The historic two day General Strike started today, against the anti-people and anti-worker policies of the Modi government. As per media reports the strike has made very big impact throughout the country. CHQ has received reports that the strike is effective in BSNL. Many circles have sent photos. All circle unions are requested to send a brief report. CHQ conveys it’s revolutionary greetings to all the comrades participating in the strike.

CITU, the spearhead of the Indian working class movement, is celebrating the 50^th anniversary of it’s foundation, on 30.05.2019. CITU was founded on 30.05.1970, at Kolkata. To mark the beginning of the year long celebrations, a meeting is being organised in the Mavalankar Hall at New Delhi, at 2:30 pm, on 30.05.2019. BSNLEU has been invited to participate in this celebration.

श्री पी के पुरवार, CMD BSNL, BSNL की जमीनों को बेहद न्यूनतम दरों पर SPV को स्थानांतरित करने को किस तरह उचित बता रहे हैं ?....
आज के ET टेलीकॉम ने BSNLEU द्वारा प्रेषित प्रेस विज्ञप्ति के संबंध में, जिसमें यूनियन द्वारा BSNL की जमीनों को बेहद न्यूनतम दरों पर SPV को स्थानांतरित करने का आरोप लगाया लगाया गया है, पर एक लेख प्रकाशित किया है। इस पर प्रतिक्रिया देते हुए श्री पी के पुरवार, CMD BSNL ने यूनियन के आरोपों का खंडन किया है। उन्होंने कहा है कि "इस तरह के आरोप निराधार और गलत है क्योंकि कैबिनेट नोट बनाने के लिए जमीनों का मूल्यांकन सांकेतिक आधार पर किया गया है।"

अपनी प्रेस विज्ञप्ति में BSNLEU ने स्पष्ट रूप से उल्लेखित किया है कि  वर्ष 2013 में ही केरल सरकार द्वारा तिरुअनंतपुरम में स्थित BSNL RTTC की जमीन खरीदने के लिए रु 15 लाख प्रति सेंट की दर से भुगतान किया गया था। जबकि, 9 वर्ष के अंतराल के पश्चात, BSNL मैनेजमेंट ने RTTC तिरुअनंतपुरम की 1 सेंट जमीन का मूल्य रु 10 लाख आंका है। अब यह श्री पी के पुरवार, CMD BSNL पर निर्भर करता है कि वें 2013 में रु 15 लाख प्रति सेंट की दर से बेची गई जमीन का मूल्यांकन 2019 में रु 10 लाख प्रति सेंट किया जा सकता है, इसे कैसे उचित साबित करेंगे।

Reliance Jio, which introduced unlimited free voice calls, has decided to charge it’s customers  6 paisa per minute, for the calls going to other mobile operators. In a statement issued yesterday, Jio has announced that it is compelled to charge 6 paisa per minute, since it has to pay hefty IUC charge to other operators. In the statement, Jio has also stated that, it had paid Rs.13,500 crores as IUC charges to other operators, during the last 3 years. Whatever may be the reason, the era of giving unlimited free voice calls to the customers is gone. Charging 6 paisa per minute is undoubtedly a steep increase in the tariff. This development indicates that the brutal tariff war unleashed by Reliance Jio, to eliminate other operators, has come to an end. The Reliance Jio has been forced to raise it’s tariff and naturally, this will be followed by the other operators also.

The All India Centre meeting of BSNLEU was held today. The meeting has taken decisions for the last leg of preparations to be made for organising the General Strike to be held on 08.01.2020. Circle secretaries are requested to ensure that the decisions are implemented effectively.

Telecommunications is an essential service like Health Care, Electricity and Water Supply. These services have to remain operational, so that people do not suffer. Hence, BSNL's field staff have to work, to keep our networks operational. In this process, the danger of our staff getting infected with Corona Virus is very much there. So, taking care of the health of our employees is as important as keeping our networks operational. Keeping this in mind, the Vijaynagar Branch of BSNLEU, Bengaluru Telecom District, has come out with the programme of supplying masks to the field staff, providing sanitisers in the CSC and displaying a banner to educate the customers as to what they should. CHQ congratulates the comrades of Vijaynagar, BGTD and Karnataka circle. CHQ desires that our entire comrades throughout the country should take similar proactive steps. This is the need of the hour, to help the nation.

