In yesterday’s Wage Negotiating Committee meeting, BSNLEU has taken maximum efforts to increase the minimum and maximum of the pay scales. BSNLEU’s views have been accepted by the Management Side to a great extent. It is really a break through that, 5% fitment has been accepted in yesterday’s meeting. Now, the only thing that we have to ensure is that, whether stagnation will come in any of the pay scale proposed by the Management in yesterday’s meeting. CHQ office bearers, circle and district secretaries are requested to kindly study the pay scales with live cases. If stagnation is likely to arise in any pay scale, the same may immediately be conveyed to the CHQ with all the calculation details. The next meeting of the Wage Negotiating Committee will be held on 02.12.2022. Suggestions / views of the CHQ office bearers, circle and district secretaries should reach the CHQ before 01.12.2022. This task may be treated as emergent.

The meeting of the Wage Negotiating Committee is held today. BSNLEU’s representatives, Com.Animesh Mitra, President, Com. P. Abhimanyu, GS, Com.John Verghese, Dy.GS, Com.Suresh Kumar and Com. Manu Mehra, attended this meeting. The details of the discussion are as follows:-

Pay scales.

BSNLEU expressed it’s dissatisfaction over the pay scales proposed by the Management Side in the earlier meeting. After detailed discussions, the following pay scales are offered by the Management Side (copy enclosed). BSNLEU has stated that, these pay scales will be studied and response will be given.

Fitment.

BSNLEU strongly demanded that, Pay Revision should be done with 5% fitment. The following agreement is reached regarding fitment.

Fitment will be minimum 5% or at par with the fitment to be given to the Executives, whichever is higher.

Revision of Allowances.

BSNLEU strongly demanded that Wage Revision should be done only together with Revision of Allowances. It is agreed by the Management Side and discussion on Revision on Allowances will be held in the next meeting.

Next meeting of the Wage Negotiating Committee will be held on 02.12.2022.

डीओटी ने 17 नवंबर, 2022 को सभी पेंशनभोगी संगठनों को एक पत्र जारी किया है।  पत्र उन कर्मचारियों के पेंशन संशोधन के संबंध में है जो बीएसएनएल और एमटीएनएल में डीओटी से अवशोषित हैं और फिर सेवानिवृत्त हो गये हैं।  कुछ पेंशनभोगी संगठन सातवें केंद्रीय वेतन आयोग की सिफारिशों के आधार पर पेंशन संशोधन की मांग कर रहे हैं। डीओटी ने स्पष्ट रूप से कहा है कि, यह संभव नहीं है।  इसके अलावा डीओटी ने कहा है कि वह केवल 0% फिटमेंट के साथ पेंशन संशोधन करेगा।  दूरसंचार विभाग ने यह भी कहा है कि, जब भी सेवारत कर्मचारियों का वेतन संशोधन होगा, पेंशन संशोधन के लिए भी वही फिटमेंट प्रदान किया जाएगा।  अंत में, पत्र में कहा गया है कि दूरसंचार विभाग ने बीएसएनएल/एमटीएनएल से नोन एक्ज़िक्यूटिव्स के वेतनमान प्रदान करने का अनुरोध किया है

The DoT has issued a letter on 17th November, 2022, addressed to all the Pensioners Associations. The letter is regarding the pension revision of the employees who are absorbed in BSNL and MTNL, from the DoT and then retired. Some Pensioners Associations are demanding pension revision based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.  The DoT has categorically said that, this is not possible. Further, the DoT has stated that it will do pension revision only with 0% fitment. The DoT has also stated that, as and when the Pay Revision of the serving employees takes place, the same fitment would be provided to the pension revision also. Finally, it is stated in the letter that the DoT has requested BSNL / MTNL to provide the pay scales of the Non-Executives.

Heavy penal interest has been deducted from the payment of the terminal benefits of 17 employees who have retired in Sultanpur district, UP (East) Circle. The penal interest had been imposed for not taking insurance coverage for the HBA loan that the officials had availed. Strangely, the penal interest was imposed after repayment of the entire HBA loan has been made. CHQ is pursuing this case with the Corporate Office. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS and Com.John Verghese, Dy.GS, discussed this issue with Shri Saurabh Tyagi, PGM(Estt.) today. They insisted that, the penal interest recovered from the retired employees should be repaid. The PGM(Estt.) replied that some details have been called for from the CGM Office, UP(East) circle and that the case remains pending due to the non-receipt of the details.

DoP&T had issued extension for 3 years to the Special Concessions / Incentives being paid to the employees posted in the Kashmir Valley. BSNL needs the endorsement of the DoT for this order of the DoP&T. BSNLEU is seriously pursuing this issue with the Corporate Office. Once again, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS and Com.John Verghese, Dy.GS, discussed this issue with Shri Saurabh Tyagi, PGM(Estt.) today. He stated that, the DoT has not yet issued the endorsement so far, even though the Corporate Office is actively pursuing it. The Union representatives requested the PGM(Estt.) to obtain the DoT’s endorsement at the earliest.

For the forthcoming JTO Phase-I training, two candidates allotted with seats in the training centre at Mysuru had sought for seats at ALTTC, Ghaziabad. Similarly, two candidates allotted with seats at ALTTC, Ghaziabad had sought for seats in the training centre at Mysuru. BSNLEU had already written letter to the Corporate Office on this issue. Today, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, discussed the matter with Ms. Samita Luthra, GM(Rectt.). However, the GM(Rectt.) replied that the change cannot be effected at this stage.

On 19.11.2022, a video was uploaded on BSNLEU’s website, in connection with the dharna organised by BMS at New Delhi on 17.11.2022. In that video, one of the BTEU BSNL leaders told that, CMD BSNL is a government agent (sarkar ka dalal). However, BTEU BSNL has stated that no BTEU BSNL leader had spoken like that. We have once again uploaded that video today on BSNLEU’s website. Everyone can clearly see and hear in the video that, one BTEU BSNL leader telling that, CMD BSNL is a government agent. Com.R.C. Pandey, General Secretary, BTEU BSNL, was standing beside that leader and was smiling. He did not make any objection to the remark made about the CMD BSNL. We request the BTEU BSNL leaders to once again see the video. Secondly, in BSNLEU’s website updating, we have stated that BMS is affiliated to the RSS. It is an open secret that both the BJP and the BMS are affiliated to the RSS. No one can deny this. In it’s reply, the BTEU BSNL has stated that, BSNLEU is affiliated to the Communist Party. We can only laugh at this statement. BSNLEU is neither affiliated to any Central Trade Union, nor affiliated to any political party. BSNLEU is an independent organisation, having leaders and members belonging to all political views. This is the reason why BSNLEU continues to be a mighty organisation in BSNL.