In the meeting held with the Core Committee on 11.06.2018, the CMD BSNL briefed about the Management’s decision to give 12% discount to the retailers. In the meeting, Com. P.Abhimanyu, GS, raised the demand that the Management should put in place a plan to pay incentive to the employees who do marketing. This will motivate the employees in doing intensive marketing, he pointed out. The CMD BSNL readily agreed of this demand. When asked, as to when the Incentive Plan would be put in place, the CMD BSNL replied that it would be finalised within a month.

A meeting of the All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) was held yesterday, the 23.08.2018, at BSNL MS office. The meeting was presided over by Com. Ravi Shil Verma, GS, AIGETOA. The meeting was attended by:-

BSNLEU    : Com.P.Abhimanyu,GS, and Com.Swapan Chakraborty,Dy.GS.

NFTE         : Com.Chandeswar Singh, GS, Com. K.S.Sheshadri, Dy.GS and Com.A.Rajamouli.

SNEA         : Com.K.Sebastin, GS.

AIGETOA   : Com.Ravi Shil Verma,GS.

BSNLMS    : Com.Suresh Kumar, GS, Com.Mallikarjuna, President.

ATM BSNL  : Com.Revti Prasad, AGS.

BSNL OA    : Com.H.P.Singh, Dy.GS.

The meeting observed one minute’s silence to condole the death of the people, who have lost their lives in the recent floods in Kerala.

The following decisions are taken in the meeting.

1. The meeting decided to write to the CMD BSNL, suggesting to deduct one day’s basic pay from the salary of the willing employees, and to send the same to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund.

2. The meeting seriously discussed about the status of the issues of Wage Revision, Pension Revision, Pension Contribution on actual basic pay, Allotment of 4G spectrum and Superannuation benefits. The meeting decided to meet the CMD BSNL immediately, and to urge upon him to arrange a meeting with the Secretary, DoT, at the earliest, to discuss about these issues. The meeting also decided to meet the OSD of the Hon’ble MoS(C) at the earliest, and to discuss about the non-implementation of the assurances given by the Hon’ble MoS(C).

3. As regards the issue of Pension Contribution on the basis of actual basic pay, the meeting resolved to seriously pursue the issue with the Ministry of Finance and the PMO, through the Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance and the Hon’ble Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. The meeting also decided to write to the Cabinet Secretary, about the non-implementation of the order of the DOP&T,on the issue of calculating Pension Contribution.

4. On the issue of Superannuation benefits, the AUAB has already written to the CMD BSNL. It was decided that the AUAB representatives should meet the CMD BSNL, and to demand expeditious action on it. Further, as regards the incorrect reply given by the Hon’ble MoS(C) on the floor of the Parliament, on the issue of implementation of the recommendations of the 2nd PRC, it is decided to write to the Hon’ble MoS(C).

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A meeting of the AUAB was held today the 25.03.2019, in the NFTE BSNL office. The representatives of BSNLEU, NFTE, SNEA, AIBSNLEA, BSNL OA, BSNL MS, AIGETOA and BSNL ATM were present. The meeting was presided over by Com.Chandeswar Singh, Chairman, AUAB and GS, NFTE BSNL. The meeting reviewed the preparation for the ensuing March to Sanchar Bhawan programme to be held on 05th April, 2019. All the unions and associations had given their expected number of members to be participated in the programme. The meeting decided to prepare a poster and the same will be send to all circles for circulation. The meeting further decided that the leaders of AUAB will be approaching to all political parties with request to address the gathering of the employees on that day. It is also decided that the General Secretaries / Representatives of AUAB will meet CMD BSNL on 27.03.2019 against repressive measures taken by the Management under FR 17A.

A meeting was held between Shri Arvind Vadnerkar, Director (HR), BSNL, and the trade unions participating in the 8th January, 2020 General Strike. BSNLEU and NFTE BSNL participated in the discussion. BSNLEU was represented by Com.Swapan Chakraborty, Dy.GS and Com.R.S. Chauhan, Vice-President. The Union representatives explained the demands of the General Strike to the Director (HR). The Director (HR) appealed to the unions to maintain BSNL's services without any disturbance. Shri A.M. Gupta, GM(SR) was also present from the Management.

