A meeting of the Joint Forum of BSNL-MTNL Pensioners Associations was held virtually on 13-05-2023. Com.D D Mistry , General Secretary, BDPA(I) presided over the meeting.Com.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA welcomed all and briefed on the circumstances under which the meeting is convened. Coms. H F Chaudhari, General Secretary, AICGPA HQ Pune, V A N Namboodiri Advisor, AIBDPA, G L Jogi, General Secretary SNPWA, Dinesh Sharma, Vice President, SNPWA and D D Mistry actively participated in the discussion that followed.

The meeting finally decided to write to the MOC expressing strong protest against the undue and unjustified delay in processing the pension revision at DoT level and seeking his immediate intervention. It was also decided to hold another meeting of the Joint Forum on 27-05-2023 to review the progress,if any, and to take appropriate decision on the issue.14 representatives of the 8 constituent organisations participated in the meeting.