The CMD BSNL and Director HR met the AUAB leaders yesterday the 15.02.2019. The AUAB representatives told the Management that, they are prepared to accept 3rd Pay Revision with 5% fitment, as offered earlier by the DoT. However, they demanded that this commitment should be given in writing by the DoT, so that the AUAB can consider deferment of the strike. Even this demand of the AUAB is not accepted. Further, the DoT has also diluted it's earlier assurance to give DA neutralisation. The DoT is demanding that the AUAB should call off the strike, in view of the terror attack in Pulwama. The Secretary, Telecom, has put a condition that she would not meet the AUAB leaders, unless they call off the strike. Immediately after the meeting with the BSNL Management, all the General Secretaries of the AUAB met and decided to go ahead with the strike. The AUAB has also decided to exempt J&K circle from the strike, to ensure maintenance of services, in the backdrop of the terror attack. The AUAB requests all the circle and district unions to organise the strike powerfully..

The Department of Posts, called as India Post, has reported a loss of Rs.15,000 crore for the financial year 2018-19. It's loss in 2015-16 was Rs.6,007 crore.

The BSNL is undergoing severe financial crunch. Various false reports are appearing in the media, stating that the government is going to give a bail out package to BSNL and MTNL, to the extent of Rs.74,000 crore. This news is nothing but totally bogus. What BSNL is likely to get from the government is, the allotment of 4G spectrum, free of cost. Apart from this, the government is not going to give even a single naya paisa as financial assistance to BSNL. Banks are also not coming forward to extend loan to BSNL.  This is the actual position. So, the only option left out for the BSNL is to take all out efforts to increase it’s revenue collections. The AUAB has already called on the Executives and Non-Executives to intensify the “BSNL At Your Door Steps” programme. Hence, the circle and district secretaries of BSNLEU are requested to take the initiative and also to coordinate with the other unions and associations, to effectively implement the call. More revenue has to be generated through bringing in more FTTH connections, collection of outstanding dues and disposing off of the scrap materials dumped in various circles. The BSNL employees have rose to the occasion many times in the past, to save the Company. In the similar way, the BSNL employees have to conduct the "BSNL At Your Doorsteps" programme in an intensified manner, to save the future of the Company and it's employees.

The outcome of the talks held yesterday, between the AUAB and the Director (HR), is not at all satisfactory. Only assurance given is that, salary will be paid on 28th. Then what about November salary? No answer. Most importantly, there is no improvement on the issue of remittance of recoveries, which is hurting the employees the most. Similarly, no improvement on contract workers' wages. No improvement in any of the problems related to the VRS optees. What about reduction of retirement age to 58 years? What is the assurance on 30% superannuation benefit? The BSNL Management is only trying to save their skin, but not worried about the problems of the employees. However, there is no unanimity among the constituents of the AUAB to go ahead with the 3 day hunger strike. Hence, the 3 day hunger strike from 20^th November, 2019 stands postponed. BSNLEU will decide about the future course of action and inform shortly.

BSNLEU and AIBDPA, Dindigul branch of Madurai district provided provisions worth Rs.35,000/- to 48 contract workers. Com.Vaithialinga Boopathy & Com.Suseela Mary, BSNLEU, Com.B.John Borjia, AIBDPA and Com.Ganapathi, AIIEA, distributed materials to the contract workers.   

BSNLEU and AIBDPA distributed relief materials at Gingee (Cuddalore SSA), Rajapalayam (Virudhunagar SSA) and Thirunelveli SSA of Tamil Nadu circle. Office bearers of BSNLEU, AIBDPA and AIIEA participated in these programme. At Gingee, Com.R. Krishnamurthi, has contributed 15 bags of rice (each 25 kgs.) to the contract workers. 

At a time when the crude oil price is very low in the international market, the prices of petrol and diesel keep on sky-rocketing in India.  In the last 18 days alone, both the price of petrol, and the price of diesel have increased by more than Rs.10/- per litre. 

In January, 2018 the price of diesel at Delhi was Rs.61.74 in Delhi. In one and half years the price has increased by Rs.18/-. Petrol cost Rs.79.76 per litre at Delhi today and diesel cost Rs.79.88 per litre. The one person who is most benefited by the hiking of prices of petrol and diesel, by the Narendra Modi government, is Mukesh Ambani. He is controlling a big share in India's Petro-chemical industry. It may be recollected that recently Mukesh Ambani jumped into the club of 10 richest persons in the world. He is the 9^th richest person in the world now.

The Kerala circle union of BSNLEU, organised state- wide demonstrations yesterday, against the atrocious hiking of prices of petrol and diesel. CHQ congratulates the Kerala circle union.   

Com. P. Abhimanyu, GS, Com. Swapan Chakraborty, Dy.GS and Com. Animesh Mitra, Vice President (CHQ), met Shri A.M. Gupta, GM (SR) today, and expressed their unhappiness that, despite the repeated requests made by the Union, the circle administrations are not sending monthly district wise break-up figures for the CHQ quota, being remitted through NEFT. In this regard, they requested the GM (SR) that Corporate Office should once again give direction to the circle administrations to provide the CHQ with the monthly statement with the above mentioned figures. The GM (SR) assured to do the needful.