The Unions and Associations of BSNL have given call to organise a human chain on 16.11.2017. The purpose of this programme is to take our message on Wage Revision and Subsidiary Tower Company issues, to the mass of the people of this country. Hence, it is a must that the entire BSNL employees are mobilised in this programme. CHQ requests the circle and district secretaries to immediately take the preparatory steps, for organising the human chain programme massively, by coordinating with all other unions and associations.

The All Unions and Associations of BSNL, has issued the following press statement today, with regards to the two day strike, that is taking place tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The injustices regarding denial of wage revision and formation of the Subsidiary Tower Company, are explained. The circle and district unions can also issue this statement to the regional/local media.

It is a very good news that  BSNL's losses have come down to Rs 4,890 crore for the period from January to December, 2016. The losses of BSNL during the same period in the previous year, ie., January to December 2015 remained at  Rs 6,121.

BSNL's  income from services has also increased by 5.8 % during this period. It has increased to Rs 19,379.6 crore during this period. The figure stood at Rs 18,314.9 crore in the same period during 2015. BSNL also expects that the losses will further come down for the full financial year, as the fourth quarter is a seasonally strong quarter.

The Standing Committee of the National Council is meeting today. Implementation of the decisions taken in the last National Council meeting, held on 12.06.2018, will be reviewed in this meeting. Com. Balbir Singh, President, Com. P. Abhimanyu, GS and  Com. Swapan Chakraborty, Dy.GS, are representing BSNLEU in this meeting. Management Side members of the Standing Committee are Shri Saurabgh Tyagi, Sr.GM(Estt.), Ms. Smita Chaudhary, GM (FP), Shri A.M. Gupta, GM(SR) and Shri A.K. Sinha, DGM (SR).

The GM(SR), BSNL Corporate Office, telephonically informed the GS, BSNLEU, at 10:00 hrs. yesterday, ie., on 28-10-2018 Sunday, that there would be a meeting between the Secretary, DoT and the representatives of the AUAB, at 10:30 hrs on 29-10-2018, to discuss the issues on which the AUAB has given call for agitation. However, once again the GM(SR), BSNL CO, contacted the GS,BSNLEU, at 13:30 hrs, and informed that, the Secretary, DoT, wanted to hold the meeting on 28-10-2018 itself and that,the meeting could not be organised due to the communication gap. Surprisingly, a letter was issued by the Corporate Office yesterday evening, stating that the meeting between the AUAB and the Secretary,DoT, could not take place on 28-10-2018, due to the non-availability of the AUAB leaders for the meeting. The DoT and the BSNL Management do not care to inform the AUAB leaders suffficiently in advance about the meeting. They want to hold the meeting by giving information to the AUAB leaders in the last minute. But, still, they want to make the AUAB leaders scape goats for the fiasco.

संचार भवन पर 05.04.2019 को विशाल मार्च...
सरकार BSNL को खत्म करने के लिए सोच समझ कर कदम उठा रही है, जिससे कि रिलायंस जियो के लिए सम्पूर्ण टेलीकॉम मार्किट पर कब्ज़ा करना आसान हो सके। DoT, जो कि BSNL की एडमिनिस्ट्रेटिव मिनिस्ट्री है, सरकार के BSNL को खत्म करने के निर्णयों को बहुत ही सावधानीपूर्वक (meticulously) लागू कर रही है। सरकार और DoT द्वारा की गई कार्यवाहियों ने आज BSNL को ऐसी चिंताजनक स्थिति में ला खड़ा कर दिया है, कि कर्मचारियों को वेतन मिलना भी संभव नही हो पा रहा है। DoT द्वारा BSNL को अपने ऑपरेशनल खर्च (OPEX) हेतु बैंक लोन लेने की अनुमति भी नही दी जा रही है। BSNL द्वारा सरकार के लिए किए गए कार्यों का रु 2500 करोड़ का भुगतान भी BSNL को  DoT द्वारा जानबूझ कर नही किया जा रहा है। फंड्स की कमी के चलते, BSNL बिजली बिल्स का भुगतान भी नही कर पा रहा है, जिसकी वजह से एक्सचेंज और BTS के इलेक्ट्रिक कनेक्शन विच्छेदित हो चुके हैं। फलस्वरूप, सेवाएं बुरी तरह से प्रभावित हो रही हैं। AUAB ने विगत 3 दिनों में इन सभी मुद्दों पर गंभीरता से विचार विमर्श कर यह निर्णय लिया है कि सरकार और DoT के षड्यंत्रों का देश की जनता के समक्ष पर्दाफाश किया जाए। अतः, AUAB ने 05.04.2019 को " मार्च टू संचार भवन " आयोजित करने का निर्णय लिया है। यह निर्णय भी लिया गया है कि इस रैली को संबोधित करने के लिए सभी राजनीतिक दलों के लीडर्स को आमंत्रित किया जाए। सभी सर्किल और जिला सचिवों से अनुरोध है कि रैली हेतु बड़ी तादाद में कर्मचारियों को संगठित कर, इसे ऐतिहासिक स्वरूप प्रदान करें।

