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Best Wishes to all our Comrades, Friends, Well Wishers for a Very happy and Joyous Diwali! The victory of Light over darkness!
Diwali Greetings!
10 Tuesday Nov 2015
Posted in General
Landslide Election Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
10 Tuesday Nov 2015
Posted in WORLD NEWS
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The National League for Democracy (NLD) headed by Aung San Suu Kyi has a landslide victory in the elections held in Myanmar defeating the present ruling party Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Aung San Suu Kyi and her party have been fighting for the last many years for free elections. She won in the 1990 elections with good majority, but was not allowed to rule by the Military Junta which took over. She was made a captive in her house for many years.
The people of Myanmar has given thumping majority to NLD. Now what the military junta will do has to be seen. We hail the victory of democracy in our neighbor country
NCCPA Marches Ahead
09 Monday Nov 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
The All India Conference of NCCPA, the united organisation of the Central Pensioners (including BSNL Retirees),
held at Kolkata on 6-7 November 2015 is a mile stone in the advance March of the senior citizens of the country.
Whether in the number of participants, the standard of discussions or the decisions taken, the AIC can be proud of. The pensioners marching through the congested and busy streets of Kolkata with the red flag of the union and shouting slogans loudly was inspiring. There was no weakness but only strength and determination in their steps.
The inaugural speech of Com. Ashim Das Gupta, former Finance Minister, W.Bengal and noted economist, lambasted the neo-liberal and anti-worker economic policies of the central government. The need to unitedly fight against it was pointed out.
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Government issues orders on OROP
08 Sunday Nov 2015
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NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday night formally notified the one rank one pension (OROP) scheme for the over 24 lakh ex-servicemen and six lakh war widows around the country. The scheme will entail an additional outgo of around Rs 8,000 to 10,000 crore every year.
The notification is more or less in line with what defence minister Manohar Parrikar had announced on September 5, except that the clause that exempted personnel who retire voluntarily from the scheme. There had been removed after widespread outcry among the veterans over this clause.
Instead, the government has now decided that personnel who opt for “discharge henceforth on their own request will not be entitled to the benefits of OROP”. In other words, while soldiers who took pre-mature retirement earlier will get OROP, fresh cases will not. “It will be effective prospectively,” said an official.
But the veterans said they would continue with their agitation, which has entered the 146th day now, since the government had failed to resolve “any of the seven main anomalies” in the “diluted OROP” that had been notified.
“We have been cheated by the government. We will not accept it. We will meet to decide the future course of action, including the plan to return medals medals to the district commissioners or magistrates in all the 647 districts of the country on November 9-10,” said Group Captain VK Gandhi (retd) of the United Front of Ex-Servicemen (UFESM).
The notification is more or less in line with what defence minister Manohar Parrikar had announced on September 5, except that the clause that exempted personnel who retire voluntarily from the scheme. There had been removed after widespread outcry among the veterans over this clause.
Instead, the government has now decided that personnel who opt for “discharge henceforth on their own request will not be entitled to the benefits of OROP”. In other words, while soldiers who took pre-mature retirement earlier will get OROP, fresh cases will not. “It will be effective prospectively,” said an official.
But the veterans said they would continue with their agitation, which has entered the 146th day now, since the government had failed to resolve “any of the seven main anomalies” in the “diluted OROP” that had been notified.
“We have been cheated by the government. We will not accept it. We will meet to decide the future course of action, including the plan to return medals medals to the district commissioners or magistrates in all the 647 districts of the country on November 9-10,” said Group Captain VK Gandhi (retd) of the United Front of Ex-Servicemen (UFESM).
(COURTESY:The Times of India)
CPI(M) PB Statement on Bihar Elections
08 Sunday Nov 2015
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New Delhi, November 8 : The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The CPI(M) congratulates the people of Bihar who have given a resounding defeat to the BJP alliance in the assembly elections. They have rejected the rank communal campaign conducted by the BJP, led by the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo with divisive issues like cow and beef and the bogey of reservations for minorities.
The decisive victory of the JD(U)-RJD alliance is a clear indication that the BJP-RSS brand of politics is getting increasingly exposed. It is also an indication that the eighteen month record of the BJP central government which has imposed economic burdens on the people has met with disapproval.
The Bihar verdict will strengthen the fight against the right wing communal forces.
A visit to Comrade Sisir Bhattacharya, veteran P and T union leader
08 Sunday Nov 2015
Posted in P&T TU History
It was an educating experience to meet Comrade Sisir Bhattacharya, the senior mot leader of the P and T Trade Union movement. Today, along with Com. Mihir Dasgupta, former AGS of BSNLEU and Com. Om Prakash Singh, Circle Secretary Telecom Factory, I visited Sisirda at his residence in Kolkata.
Sisirda was happy to meet us. We discussed about the past experience in his life connected with the Union activities as well as his interest in sports. He gave us breakfast and we chatted for about two hours. I could gather a lot of information and knowledge about the trade union movement in Bengal and India.
At 95, he still maintain comparatively good health and memory to tell us the past events with full clarity.
Thank you Comrade Sisirda. Wish you good health and many more years to guide us!
October Revolution celebrated in Russia
07 Saturday Nov 2015
Posted in WORLD NEWS
People hold red flags during a rally to mark the 98th anniversary of Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution in central Moscow on November 7, 2015.
NCCPA All India Office bearers
07 Saturday Nov 2015
Posted in AIBDPA - BSNL DOT Pensioners
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The full list office-bearers elected at the All India Conference of NCCPA is given below:
Patrons: 1. V.A.N.Namboodiri 2. R.L.Bhattacharjee President: Shiv Gopal Mishra Working President: S.S.Roy Vice-Presidents: 1. C.L.Mathur 2. D.V.Dhaktod 3. H.N.Joshi 4. P.S.Parameswaran 5. S.Rehman Secretary General: K.K.N.Kutty Deputy Secretary Generals: 1. Pabitra Chakraborty 2. K.Raghavendran Asst. Secretary Generals: 1. K.G.Jayaraj 2. Prabhakaran Nair 3. S.K.Sharma 4. C.P.Shobhana 5. I.S.Dawas Organising Secretaries: 1. M.A.Karmekar 2. T.I.Sudhakaran 3. Somayya 4. Geeta Ghoshal 5. K.P.Sharma 6. G.R.Verma Treasurer: H.N.Sidhu Asst. Treasurer: S.Laha Internal Auditor: A.K.Ghosh :
Hearty Congratulations to all the elected office-bearers!
NCCPA Delegate session 7 November
07 Saturday Nov 2015
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The NCCPA All India Conference unanimously decided through a resolution to affiliate NCCPA to the Trade Union International ( Pensioners and Retirees). Coms. V.A.N.Namboodiri and M.R.Das participated in the discussion. After. Discussion the report and accounts were adopted.
The following Office bearers were unanimously elected:
Patrons: V.A.N.Namboodiri
R.L.Bhattacharjee
President: Shiv Gopal Mishra
Secretay General: KKN Kutty
Treasurer:H.N.Sidhu (Full list will be punlished later.)
Rail journey is a contact session
07 Saturday Nov 2015
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I always enjoy train journey. It is a time to discuss many issues with co-passengers and get wiser. This is what happened today also during my journey from Delhi to Kolkata by Rajdhani. Nice co-passengers. Thanks.
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