Yeterday,the 12th December,Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri,Advisor,Com.
K.G.Jayaraj,General Secretary and Com.Animesh Mitra,Deputy General
Secretary,BSNLEU had a meeting with Shri.A.N.Rai,Director(HR),BSNL.
They discussed the following issues-
1.Undue delay in forwarding the service particulars of the retiring
officials to the CCAs well in advance for prompt disbursement of
Pension and other pensionary benefits-
The representatives pointed out that despite strict instructions,
the service particulars are not being sent to the respective CCAs by
the BSNL.The Director stated that an effective coordination between
BSNL and CCAs will be arranged with frequent monitoring.
2.Anomaly-the DOT has written to BSNL for furnishing certain
particulars sougjt by Department of Pension & PW.The representatives
wanted the Directors intervention for sending the particulars at
the earliest.
The Director agreed to do the needful.

New Delhi witnessed a mammoth.magnificent and spetacular rally
of workers from the nearby states and some from other states.
It was absolutelyy a flow of workers continuosly for hours and
the main roads of New Delhi,particularly Parliment Street and
Jantar mantar areas were under siege.Thousands and thousands
of workers from all the Central Trade Uniond and 36 federations
of Central and State government,PSUs have exihibited a rare oneness
of unity carrying flags,banners,placards making it colourful and
beautiful.They shouted aloud the slogans of the 10 demands.All
the leaders representing the 11 Central Trade Unions including
Com.Tapan Sen,General Secretary,CITU addressed the rally.
AIBDPA partcipated in the rally under the leadership of Com.K.G.
Jayaraj,General Secretary,Com.Susanta Ghosh,Vice President &
Circle Secretary,West Bengal,Com S.C.Srivastava,Vice President,
Com.B.P.Petkar,AGS&Circle Secretary,Maharashtra,Com.Abdul
Rashhed,Circle Secretary,UP(West),Com.G.R.Verma,Circle Secretary,
UP(East) and Com.H.S.Thakur,Circle Secretary,Mdhya Pradesh.and
the credit goes to UP(W) Circle for the most participation of 35
comrades.

TODAY WAS THE 39TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF COM.K.G.BOSE.
WHICH WAS OBSERVED BY CHQ BSNLEU IN A BEFITTING MANNER.
A BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF COM.K.G.WAS INSTALLED AT K.G.BOSE BHAWAN IN
NEW DELHI.THE FUNCTION IN THIS CONNECTION WAS HELD AT
10 HRS AT K.G.BOSE BHAWAN.THE STATUE WAS UNVIELD BY COM.
V.A.N.NAMBOODIRI,PRESIDENT,BSNLEU AND HE PRESIDED OVER
THE MEETING THAT FOLLOWED.
COM.P.ABHIMAYU,GENERAL SECRETARY,COM.ANIMESH MITRA,
DY.GENERAL SECRETARY,COM.C.CHANDEWAR SINGH,GENERAL
SECRETARY,NFTE,COM.ISLAM AHEMAD,PRESIDENT,NFTE,COM.
K.G.JAYARAJ,GENERAL SECRETARY,AIBDPA,COM.R.K.KOHLI,GENERAL
SECRETARY,NFTBE,COM.R.P.SHARMA,GENERAL SECRETARY,BSNLOA,
COM.TAPAS KR GHOSH,SECRETARY GENERAL,BSNLCCWF, COM.
SWAPAN CHAKRABORTY,AGS,BSNLEU,COM.SAIBAL SENGUPTA,
AGS&CIRCLE SECRETARY,KOLKATA,COM.K.GOVINDARAJ,CIRCLE
SECRETARY,CHENNAI TELEPHONES,COM.H.S.THAKUR,CIRCLE
SECRETARY,MP AND OTHERS SPOKE.
THE STATUE WAS DONATED BY WEST BENGAL CIRCLE AND BUILT
BY KRISHNAGAR DISTRICT BRANCH OF BSNLEU.

THE DONATIONS RECEIVED TOWARDS UTTARAKHAND RELIEF FUND
AS PER THE CALL OF CHQ,RS.3,65,540(RUPEES THREE LAKH SIXTYFIVE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY) HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PRIME
MINISTER’S NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.COM.V.A.N.NAMBOODIRI,ADVISOR
AND COM.K.G.JAYARAJ,GENERAL SECRETARY WENT TODAY TO THE PRIME
MINISTERS OFFICE AND HANDED OVER THE CHEQUE FOR RS.3,65,540
CIRCLEWISE RECIEPT IS AS FOLLOWS-
KERALA. -RS.65800. KARNATAKA-RS.58490 TAMILNADU-RS.46300
WEST BENGAL-RS.44400 COM.M.S.GAYATRI-RS.40000.
KOLKATA-RS.29100 ANDHRA PRADESH-RS.19500.GUJARAT RS.18350
UP (WEST) -RS.15100.CORTO-RS.15000 RAJASTHAN-RS.5000.CHHATTISGARH-RS.3000
N.E.II-2500.MAHARASHTRA-RS.2000 MADHYA PRADESH-RS.500. AND
COM.V.A.N.NAMBOODIRI-RS.500
CHQ CONGRATULATES AND THANKS ALL THE KIND HEARTS FOR
THE CONTRIBUTIONS,PARTICULALY COM.M.S.GAYATRI,SIRSI,
KARNATAKA FOR HIS GREAT GESTURE OF DONATING RS.40000/.
ONE OF OUR AFFILIAATES,CENTRE OF RETIRED TELECOM OFFICERS
HAD DONATED RS.10000 DIRECTLY TO THE PM’S RELIEF FUND.