An Exploratory Meeting, for conducting the 8th Membership Verification, was held in the BSNL Corporate office, today. Shri A.M.Gupta, GM(SR), presided over the meeting. Com.P.Abhimanyu,GS and Com.Swapan Chakraborty, Dy.GS, represented BSNLEU. In the meeting, a few organisations demanded postponement of the 8th Membership Verification. But, all the major organisations, including BSNLEU and NFTE, insisted that the Membership Verification should not be postponed. The Management Side presented a tentative time schedule to hold the 8th Membership Verification. According to this time schedule, the Notification for the 8th Membership Verification will be issued on 03-06-2019 and the declaration of results will take place on 18-09-2019. Both, BSNLEU and NFTE demanded that, the Management should complete the process of Verification within 3 months from the date of issuing the notification. The Management Side had agreed to look into this.

The North East-I circle union organised a well attended Extended Circle Executive Committee meeting at Shillong, today the 10.08.2019. District secretaries, circle office bearers and branch secretaries from Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram participated in the meeting. A presidium consisting of Com.Swapan Goswami, Vice President, Com.Subhra Sen Gupta, VP and Com.Debojit Majumdar, VP, presided over the meeting. Com.Shivji Ray, CS, NE-I circle, welcomed everyone. Com.Gopal Das, a veteran leader of NE-I circle, as well as the Circle Secretary of AIBDPA, greeted the meeting. Addressing the meeting, Com.P.Abhimanyu, GS, spoke in detail about the forthcoming 8th Membership Verification, the anti-BSNL policies of the government, the united struggles of the unions and associations of BSNL, alternative proposals for the revival of BSNL, etc., were explained in detail. The General Secretary also explained about the settlement of the issues of the Non-Executives since the 7th Membership Verification. Com.M.V. Mokhiew, proposed the vote of thanks. Today’s meeting has greatly enthused the comrades of NE-I circle, which will greatly strengthen the struggles in the circle in the day’s to come.

Due to the implementation of VRS-2019, the strength of Non-Executives will be reduced by 50% w.e.f. 01.02.2020. This will be reflected in the Union membership also. Hence, the number of copies of Tele-crusader and BSNL Swar being sent to the districts have to be reduced. In view of this, each Circle Secretary is requested to send district wise membership of BSNLEU in his circle. These details may be sent to the CHQ by 15.01.2020. Already CHQ has requested the circle secretaries to send circle wise membership of various unions. These details may also be sent to the CHQ immediately. 

BSNLEU wishes a very Happy Ugadi to all the comrades. The usual celebrations may not be there in this year's Ugadi, since the whole world is facing a crisis due to the Corona Virus infection. Still, let us hope on this auspicious day that, we shall overcome this crisis soon.

In implementation of the call given by the CHQ of BSNLEU, donations for “contract Workers Relief Fund” was jointly collected by the district unions of Meghalaya and CGMT Office of NE 1 circle. From the collected amount, food materials were distributed to the contract workers at Telephone Exchange, Shillong on 13th May, 2020. Com. Shivjee Ray, CS, NE-I circle, Com.Biswajeet Singh, Circle Treasurer, Com.M.V. Makhiew, DS, CGMT Office, and other comrades participated in the programme. CHQ appreciates both the Meghalaya and CGM office district unions.