AS AGREED TO THE UNITED FORUM LEADERS DURING THE DISCUSSION ON THE STRIKE ISSUES,CMD,BSNL HAS WRITTEN A DO LETTER TO THE SECRETARY,DOT ON 21-10-2013
FOR REMOVAL OF THE CLAUSE,’NO ARREARS WILL BE PAID” IN THE DOT ORDER
DATED 10-06-2013 ON 78.2% IDA FIXATION AND REVISION OF PENSION ACCORDINGLY.

AIBDPA/DOT/2013                                                                                       October 18, 2013

Shri M F Farooqui

Secretary,DOT

Sanchar Bhawan

New Delhi 110 001

Sir,

Sub: Unjustified and undue delay in issuing order on 78.2% IDA fixation to BSNL        Pensioners – Decision of the CEC to conduct agitational programme – reg.

I am constrained to bring to your notice that the Central Executive Committee meeting of AIBDPA held at Jaipur on 5^th & 6^th October, 2013 has decided to launch the following agitational programme protesting against the unjustified and undue delay in issuing the order on 78.2% IDA fixation to both pre-2007 and post 2007 BSNL Pensioners.

1. Protest Day on 25.10.2013 – Demonstration at all levels and sending FAX message by all units to the Hon’ble Minister for Communcations and Secretary, DOT demanding early issuance of the order on 78.2% IDA fixation to BSNL Pensioners.
2. CCA/Circle Office March on 28.11.2013.

You are aware that the order on 78.2% IDA fixation to the serving BSNL employees was issued by the DOT on 10.06.2013.  We had taken up the issue of extending this benefit to the BSNL pensioners and had also discussed the issued with you on 03.07.2013 based on our detailed letter submitted to you.  You were kind enough to assure us that early action will be initiated on 78.2% IDA fixation, anomaly in pension to those retired within ten months of formation of BSNL and enhancing the minimum pension/family pension to Rs.3880/- etc.  Of course, we can understand the normal procedural delay, but it is almost four months since the benefit is given to the serving BSNL employees and there is absolutely no justification whatsoever to delay the issue indefinitely.

I would, therefore, request you to kindly intervene early so that the genuine issues of the pensioners, particularly extending the benefit of 78.2% IDA fixation to the pensioners are settled without further delay.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

K G Jayaraj

General Secretary

The fourth Foundation Day of the mighty organisation,AIBDPA has been celebrated today all over the country in most befitting manner.

Com.K.G..Jayaraj,General Secretary hoisted the Flag and addressed in Alappuzha
Com.G.G.Patil,Organising Secretary hoisted the Flag in Hubli in Karnataka.Com.A.D.Kulkarni,Dist.Secretary spoke.Sweets were distributed to the pensioners and the staff in GMT Office In Aligarh in UP(W) Com.Abdul Rasheed,Circle Secretary hoisted the flag..

ALL AIBDPA UNITS ARE REQUESTED TO CELEBRATE THE FOUNDATION DAY
ON 21-10-2013 IN A BEFITTING MANNER.

BSNL STRIKE PRPOSED TO BE HELD ON 25-10-2013 BY THE UNITED FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS HAS BEEN POSTPONED.THE DECISION IN THIS REGARD WAS TAKEN IN THE MEETING OF THE UNITED FORUM HELD TODAY,THE 19th OCTOBER, AFTER THE REVIEWING THE OUT- COME OF THE LAST ROUND OF DISCUSSION HAD WITH THE BSNL MANAGEMENT ON 18-10-2013.
REGARDING 78..2% IDA FIXATION TO THE PENSIONERS,IT WAS ASSURED THAT THE CMD,BSNL WILL WRITE A DO LETTER TO DOT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE BSNL EMPLOYEES AND THE CONSTITUENT UNIONS OF THE UNITED FORUM LED BY BSNL EMPLOYEES UNION.

Meeting of the Working Committee of BCPC
A meeting of the available members of the Working committee of BCPC was held at 13-C, Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi on 19th October 2013. Shri S.C.Maheswari presided. On behalf of AIBDPA Com. V.A.N.Namboodiri, Advisor attended.
The meeting considered the resignation of Shri S.S.Ramachandran from the post of Chairman and accepted the same with reluctance. Shri S.C.Maheswari, Secretary General, Bharat Pension Samaj, was unanimously elected as the new Chairman, BCPC.
Shri D.Balasubramanian, General Secretary All India Federation of Pensioners Association, Chennai and a representative to be decided by the National Federation of Railway Pensioners Palakkad may be elected Vice-Chairmen of BCPC.
The next AGM may be held soon after Holi at New Delhi, the date for which will decided later.
The Draft Terms of Reference for the VII Central Pay Commission with respect to Pensioners were discussed and finalised in the meeting. In addition to general demands, it was mentioned that these recommendations should apply to all Central Government Pensioners, Ex-Servicemen, Pensioners of those PSUs like Prasar bharati, BSNL, MTNL, FCI etc. constituted by absorbing the respective departmental employees.

IDA Order 15-01-2013

AIBDPA Circular No.5 dated 11.10.2013

Shri.Prachish Khanna,Director(Establishment) DOT has told Com.K.G.Jayaraj,General Secretary today,the 17th October,2013 that both the files of 78.2% IDA fixation and Anomaly are still pending with the Secretary,DOT for reasons known only to them.
This is nothing but sheer negligence to the genuine demands of the pensioners by the authorities and the government.
Therefore let us express our anguish by implementing the PROTEST DAY ON 25-10-2013 MASSIVELY BY HOLDING DEMONSTRATIONS AT ALL LEVELS AND SENDING FAX MESSAGES TO THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SECRETARY,DOT.
The text of the FAX message is as follows-
“Strongly protest unjustified and undue delay in issuing orders for 78.2% IDA fixation to both pre-2007 and
post-2007 BSNL pensioners.Demand immediate intervention for early issuance of orders.”
Circle/District/Area/Branch Secretary,
All India BSNL DOT Pensioners Association,
——————–(place)
date.
FAX numbers- MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS-011 23723330
SECRETARY,DOT-011 23711514

The Ministries of Finance,Commerce and Health and Family Welfare are strongly pitching for the reversal of the current FDI regime in pharma as they feel that it threatens access to affordable medicines not only in India but also developing countries.While the Prime Ministers Office is for continueation of the present policy which allows foriegn investment in pharmaceutical companies,the Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended a blanket ban on FDI in existing pharma projects and urged furthur takeover/acquisition of domestic pharma units be stopped.

An internal document prepared by the Department of Industrial Policy and promotion states as follows-

“If the policy continues to be implemented in the existing manner,the access to the medicine scenario in the country could adversaly impact production,availability and prices.India could then be dependent for life saving medicines either on domestic facilities of MNCs or imports.India is already import-dependent for intermediates and critical drugs like penicillin.”

whether the central government will stop playing with the life and health of the people?