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We regret to report that Com. Harikrishnan, former All India Organising Secretary of our Association expired in Chennai on 22-4-2018. He was 76 years old.
CHQ conveys deep condolences on the demise of Com. Harikrishnan.
On 21-4-2018, large number of MTNL staff and pensioners met in the compound of Kidwai Bhavan, New Delhi. The function was organised by Forum of MTNL unions and associations and the Joint Forum of MTNL retirees. Leaders were felicitated. They decided to move ahead unitedly to achieve pay revision and pension revision with fitment benefits suggested Pay commission.
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Department of Telecom sent a proposal to Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), for relaxation of affordability condition in DPE guidelines on implementation of 3rd PRC report for BSNL staff. As long as the affordability condition is insisted the pay revision in BSNL will remain a mirage. After dillydallying for some time the DPE has told DoT that any relaxation of the condition requires approval by the Cabinet.
It was a known fact. There is nothing new in it.
But, some friends say that DPE has cleared the permission to approach Cabinet! Is it a clearance? They want to give an impression that the proposal is cleared by DPE.
See the DPE letter: dpe-on-prc.jpg
(A) ALL INDIA CONFERENCE:
The Date: 22nd and 23rd September, 2018, Saturday and Sunday.
Venue of Conference: First preference is the East Coast Railway Tourist Complex, just adjacent to Puri Railway Station. If it is not available, the spacious compound in Sree Gundicha Bhakta Niwas will be the venue. Exact venue will be notified very soon.
Accommodation (Lodgings):
Dharamsalas are many in Puri. But they are not suitable to elderly persons. Hence, rooms in good hotels will be provided for comfortable stay of delegates. It is costly. 3 locations have been seen; (1) Sree Gundicha Bhakta Niwas, near Sree Gundicha Mandir. (2) Nilachala Bhakta Niwas and (3) Niladri complex. All are in Grand Road, Puri and owned by Jagannath Temple Trust. 1000 delegates can be accommodated in the three. Cost of the accommodation may be around Rs 17 lakhs for 3 days. Hence, Reception Committee will arrange accommodation to elected delegates from 21st to 24th September only. Visitors have to make their own arrangements. If rent is sent to RC in advance (around Rs. 1000 per day for two beds room) RC will help Visitors book rooms in hotels.
FOOD: food will be provided to Delegates and Visitors on payment of Rs 1000 per head. It will start with dinner on 21-9-2018 and continue up to breakfast on 24-9-2018.
Delegate Fee : Rs 1000 per head. It can be remitted to RC Current Account No. 37632997819 in State Bank of India POKHARIPUT branch, IFS Code is SBIN0010928. PAN: AADAA5034E.
Resolution Committee: Comrades K Muthialu, V V S Murthy, R A Sharma and G S Bajwa.
Credential Committee: Coms. V Rama Rao, T P George, A K Singh and R N Singh.
Minutes Committee: Coms. R H Mitkary, J S Dahya, V Varaprasad and R N Padanair.
Resolutions and amendment to constitution should reach CHQ before 15-6-2018.
AIC FUND: Though Patna CWC decisions were conveyed, only some branches have remitted the amount. All are requested to remit the amount to CHQ account before 30-6-2018 itself.
PAN and IT Returns: Circles and District Units who have already obtained PAN should file IT returns. CHQ will issue detailed circular to all circles soon in consultation with new auditor. Xerox copy of PAN may be supplied to CHQ by all Circles and District Units who have it.
Auditor: M/s RCS and Co, Chennai are appointed as new auditor.
DELHI CIRCLE; An adhoc committee is constituted to hold circle conference.
(B) PROTEST PROGRAMMES:
Organise protest demonstrations on 20-6-2018 and Dharna on 18-07-2018 in front of CCA/SSA offices demanding pension revision with CPC fitment formula. Send a short resolution to Minister for Communication and Secretary Telecom. CHQ will approach other organizations, agreeing with the demand, for a joint programme.
WE ARE SHOCKED TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION THAT COM. B K BRAMHBHAT, ALL INDIA ORGANISING SECRETARY AND GUJARAT CIRCLE PRESIDENT EXPIRED TODAY AT 10.30 AM AFTER A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HE WAS 72.
