07 Friday Feb 2020
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AUAB has decided to organise Dharna on 11th February and Hunger Dharna on 24th March 2020 on the demands of BSNL Revival and payment of salary, allotment of 4G Spectrum etc. AIBDPA has called upon its members to join the programme effectively in all the places.
06 Thursday Feb 2020
A meeting of the AUAB was held today, presided over by Com.Chandeswar Singh, Chairman. All the constituents of the AUAB attended today’s meeting. Com.P.Abhimanyu, Convenor, welcomed all and briefed on the agenda for discussion. The meeting held in-depth discussions and decided to launch agitational programme on the following Demands:-
Immediate payment of salary for the months of December, 2019 & January, 2020, as well as prompt payment of salary every month.
Immediate clearance of the dues, already deducted from the salaries of employees.
Immediate launching of BSNL’s 4G service.
Immediate granting of sovereign guarantee for issuing of bonds by BSNL.
Immediate withdrawal of notices issued under FR 17 (A).
No whimsical transfer of employees, consequent to the implementation of VRS.
Action Programme:
Lunch hour demonstrations on 11.02.2020.
Hunger strike at all levels on 24.02.2020.
[Date : 06 – Feb – 2020]
05 Wednesday Feb 2020
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As part of the campaign being organised by AIBDPA on the demand of the Pension Revision for BSNL retirees wef 01-01-2017, the Circle and District Secretaries along with other office bearers are meeting the Members of parliament from their constituencies and giving the copy of memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister on the subject. Shri Rupin Bora, M.P. from Assam, who is also the State Congress President has raised the matter in the Parliament asking the govt to implement Pension revision. More and more M.P.s are being met by the AIBDPA leaders.
05 Wednesday Feb 2020
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Central Govt has issued orders providing facility of Life Certificates from the doorstep of pensioners. The Press Statement in this connection is given below:
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
30-January-2020
Facility of Life Certificate by banks from the doorstep of the pensioners
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), has taken a landmark step to make life easier for senior citizens to submit their Annual Life Certificate for continued pension. The Department vide its circular no. 12/4/2020-P&PW(C)-6300, dated 17.01.2020 has issued directions to all the Pension Disbursing Banks to send SMSs/Emails to all their pensioners on 24th October, 1st November, 15th November and 25th November every year reminding them to submit their Annual Life Certificates by 30th November.
The Department for stricter monitoring in order to ensure that no pensioners are left out, directed all Pension Disbursing Banks to make an exception list as on 1st December every year of those pensioners who fail to submit their Life Certificate and issue another SMS/Email to them for submitting the Life Certificate. The bank in addition will also ask such pensioners through SMS/Email as to whether they are interested in submission of Life Certificate through a chargeable doorstep service, the charge not exceeding Rs.60/-.
shall now be duty bound to submit a report to DoPPW in the month of January, February & March respectively, indicating the total number of pensioners who have not given their Life Certificate along with a breakup of the Certificates submitted physically and through Digital means.
The above is a landmark step from the side of the Central Government showing due care for pensioners. This step is in addition to the order issued recently dated 18.07.2019 vide which all pensioners age 80 years and above have been given an exclusive window to submit their Life Certificate w.e.f. 1st October every year instead of 1st November every year. RCJ/PK (PIB) 30.01.2020
25 Saturday Jan 2020
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Warm Republic Day Greetings to all Friends, Comrades and Well Wishers! Let us be part of building up the secular, democratic republic.
24 Friday Jan 2020
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“The Delhi High Court today allowed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students who are yet to register for the ongoing Winter Semester, to do so as per the old hostel manual within one week.
The Court has directed that no late fee shall be imposed on such students for late registration.
The Court has also clarified that for the purpose of room allocation, the reserved category students shall be dealt with as per the old Hostel Manual i.e. the one which existed prior to October 28, 2019 in case of any dispute.
The order was passed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher in a petition by the members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) challenging the introduction of University’s new Hostel Manual.
The Court today issued notice to the JNU Administration and directed it to file its response to the petition within two weeks.
It is the petitioner’s stance that the new Hostel Manual has resulted in increased hostel fee, affected rights of those in reserved categories vis a vis allocation of hostel rooms, and reduced the representation of the JNUSU in the Inter Hostel Administration (IHA).
In its petition filed through Advocates Abhik Chimni, Aman Shukla, Aarti and Mayank Goyal, JNUSU members assailed the Hostel Manual on the ground that that the entire decision-making process was malafide, arbitrary and illegal, and adversely affected the student community.
Appearing for the petitioners, Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal contended that the decision-making process was undertaken without any student representation. This defeated the mandate of the Hostel Manual of including the views of the stakeholders when changing its provisions, he argued.
The petitioners also took objection to the introduction of Below Poverty Line (BPL)/Economic Weaker Section (EWS) category in the Hostel Manual, calling it irrational and arbitrary. It is stated that there was no explanation as to how such category was to be made applicable or identified when “Merit-cum-Means Scholarships” category was already existing in the University.
