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BSNL should approach all PSUs, Government Departments for providing service

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

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BSNL is gradually getting revived both in customer service as also on financial basis. It is in the front with regad to providing mobile connections for the last 4-5 months, much more than any private telco.

This is the time to woe more customers for BSNL. Though the demand of the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations that BSNL service should be made mandatory as in the case of Air India for government functionaries was not accepted, the situation has come, when at the initiative of the company itself, the effort can be made.

BSNL Management can directly approach the Central and the state governments requesting them to take BSNL service in all their departments and establishments. In the same way, the state governments and other PSUs also should be approached. The details of our services, the plans benefiting the customers, any new plans which can be introduced, special consideration etc. etc. can be intimated so that both BSNL and the government can be benefited.

This is the appropriate time for achieving the target. The Unions and associations in BSNL as well the employees should take the initiative.

Govt. should be compelled to pay the dues to BSNL

15 Sunday May 2016

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The membership verification is over and  BSNLEU and NFTE have been declared as the Main and Second recognised union respectively. The most important task at present is wage revision. However, another issue also is to taken with immediately. That is about the dues the central government have to pay to BSNL.

Since the verification campaign and other processes were going on for the last two months, proper focus could not be paid to the above issue. BSNL is in difficulty to procure equipment for expansion of services, while the private companies have got much funds either through loans, FDI etc. If the dues to BSNL from government is paid it will solve the problem to a certain extend and the company will post profit also.

The following are dues to BSNL from the government:

  1. About Rs. 6,000 crore towards refund of charges for spectrum surrendered by BSNL years back.
  2. Rs. 1,250 crores allotted by USO Fund for loss making connections, two years back.
  3. About Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 10,000 crores towards income tax refund.

Strong protest and agitation are  required to get the dues of BSNL for its expansion and modification. The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations of Non-Executives and Executives have to urgently focus on these.

 

Arbitrary Restrictions on Compassionate Ground Appointment should be withdrawn

13 Friday Nov 2015

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It is very timely that the Staff Side of the National Council has included the above issue in their  Charter of Demands to the Government as part of the agitational programmes including Dharna on 19th November 2015.

This is an issue irritating the workers for a long time. After issuing the orders by the government restricting the compassionate ground appointment to 5% of the Direct Recruitment, many deserving family members have been denied of CGA. Many families are in the streets due to this arbitrary decision. The government should be sensitive to the families of those died in the service of the people.

The government should discuss with the Staff Side and concede the genuine demand. It should be then, made applicable to the PSUs, State Government employees etc. also.

Congratulations to the Staff Side for focusing  this very important demand.

HMT Watch and other 4 PSUs to be closed

30 Saturday May 2015

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Modi Government is determined to finish the PSUs. The latest is that it has decided to close 5 PSUs viz. HMT Watch, HMT Chinar Watch, HMT Bearing, Thungabhadra Steel and Hindustan Cables. It is expected by the government to get Rs. 22,000 crore from the sale, while the cost, including VRS etc. will be around Rs. 1,400 crore.

These companies are situated in the heart of the cities, have a lot of land and building assets in addition to the infrastructure. Since these are treated as sick companies, the sale will be done just like distress sale, meaning that the companies may be handed over for a meagre price compared to its assets as has been sold in the earlier NDA regime companies like VSNL, Centaur Hotel and others.

 

Government approves Rs. 4,156.79 crore for Revival of ITI

14 Friday Feb 2014

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The government today approved a Rs 4,156.79-crore plan for revival of ailing ITI Ltd which is expected to be implemented over a period of 18 months.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the revival plan of ITI Limited based on the recommendations of the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprise (BRPSE).

The CCEA, an official statement said, has also approved regular monitoring of the implementation of the revival plan to be done by suitable committees which will be constituted at the corporate level and unit level in ITI and by an Apex Committee to be chaired by Telecom Secretary.

“Out of Rs 4,156.79 crore, capital grant of Rs 2,264 crore will be given in the form of equity for project implementation (CAPEX) for up-grading manufacturing infrastructure at various units and for new projects,” the statement said.

The balance Rs 1,892.79 crore will be financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid for statutory liabilities and other commitments made by ITI such as redemption of preferential share capital of BSNL/MTNL, arrears due to 1997 pay revision and VRS.

“The revival plan is expected to be implemented over a period of 18 months. With the cleaning of the balance sheet to a certain extent, ITI will be able to raise resources for their operations and compete in the market,” the release said.

Further, it said, with upgrading of the manufacturing infrastructure at its plants, ITI will be able to manufacture new technology products in telecom / diversified fields and able to increase its market share.

ITI Ltd, earlier known as Indian Telephone Industries Limited, was established in 1948 and later converted as the first PSU of the country to assist the Government in the sensitive and strategic telecommunication field.

Government holds majority equity stake in the Company. The company was referred to the BIFR in 2004-05 and declared a sick company.
(Courtesy: Business Standard)

Government to give loan to BSNL and MTNL to pay salary

01 Saturday Feb 2014

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The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Revival of BSNL and MTNL has decided that in case required, government will give loans to BSNL and MTNL to pay salaries to the BSNL/MTNL absorbed DOT employees. This was decided on the basis of the suggestions by the DOT in this respect.
The government is fully responsible to pay the salary of the BSNL absorbed employees, since had they been in DOT itself, without considering the profit or loss, they would have been paid salary by the Government itself. Take the case of Department of Posts or any other department. Salary is paid irrespective of profit or loss. The BSNL or MTNL employees are not the responsible persons for the profit and loss and they should not be penalised.
The decision of the EGoM is only common sense. But our demand is that the Government, instead of giving loan, should provide the required amount for paying salary as assistance. This will be justice only.

The Govt. compelled to modify poverty line amidst strong protest

29 Monday Jul 2013

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The government is being compelled to modify the poverty line guide lines due to the strong protest from political parties and eminent personalities. Below is a report from Delhi:

NEW DELHI: The government will soon revise the contentious poverty line upward from Rs 27.20 in rural areas and Rs 33.40 in urban areas after it receives the report of the Rangarajan committee that is examining the validity of the current yardstick.

Minister of state for planning Rajeev Shukla told TOI the government was in the process of re-evaluating the poverty line in a bid to make it as comprehensive a measure of social and economic backwardness as possible.

After both Congress and opposition leaders debunked expenditure of Rs 27 and Rs 33 per person per day as a benchmark for defining poverty, the government said the line had not been cast in stone.

“The poverty line is being reassessed. The Rangarajan committee is doing just that. In any case, the poverty line is not linked to pro-poor programmes like rural job guarantee or food security,” Shukla said. (courtesy: TOI)