Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, President BSNLEU and Convener, Joint Forum along with Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary AIBDPA met Smt. Sadhana Dixit, Member (Finance) and discussed about the issues of 1) Early orders on 78.2% IDA fixation for BSNL employees, 2) Refund of BWA Spectrum to BSNL, 3) Exemption from charges for extra spectrum with BSNL and MTNL and 4) payment of Rs. 1500 crore to BSNL from USO Fund 5)Anomaly in Pension of those retired during the first ten months after the formation of BSNL ie. W.e.f. 01-10-2013 6) Minimum Pension to be raised from Rs. 3500 to Rs. 3880 and 7) Govt. pension to MTNL absorbed employees as in the case of BSNL absorbed employees. Member (Finance) assured that these issues will be positively considered.
Member (Finance) also kindly accepted our invitation to attend the Inaugural Session of the All India Conference of the All India BSNL-DOT Pensioners Association (AIBDPA) to be held at Kannur (Kerala) on 6-7 February 2013.