What are the efforts taken by BSNLEU to get better pay scale for the JE cadre?

The SNATTA leadership is accusing that, BSNLEU has not done anything to get better pay scale for the JE cadre. Is it true?

 

The Wage Revision Committee was constituted in April, 2018. In this Committee, the new pay scales of the Non-Executives were finalised in July, 2018. The JE cadre pay scale (NE-9) is finalised as 33,200 – 86,300 (33 years’ span). This is purely the achievement of the recognised unions. No SNATTA leader was in the Wage Revision Committee at that time.

 

Thereafter, Shri P.K. Purwar took charge as the new CMD BSNL. He rejected all the new pay scales finalised in July, 2018. Instead, shorter pay scales were offered by the Management. In this, Management offered 31,000 – 63,000 (24 years’ span) for the JE cadre. BSNLEU vehemently opposed this change. BSNLEU organised many struggles against the highhandedness of the Management in offering shorter pay scales to the Non-Executives.

 

Due to the continuous efforts taken by BSNLEU, one informal meeting of the Wage Revision Committee was held on 19th February, 2024. Only GS, BSNLEU and GS, NFTE participated in this informal meeting. Some improvements were made to the shorter pay scales already offered by the Management. According to those proposals, NE-9 pay scale was modified as 31,000 – 70,000. Thus, the maximum of the NE-9 pay scale was increased from 63,000 to 70,000. However, these proposals were completely rejected by the top Management of BSNL.

 

When the Wage Revision talks were going on, BSNLEU wrote separate letters to the CMD BSNL demanding higher pay scale for the JE cadre. On 31.12.2021, BSNLEU wrote letter to the CMD BSNL demanding upgradation of the pay scale from NE-9 to NE-10 pay scale.

 

When 35,400 – 1,12,400 pay scale was implemented by the DoT, BSNLEU wrote letter to the CMD BSNL on 17.07.2025, demanding that 35,400 – 1,12,400 pay scale should be implemented for the JE cadre in BSNL. BSNLEU is the only recognised union which has twice demanded upgradation of the pay scale of the JE cadre.

 

Hence, the propaganda being made by SNATTA leadership that BSNLEU did not take any effort to improve the JE pay scale is totally mischievous.   

[Date : 11 - Oct - 2025]