There is drastic reduction in the work force of the BSNL year after year. Workers are retiring but hardly there is any new recruitment. An examination of the following official statistics corroborate the same:
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
1. Executives 58407 56016 55432
2. Non-Executives 249679 243824 236668
3. Total 308086 299840 292100
There is a total reduction of 15986 staff within 2 years from 2007-08 to 2009-10. Executives have been reduced by 2975 while non-executives reduced by 13011. In 2010-11 also there is a similar reduction.
The question of recruitment of staff has to be taken as an important agenda by the unions.
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the policy of the govt. enabled to change the track to managed services,contractual labour system,amc,etc.
the manufacturing unit will install and maintain the equipment side.our co. has been changed as a business organisation ,then why deploying a large number of staff?