TRAI proposes exemption of licence fee for landline broadband

The proposal of the TRAI to exempt licence fee for the broadband based on landline is a correct step.  The landlines are mostly loss-making or with hardly any profit. Under such circumstances, universal service by land-lines becomes difficult. If licence fee is exempted companies will be able to provide more landlines and promote broadband.

Further this will benefit BSNL, which is the leader in the landlines and hold the majority market share.

The CMD BSNL has called the Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations to discuss the strike demands at 04.00 PM on 17 April 2015. All General Secretaries are expected to participate. The first meeting will be with the Forum representatives and the next will be with the BSNLCCWF.

CMD BSNL, Shri Anupam Shrivastava, has issued a circular to all the CGMs and GMs stressing the importance of better Customer Care.
We appreciate the concerns of the CMD. This has been the same concern the Forum had raised continuously. All the top- middle executives as well as the non-ececutives should jointly work for giving a better service to the customer

” Consolidate the organisation; Do not divide and fragment it”.

” The mass orrganisations and the Party that are built up must be able to withstand the fire of repression to which the government continuously subjects them and the peoples movement.” – Jalandhar Party Congress Resolution – 1978 ( after Emergency)

The temples, the respidences of gods, are huge depository of gold, tons and tons of them. There is no correct inventory or estimate of them. How much of it is looted is also not known.
The Thiruvananthapuram Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple, Tirupati Balaji Temple are known to have hundreds of tons of gold valued at  lakh of crore of rupees with them. Now another temple has come in the lime light.
Sidhi Vinayak Temple in Mumbai is stated to have 158 tons of gold worth Rs.417 crore.
What these offerings to God are being utilised for? Centuries back, the invaders ransacked the temples and took all valuables. Now who is going to loot – the government, the former kings or the present owners.
One thing is clear.It is not the god who is interested; but the man. There is no limit to greed.

After a long period the heads of Communist Cuba and imperialist USA
Shook hands and exchanged a few words. Since many decades, there are no diplomatic relations between them. US had imposed ban on trade with Cuba which hurt the small country heavily.
Recently negotiaions have started and diplomatic relations are going to be renewed. The tides have turned during the last few years and most of the countries in America now supports Cubs. This has compelled US to rethink. It is a good development.

Forum Circular on Two Days Strike on 21-22 April signed by General Secretaries of BSNL Unions/Associations has been released calling upon the workers to make the strike a complete strike. This is being put on the websites of unions/associations.

The files related to the death/
missing of Subhas Chandra Bose are still kept secret. Why? The government should tell the people what happened. They got a right to know.