarity and support to the BSNL staff on 48 hours strike demanding pay revision and stop separate company for tower.
Some photos are given below:
BHOPAL MP
TIRUNELVELI TN
TIRUNELVELI
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ERNAKULAM KERALA
PALAKKAD KERALA
CHENNAI
CHENNAI
CHENNAI
CHENNAI
THANJAVUR TN
THANJAVUR
THANJAVUR
VIZIANAGARAM AP
SRIKAKULAM AP
COIMBATORE TN
MATHURA - UP WEST
JALANDHAR - PUNJAB
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THE 48 HOURS STRIKE WILL COMMENCE AT ZERO HOURS TODAY NIGHT, CALLED BY ALL UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF BSNL STAFF. THEY DEMAND:
(1) Pay Revision from 1-1-2017 based on report of Third Pay Revision Committee and
2) withdraw the move to form separate subsidiary company for Mobile Towers.
CMD of BSNL gave hollow assurances earlier. Nothing happened.
Now, the present Minister is asking “where is the money to revise pay?”!!!!!!!
Government policies only made BSNL Lame and limping from the very beginning.
BSNL Employees made all sincere efforts to help the Company.
Why should the workers find and suggest resources to revise their wages?
Finding no alternative, the BSNL staff is compelled to resort to strike work.
We support their united action and wish them all success.
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