The 4th biennial Circle Conference of Karnataka was held on 26-02-2017 with good participation of delegates at RTTC auditorium, Mysore. The Open session was inaugurated by President, Karnataka Daily wage workers Union, eminent social scientist and a well wisher of all progressive organisations, Dr. K.S.Sharma. Com.A.M.Poojary, Circle President presided. Com.G.G.Patil, CHQ AGS welcomed the gathering. Coms.Rajasekhar Koti, Editor, Andholan Daily, K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary, C.K.Gundanna, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, Shri Srikantan, Principal, RTTC addressed. The Chief Guests were honoured in traditional Karnataka manner. Com.S.A.Bilagi, Circle Secretary proposed vote of thanks. Com.Srinivas, in the anchor role, controlled the proceedings.

In the subject session, Com.S.A. Bilagi presented the biennial report. Com. C.G.Annigeri, Treasurer submitted the audited accounts. All The district Secretaries and some of the delegates actively participated in the discussion after which both report and accounts were adopted unanimously. Resolutions were also passed on important issues.

Office bearers were elected unanimously and the following are the important functionaries.

President : Com.R.G.Bhandari     Circle Secretary : Com. Muddiah and Treasurer: Com. C.G.Annigeri.

The beautiful Palace city of Mysuru in Karnataka witnessed  effective deliberations, active discussions and appropriate decisions. The occasion was the Central Executive Committee Meeting held at Com.M.P.Kunhanandan Nagar in Regional Telecom Training Centre on 23rd and 24th February, 2017. The CEC started with hoisting of National Flag by Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri , Advisor and AIBDPA flag by Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary. Thereafter the participants paid homage to the martyrs. The Open session at 11AM on 23-02-2017 was inaugurated by Com.K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General, NCCPA. He narrated the developments in connection with the 7th Pay Commission recommendations and the nefarious and treacherous game by the central government to deny the genuine modifications sought by the National Joint Action Council. He came down heavily on the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare for rejecting  Option 1, the only positive recommendations for the pensioners. In this context the decision of Confederation for a one day strike is most justified and the pensioners have to support it. Com.S.Mohandoss, Vice President presided. Delivering the Key note address, Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri while congratulating the comrades for the growth of AIBDPA as a mighty organisation of pensioners, he appealed to further strengthen it by enrolling more pensioners. He also explained the efforts of CHQ to achieve mandatory pension revision from 01-01-2017. Coms.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary, C.K.Gundanna, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, H.V.Sudarshan, Organising Secretary, BSNLEU CHQ and G.G.Patil, AGS addressed the open session. Com.N.Vijayakumar, Chairman, Reception Committee welcomed the gathering and Com.S.A.Bilagi, Circle Secretary, Karnataka proposed vote of thanks. The subject session started at 1430hrs on 23-02-2017 continued upto 1600hrs on 24-02-2017 with the usual breaks. Coms.S.Mohandoss, Supriya Mitra and S.V.Shrivastava, Vice Presidents jointly presided. Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary and Com.R.Aravindakshan Nair, Treasurer presented the report and accounts, respectively. 26 comrades participated in the discussion and raised various issues in a matured manner.Coms.V.A.N.Namboodiri and K.G.Jayaraj replied  appropriately after which the report and accounts were adopted. The CEC decided to launch a phased program of agitation on the demands identified in the charter of demands, including Mandatory Pension Revision consequent on pay revision in BSNL from 01-01-2017, 50% IDA merger, Fixed Monthly Medical Allowance, implementation of Option 1 etc, as follows.

Campaign Week- Last week of March,2017

Call Attention day_ 20 April, 2017 and

Mass Dharna at SSA level-  25 May, 2017

Resolutions were adopted on important issues. CEC congratulated the Recepetion Committee led by Com.N.Vijayakumar and Basavaraju and effectively guided by Coms.C.K.Gundanna and G.G.Patil for the excellent arrangements for the successful conduct of the CEC.

CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT CALLS UPON ALL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Observe 6^th March 2017

as

BLACK DAY

v Against the betrayal of Central Government employees and pensioners by Group of Ministers of NDA Government.

v  Demanding increase in minimum pay and fitment formula.

BSNL CCWF is organising a Parliament March demanding their important issues on 22-02-2017. It is known to all that the casual and contract workers are the worst exploited section in BSNL. BSNL CCWF could achieve some of their demands, including wages, and orders are also issued by BSNL. In spite of this, it is not  being implementd in most of the circles.  Therefore the Parliament March is fully justified and AIBDPA fully supports the program. 

The 4th biennial circle conference of Tamil Nadu has been held successfully at Com.Parvathinathan Nagar, (Monkeys Restaurant) Elanji, near Courtalam on 19th and 20th February, 2017. Com.S.Mohandoss, Circle President presided over the open session at 10 AM on 19th inst. Com.R.Karumalaiyan, State Joint General Secretary, CITU inaugurated the conference with an effective and educative speech. Com.K.G.Jayaraj delivered the keynote address and explained in detail the recent developments particularly, the twin achievements of 78.2% IDA merger and annulment of 60:40 condition through sustained struggle. He also exhorted to strengthen AIBDPA for the settlement of the pending issues and pension revision from 01-01-2017. Coms.K.Raghavendran, General Secretary, AIPRPA, K.Arumugam, ACS, Chennai Telephones and BSNLEU leaders Coms.S.Chellappa, AGS, Babu Radhakrishnan, Circle Secretary, P.Indira, ACS and Susai Antony, District Secretary, Tirunelveli addressed. Coms.Ponraj, Chairman ,Reception Committee and C.K.Narasimhan, Circle Secretary welcomed and Com. S.Nataraja proposed vote of thanks.

In the subject session, Coms. C.K.Narasimhan, Circle Secretary and B.S.Geetha, Treasurer presented the report and audited accounts, respectively. 18 comrades participated in the discussion after which both report and accounts were adopted. Resolutions were adopted on important issues. 293 delegates participated in the conference out of which 26 were lady comrades.

Following are the important office bearers elected unanimously.

President : Com.P.Manickamoorthy, Circle Secretary : Com.C.K.Narasimhan and Treasurer : Com.S.Nataraja.

With vote of thanks by Com.P.Ramasamy, Circle Vice President and thunderous slogan shouting, the inspiring circle conference came to an end at 1530hrs on 20-02-2017.

The Reception Committee made excellent arrangements for the successful conduct of the conference.

Com.N.Sudarshan Reddy, District Secretary, Nalgonda has reported that new two branches have been formed at Nalgonda and Suryapeta. The meeting of pensioners held at both places was attended and addressed by Com.N.Sudarshan Reddy. Office bearers were elected unanimously with the following important functionaries.

NALGONDA.

President : Com.S.Maraiah, Secretary : Com. V.Chandra Reddy and Treasurer : Com.K.Ramachandran.

SURYAPETA.

Patron  : Com.V.Krishnamoorthy, Rtd SDE, President: Com.T.Satyanarayana, Retd ADD, Secretary : Com.V.Subash

To promote tourism in India and to encourage e-visa, Ministry of Tourism partners with BSNL to offer free SIM cards to foreign tourists with e-visa. Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma launched this scheme on Wednesday to help foreign tourists to communicate in India. On arriving in India, foreign tourists will get free BSNL SIM cards from the government, which would be loaded with Rs 50 talk time and 50 MB data.

(courtesy: BSNLEU website)