KAPIL SIBAL,MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS & IT HAS SAID THAT THE
EMPOWERED GROUP OF MINISTERS (EGoM) HEADED BY FINANCE
MINISTER,P.CHIDAMBARAM WILL CONSIDER THE ISSUE OF UNIFORM
SPECTRUM USAGE CHARGE (SUC ) IN ITS NEXT MEETING.CURRENTLY
SUC RANGES BETWEEN 3% AND 8% AND MOVES UP AS THE SPECTRUM
HOLDING OF AN OPERATOR GOES UP.
A UNIFORM RATE-RECOMMENDED AT 3% OF REVENUES BY TRAI-WILL
BENEFIT THE MAJOR PRIVATE TELECOS SUCH AS BHARATI AIRTEL,
VODAFONE AND IDEA IN A BIG WAY,WHICH HAVE LARGE HOLDINGS
OF AIRWAVES,GIVEN THE LARGE NUMBER OF SUBSRIBER NETWORKS.

HE ALSO STATED THE PENALTIES SLAPPED BY DOT ON THE TELECOS
ARE ‘EXCESSIVE,AND THREATENED DOT THAT HE WILL TAKE AWAY
THE POWERS AND GIVE IT TO TRAI,TO PAVE A LENIENT PENALTY
REGIME.

TODAY,SHRI.PRACHISH KHANNA,DIRECTOR (ESTABLISHMENT),DOT HAS
TOLD COM.K.G.JAYARAJ,GENERAL SECRETARY THAT THE REPLY OF THE
QUERY SOUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PENSION AND PENSIONERS
WELFARE HAS BEEN SENT ON YESTERDAY,5TH DECEMBER,2013.
CHQ IS CLOSELY WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENTS AND WILL INTERVENE
WHENEVER SITUATION WARRANTS.

NELSON MANDELA,FOUNDER PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA AND ONE OF
THE GREATEST LEADERS OF THE WORLD HAS PASSED AWAY ON YESTERDAY,
THE 5TH DECEMBER,2013.HE WAS 95 AND THE END OF A GLORIOUS LIFE
CAME AT HIS HOME IN JOHANNESBERG.
NELSON MANDELA IS REVERED THROUGH OUT THE WORLD FOR HIS

RELENTLESS STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTIEID MINORITY GOVERNMENT
AND HIS UNPARALLEL AND UNIQUE SACRIFICE.HE WAS IN JAIL FOR
ABOUT THREE DECADES AND MOSTLY SUBJECTED TO LONELY CONFINEMENT.
FINALLY THE WHITE MINORITY GOVERNMENT HAD TO AGREE FOR MULTI-
RACIAL ELECTIONS AFTER THE RELEASE OF MANDELA IN 1990.
NELSON MANDELA’S AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WON IN THE
ELECTIONS IN 1994 AND HE WAS THE NATURAL CHOICE OF THE FIRST
PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA.BUT MANDELA SERVED ONLY ONE TERM
BEFORE TAKING UP A NEW ROLE OF ELDER STATESMAN AND FINALLY RETIRING
FROM PUBLIC LIFE IN 2004.
AIBDPA DIPS ITS BANNER AND PAYS OUR RESPECTFUL HOMAGE TO THE
GREAT ICON.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES HAS GIVEN BSNL,THE
‘EXCELLENT,GRADING AS PER THEIR LETTER NO.18(8)2005-GM
DATED 27TH NOVEMBER,2013.
THE GRADING OF THE CPSEs ARE GIVEN BASED ON THEIR
COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES FOR THE YEAR 2012-13 AND
FINALISED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR SELF EVALUATION
REPORTS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE GRADING REPORT.
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED-
RATNA STATUS-MINIRATNA
CATEGORY- A
SCORING %- 100
GRADING- EXCELLENT.

AIBDPA/POSTAL/2013 December 05, 2013

To,

Ms. Padmini Gopinath,
Secretary,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan,
New Delhi – 110 001

Dear Madam,

Sub: – Delay in disbursement of IDA/DR through post offices – reg.

Ref: – This association letter No.AIBDPA/POSTAL/2013 dated March 20, 2013.

A kind reference is invited to the letter cited above regarding delay in the disbursement of IDA for BSNL pensioners and DR for DOT pensioners who are getting the same through post offices.

Your prompt action on the letter is much appreciated and some of the postal circles have issued directives for prompt payment of IDA/DR to the BSNL DOT pensioners, copies of which were endorsed to this association also. There have been improvement in some circles while complaints are still more from circles like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar, West Bengal etc.

As suggested in my letter referred to above, the permanent solution of the issue would be installation of Centralised Pension Processing Centre in the postal net work, as had been done by most of the banks. I hope you will take necessary action in this regard.
Thanking you,

Yours faithfully

[K.G. Jayaraj]
General Secretary

Trai is trying to expedite the setting up of a pan India Priority Call
Routing system that would help distressed folks access emergency
helplines swiftly during disasters.It has now sought views of the
Home ministry and National Disaster Management Authority on
implementing priority call routing accross mobile networks in
India after recent consultations with the telecom industry and net
work gear makers.
(Source-Economic Times)