1) Com.Tarun kunar Nayak Br. Secy, Udala – Rs.5,000/-
2) Com. Ramachandra, Hembram Branch president, Udala - Rs.5,000/-
3) Com. Paramananda Mohanta, Udala - Rs.5,000/-
4) Com. Narayan Ch Jena, Circle Org. Secy . – Rs.3,000/-
5) Com. R N Sahoo, DS, Dhenkanal – Rs.2,000/-
6) Com. S R Samal, DS, Keonjhar - Rs.1,000/-
7) Com.  Abhi Swain, Dist President, Keonjhar - Rs. 1,000/-
8) Com. Kailash ch Biswal, Dist Treasurer, Keonjhar – Rs.1,000/-
9) Com.Tarun Kunar Nayak, Branch Secretary, Udala – Rs.5,000/-
10) Com. Sarat Mohanty, DS, Bhubaneswar - Rs.2,000/-
11) Com. Panchnan Mohanty, DS, ETP – Rs.1,100/-

His world record for most goals, scored by an individual in the men’s hockey final of the Olympics, still remains unbeaten.

Three-time Olympic gold medal-winning hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr. has passed away. The 95 year old iconic hockey player breathed his last on 25^th May, 2020. Under his stewardship, India won gold medal in men’s hockey in three Olympic Games. The greatness of Balbir Singh Sr. could be measured from the fact that, his world record for most goals scored by an individual in men’s hockey final of the Olympics, still remains unbeaten. BSNLEU pays it’s respectful homage to the great Hockey Icon.

[Source: The Hindu dated May 25, 2020]

The AUAB leaders met Shri Ajit Kumar Bhutan, Rajya Sabha member, Assam, today and submitted the memorandum. The leaders sought the intervention of the Rajya Sabha member in the early launching of BSNL’s 4G service as well as the speedy implementation of the Revival Package. The MP assured to the needful. 

The last date for submission of memorandum to the Hon’ble MPs has been changed. Now the memorandum will be submitted to the Hon’ble MPs before 30.11.2017. A copy of the memorandum will be circulated within a day or two. All circle and district secretaries are requested to make note of this and arrange to submit the memorandum to the Hon’ble MPs, in coordination with all unions and associations.

The meeting of the Designations Committee has been scheduled to be held at 11:00 AM tomorrow. However, Corporate Office has intimated that the meeting is postponed due to administrative reasons.

The AUAB, Madhya Pradesh circle, conducted March to Raj Bhawan, in the route permitted by the police. A meeting took place between the Governor of Madhya Pradesh and memorandum was submitted. Com.G.L.Jogi, Senior leader, SNEA, who was present in Bhopal, participated. Memorandum was handed over to Her Excellency Governor , Smt Anandi Ben Patel in Governor House, Bhopal. Com G L Jogi, Com Prakash Sharma, CS, BSNLEU, Com Dutta Majumdar, CS, SNEA and Com Parvez, CS, AIBSNLEA were in the delegation. Governor patiently heard our issue and discussed with delegation for almost 15 minutes. 

Leaders of the AUAB, Kerala circle, met Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, DoT today at Thiruvananthapuram. They submitted a memorandum to her, demanding financial support to BSNL, to rebuild it’s infrastructure devastated in the floods. They also demanded settlement of 3^rd pay revision, pension revision, Pension Contribution on actual basic pay, allotment of 4G spectrum, and rolling back of the Subsidiary Tower Company. CGM, Kerala and other top officers of Kerala circle were also there in the meeting. The Secretary, DoT gave a patient hearing and assured to look into the issues.

Shri Ananth Kumar, Union Minister, has passed away early today morning. He was 59 years old and has been affected with cancer. The death of Shri Ananth Kumar has created a vacuum in the political space of Karnataka state, as was as at the All India level. BSNLEU deeply condoles the death of Shri Ananth Kumar and offers it’s heartfelt condolences to his family members and friends.

BSNLEU ने वेतन से काटी गई राशि संबंधित संस्था/एजेंसी को प्रेषित न किए जाने के संबंध में CMD BSNL को पत्र लिखा....