The Circle Executive Committee meeting of BSNLEU, NE-I circle was held at Shillong on 11.05.2018. Com. D.A.Shylla, Circle President, presided over. Com. Shivjee Ray, Circle Secretary, welcomed everyone and made the inaugural remarks. Com. Gakul Borah, Treasurer (CHQ), addressed the meeting and reported on the decisions taken in the Agartala CEC meeting. He also spoke on the various important current issues like Wage Revision, Subsidiary Tower Company, BSNL’s revival, etc.

BSNL Management is organising the function at Corporate Office on 11.07.2018, to distribute Sanchar Sree Awards. The Hon’ble Minister of State, Shri Manoj Sinha, is participating in this function. To facilitate the peaceful conducting of this award giving ceremony, to the meritorious employees of BSNL, the AUAB has decided to hold the demonstration at Corporate Office on 12.07.2018, instead of 11.07.2018. As regards, the demonstrations at circle level, it would be organised on 11.07.2018, as per the schedule.

The AUAB strongly condemns the detention of two BSNL officers in the Dumka district of Jharkhand circle. Based on the complained given by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, that the data download speed of BSNL is not satisfactory, the Dumka police have taken a Divisional Engineer and a Sub-Divisional Engineer of BSNL into custody. They have been kept in the police station for more than 5 hrs. and were abused for the unsatisfactory service of BSNL. The employees of BSNL cannot and should not be treated in this manner, if the Company’s service is not satisfactory. Starvation deaths are taking place in Jharkhand. What action is to be taken against the Chief Minister of Jharkhand? The AUAB will write to the Prime Minister and Minister of State for Communications, demanding appropriate action on this matter.

*वार्ता विफल- AUAB हड़ताल पर जाने के अपने निर्णय पर अडिग...*

आज CMD BSNL और डायरेक्टर (HR) ने AUAB के लीडर्स से मुलाकात की। AUAB के प्रतिनिधियों ने मैनेजमेंट को बताया कि उन्हें DoT द्वारा पूर्व में प्रस्तावित 5% फिटमेंट के साथ 3rd पे रिवीजन स्वीकार्य है। किन्तु उन्होंने मांग की कि DoT द्वारा यह कमिटमेंट लिखित में दिया जाए, जिससे कि AUAB हड़ताल स्थगित करने पर विचार कर सके। AUAB की इस मांग को भी स्वीकार नही किया गया। साथ ही, DoT ने DA न्यूट्रलायजेशन देने के अपने आश्वासन को भी डायल्यूट किया। DoT द्वारा मांग की जा रही है कि पुलवामा में हुए आतंकी हमले के परिप्रेक्ष्य में AUAB हड़ताल वापस ले। सेक्रेटरी, टेलीकॉम ने शर्त रखी कि वें AUAB लीडर्स से हड़ताल वापस लेने की घोषणा के बगैर नही मिलेंगी। BSNL मैनेजमेंट से मीटिंग के तुरंत पश्चात AUAB के सभी महासचिवों ने चर्चा की और हड़ताल पर जाने का निर्णय यथावत रखा। आतंकी हमले के मद्दे नजर सेवाओं के मेंटेनेंस हेतु AUAB ने जम्मू कश्मीर सर्किल को हड़ताल से छूट देने का निर्णय लिया। AUAB का सभी सर्किल और डिस्ट्रिक्ट यूनियन्स से हड़ताल पुरजोर तरीक़े से आयोजित करने का अनुरोध है।

वित्तीय वर्ष 2019 में BSNL का घाटा (loss) मामूली कमी के साथ रु 7,500 करोड़ पर पहुंचा...
वित्तीय वर्ष 2018-19 में BSNL का घाटा मामूली गिरावट के साथ रु  7,500 करोड़ रहने की संभावना है। वित्तीय वर्ष 2017-18 में कंपनी ने अपना घाटा रु 7,992 करोड़ दर्ज किया था। यह जानकारी CMD BSNL द्वारा  ET Telecom को दी गई है। BSNL ने वित्तीय वर्ष 2019 में रिकॉर्ड 91,000 एंटरप्राइज कस्टमर्स जोड़े हैं, जिसमें बिज़नेस टू बिज़नेस या B2B कनेक्शन्स भी शामिल हैं। विगत वित्तीय वर्ष की तुलना में यह बढ़ोतरी (growth) 50% अधिक है। वित्तीय वर्ष 2016-17 में BSNL का घाटा रु 4,793 करोड़ था।

