More than 150 members participated in the District Conference of Belgaum held at Mahatma Gandhiji Bhawan, Belgaum on 11-01-2016. The conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Shri. Deepak Tayalji, General Manager, BSNL. Coms.G.G.Patil, CHQ Organising Secretary and Com.S.A.Bilagi, Circle Secretary addressed the conference and explained in detail the issues of the pensioners, including 78.2% IDA merger, the retrograde 7th Pay Commission recommendations and the ensuing Tirupati AIC . Shri. Nadaf, DGM, BSNL also greeted the conference. Coms.R.B.Tatapati, S.S.Sarapure and P.P.Bokadekar were elected President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively.