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A.P.Circle bifurcated and Telangana Circle formed from 01-10-2016

03 Monday Oct 2016

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BSNL has issued orders forming Telangana Telecom Circle by bifurcating A.P. Circle and the separate circles have started functioning from 01-10-2016, on the 16th Birth Anniversary of BSNL. Though A.P. state was bifurcated some time back, BSNL had not decided for bifurcation and functioned as one circle. But the state elections and the formation of separate governments for Telangana and A.P. has created a situation, where separation of BSNL  became a necessity. It is true that the NE-I and NE-II circles each have three states in their jurisdiction, but A.P. and Telangana are big states.

A.P.Circle was the biggest telecom circle in the country  with regard to employees, and Rajasthan is the biggest in area. After bifurcation of A.P.Circle, Maharashtra will be the circle with the maximum number of employees, around 16,000.

A.P. Circle and its leadership have always been a strong bastion of BSNL Employees Union. From the second verification in 2004 onward, it gave good majority to BSNLEU in each verification. Best  support always has been given to CHQ, including donation of a car for the use of General Secretary. I remember the important roles played by leaders like Coms. M.N.Reddy, P.Asokababu, J.Sampath Rao, D.Nagamanyam, Ramachndrudu and others in building up the organisation in the circle.

At this important junction of the bifurcation of the A.P.Circle, I convey my Greetings and Best Wishes to the leaders and workers  with the hope that they will continue to be in the foremost in fighting for the cause of BSNL and the workers.

Hold National Council Meeting of BSNL without further delay

03 Monday Oct 2016

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The VII Membership Verification of Non-executive unions in BSNL was conducted on 10th May 2016 and results announced with BSNLEU as the Main Recognised Union and NFTE as the second recognised union.

It is almost five long months, but the management is yet to notify the formation of the National Council. BSNLEU has already given its nominations. (4 seats are kept vacant for its allies). Despite the nominations, BSNL Management has not formed the Council. This is completely unacceptable. Meetings are to be held once in three months. Already the period for one meeting is over.

Management should form the National Council immediately and start discussion. The employees have got a lot of issues which require urgent attention.

BSNL completes 16 years excellent service to the people! Congratulations to all!

30 Friday Sep 2016

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the telecom PSU, has completed 16 years of committed service to the people of this country.

It was on 1st October 2000 that BSNL was formed by separating the service portion from the Department of Telecom. It was against the wish of the employees, but leaders of the three federations agreed for the same on certain assurances from the government.

The first 6-7 years saw the continued growth of BSNL surpassing the private telecom companies, one after another, despite the fact that the latter were granted licence to provide mobile services more than 6 years earlier.The revenue increased up to Rs.40,000 crore, the profit more than Rs.10,000 crore and many new connections increasing every month. This was not to the liking of the private companies and corporates as also the government. The government stopped procurement of equipments by BSNL to provide connections for which there was huge demand, took away all the funds of BSNL on one pretext or another and provided all assistance to the private companies. BSNL did not collapse completely only due to the committed workforce which through sustained struggles and hard work  kept BSNL alive and growing.

After four years of loss, BSNL has got operational profit in 2014-15 which increased in 2015-16 to Rs. 3,000 crore. Still the company is in loss due to the depreciation of about Rs.3,000 crore. The programmes like ‘Customer Delight Month”, ‘Service With A Smile’ etc. initiated by the BSNLEU and Forum and co-ordinated by BSNL Management as also special packets like ‘free night service’  has gradually made the company better and will be profitable by 2018.

But the government continues its anti-PSU policy. On the basis of the report of the Niti-Ayog, government is moving for the strategic sale of BSNL and MTNL. The BJP government wants to close/sell all the PSUs to repay and satisfy the corporates who supported them and donated in the elections.

But the workers will never allow the government to implement its black agenda. 2nd September 2016 strike has been a strict warning to the government.

The number of employees have been reduced since formation of BSNL from  3,50,000 to 2,10,000 due to non-recruiting of staff in the large number of vacancies resulted by retirement.

BSNL Employees Union, which has been the recognised union  from 2004 onwards has taken initiative to organise the executive and non-executive unions under the JAC/ Joint Forum / Forum and fought many battles to keep BSNL alive and to strengthen it. Unfortunately, the Forum is divided now, with NFTE forming another Forum. Separate agitations are being organised for the same demands. Top leaders of all the unions have to discuss and come together as earlier to fight for the revival of BSNL .

when the BSNL and workers celebrate the 16th anniversary of the the telecom PSU, they are faced with many challenges. It is only through the united struggles of the workers and continuous vigil that BSNL can be brought back to its past glory. Let  all the workers and the management dedicate themselves to this noble task. UNITY FOR STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE FOR UNITY AND STRUGGLE AND UNITY FOR PROGRESS!

On this 16th anniversary of the formation of BSNL, we convey our Warm Greetings to all! Let us continue our struggle for better service to the people and safeguarding the interests of the BSNL workers, Pensioners and contract workers, who are the backbone of the company!