It was thus pleaded that the acts ran contrary to the Delhi High Court’s order passed in March 2019, which acknowledged the importance of student representation in welfare committees.
Opposing the plea, Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand submitted that 90% students had already registered as per the new Hostel Manual.To this Justice Shakdher replied,
“When you don’t have a choice, what do you do?”
Justice Rajiv Shakdher (Delhi High Court)
Urging the University administration to establish dialogue with the representatives, Justice Shakdher said,
“You cannot say that you will not engage… that’s my concern.”
Justice Rajiv Shakdher (Delhi High Court)
Anand also opposed Justice Shakdher’s suggestion to keep the increased hostel fee in abeyance for the time being in view of concerns regarding payment of salaries to the employees of the University. Justice Shakdher, however, remarked,
“Government cannot get out of education…Government has to fund public education…responsibility to pay salaries cannot be on the students… someone has to find the funds.”
Justice Rajiv Shakdher (Delhi High Court)
Anand further added that the new manual was introduced as per communications from the UGC and the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Further, the UGC was already in dialogue with the students, she claimed.
She also raised objections with regard to the election of the JNUSU and stated the matter was already pending before a grievance redressal cell as per the Lyndoh Committee guidelines.
The Court, however, clarified that this aspect will be examined at a later stage, if the need arises. The Court was also informed that utility and service charges had already been waived off.
In view of the above, the Court proceeded to direct that the remaining 10% students shall be allowed to register for the ongoing Winter Semester as per the old Hostel Manual and no late fee shall be imposed on them.
The Court also directed for the impleadment of the MHRD and the UGC as parties to the petition.” (Report by Adithi Singh )
24 Friday Jan 2020
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-78569 –
It is not a mere number.
It is a harsh reality, the number of BSNL employees who were compelled to take VRS, by threat of transfer, reduction in retirement age, 12 hours work, no salary and a sugar coated offer with many pitfalls.
The VRS offer with threats was a double edged weapon – to reduce manpower thus weakening service leading to privatisation and also deny full eligible pension to the VRS optees by not allowing them retirement on superannuation. Govt is expected to save lakhs of crores of rupees through reduced pension.
But AUAB / BSNLEU and All India BSNL DOT Pensioners Association are there to defend BSNL and the VRS pensioners.
AUAB/BSNLEU have already given excellent suggestions to improve BSNL and make it profitable.
AIBDPA has met top officers of DOT to ensure that Pension is paid to all the
78569 VRS retirees by 29th February itself. In case, all these cases could not be completed in time, then at least provisional pension should be paid, which suggestion was accepted by DOT.
There are many pitfalls in VRS. AIBDPA, the biggest pensioners organisation in BSNL is committed to safeguard the interests of all BSNL DOT pensioners including VRS pensioners.
AIBDPA is already on the struggle path. On Pension Revision issue it is approaching all M.P.s in the country to take up the matter with Prime Minister. Already more than 30 M.P.s have been met, who assured to take the matter with govt. Tens of thousands of signatures are being collected in Memorandum to be submitted to Prime Minister. Thousands will participate in Hunger Strike in front of CCAs on 12 February.
Tens of thousands of BSNL DOT pensioners will March to Parliament on 12 March on these demands.
AIBDPA welcomes all VRS retirees to its fold to unite and fight for the demands of pensioners.
24 Friday Jan 2020
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Excellent efforts have been made by the AIBDPA leaders at the circle and district levels by meeting the local M.P.s and submitting memorandum along with the Memorandum to the Prime Minister requesting Pension Revision of BSNL retirees from 2017. More than 50 M.P.s all over the country have been met. All of them assured the AIBDPA delegations that they will take up the case with the government for early settlement.
Hearty Congratulations to all the concerned comrades! Other circle/district secretaries are requested to meet their M.P.s and present the memorandum.
23 Thursday Jan 2020
Richest 1% Indians hold 4 times more wealth than bottom 70%.
The Oxfam International has released it’s report on 20th January, 2020, in the sideline of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. This time the title of the report was “Time to Care”.
The report stated “Economic inequality is out of control. In 2019, the world’s billionaires, only 2,153 people, had more wealth than 4.6 billion people.”
It further mentioned that India’s richest 1% hold more than four times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70% of the country’s population. Regarding India, Oxfam further said that the combined total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires i.e., Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Sunil Mittal etc., is higher than the total Union Budget of India for the fiscal year 2018-19 which was at Rs.24,42,200 crore. (BSNLEU Website)
18 Saturday Jan 2020
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To day dt. 18/01/2010 a delegation of AIBDPA Saharanpur Distt branch UP(W) met to hon.MP Haji Fajlur Rehman ji and submitted a memorandum to him regarding pension revision .Com.K.S .Verma (Distt.President AIBDPA),Com Chaman Lal,Com. V.P.Chawla,Com.Kaliram,Com.C>P. Singh and others was present.
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