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UNION LEADERS SUSPENDED ENMASSE IN KERALA CIRCLE- BSNLEU, SNEA & BSNLCCWF TO START HUNGER STRIKE AT CORPORATE OFFICE.

The struggle in Kerala by the BSNLCCLU for wage revision was settled on 20th August, 2015 consequent on an agreement reached with the union leaders of BSNLEU, SNEA & BSNLCCLU in the negotiation talk by the BSNL administration headed by Shri. N. K. Gupta, Director (CFA) specially deputed by CMD. It was also assured by the BSNL administration that Shri. M.S. S. Rao, CGMT ,Kerala who was instrumental in worsening the situation in Kerala, will be shunted out of Kerala. However contrary to the assurance Shri. M. S. S Rao ,who was instructed to go on leave, joined before expiry of leave and started provocative measures particularly filing false police cases and even approached Kerala high court to implicate union leaders in serious criminal cases. Not satisfied with these, on 11-09-2015 ,he ordered suspension of 15 union leaders of BSNLEU & SNEA including Com. K. Mohan, Circle Secretary, Com.S.Prathapkumar, Asst. General Secretary, Com.P.Gopakumar, Circle Vice President, Com.C. Santhoshkumar, Asst.Circle Secretary, Com.Biju Raghavan, District Secretary, BSNLEU , Com. T. Santhoshkumar, District Secretary and Com. Narendrakumar, District President, SNEA.

This high handed and most provocative action of Mr.M.S.S.Rao with the ulterior motive of scuttling the agreement reached in his absence and to further worsen the situation has compelled the workers to retaliate. Protest actions are being held through out Kerala and the central leadership of  BSNLEU, SNEA and BSNLCCWF have decided for an indefinite relay hunger fast from 17th September, 2015 in front of BSNL Corporate office and also Protest Demonstration at Circle and SSA levels demanding immediate transfer of Mr.M.S.S.Rao from Kerala.

AIBDPA strongly condemn the vindictive and provocative actions in Kerala and calls upon all its units to join the comrades of BSNLEU,SNEA & BSNLCCWF  to participate in the protest programs.

 

Department of Income Tax Receives 2.06 Crore Returns on the E-Filing Portal

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In the Financial Year (F.Y.) 2015-16, Department of Income Tax Receives 2.06 Crore Returns on the E-Filing Portal as on 07.09.2015 Registering an Increase of 26.12% over the Corresponding Period of the Preceding F.Y. 2014-15; 32.95 Lakh E-Returns Verified Through Electronic Verification Code;

As on 07.09.2015 Central Processing Centre Processed 45.18 Lakh Returns Relating to the A.Y. 2015-16 and Issued Refunds to 22.14 Lakh Tax Payers for the A.Y.2015-16: Income-Tax Department Thanks the Taxpayers for Making E-Enabled Initiatives a Success

It has been the constant endeavor of the Income-tax Department to make compliance simpler for the taxpayer through the use of technology. E-filing of returns, refund banker scheme and the newly introduced e-verification of Income-tax returns for the Assessment year 2015-16 are some of the key initiatives undertaken by the Department for making filing of returns simple and easy for the common taxpayer.

The Income Tax Department would like to acknowledge and thank the taxpayer for the widespread support for its e-Governance initiatives.

The taxpayers have come forward in greater numbers for e-filing of returns in the current year. In the Financial Year (F.Y.) 2015-16, the Department has received 2.06 crore returns on the e-filing portal as on 07.09.2015 which is an increase of 26.12% over the corresponding period of the preceding the F.Y. 2014-15, when 1.63 crore returns were e-filed. The peak filing rate in the F.Y. 2015-16 touched 3,475 returns per minute as compared to 2,901 returns per minute in the F.Y. 2014-15.

To facilitate the taxpayers by providing end-to-end e-enabled services and reduce compliance burden, the Department offered the facility of electronic verification of Income Tax Return for the A.Y. 2015-16 through an electronic verification code (EVC). In the short period since its introduction, 32.95 lakh e-returns have been verified through EVC. Use of EVC has dramatically reduced the time taken for processing of e-filed returns for the A.Y. 2015-16. As on 07.09.2015 Central Processing Centre had processed 45.18 lakh returns relating to the A.Y. 2015-16 and issued refunds to 22.14 lakh tax payers who had claimed refunds for the A.Y.2015-16.

The Department remains committed to improving taxpayer services through enhanced use and further improvement in technologies.

South Africa: NEHAWU hosted seminar on Greek Crisis and the role of PAME

NEHAWU held a solidarity international seminar on Friday 4  September 2015 on the subject: “Greece, the capitalist crisis and the role of the class oriented trade union movement”.

Guest speakers from Greece on Skype-Call,  Nikolas Theodorakis, the International Secretariat Head of PAME and Comrade Fotini Sotiriadou, from the Youth Committee of PAME informed the participants about the economican and political developments in Greece and the objectives of the organizing of the struggle by PAME and the class-oriented trade unions. Representatives of NEHAWU, SACP and WFTU greeted the seminar.

It was attended by many organisations including COSATU affiliates and members of the tripartite alliance the ANC, SACP and COSATU. The South African Organizations express their deepest solidarity on these initiatives led by the Executive Secretariat of PAME.