 

BSNL provides 23 lakh connections in August 2016

05 Monday Sep 2016

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Congratulations to all employees and management of BSNL. In August 2016, BSNL has provided a total connection of 23,07,301 which is about 103% of the target fixed for the month. It is only with the wholehearted support of the workers and the management that this achievement could be made. It is to be noted that for the last few months, BSNL has been providing connections above 20 laklhs. This we have to continue. Further better service is also to be provided so that the customers will be happy with BSNL and its workers.

 

 

Meeting of PLI Committee today

05 Monday Sep 2016

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The meeting of the PLI Committee of BSNL is meeting today. Due to huge loss, the BSNL employees were not paid Bonus for the last few years.

Now that BSNL has improved and has posted operational profit both in 2014-15 and 2015-16, it is a must that PLI (Bonus) should be paid to its employees. Of course, PLI is not based on profit, but on productivity. Productivity has also increased very much. The Management offered Rs. 1,100 in the last meeting of the Committee, which the unions did not accept. Since the Central Government has already fixed the minimum bonus as Rs. 7,000, the BSNL employees also should be paid at least Rs. 7,000 as PLI (Bonus). It is hoped that the Staff Side participating in the deliberations will be able to clinch the issue with the Minimum Bonus of Rs.7,000. The BSNL Management should agree to the fully justified demand of the Staff Side.

2nd September Strike Great Success! Congratulations!

02 Friday Sep 2016

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The Indian Working Class have once again showed their unity in struggle! The 2nd September Strike has been participated by more than 15 crore workers. In certain states like Kerala and Tripura it was a complete standstill. Workers in all sectors in all states participated in large numbers. As per the reports, this is the biggest working class struggle for the last many decades.

BSNL Employees Union and BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation have been preparing for the strike sufficiently in advance by organising conventions, committee meetings etc. It has got good results. In BSNL, most of the workers and casual and contract workers went on strike. The Pensioners under the leadership of AIBDPA organised demonstrations and processions in support and solidarity of the strike. The strike was  for the cause of the entire working class in the country. The demands raised by the Central Trade Unions, Independent Federations and Unions are the issues of the people and the toiling masses. The government can not escape from such justified demands.

While Congratulating the workers for the great struggle, we demand the government to concede the demands immediately, failing which further struggles will take place.

Organise mighty demonstrations against Trinamool attacks on BSNLEU office.

23 Tuesday Aug 2016

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BSNL Employees Union CHQ has called upon its Branches/SSAs to organise powerful protest demonstrations on 24th August 2016 against the cowardly attack on BSNLEU W.Bengal Office by the Trinamool goons a few days back. The union office, which is inside the CTO Building, Calcutta  has been ransacked and the workers there attacked. The BSNL Management has to immediately file FIR against these goons as also bring this to the notice of the Central government since a crucial office under security has been gate-crashed and union office ransacked.

Organise the demonstrations with massive participation and explain to the workers the attacks on the trade unions in W.Bengal by the Trinamool goons. It is also clear that the police is not taking action probably on the directions of the government.

We will not tolerate attack on our union and union workers! The government and the BSNL Management should take immediate action against the culprints and esnure the security f the workers.

BSNL invests Rs. 7,000 crore upgradation and installation of mobile towers.

01 Monday Aug 2016

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CMD BSNL, Shri Anupam Shrivastava has stated that the PSU will invest Rs. 7,000 crore to install 21,000 mobile towers to improve the quality of service. However, he also pointed out that BSNL is number one company in reducing the call drops and will try further to improve the position. The number of towers will be increased to 5,000 with this addition.

BSNL is on the revival path due to the joint efforts of the workers and the management. The programme of “Service With A Smile” started by the Unions and Management has shown good results with more new mobile connections coming to BSNL that private companies.

The government should provide financial assistance at this stage to help the PSU to come up quickly.

From the Past – When Dada Ghosh Bhawan was purchased?

18 Monday Jul 2016

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Dada Ghosh Bhawan, the head quarters of BSNL Employees Union, was purchased in May 1963 for Rs. 90,000 by Com. O.P.Gupta, the then General Secretary, E.III Union, for accommodating the NFPTE and affiliated unions, which were being asked to vacate the rented accommodation, 9, Pusa Road, New Delhi, where they were functioning since 1954.The loan was paid back after all the unions collected donations and handed over to E.III Union.  Most of the unions shifted to Dada Ghosh Bhawan, but later shifted from there, except E.III, E.IV and P.III Unions.

Private Telecom companies questioned by PAC on under- statement of AGR

14 Thursday Jul 2016

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The six major telecom companies viz. Airtel, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications, Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Aircel were questioned by the Public Accounts Committee about the understatement of Adjusted Gross Revenues (AGR) of Rs. 46,405.75 crore so as to cheat the government in paying the revenue share. The companies did not have any genuine explanation.Government has lost more than 12,000 crore revenue share from this cheating.

Why the Telecom Department and the government did no take any action in this respect, despite the cheating during 2006-07 to 2009-10 is a matter of concern.