COM. BRAMHBHAT WAS AN ACTIVE ENERGETIC LEADER. HE DID NOT COME TO CHENNAI FOR THE CWC MEETING AS GUJARAT CIRCLE CONFERENCE IS FIXED FOR 23rd INSTANT.WE CONVEY OUR HEARTFELT DEEP CONDOLENCES ON THE PREMATURE DEATH OF COM. BRAMHBHATT.
Patna CWC gave certain directions to comrades of Delhi circle on reorganizing the branches since some betrayers switched over to another rival organization. These instructions are being carried out now. The circle is reorganized as three district units and on 7-4-2018, formal election of office-bearers was conducted unanimously;
Delhi NTR Headquarter District:
President:Com. V K Kaw
Dist Secretary: Com. A K Singh
Treasurer: Com. H L Bhat
Delhi Corp. Office District:
President:Com. R L Kapoor
Dist Secretary:Com. T K Kaul
Treasurer: Com. R L Dhar
Delhi Traffic District:
President:Com. B D Sharma
Dist Secretary: Com. M S Arya
Treasurer: Com. M K Malik
CHQ welcomes the new office bearers. We are confident that Delhi Circle will march ahead in a very disciplined and systematic manner because we have enough dedicated comrades in Delhi.
As directed by the Patna CWC meeting, the general body meeting of NTR Traffic branch was held on 7-4-2018. The meeting unanimously elected Com. B D Sharma as District President, Com. M S Arya as District Secretary and Com. M K Mallick as District Treasurer .
The NTR Headquarter branch (New Delhi) comrades felicitated their beloved leader Com. Anupam Kaul, who was co-opted as Asst. General Secretary of AIBSNLPWA in last CWC meeting at Patna. Com. J S Dahiya, AGS from Haryana also was present on the happy occasion.
Com. R L kapoor garlands Com. Kaul. Com. J S Dahiya with Com. Kaul.
78.2% REVISION:149 CASES YET TO BE REVISED BY CCA KERALA
According to DDG (Accounts), DOT 169 cases are still pending to be revised with 78.2% IDR. 149 cases pertain to Kerala circle and 20 cases pertain to Kolkata.
Total Number of cases, No. of cases pending with BSNL and No. of cases pending with CCA offices are given below:
ANDHRA:12064, 0(BSNL),0(CCA)
ASSAM: 3360, 281 (BSNL), 0 (CCA)
BIHAR: 3385 ALL REVISED
CHHATISGARH: 1399 ALL REVISED
DELHI: 2644, 190 ( BSNL), 0 (CCA)
GUJARAT: 10519 ALL REVISED
HARYANA: 2123 ALL REVISED
HIMACHAL: 893, 23(BSNL)
J AND K: 1360, 326 (BSNL)
JHARKHAND: 1519, 106(BSNL)
KARNATAKA:8585, ALL REVISED
KERALA: 10809, 84(BSNL), 149(CCA)
KOLKATA:7675, 771(BSNL),20(CCA)
MP: 7022, 18 (BSNL)0(CCA)
MAHARASTRA:9428, 695(BSNL), 0(CCA)
NE I: 1179, 4 (BSNL), 0(CCA)
ORISSA:2878, 118(BSNL)0(CCA)
PUNJAB:4809, 105(BSNL),0(CCA)
RAJASTHAN:5335, 443(BSNL),0(CCA)
TAMILNADU:16846, ALL REVISED
UP EAST:6870, ALL REVISED
UP WEST: 3240, 18(BSNL), 0(CCA)
UTTRAKHAND:881, ALL REVISED
WEST BENGAL: 6339, 472(BSNL), 0(CCA)
DIFECTOR A/c:559, 52(BSNL), 0(CCA).
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Total No. of cases:131921
No. of cases sent by BSNL: 128515
No. of cases still pending with BSNL: 3406
No. of cases pending with 2 CCA offices: 169.
