The first Circle Executive Committee Meeting of NTR Circle,New Delhi was held today, the 27th May, 2014. Com.H.L.Makkar, Circle President presided.Com.Rajesh Prabhakar, Circle Secretary welcomed the participants and presented the issues being faced by the pensioners.
Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secrretary spoke about the issues of the pensioners and efforts taken by AIBDPA to settle the issues.He also explained the current position of 78.2% IDA merger and CHQ,s decision to observe Protest Day on 5th June ,2014.
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri,President, BSNLEU and Advisor, AIBDPA spoke about the big challenges being faced by the pensioners in the wake of implementation of New Pension Scheme and the necessity to strengthen the organisation.
The committe members including Com.M.L.Tiwari, Circle Treasurer raised certain problems which were replied.

Shri.Ravi Shankar Prasad,senior leader of BJP and an eminent lawer
in Supreme Court has taken over as the Minister for Communications
on today, the 27th May, 2014.He will be also the Law Minister.He has
been the official spokeperson of BJP and very popular face in the news
channels.
AIBDPA extends warm Greetigs to Shri.Ravi Shankar Prasad and looks
forward to have a cordial and good relationship with him in settling the
genuine demands of the pensioners and in stregnthening BSNL.

General Secretary, Com. K.G. Jayaraj, has joined CHQ on 25-05-2014.
He will be available at the headquarters upto 18-06-2014.

BSNL Employees Union has extended full support to the Protest Day
being organised by AIBDPA on. 5th June against the undue and un-
necessary delay by certain vestested interests in DOT in extending
the benefit of 78.2% IDA merger to the BSNL pensioners,both
Pre and post 2007.

AIBDPA units should contact their BSNLEU counter parts at
all levels to make the programme a grand success.

Circular AIBDPA-2 (20.05.2014) (CLICK TO VIEW)

    Com.R.Umanath, veteran  trade union leader and former Politburo Member of CPI(M) and Ex MP is no more.Com.Umanath breathed his last at 8 AM on today, the 21st May, 2014 in Thiruchirappally. Com.Umanath was 92 and the end came after a brief illness. His wife, Pappa Umanath had died in 2010 and is survived by his two daughters including Com.U.Vasuki,State Secretariat  Member, CPI(M), Tamil Nadu.

The cremation will take place on tomorrow, the 22nd May.

AIBDPA DIPS ITS BANNER IN RESPECT OF THE GREAT LEADER AND CONVEY OUR

DEEP CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND THE PARTY COMRADES.

Com.M.B.Chaniyara, Circle Secretary, Gujarat reports that District Branch of Ahmedabad

is formed with election of office bearers unanimously. The following are the important office bearers.

Com.Gurucharan Kori- President

Com.K.V.Patel              -District Secretary

Com.N.J.Desai              -Treasurer

It is decided to hold the Central Executive Committee Meeting of AIBDPA on 29th & 30th , July,2014 at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The meeting will start with an open session at 3PM on 29th July and may conclude at 5PM on 30th July.

All the CEC members are requested to book their to and fro tickets well in advance to ensure their participation in the CEC.

Formal Notice will be issued in due course.

 It is almost one year that the 78.2% IDA merger was granted to the serving BSNL employees. But the bureaucracy is still continuing their negative approach in extending this legitimate benefit to the BSNL pensioners despite the regular interventions and pursueations by AIBDPA,BSNLEU and Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations.

Now, the clarifications sought by the Department of Expenditure have not been sent by the DOT even after two months. We have met almost all the top officers in DOT including Secretary, DOT several times and in spite of their positive assurances, the concerned file is still pending at DOT Finance, rather unprocessed.

The pensioners have become restive and furious over this negative and most unjustified stand of the bureaucracy. Therefore we have no other option other than to resort to agitational  programmes again to achieve this vital demand. We call upon all our units to observe 05-06-2014 as PROTEST DAY by holding DHARNA/RALLY/DEMONSTRATION at all levels, organizing all the pensioners of their locality. Saving gram  should also be sent to the Hon’ble Minister for Communications and Secretary,  DOT demanding ‘Protest unjustified and unnecessary delay in extending 78.2% IDA merger to BSNL pensioners even after one year this benefit was given to the BSNL employees.  Request immediate intervention and early settlement.’  

If the reports appeared in the press are to be believed,Reserve Bank of India is mooting proposals to privatise the public sector banks in the country . An RBI panel has recommended repeal of Bank Nationalisation  Acts of 1970 and 1980, together with the State Bank of India Act and the SBI (Subsidiary Banks) Act. Instead,all banks should be incorporated under the Companies Act. To begin with the privatisation , the panel proposes to dilute government stake in public sector banks to below 50 %.

The committee also recommends to expanding single investor shareholding caps to beyond the current practice of vetting every stake buy proposal of 5 per cent and above by the RBI, by making a new category of investors, called ‘authorised bank  investors’.They are to be permitted a 20 per cent equity stake without regulatory approval or 15 per cent if it also has a seat on bank board.All other investors should be permitted upto 10 per cent.

The RBI governor has come out in support of the report terming it as candid and the intentions are very clear.It was only a few days back, the government curtailed the services of State Bank Of India by handing over some of the services to the Reliance.