विगत कुछ महीनों से कर्मचारियों के वेतन से काटी गई राशि संबंधित संस्थाओं/एजेंसीज को प्रेषित नही की जा रही है। इसमें GPF, बैंक लोन, सोसाइटी बकाया, HBA, EPF, LIC, इनकम टैक्स, PLI, आदि की राशि शामिल है। विभिन्न संस्थाओं/एजेंसीज को समय पर किश्त का प्रेषण नही होने से, कर्मचारियों को दंडात्मक ब्याज (penal interest) देने के लिए बाध्य होना पड़ रहा है। BSNLEU द्वारा इस मुद्दे पर CMD BSNL से चर्चा की जा चुकी है। पुनः BSNLEU ने इस संबंध में CMD BSNL को पत्र लिखा है।

AUAB की मीटिंग ने 05.04.2019 को आयोजित मार्च टू संचार भवन की तैयारी की समीक्षा की...
आज दिनांक 25.03.2019 को NFTE BSNL के कार्यालय में AUAB की मीटिंग सम्पन्न हुई। BSNLEU, NFTE, SNEA, AIBSNLEA, BSNL OA, BSNL MS, AIGETOA और BSNL ATM के प्रतिनिधि शामिल हुए। मीटिंग की अध्यक्षता कॉम चंदेश्वर सिंह,चेयरमैन, AUAB और GS, NFTE BSNL की। मीटिंग में 05.04.2019 को आयोजित किए जाने वाले आगामी मार्च टू संचार भवन कार्यक्रम की तैयारी की समीक्षा की गई। सभी यूनियन्स व एसोसिएशन्स ने कार्यक्रम में शामिल होने वाले सदस्यों की संभावित संख्या से अवगत कराया। मीटिंग में एक पोस्टर बनाने का भी निर्णय लिया गया, जिसे सभी सर्कल्स को प्रसारित करने हेतु प्रेषित किया जाएगा। मीटिंग में यह भी निर्णय लिया गया कि AUAB के लीडर्स  सभी राजनीतिक दलों से संपर्क कर उनसे उस दिन उपस्थित कर्मचारियों को संबोधित करने का अनुरोध करेंगे। यह भी तय किया गया कि AUAB के सभी महासचिव/ AUAB के प्रतिनिधि  मैनेजमेंट द्वारा FR 17A के तहत की गई दमनात्मक कार्यवाही के विरोध में  27.03.2019 को CMD BSNL से मिलेंगे।

Com. P. Abhimanyu, GS, met Shri Sheetla Prasad, Director (CM) today. The General Secretary enquired about the status of the issue of allotment of 4G spectrum to BSNL and also about the current financial position of the Company. Since Shri Sheetla Prasad is also informally looking after the responsibilities of the Director (HR), the General Secretary discussed in detail about the recent direction of the Corporate Office to retrench contract workers. He pointed out that the decision will severely affect the quality of the services and demanded to review the decision.

As a part of the General Strike being organised tomorrow the 08-01-2020, the CHQ calls on the circle and district unions to organise protest demonstrations also. These demonstrations should be utilised to express our opposition to the pro-corporate and anti-worker policies of the Narendra Modi government. The demands of the strike should also be highlighted. Circle and District unions are requested to organise both the General Strike and the demonstrations effectively. Report and photos may be sent to the CHQ immediately.

1) Com. Shivjee Ray, C/S , NE-I, Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

2) Com. Biswajeet Singh, Circle Treasure, Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

3) Com. Biswanath Ray, ACS ,Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

4) Com. M. V. Makhiew, D/S CGMT Office, Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

5) Com. Indresh Marbaniang, Dist. Org. Secy. Meghalaya - Rs.1,000/-

6) Com. N. B. Gurung, B/S, lnternel Branch,  Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

7) Com. B. R. Dasgupta, Br. Secy. ETR Br. Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

8) Com. Subrata Kr. Deb. Retd. TT, Shillong - Rs.1,000/-

9) Com. Kula Ch. Singha, Retd. TT, Shillong - Rs.1,000/-.

Human Chain, by maintaining physical distancing, is being organised throughout the country on 30.05.2020, to mark CITU's 50^th Foundation Day. CITU continues to champion the cause of the Indian working masses, by strengthening the working class unity and spearheading militant struggles. While conveying it's revolutionary greetings to CITU on this occasion, the CHQ of BSNLEU calls upon our comrades to actively participate in this Human Chain, by wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. 

The AUAB leaders of Kannur District, Kerala circle, submitted the memorandum to Shri K.K. Ragesh, Rajya Sabha member on 01.08.2020. The AUAB leaders explained the contents of the memorandum to the MP, who assured to do the needful. 

In the meeting of the All Unions and Associations of BSNL, held today, it is decided that the strike notice for the two day strike to be held on 12^th & 13^th December, 2017, will be served on the CMD BSNL and the Secretary, DoT, on 23.11.2017.