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5088 CASES OF DOT PENSIONERS ARE STILL PENDING
There are 95659 DOT pensioners eligible for pension revision with new formulation granted by the government. 5088 are still not revised . Circle-wise figures with total number of cases (in bracket) are given below:
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR:33(OUT OF 65)
ANDHRA: ALL REVISED (5602)
ASSAM: ALL REVISED(823)
BIHAR: ALL REVISED (1900)
CHHATISGARH: ALL REVISED (478)
DELHI: ALL REVISED (10289)
GUJARAT: ALL REVISED (3050)
HARYANA: ALL REVISED (868)
HP: 10 (354)
J&K: 1(556)
JHARKHAND: 1(383)
KARNATAKA:137 (4300)
KERALA:164 (4407)
KOLKATA: 554(4247)
Mp:ALL REVISED (3213)
MAHARASTRA:2965(21500)
NE I:ALL REVISED(411)
ORISSA: 60 (980)
PUNJAB:99 (1597)
RAJASTHAN:27 (2484)
TAMILNADU: 629 (11400)
UP EAST:ALL REVISED (3900)
UP WEST: 148 (1586)
UTTRAKHAND;ALL REVISED (410)
WEST BENBGAL : ALL REVISED (6863)
DOT HQ: 3(2063)
VSNL:222 (1536)
WMO:ALL REVISED(54)
TEC:30(340)
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Compiled by PSR based on the letter from BSNL CO. dated 5-4-2018
The Fourth Punjab Circle Conference of AIBSNLPWA was held in Parwana Bhavan, Patiala on 4-4-2018. Com. J S Dahiya, AGS participated it on behalf of CHQ. Delegates from all branches attended the conference.
Comrades B S Saini, G S Bajwa and R K Sharma are elected as Circle President, Circle Secretary and Circle Treasurer respectively.
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THE DEPT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES ORDER IS ATTACHED: ida-april-2018.pdf
THE OTHER TWO ORDERS FROM DPE ALSO ATTACHED HERE; ida-april-2018-old-1.pdf
Com. Barmeshwar Singh, Retd. TTA, Ex. All India Treasurer NFPTE and elder brother of Com. Chandeshwar Singh, G.S, expired ON 2/4/18 at about 14.45 hrs in Patna at the age of 69 yrs.
WE CONVEY OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES
Today, 31-3-2018, our Life membership has crossed 35000 .
Congratulations to our branches all over the country.
I expect that it will cross 40,000 when we meet in Puri AIC.
............................................................ P S Ramankutty
Com. M R S Prakasha Rao (Circle President, AP), Com. Varaprasad (CS, AP) Com. N Adinarayana (CHQ Org. Secretary) and Com. K S Koteswara Rao (CS Telangana) attended. Comrades N V Rama Rao, N Nageswara Rao and K Siva Kesava Rao are elected as District President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively.
The All India Consumer Price Index for February 2018 is 287, according to Labour Bureau. It was 286 for December 2017 and 288 for January 2018. Hence, the average for 3 months (December, January & February) is 287. Based on that rate of IDA effective from 1-4-2018 shall be 127.2%. Increase of 0.3%.
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I am happy to note that Calicut branch in Kerala has today transferred a sum of Rs. 30000 to AIC Fund.Calicut has 610 members.Out of them, 583 are life Members and 27 annual members.
The branch is always active. Every month it holds general body meeting in which 150-200 members regularly attend.In special meetings the attendance goes to 450-500. Every year the branch collects more than Rs. 2 lakh from its members and distributes the amount to the poor hapless people in orphanages, leprosy rehabilitation centres, adivasi Kendra etc.
Calicut branch has a cultural wing. More than 20-25 members, including ladies and retired senior officers, present very attractive musical fete etc.
It is an inspiring experience to attend the functions of Calicut branch.
…..P S Ramankutty
1. A monthly GB meeting of Calicut, 2. Another monthly meeting, 3. Spl GB meeting
Photo above: Com. G Babu (CHQ Vice President), Com. P Gangadhara Rao (Dy. GS, CHQ) and Com. R Changappa (CS Karnataka) with Shri Ananthkumar, Hon'ble Minister for parliamentary affairs, on the eve of Makarsamkranthi at Bangalore.
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FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF CWC MEMBERS: PLEASE INTIMATE YOUR ARRIVAL DEPARTURE PARTICULARS TO
COMRADE MUTHIALU ON TELEPHONE 09444666646
COMRADE RAMA RAO ON TELEPHONE 09444296085
THIS IS REQUIRED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR RECEIVING AT RAILWAY STATIONS
G.NATARAJN G/S
