03 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, Telecom
The government is proposing to penalise the telecom companies for call drops, which have very much increased. The companies will have to provide extra time for the period of call drops.
This will compel the service providers to improve their services. BSNL also will have to improve its services to satisfy the customers.
03 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in WFTU, WORLD NEWS
02 Jun 2015
The WFTU Conference titled “The embargoes, blockades and sanctions imposed by the US, NATO and the EU are striking a blow to the workers rights” opened on June 1st in the European Parliament in Brussels – Belgium with the attendance of 40 unionists from 13 countries.
The 2 day conference concluded on a resolution demanding the lifting of all blockades, economic sanctions and discrimination imposed by the US, EU and all kinds of imperialist interventions. A delegation of the trade unionists, headed by Marco Tulio Diaz, President of Construction Workers Federation of Venezuela and vice president of the Bolivarian Trade Union Central of Workers, presented the resolution of the meeting to the office of the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. The head of the delegation presented the resolutions of the meeting to the officials of the European Parliament and rejected the recent EU aggression and slandering statements of the European Parliament President against Venezuela.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation
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“BSNL will offer free national roaming from June 15, Union minister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
Spectrum sharing and trading policy to go to Cabinet this month and full mobile portability will be given from July, he added. The minister was briefing the media today regarding the achievements of his ministry as part of the programmes to mark the Narendra Modi government’s first year in office.” (Courtesy: NDTV)
It is a good news for the customers.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in General
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One more case of the MNCs and Corporates in the food section, selling unhygienic and dangerous products has been exposed.
Now it is Maggi, the ‘so called nutritious and health food for the children especially’. The UP Government has found that dangerous ingredients are there and is planning to prosecute the company and its brand ambassadors like Amitabh Bacchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zeinta. Delhi Government is going to ban it and to take stringent action against the company. Kerala government has stopped the sale of Maggi in its stores.
Stringent action should be taken against such companies who endangers the lives of crore of people.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, General
BSNL Employees Union, the recognised union in BSNL, has notified that its Central Executive Committee Meeting will be held at Dalhousie, H.P., from 16th to 18th June 2015. The CEC is meeting for the first time after the All India Conference at Kolkatta and hence will be having a long agenda for discussion and decision.
The ‘Save BSNL, Increase Landline – Better Subscriber Service’ Campaign is a priority issue to be discussed. Already the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations has called upon all the unions/associations and employees to put maximum efforts for a better service to the people and also increasing the landlines utilising the present scheme of free night calls from BSNL landlines.
It is almost time for the next Wage Revision. What are the demands, when to raise the issue and how to achieve the same in the present situation when BSNL is in loss etc. will have to be discussed and suitable decision taken.
Restoration of Medical Allowance, LTC, Bonus, grant of E-1 scale, stagnation,deduction in salary, change of designation and other such issues are there. In the name of loss, how many years, the workers have to take all the burden?
Organisation has to be streamlined for the next verification of membership, to increase the number and % of votes.
There are many other issues which require urgent attention. I hope that the CEC will discuss all these issues and come to clear conclusions and decisions.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in CG Employees
The VII Central Pay Commission has intimated the Secretary, Staff Side, National Council, JCM that the last meeting with the National Council will be held on 9th June 2015 at the CPC Office.
This indicates that the Pay Commission is going through the last round of discussions. It is not clear when VII CPC will submits its report.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in Telecom
DoT panel for net neutrality has submitted its report to the telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The 6 member panel was formed in last January to formulate government’s policy on net neutrality.
There has been strong protest against the move of the private telecom companies to restrict services and charging the net services to maximise their profits. The TRAI has also circulated a paper on the matter.
There have been strong protests from the net users demanding that net neutrality should be maintained. Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated in the Parliament that net neutrality should continue.
The details of the committee report have not been published. Unless net-neutrality is ensured, there is going to be strong protests.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
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Almost all the mobile franchisees and shops were closed in Kashmir, especially in Spore area, due to the threat of extremists who have warned against selling of mobiles as also functioning of the mobile towers. Mobile towers and franchisees were attacked in the recent days.
The anger against the mobile sales and towers by the extremists seems because that they are being traced and attacked by the military/police on the basis of the information through the mobile towers etc.
BSNL franchisee shops also have been closed, although they were the latest to do so.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in General
The first bus from Kolkata through Dhakka reached Agartala in Tripura today. It reduces about 1,000 km of journey which were going roundabout earlier without touching Bangladesh.
This will help a lot of people in Tripura to reach Kolkatta for treatment purpose etc. The understanding between India and Bangladesh has made this possible.
01 Monday Jun 2015
Today, 1st June is the International Children’s Day.
Let us pledge to provide the children a happy life, education, care and support. Let them grow in a loving atmosphere. Let us not take their childhood putting all burden on them, making their lives unhappy and unpleasant.
Let us remember on this day the crores of children in India, who do not have even two meals a day, who could not go to schools, who are compelled to work and whose lives are full of misery. Let us help them.
Children are the Future of humanity. Let them grow and make the world a place of friendship and peace!
