Dear Comrades For medical bills payment a sum of Rs 4.5 Crores has been allotted. Medical bill payment pertaining to all SSAs have been credited . Hospital in patient treatments, out patient treatments,  MRS with voucher and without voucher for about 8000 cases will be cleared. No last date for clearance is fixed. Kindly check your bank accounts.
Comradely Yours,
K.Muthiyalu,
DGS,
AIBSNLPWA, CHQ

Member(F) DOT is addressed again 

on Minimum Pension Rs 9000 

to BSNL Pensioners

On 22-11-18 itself Com. D Gopalakrishnan and myself gave this letter to Member (F) and discussed with her. Since no action has been taken till now , as a reminder we gave a copy of that letter but with dt.. 4-4-19.

P Gangadhara Rao GS

An argument that the reason for BSNL  crisis is just its huge workforce and cheap tariff and profit is possible only with less staff as in private sector  is spreading widely.

A critical analysis of  BSNL crisis will reveal many facts. The present crisis where BSNL is not allowed 4G even years after 4G launch(with high data speed)  and is asked to compete with private vendors is just the final example of how present govt is eager to close down BSNL for promoting its favourite private players. The predatory pricing of JIO should be seen in this context. Even IIM entrusted by DOT to study BSNL crisis in its pro-corporate report to govt was compelled to support existence of public sector BSNL for at least five more years before changing its form to avoid the emergence of private monopoly that will loot customers.

Is JIO the major stake holder in Petroleum industry ready to lower its prices for petroleum products like it does in telecom ? It is crystal clear that what GIO wants is destabilise BSNL, emerge as monopoly in the industry, seize the major market share and then start its loot. With support of corrupt politicians and bureaucrats like the present, who are just puppets in their hands  it is easy for them.

Before the emergence of Electronics and IT boom with copper cables and Strowger or Cross bar exchanges telecom was not an attractive business destination for corporates. There was hardly any profit. So it was the duty of govt to provide and maintain the costly infrastructure. Advancements in technology has made  Telecom and its successor IT the most profit possible business areas. Even then BSNL is compelled to operate with copper (BSNL major work force still in copper landline )whereas the need of the hour is transition from copper to fibre for which no effective strategy is evolved, diversification of services to all IT related areas, strengthening Mobile sector with 4G and then gradually to 5G etc for which it is not allowed. The funds are blocked... loans are not granted... 4G is denied... services are not diversified...

Right from its formation BSNL was not allowed to expand its domain and business. Not allowing entry into mobile sector, blocking of tenders and mobile expansion on flimsy grounds, lack of autonomy and govt control, many low profile ITS officers who have not joined BSNL holding all management positions, lethargy and negative attitudes that need change, age old rules and regulations, spectrum corruption, dumping all kinds of useless equipments, software and machinery just for corrupt purchases, blocking all types of diversification of business, not allowing 4G, not allowing to take loan even when BSNL  debt is less than 2 percent of telecom industry debt …. etc are all just examples of the process of destabilising the public sector BSNL through policies whereas the need of the hour is its expansion as a strong public sector not only on security and national interests, but also to make available the benefits of technology to the masses. Root cause of the crisis is pro-corporate policy  which can easily be reversed if there is a policy change…..

DPE ISSUES ORDERS 

ON REVISION OF IDA W.E.F

 01-04-2019

DPE  ISSUED ORDERS FOR REVISION OF IDA @ 141.4% PAYABLE FROM 01-04-2019 is Posted here.

GS meets Smt Anuradha Mitra, Member (F), DOT

Today (4-4-19) , I met Smt. Anuradha Mitra , Member (F) along with Coms. Changappa CS and Ganeshan CT at BANGALORE in the office of CCA KTK.

At the outset, I Congratulated her for having launched the SAMPNN successfully . While giving a good feedback from the Pensioners who are getting Pension directly from CCA including sending SMS etc. we expressed still our concern about a) getting form 16 and b) giving Life Certificate. Smt. Linda DDG Accts. explained regarding Digital Life Certificate and Form 16.

Member (F) assured that required care will be taken so that no Pensioner will be put to any difficulty.

OTHER ISSUES DISCUSSED.

1). Family Pension case of Smt. Manonmani, Thanjavur.She assured that action will be taken to settle it immediately.

2) Arbitrary reduction of LPD of those in the scale of 2550-2750 by CCA TN.

She told that a policy decision has to be taken.

3). Grant of minimum Pension of 9000/-

She told that for this also a policy decision has to be taken.

We requested her to do whatever is required from her side.

Finally I requested her to take initiative to solve our PENSION REVISION issue from 1-1-17. She told that this is in the domain of Member (S). When she was mentioning that DOP&PW hasn't taken any decision still, I explained the actual position and made over the copies of our letters to Secretary, Pension on 14-12-18, to JS , Pension on 12-2-19 and DOP&PW letter to DOT on

8-3-19.

We made out a point that DOT Establishment section is not taking the required action. In DOT, if anyone feels that the hike given to us at the time of absorption and according to 2nd PRC is to be adjusted in future revisions , we will not allow it. We should continue to draw higher Pension for all the times to come.

At the end, we requested her to take the initiative as the CUSTODIAN of BSNL/MTNL Pensioners in DOT and sort out our PENSION REVISION issue at the earliest.

P Gangadhara Rao GS

Today extra increment case came before the division bench. Our lawyer effectively argued and wanted a final order. DoT lawyer informed that  they are awaiting for a clarification from DoT and our present stand was not final one. So, the case stands adjourned to 24/4/2019.

Later on, outside the court room, DoT lawyer informed our lawyer that they are trying to help you only.

Most likely final judgement may come on 24th April.

A Sukumaran 

CHQ VP