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Com. G Natarajan (GS) and Com. T S Vittoban (Treasurer) reached Kolkata on 25-9-2017 evening. They attended the Kolkata Civil Wing District Conference on 26-9-2017. Since other branches representatives were not present it was decided to hold the West Bengal Circle conference on a later date ensuring participation by all.
Both GS and Treasurer met the PGM (Finance) and discussed cases of many medical claim bills pending. It is revealed that HR number is not fed in the ERP and hence the delay. PGM (F) assured prompt action to settle some pending cases pointed out.
For the purpose of MRS, the retirees of erstwhile Telegraph Traffic in Kolkata are clubbed with Circle Office. Due to Durga puja holidays, the GM (HR) of Circle Office who was in charge of the medical cases was not available and hence our leaders could not meet her.
With great grief, we report the sad news on demise of Com.M. Amirthalingam of Salem, our Former Assistant Circle Secretary of Tamilnadu Circle, who breathed his last at 03-55 PM yesrteday, 25th September 2017 at Coimbatore. His last rites will be performed today.
He was the President of our Association in Salem West district Branch. He is one among the top leaders of Salem and was instrumental in the merger process of Salem West division into AIBSNLPWA. His Contribution to TESA is also remembered by all.
Com. Amrithalingam was also associated with the Progressive Writers movement in Tamil.
CHQ of AIBSNLPWA conveys heart felt condolences to the bereaved family
Comrades DG, Rama Rao, Venkitachalam and others
representing AIBSNLPWA
Comrades Narasimhan, Ramalingam, Thiruvenkitaswamy and others
representing AIBSNLPWA
Two photographs of the General Body meeting of Kodambakkam branch (Chennai TD Circle) held on 18-9-1017.
This week witnessed a flurry of activity among ministers and bureaucrats as the scale of India’s economic crisis has, hopefully, begun to sink in. The slowdown in economic momentum is not just on account of extraordinary disruptions over the last year, including the transition to GST. The fact is the slowdown preceded November’s demonetisation announcement. The emphasis on economic revival through a package of measures is welcome. But Band Aids will not suffice any longer. GDP growth of 5.7% in April-June, the slowest rate of growth in three years, encapsulates the state of the economy.. (Times of India)
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THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER ???
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78 DAYS WAGES AS BONUS TO RAILWAY WORKERS.
Railway Employees will get 78 days wages as Productivity Linked Bonus this year.
Postal employees will get 60 days pay as Productivity Linked Bonus this year. For calculation of Bonus, the pay will be reckoned as Rs 7000 per month.
A section of Defence employees will get 40 days pay as Productivity Linked Bonus this year. For calculation of Bonus, the pay will be reckoned as Rs 7000 per month.
Other central government employees, not covered by PLB, will get 30 days pay as adhoc Bonus this year. For calculation of Bonus, the pay will be reckoned as Rs 7000 per month. A sum of 6908 shall be the amount for hem.
Today, we observe the 49th anniversary of the historic one day strike by the central government employees of India on 19, September 1968. Next year it will be the 50th anniversary! After half a century, when I look back many vivid pictures come to my mind. I am really a product of that one day’s strike.
The main demand for the strike was “Need Based Minimum Wage.” Nobody talks about that demand now.13 working people – mainly from Railways – were brutally murdered on that day.Nobody talks about them now.
More than 50,000 workers were dismissed or terminated.It was the dress rehearsal for Emergency declared seven years later. For political reasons, Kerala became the major target of attack.Maximum employees were dismissed, terminated, suspended and transferred to far away places in Kerala.We struggled for three years facing all types of victimization.
Some leaders surrendered, not the workers. We became stronger like steel.
On this day, I can not resist recollecting those experiences. But I do not want to narrate everything here. Time has passed. Time has solved many problems.
STILL, ONE THOUGHT.
IF A WORKER REFUSES TO WORK FOR A DAY SAYING THE WAGES YOU GIVE HIM IS NOT SUFFICIENT CAN YOU CALL THE POLICE AND GET HIM ARRESTED? NO. NO RULES PERMIT THAT.
BUT IF THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES REFUSE TO WORK FOR A DAY SAYING THE WAGES ARE NOT SATISFACTORY THEY CAN BE ARRESTED, TERMINATED, MURDERED EVEN. THEY ARE BOUND BY RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THIS IS OUR INDIA.
AP CEC meeting was held on 18-9-2017 at Eluru, West Godavari. Com. D Gopalakrishnan, Com. V V S Murthy and Com. N Adinarayana attended it representing CHQ. Com. K S Koteswara Rao (CS Telengana), Com. R Ramachandra Rao (Former AGS and DS of WG), Com. V Varaprasad,Com. S Appa Rao, Com. Subbayya etc. are seen in the picture.
n September 1965, the Chief of Air Staff was summoned to the Defence Minister's office. Pakistan was targetting the vital town of Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir as part of Operation Grand Slam. The army needed air support. The government needed to know how quickly the Indian Air Force would be ready for operations. Air Force Chief Arjan Singh replied in his characteristic nonchalance, "...in an hour".
Sixty minutes later, the Air Force was pounding Pakistan's armoured formations.
But the man who is considered a legend had any firsts to his credit.
Born in April 1919 when the First World War was ending, Arjan Singh was battle ready by the time the Second World War broke out. By the time the War was over, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross for successfully leading his squadron through many operations on the Burma front. On 15 August 1947, Arjan Singh had the unique honour of leading the fly-past of more than a 100 air force aircraft over the Red Fort in Delhi. Active for years after he retired in July 1969, Arjan Singh served as Ambassador to Switzerland and High Commissioner to Kenya. Many years later, between 1989 and 1990, he was Delhi's Lt Governor.
In recognition of his extraordinary contribution, the government conferred the rank of the Marshal of the Air Force onto Arjan Singh in January 2002. He was the only 5 star-ranked officer to survive since the death of the hero of 1971 Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in 2008.
THE MARSHAL HAS RETIRED FROM LIFE. WE JOIN ENTIRE INDIANS AND SALUTE HIM....
WE HOPE ALL RECEIVED THE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER ISSUE BY THIS TIME. IT WAS POSTED FROM CHENNAI ON 2-9-2017. The editorial is uploaded here as suggested by Com. V V S Murthy. pp-sept-edit.pdf
Com. D Gopalakrishnan (our Vice President) and Com. P Gangadhara Rao (Dy GS) met Shri Ananthkumarji, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs today (12-9-2017) morning in his office in New Delhi. Thereafter, as directed by him, our leaders met Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister for Communications and submitted a memorandum on Pension Revision with fitment formula recommended by Seventh CPC.
Sri Manoj Sinha went through the memorandum carefully and gave a patient hearing to the arguments advanced by Com. DG and Com. Rao. Finally, the Minister said; “ I WILL SEE TO IT.”
We expect early action by the Minister.
The Union Cabinet has approved hiving off the mobile tower assets of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) into a separate company, fully owned by BSNL. It has authorised BSNL to monetise its telecom tower infrastructure with the formation of a separate subsidiary, said an official release. BSNL owns 66,000 telecom towers in the country, out of the total 4.4 lakh towers. The government is looking at external tenancies and garnering revenues for the new, “independent dedicated” tower company of BSNL, the release added.
PRAYER BY GIRLS FROM SARASWATHI SISUVIHAR
GS, TREASURER AND OTHER LEADERS ON THE DAIS
SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU, BILASPUR MP SPEAKS
VIEW OF THE DELEGATES
