I surely welcome the CMD BSNL letter to the employees asking for suggestions for the improvement of BSNL and its services. In fact the letter is not even a single minute earlier.

The Joint Action Committee has placed many suggestions in the past and is placing further suggestions now and then. The BSNL Management and especially CMD should go through it and implement if found suitable.

The portal in which the suggestions are to be put should be made available to all the employees by making the password known to all.

Further, the present movement should not be limited to a circular but should be acted upon and continued.

BSNL has been formed from the P&T which was giving  service to the people of this country for more than a century.  The P&T services were efficient and one of the best in the world. Comparatively it was free from corruption.

But after formation of BSNL, the corruptive practices have increased and there are many vigilance cases going against even top level officers, who are expected to give the best example  to the employees. Though not the best, but all from top to bottom are getting reasonable and good wages. As such why anybody should indulge in corrupt pracices and give a bad name to the company and the serrvices. Sustained effort is necessary on the part of all for zero tolerance towards corruption and bribery.

In this connection, it is also to be pointed that the casual and contract labour are being exploited by the Contractors and the BSNL management. This should stop. Such exploitation not only give a bad name to BSNL but also demean all the concerned persons,including those who close their eyes to this curse.

Can’t we start a cleaning process to remove this dirt  from BSNL?

The response from the workers  for the 13th June strike agreement is very encouraging. The workers are fully aware of the benefits that will accrue from the agreement  and hence the satisfaction. We thank the workers for the appreciation.

The intense pressure put  on the BSNL management for the last two years by BSNLEU/JAC  for procurement of equipments has started bearing fruits. The first instalments of  Clip instruments have already been supplied to the circles. It is the same case with the cables. Purchase order has been issued by the Corporate Office for Broadband Modems. it is the same with the GSM lines. Drop wires are available in the BSNL Telecom Factories as also the Towers. It can be ordered directly by the Circles/SSAs. All these may not be sufficient in full to the requirement, but is a starting point, where there was no supply at all.

This opportunity has to be utilised at the maximum by the workers and the Unions/Associations should give the lead in the matter. First ensure that the Circle/SSA head take delivery of the supply of equipment at the earliest without any delay. If the supply is at circle level, pressure should be put on the SSA management to bring it quickly without any delay. The Work Committee should meet immediately and how the equipments should be utilised  and development should take place on priority should be discussed with the executives and non-executives of the SSA. Motivation to be given to the workers. Maximum co-operation between management and workers. Every week, the progress report should be discussed and any difficulty to be removed. Maximum publicity to tb given in the media/press in this connection.

In all these, the union leaders should take a pivotal role. Any difficulty may be informed to the higher bodies. It is one opportunity to the BSNL to bring back the organisation to its past glory.

The JAC/All India Unions have to continue its pressure on continued supply of the equipments according to the requirement.

The agreement signed between the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations and the BSNL Management has to be implemented in full and without any delay. Since it is necessary that the Board approval is required for grant of 78.2% IDA Merger with pay, the management should take immediate steps to hold the meeting of the BSNL Board immediately and ensure that the same is adopted. The NE-12 pay scale agreed by the Management has been unduly delayed and it should also be adopted in the Board meeting. The Management, especially the CMD should ensure that both the above are adopted by an early held Board Meeting.