During the seminar the need prevailed the further strengthening of WFTU, which this year celebrates its 70th Anniversary as well as gearing up for the organizing of the 17th World Trade Union Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa

BSNLCCWF Third AIC at Kanyakumari on 3-4 October 2015

The Third All India Conference of  BSNL Casual Contract Workers Federation will be held at Kanyakumari, T.Nadu on 3-4 October 2015. The two days conference will be inaugurated by Com. A.K.Padmanabhan, President CITU at 10.00 AM on 3rd October 2015. All India TU and BSNLEU leaders will address the Conference.

78.2% IDA MERGER- MEETING WITH MEMBER(FINANCE) AND MEMBER (SERVICES)

Com. V. A. N. Namboodiri, Advisor and Com. K. G. Jayaraj, General Secretary handed over a letter to Shri. Rakesh Garg, Secretary, Department of Telecom seeking his immediate intervention in settling the issue of 78.2% IDA merger.(The full text of the letter is already published in this website).

They met both Ms. Annie Moraes, Member ( Finance) and Shri. N.K. Yadav, Member(Services) and gave copy of the letter to Secretary, DOT. To a specific question as to why data is being collected from the BSNL when all the particulars about the BSNL pensioners are very much available with DOT, the Member (Finance) stated that no data is sought from BSNL. She also stated that the data wanted by the Department of Expenditure will be incorporated in the Cabinet note within 2 weeks and will be submitted to the cabinet directly.

78.2% IDA MERGER- LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTERS HANDED OVER.

Today, 11th September, 2015 Com. V. A. N. Namboodiri , Advisor and Com.K.G. Jayaraj , General Secretary went to the Prime Minister’s office in South Block, NewDelhi and handed over the letter to the hon’ble Prime Minister requesting his intervention for the early settlement of 78.2% IDA merger to BSNL pensioners retired before 10-06-2013. (The letter in full is published in the website). They also gave copies of the letter to the hon’ble Ministers of Finance and Telecommunications.

COM.SISIR BHATTACHARJEE, VETERAN LEADER BEREAVED.

COM. NILIMA BHATTACHARJEE (85), WIFE OF COM. SISIR BHATTACHARJEE, VETERAN LEADER OF P&T TRADE UNION MOVEMENT, PASSED AWAY AT 7.30 AM ON 11-09-2015 IN KOLKATA AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. AIBDPA CONVEYS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO COM. SISIR BHATTACHARJEE, HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER COMRADES.

RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL INSTALMENT OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND DEARNESS RELIEF TO PENSIONERS DUE FROM 01-07-2015

 

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Government of India
Ministry of Finance

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2015. This represents an increase of 6 percent over the existing rate of 113 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

This will benefit about 50 lakh Government employees and 56 lakh pensioners.

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be in the order of Rs. 6655.14 crore per annum and Rs.4436.76 crore in the financial year 2015-16 (for a period of 8 months from July, 2015 to February, 2016).

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BSNL TO LAUNCH 4G SERVICES, UNVEIL COMPETITIVE TARIFF PLANS.

‘We will launch competitive tariff plans to match Reliance Jio and other private telecom service providers’ pricing, be it 4G or 3G, by the end of this year’

NEW DELHI: State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited plans to unveil cheaper tariff plans by the end of this year and launch full-fledged 4G services by March 2016 to take on private players including Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm.”We will launch competitive tariff plans to match Reliance Jio and other private telecom service providers’ pricing, be it 4G or 3G, by the end of this year,” BSNL chairman-cum-managing director Anupam Shrivastava told ET.BSNL will close watch Jio, which has announced launch of 4G services by the end of the year, and it will use airwaves in 2500 Mhz band to launch competitively priced 4G services at select locations before the end of current fiscal, Shrivastava said.Jio, in addition to pan-India BWA spectrum in 2300 MHz band, has acquired airwaves in 800MHz and 1800MHz in the recently-concluded auctions. Ambani had earlier announced that the company will launch services around December at tariffs ranging from Rs 300 to Rs 500 per month.Shrivastava further said, “We are taking Wi-Fi route for our 4G services and also talking to telecom operators for spectrum sharing.”Wi-Fi technology connects through 2G or 3G network and acts as a 4G hotspot to delivers high-speed data services to consumers.”We have spectrum in 2.5 Ghz across 15 Licensed Service Areas (LSAs) in the country and we are planning to launch 4G services by the end of the current fiscal year,” the BSNL top executive said.

BSNL’s discussions with Russia’s MTS India arm, which has spectrum in 800 MHz band, have however not materialized, Shrivastava said.
The state-run operator is also evaluating device-bundling options for 4G services and is currently in talks with various device manufacturers for consumer-friendly schemes.

“We compete with each other and share infrastructure with Reliance Jio as well. In today’s scenario, it should not be seen as a competition as the objective is to serve consumers,” Shrivastava said.

In 2014, Jio had entered into a pact with BSNL for telecom infrastructure sharing and is currently using the state-run operator’s 4,000 mobile towers.

As a part of its revival strategy, BSNL, which has the largest 3G footprint in the country, is looking at aggressive marketing plans and also boosting broadband internet speed of all data plans staring at Rs 545 to 2 Mbps from October 1.

It has recently started free night calling facility between 9 pm and 7 am to all operators and free incoming on roaming, which, according to the company, is helping in growing its subscriber base.

BSNL is the only operator to offer free incoming calls while roaming, Shrivastava said.

He said the company added 16 lakh new customers in July and 15 lakh in August due to mobile number portability.