EPFO to invest 5% Pension Fund in stock market

25 Saturday Apr 2015

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The Labour Ministry has directed the EPF Organisation to invest up to 5% of the EPF corpus in the stock market in this financial year 2015-16. The EPFO is having a fund corpus of about lakhs of crores of rupees. In  2015-16 alone it is expected that the deposit will be around Rupees one lakh crore.

Investing in stock market is risky, since there can be up and down. The Central Trade Unions have been strongly opposing investing in stock market due to this risk. But the BJP led government is determined to put the fund at the disposal of the corporates, which had liberally donated to its election funds.

Strong protest should come from the trade unions against this anti-worker decision.

Revival of BSNL – Meeting with Secretary DOT on 1st May 2015

24 Friday Apr 2015

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BSNL Management has intimated that the meeting of Secretary DOT with the  Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations on the strike issues will be held at 17.00 hours on 1st May at Sanchar Bhawan.  This is by rescheduling the meeting fixed on 27th April 2015.

Revival of BSNL – Communications Minister meets MPs

24 Friday Apr 2015

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Communications Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad to day met M.P.s at Parliament Annexe and discussed about the Revival of BSNL with them. Com. Shankar Prasad Datta and Com.Jitendra Choudhary from CPI(M) and a few other MPs were there. Com. Shankar Prasad Datta, M.P., who have raised the issue of the BSNL Strike in zero hour in the Parliament two days back, explained the demands of the workers in detail to the Minister and asked for immediate action for revitalising BSNL. Minister agreed to consider the same. The meeting lasted for about one hour.

We express our sincere thanks to the Members of Parliament for their taking up the issue of revival of BSNL with the Minister.

Letter to Communications Minister by Forum

24 Friday Apr 2015

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Copy of letter sent by Forum dated 24-04-2015 to Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Communications Minister is  reproduced below:

 

FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS / ASSOCIATIONS

D-7, Telegraph Place, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110001

Forum/HM                                                                                             24-04-2015

To

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad,                                                                             Minister of Communications & IT,                                                                   Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road,                                                                   New Delhi – 110001

Sub: Request for a meeting with the Communications Minister on the issue of Revival of BSNL.

Respected Sir,

The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations is the umbrella organisation of the BSNL Executives and Non-Executives numbering about 2.25 lakhs employed in BSNL. Forum is seriously concerned with the revival of BSNL and has been suggesting many proposals for the strengthening of BSNL and better service to the customers during the last many years.

The Forum has requested about half a dozen times to your kind self for a meeting with the Forum, so that our issues could be presented before you for kind consideration and settlement. Though your office had assured that meeting will be arranged, unfortunately so far no meeting has taken place. In fact, we could not to meet you even once after you assumed office.

You may be aware that the employees were compelled to go on Two days Strike on 21-22 April 2015 to focus our demands and for early settlement. The date of the strike was postponed twice in the hope that a serious discussion will take place with the DOT / Government. That also did not happen.

The employees were happy to read your declarations in the Parliament and outside that ‘BSNL will not be allowed to die’ and that necessary action will be taken to revive BSNL. The Forum is fully prepared to co-operate in this matter which is of vital importance to the employees.

I would, therefore, once again request you to kindly grant a meeting to the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations at the earliest to discuss these issues and present our views.

Thanking You,

Yours Faithfully,

 Sd/-

V.A.N.Namboodiri                                                                                        Convener, Forum. Mob: 9868231431

 

 

 

 

BSNL takes the lead offering free calls at night

24 Friday Apr 2015

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BSNL has taken the initiative in offering free calls between 21.00  to 07.00 hours for land line connections from 1st May 2015. It will give boost to the land line business and will benefit the customers. There is no time limit given. However, it will be reviewed after six months.

Forum welcomes the decision.

Communications Minister to meet MPs today on Revival of BSNL

24 Friday Apr 2015

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It is reported in today’s  “Business Line”, that the Communications Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet the Members of Parliament today evening to discuss about the ‘Revival of BSNL.’ The successful Two Days Strike by the BSNL Employees on 21-22 April has made compulsions on the Minister to act. Forum has contacted MPs to focus our issues in the meeting. It is, however, not clear who are MPs being invited.

The Minister has not called the Forum of BSNL Unions for a meeting so far. The Forum has requested for a meeting five times during the last 10 months, since the NDA government took over, but no reply or invitation.

39,500 farmers committed suicide on 2011-13

24 Friday Apr 2015

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According to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 39,500 farmers have committed suicide during 2011-13.

The central and state governments have been ignoring the plight of the farmers, despite loud declarations now and then that farmers issues are being tackled effectively.

The Central and State government should act immediately to attend to the problems of the farmers who are the people who provide the nation with food.

News Paper or Advertisement Paper ?

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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Sometimes a doubt arises whether the news papers are published for printing the news or printing advertisements. Earlier, the front page was for publishing the important news. For some time the front page of many newspapers are only having advertisements. Gradually second page and some times third and fourth page also are for advertisements only. Some of the important national dailies are having more pages of advertisement than news. By seeing the number of advertisements and space allotted for them, it is felt that, even if the newspapers are supplied free to people, the owners will get sufficient profit. I may be wrong.But it seems so.

One Million e-mails to TRAI in support of Net-Neutrality!

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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It is one of the biggest social campaign India has seen in recent times.  After the TRAI called  for an open discussion on the question of Net-Neutrality, more than 10 lakh e-mails have been received by TRAI that net-neutrality should not be compromised and the proposals to allow internet providers to charge for special schemes etc. can not be allowed.

This is a good response. The proposals against net-neutrality being thought about cannot be allowed.

 

 

“Read the World” – World Book Day 2015 – 23 April 2015

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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23rd April is being observed as “World Book Day” for the last many years internationally. It was decided by UNESCO in 1995 to celebrate the day to honour many well known writers  as it is, ‘according to the Gregorian calendar, the birth and death anniversaries of the William Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Mejía Vallejo; death anniversaries of the Miguel de Cervantes (died on 22nd of April and buried on 23rd of April), Josep Pla, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and birth anniversaries of the Manuel Mejía Vallejo, Maurice Druon and Halldór Laxness”.

The day was observed as World Book Day even earlier, in some countries, but it became international, after UNESCO took the decision.

Every year a theme is decided for the day. The theme for 2015 is “Read the World.”