A meeting of the Wage Revision Committee is held today. All the members of BSNLEU and NFTE participated in the meeting. The draft agreement copy was given to the Staff Side. Discussion took place on that draft and corrections were done. Due to some unavoidable reason, the agreement could not be signed today. Especially, in the meeting held on 17-09-2025, the proposal of the unions for increasing the minimum and maximum of NE 9 pay scale was seriously discussed. The Management Side agreed to take the issue for the approval of the top Management. However, in today's meeting, it was replied by the Management Side that, the proposal of the unions was not accepted by the top Management. After detailed discussion and as per the strong request of Com.Suresh Kumar, GS, SNATTA, it was decided to have a meeting with the CMD BSNL immediately, to discuss the NE 9 pay scale. The next meeting of the Wage Revision Committee would be held on 08-10-2025, and agreement will be signed on that day.

It is a known fact that, only BSNL was utilised by the government of India for the launching it's Swadeshi 4G Technology project. BSNL has undergone severe financial constraints and also service related problems, due to the launching of unproven Swadeshi 4G Technology in BSNL,  with the equipments supplied by the TCS. This is in fact a great sacrifice and contribution by BSNL for the perfection of Swadeshi 4G Technology. Private companies like  Jio or Airtel have got absolutely no role in this. However,  to mark the power of 4G Swadeshi Technology, an advertisement has appeared in a Gujarati newspaper. In that advertisement, BSNL's name is not at all mentioned. Only the names of Jio and Airtel are mentioned. This is nothing but publicity mischief and hijacking of the contributions made by BSNL in the perfection of Swadeshi 4G Technology. BSNLEU strongly condemns this publicity mischief.

The BSNLEU Circle Executive Committee meeting of Kerala Circle was held on 24/09/2025 at Trivandrum. The CEC meeting was presided over by Circle President , Com. Beena John.  All India President, Com.M. Vijayakumar, inaugurated the Executive Committee. He spoke on important international situations and the wrong policies being followed by the Central Government which is against the workers and common man. He explained about the Wage Revision Committee discussions, 4G issues, poor quality of services in mobile and FTTH and also staff matters. He requested the comrades to make preparations for the next Membership Verification by campaigning on BSNL 4G issues, poor quality of service and also the policy of the Government to weaken BSNL. WWCC Convenor, K N Jyothilakshmi, Circle WWCC Convenor, K Rekha, also addressed the Circle Executive Committee meeting. Reports on activity were presented by the Circle Secretary.  All Circle Executive Committee members participated in the discussion. It is decided to strengthen the Co-ordination Committee. The need for strengthening the CCWF was also discussed. As part of the Circle Executive committee meeting, a felicitation function to the All India President Com.M.Vijayakumar was organised. Com. R.Muraleedharan Nair, AGS, AIBDPA, inaugurated the function. Circle President, Beena John, WWCC Convenor, K.N. Jyothilakshmi, Anilkumar (NFPE), Vikraman Nair, C.Ramachandran (AIBDPA), Ajith Sankar, R.Rajeshkumar also spoke on the occasion.

BSNLEU is continuously demanding that, cancellation of the JTO LICEs conducted in Punjab circle for the vacancy years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 should be immediately reviewed. The irrational cancellation of these JTO LICEs by the Corporate Office, has done a very big injustice and discrimination to the JTO LICE candidates of Punjab circle. BSNL EU is continuously taking up this issue at the levels of the Director(HR) and the CMD BSNL. In the meanwhile, the CGM Punjab circle has also written letter to the Corporate Office, demanding review of the cancellation of the JTO LICEs. Despite repeated discussions at the corporate office level by BSNLEU, the issue remains unresolved. On the contrary, the Corporate Office has issued notification for holding the JTO LICE for the vacancy year 2024, without finding solution to the original issue of cancellation of the 3 JTO LICEs. Hence, BSNLEU has urgently written letter to the CMD BSNL, demanding solution to the issue by reviewing cancellation of the JTO LICEs.

In solidarity with the struggles of Chennai and Tamil Nadu circle employees, all unions and associations of BSNL have united to launch a countrywide agitational program on 6th October 2025. The office bearers have faced victimization through charge sheets and penalties for advocating for employees' rights and seeking hearings with the CGM of Chennai Telecom and Tamil Nadu circle. Despite repeated efforts by unions and associations at both circle and corporate levels, the management has failed to address the issues seriously. With no resolution in sight, the General Secretaries of various BSNL unions and associations have jointly served a notice for a nationwide protest on 6th October 2025. While we hope the corporate management will intervene urgently to prevent further escalation, the unions and associations remain determined to oppose any regressive actions by the management at all levels. We are committed to ensuring justice for employees and will take all necessary steps to achieve this goal.

