Sanctioning of Festival Advance for Deepawali – BSNLEU writes to the CMD BSNL.

For more than a year, BSNLEU is raising the demand that, payment of Festival Advance should be restored. The CMD BSNL has responded positively and has assured that, sanctioning of Festival Advance would be restored at the earliest. However, so far, sanctioning of Festival Advance is not being done. Deepawali is to be celebrated on 20^th October, 2025. Incidentally, BSNL has also celebrated it’s Silver Jubilee in this month of October. Today, BSNLEU has written letter to the CMD BSNL, suggesting that it would be a good gesture from the Management to restore payment of Festival Advance in this month and sanction the advance to the employees for Deepawali.