"BSNL आपके द्वार " कार्यक्रम में गति लावें....
BSNL बेहद गंभीर वित्तीय संकट से गुजर रहा है। BSNL और MTNL को रु 74000 करोड़ का सरकार द्वारा बेल आउट पैकेज देने से संबंधित झूठी खबरें मीडिया में आ रही है। यह खबर पूर्ण रूप से बोगस है, और कुछ नही। अगर सरकार से BSNL को कुछ प्राप्त हो सकता है तो वह है केवल 4G स्पेक्ट्रम का मुफ्त आवंटन। इसके अलावा सरकार BSNL को वित्तीय सहयोग के रूप में एक पाई भी देने वाली नही है। बैंक भी BSNL को लोन देने के लिए आगे नही आ रहे हैं। यही वास्तविक स्थिति है। ऐसे में, BSNL के पास केवल एक ही रास्ता बचता है कि BSNL अपने राजस्व को बढ़ाने के लिए हरसंभव कोशिश करे। AUAB,  "BSNL आपके द्वार " कार्यक्रम को तीव्रता के साथ क्रियान्वित करने हेतु सभी एग्जीक्यूटिव्ज और नॉन एग्जीक्यूटिव्ज को आव्हान कर चुकी है। अतः BSNLEU के सभी सर्किल और डिस्ट्रिक्ट सेक्रेटरीज से अनुरोध है कि वें पहल करें और कार्यक्रम के प्रभावशाली तरीके से क्रियान्वयन हेतु अन्य यूनियन्स व एसोसिएशन्स से समन्वय स्थापित करें। हमें विभिन्न सर्कल्स में अधिक से अधिक संख्या में FTTH कनेक्शन लगा कर, पुराने बकाया की वसूली कर और स्क्रैप मटेरियल का निपटान कर अधिक से अधिक राजस्व प्राप्त करना है। BSNL के कर्मचारी पूर्व में भी कंपनी को संकट से उबारने के लिए आगे आ चुके हैं। इसी प्रकार अभी भी BSNL कर्मचारी "BSNL आपके द्वार " कार्यक्रम को तीव्रता के साथ क्रियान्वित कर कंपनी और कर्मचारियों के भविष्य की रक्षा करें।

20 नवंबर 2019 से होने वाली 3 दिवसीय भूख हड़ताल स्थगित.

कल AUAB और डायरेक्टर (HR) के मध्य हुई चर्चा के परिणाम बिल्कुल भी संतोष जनक नही है। केवल एक आश्वासन भर दिया गया है कि वेतन का भुगतान 28 को होगा। फिर नवंबर के वेतन का क्या होगा ? कोई जवाब नही। सबसे महत्वपूर्ण , रिकवरी प्रेषित करने के मुद्दे पर कोई  प्रगति नही, जिसकी वजह से कर्मचारी बेहद व्यथित हैं। साथ ही, कॉन्ट्रैक्ट वर्कर्स के वेजेस बाबद भी कोई प्रगति नही। VRS ऑप्टीज से जुड़ी किसी भी समस्या में कोई प्रगति नही। रिटायरमेंट की उम्र घटा कर 58 वर्ष किए जाने के सम्बंध में क्या हुआ ? सुपरएन्युएशन बेनिफिट बाबद क्या आश्वासन दिया गया ? BSNL मैनेजमेंट  केवल अपनी चमड़ी बचा रहा है, किन्तु कर्मचारियों की समस्याओं को ले कर चिंतित नही है। बहरहाल, AUAB के घटकों में 3 दिवसीय भूख हड़ताल पर जाने के मामले में आम सहमति नही है। अतः, 20 नवंबर, 2019 से होने वाली 3 दिवसीय भूख हड़ताल स्थगित की जाती है। BSNLEU भविष्य की रणनीति पर  निर्णय ले कर शीघ्र सूचित करेगी।

It has already been informed that a meeting of the BSNL Working Women’s Co-ordination Committee (BSNL WWCC) will be held at Vadodara on 05.03.2020. Gujarat circle union and the Vadodara district union have informed that the venue of the BSNL WWCC meeting is as follows:-

Hotal Tulsi,

Opp. Rosary School,

Pratapgunj,

Vadodara – 390 002

The meeting will start sharply at 10:30 am. All members of the BSNL WWCC are requested to attend the meeting on time.

BSNLEU and AIBDPA, Pondicherry jointly provided relief to the contract workers at Pondicherry. The office bearers of BSNLEU and AIBDPA disbursed Rs.1,000/- each to the contract workers. Com.A.Subramanian, DS, BSNLEU, Com.R. Selvam, DS, TNTCWU Com.M. Balasubramnian, Treasurer, AIBDPA and Com.N. Kolanjiappan, District President, BSNLEU, disbursed the money.

CHQ thankfully acknowledges that AIBDPA, Kolkata Telephones Circle, has donated Rs.50,000/- to the "Contract Workers Relief Fund". Com.Manisha Biswas, ACS, AIBDPA, handed over the amount to Com.Sisir Kumar Roy, CS, BSNLEU, today.

As has already been intimated, BSNLEU has decided to hold it’s next Central Executive Committee meeting on 10^th & 11^th September, 2020. In view of the prevailing restrictions on movement, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BSNLEU is holding this meeting of the CEC as an online meeting. Notification for holding this meeting is issued today. The link for the CEC MEMBERS, to log in for the online meeting, will be sent on Whatsapp.