Yesterday, Com.Animesh Mitra, General Secretary of BSNLEU, met with the Director (HR) and Chairman of the Wage Negotiation Committee to discuss the upcoming meeting. Today, he met with the Chairman and PGM (SR) to review the issues to be discussed. It was noted that the notice for the meeting had yet to be issued by the SR Section. The General Secretary also inquired about the management's stance on the issues raised by the unions in the previous meeting. The Chairman and PGM (SR) indicated that there were no major developments. However, the General Secretary stressed the importance of holding the meeting as scheduled on 26th September and considering the union's demands.

हा ! हा !! हा !!! अडानी को एक और जैकपॉट। 25 साल के पट्टे पर 1020 एकड़ ज़मीन मिली। 1 एकड़ के लिए सिर्फ़ 1 रुपये प्रति वर्ष।

हम जानते हैं कि अडानी जैसे बड़े कॉरपोरेट सत्ता में बैठे लोगों की मदद से हमारे देश के प्राकृतिक संसाधनों को लूट रहे हैं। उन्हें सरकार से एक और जैकपॉट मिला है। इस बार, बिहार सरकार से। उन्हें 25 साल के पट्टे पर 1020 एकड़ बेशकीमती कृषि भूमि मिली है। क्या आप जानते हैं कि अडानी को इस ज़मीन के लिए कितनी रकम चुकानी होगी ? हा ! हा !! हा !!! 1 एकड़ ज़मीन के लिए सिर्फ़ 1 रुपये प्रति वर्ष। अडानी को बिहार के भागलपुर ज़िले में कोयला आधारित बिजली संयंत्र के निर्माण के लिए ये 1020 एकड़ कृषि भूमि आवंटित की गई है। इन ज़मीनों के किसान रो रहे हैं कि उन्हें उचित मुआवज़ा नहीं दिया जा रहा है। अडानी कोई गरीब आदमी नहीं है। वह दुनिया के सबसे बड़े कॉर्पोरेट घरानों में से एक हैं। सरकार उन्हें बिजली संयंत्र निर्माण के नाम पर गरीब किसानों की कृषि भूमि लूटने की इजाज़त क्यों दे ? 

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It was a good discussion on the issue of the Organisation by the district secretaries and circle office bearers in the CWC meeting of UP (East) circle held at Ayodhya on 20.09.2025. Com.Anand Kumar Singh, President, BSNLEU, UP(East) circle, presided over the meeting. In the morning, the meeting was started through hoisting of the Union Flag and also pay the homage to the martyr’s. Com.Animesh Chandra Mitra, GS, had spoken elaborately about the role of the BSNLEU to complete the Wage Negotiation agreement without further delay. He calls upon the leadership of UP (East) circle to perform a good result in the next Membership Verification in UP (East) circle. Com.Tilak Raj Tiwari, CS, UP(East) circle, narrated the main issues to be discussed in the CWC meeting. District secretaries and circle office bearers highlighted their issues and the organisational views also to overcome the situation in UP (East) circle. It is good that, the circle unions has organised a special meeting in the 2^nd part of the day on the casual contract labours issues for which the CEC members had also narrated their views. Com.Jitlal Mourya, AGS, BSNLCCWF, were also present in the meeting and deliberated his valuable speech. BSNLEU has taken a decision to reorganise the BSNLCCWF within a short period.

We know that, big corporates like Adani are looting the natural resources of our country, with the help of the people in the power. He has got one more jackpot from the government. This time, from the Bihar government. He has got 1020 acres of prime agricultural land for 25 years of lease. Do you know what is the money Adani has to pay for this land? Ha !Ha !! Ha !!! Just Rs.1 for 1 acre of land per year. Adani has been allotted these 1020 acres of agricultural land in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, for the construction of coal - based power plant. The peasants of these lands are crying that, proper compensation is not paid to them. Adani is not a poor man. He is one of the biggest corporates in the world. Why should the government allow him to loot the agricultural lands of the poor farmers, in the name of construction of power plant?

[Inputs from The Wire.in]