The Recruitment Branch of the Corporate Office has already issued notification for holding the JE LICE on 16.10.2022. At the same time, the SR Branch of the Corporate Office has fixed the tentative date for holding the 9^th Membership Verification as 12.10.2022. Since the dates are clashing, BSNLEU has already requested the Director (HR) to change the date of the JE LICE. This issue was once again discussed by Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, with Ms. Samita Luthra, GM (Rectt.) today. She agreed to consider changing the date of the JE LICE.

The Corporate Office has already issued notification for holding the JE LICE, for the vacancy year (VY-2020). However, many officials, who have not completed 5 years of service, are unable to apply for this exam. Hence, BSNLEU has already requested the Management to immediately issue notification for holding the JE LICE for the vacancy year (VY-2021). This issue was once again discussed by Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS with Ms. Samita Luthra, GM(Rectt.), today. She has accepted to issue the notification for holding the JE LICE for the vacancy year (VY-2021). This notification will be issued soon.

On 13.07.2022, Corporate Office has issued letter, wherein it is directed that no outstation transfer order should be issued for the Non-Executives, till the completion of the 9^thMembership Verification. However, violating this Corporate Office order, transfer orders have been issued in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh circle. Even the district secretary of BSNLEU, Mandi, has been transferred to a far away place. This is a high handed action by the district administration of Mandi. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, met Ms. Anita Johri, PGM(SR), today and recorded his strong protest to the transfer orders issued in Mandi district. The General Secretary demanded immediate cancellation of all the transfer orders. The General Secretary also demanded that, action should be taken against the Mandi district administration, for it’s blatant violation of the Corporate Office order.

Ms. Y. Nagaveni, working as AOS, in Anantapur district, AP circle, had applied for transfer, under Rule-8 to Hubli BA. Her husband is working as an AOS in Hubli BA. Even though, this is a very genuine case, the official has not been able to get the transfer. Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, discussed this issue with Shri Saurabh Tyagi, PGM(Estt.),today. The PGM(Estt.) in turn, telephonically discussed this issue with the Karnataka circle administration. He assured that, this issue would be settled at the earliest.

Some DR JEs of NE-I circle have applied for transfers under Rule-8, to Chhattisgarh and Kolkata circles. As per the Corporate Office order, NE-I is a surplus circle and the other to circles are deficient circles. Hence, the DR JEs of NE-1 circle should get their transfers. However, this is not done and the matter is getting unnecessarily delayed. Com.Abhimanyu, GS, discussed this issue with Shri Saurabh Tyagi, PGM(Estt.) today. The PGM(Estt.) assured that, the issue would be settled at the earliest.

The 2 day Trade Union class of the Eastern Zone, comprising of the circles of West Bengal, Kolkata, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, NE-I and NE-II started today. The 2 day class is being organised on “the role of working class in freedom struggle” and other topics.

The AUAB has already given call to organise Black-badge wearing lunch hour demonstrations on 28.07.2022, against the handing over of BSNL’s 14,917 mobile towers to the private and also demanding the immediate launching of BSNL’s 4G service. Both the issues are very serious in nature. Hence, the CHQ requests the circle and district secretaries to ensure that, each and every Executive and Non-Executive is made to participate in this programme. 

Adani Group chairman, Gautam Adani, has overtaken Bill Gates and has become the 4^thrichest man in the world. This is revealed in the ‘Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List’. Adani’s net worth is $116.3 billion, while the net worth of Bill Gates is $105.1 billion. It is reported that Adani amassed the maximum wealth in the year 2021, when his wealth increased at the rate of Rs.6,000 crore per week. 

[Source: Times of India dated 22.07.2022]

A question was raised in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, by Dr. V. Sivadasan, MP, regarding the vacancies and recruitment in BSNL. According to the reply provided by Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications, the number of total BSNL employees as on 31.03.2022 was 62,208. Out of this, the strength of the Non-Executives was 32,551 and the strength of the Executives was 29,657. It is also stated that, the strength of the contract workers was 9,169. As regards the vacancies, the Hon’ble MoS(C) has stated that, there were 7,263 vacancies of the Executives and 4,152 vacancies of the Non-Executives.