The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has proposed drastic cut in
base price of spectrum for the next round of spectrum auction.
The reduction in the reserve prices proposed go to the extent of
81.38 per cent.
It recommended an about 60 per cent cut in the pan India reserve price
for the third round of 2G spectrum (1800 MHz )auctions compared to
its previous suggestions.
The entire spectrum freed from the cancelllation of 122 licences in
February,20012 in the 2G spectrum allocation case has to be auctioned.
The proposal to slash the combined spectrum auction reserve price in
the premium 900 MHz band in the circles of Delhi,Mumbai and
Kolkata by about 79 per cent to Rs.650 crore per MHz against Rs.3074.18
per MHz earlier.
The proposal of the TRAI to slash the base price will certainly benefit
the private telecom companies.

Com.S.K.VYAS,Secretary General,NCCPA will inaugurate the open
session of the Central Executive Committtee of AIBDPA at 4 PM
on 5th October,2013.
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri,President and Com.P.Abhimanyu,General
Secretary,BSNL Employees Union will address among others.
Com.A.K.Bhattacharjee,President,AIBDPA wlll preside.

The Comptroller And Auditor General has reported yet anothher
major scam of the UPA government.
This time it is the forestland scam.
In this massive scam thousands of acres of forestlands are being
given away to the industry without following laid down regulations
and even in violation of Supreme Court orders and forest laws.
The report furthur states that this unlawful dealings involve large-
scale misuse of funds leading to a loss to the government running
into thousands of crores.
The report is on the policy of compensatory afforestation-handing
over forestlands for development and industtrial projects in exchange
for forests being grown on alternative lands and collection of net present
value of the diverted lands from the industries.
The report was laid before the Parliament on 6th September,2013.
IN EVERY SCAM THE BENEFICIARIES ARE THE CORPORATES
AND THE RICH,THE SUFfERERS ALWAYS BEING THE POOR.

Rajyasabha also has passed the draconian PFRDA bill on 6th September.
The left parties,as in the Loksabha stoutly opposed the bill and voted against.
The trinamool Congress was the only other party to oppose.
It was an easy process for the UPA government as the main opposition party
gleefully supported the bill.
As reported,the Loksabha had already approved the bill on 4th September
2013.
Now,the only formality left is the approval of the President after which the bill.will become the law of the country.
PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS/DHARNAS ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN ALMOST
ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY INDIVIDUALY AND JOINTLY BY VARIOUS
ORGANISATIONS OF THE WORKERS AND PENSIONERS AGAINST THIS CRUEL
ATTACK ON THE GREAT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM.

The Congress led UPA government managed to pass the Pension Fund
Reulatory and Development. Authority Bill,2011 in the Loksabha with
the support of the main opposition party,the BJP.
THE LEFT PARTIES OPPOSED THE BILL STRONGLY AND AMENDMENTS
PRESENTED BY COM.BASUDEB ACHARYA,LEADER OF CPI(M) IN
LOKSABHA WAS REJECTED BY VOTING AND VOICE VOTE.
Trinamool congress also opposed and other opportunist regional
parties supported the bill.
The BJP has once again proved beyond any doubt that they are also
for the implementation of neo liberal economic policies and they do
not have any difference with the Congress in this regard.
The draconian bill is the death bell for the statutory defined pension
scheme,the most social security scheme available in the country.
PFRDA bill was mooted by the BJP led NDA government in 2003,but
could not pass it due to stiff opposition of workers
During the period of the UPA1 government the left parties which
supported the government from outside never allowed Manmohan
Singh to pass the bill.
IT IS A BIG AND CRUEL ATTACK ON THE WORKERS AND THE PENSIONERS.
AIBDPA STRONLY CONDEMN THE PASSAGE OF PFRDA BILL IN LOKSABHA
AND VOWS FOR CONTINUED OPPOSITION AND PROTEST.

Notice for CEC on 5th, 6th October

A full fledged Reception Committee has been formed in Jaipur for
the successful conduct of the Central Executive Committee meeting
of AIBDPA which is sheduled to be held on 5th and 6th October,2013..
The following comrades are the impotant office beares of the
Reception Committee.
Advisor-Com.K.P.Sharma (CHQ Organising Secretary)
Working Chairman- Com.Ashok Pareek (Circle Secretary,BSNLEU)
Convenor-Com.S.K.Anand (Circle Secretary,AIBDPA)
Treasurer-Com.H.Sahay Sharma.
Venue and stay-Sindhi Dharmasala,Behind Bata Show room,M.I.Road,
Jaipur.
The open session will be held at the Communiyy Hall in Telecom
Colony
The Reception Committee has already started functiong and has
sent the first circular to all the CEC members..

Pensioners organisations of central governmentt,state government,
Teachers,universities,BSNL,Bank,insurance etc held a two hours sit
in Dharna at Yogayog Bhawan c/o CPMG,Kolkata on 02-09-2013 against
introduction of PFRDA Bill in the Loksabha.
Com.R.L.Bhattacharjee,President,NCCPA presided.All the leaders of the
participating pesioners organisations including Com.D.Basu,Assistant
General Secretary,AIBDPA addressed the Dharna.

The central government is planning to reintroduce the PFRDA bill in the
Parliament probably on 02-09-2013 or on subsequent days of this week.
Whenever it is again presented in the Parliament.we should protest and
Demonstration be conducted at circle/district levels preferrably jointly
with other pensioners organisations to register our strong protest against
the draconiian bill.

In the first quarter of the current fiscal year,April-June,2013,the
GDP (Gross Domestic Product ) growth has.decelerated furthur
to 4.4 per cent.
This is the slowest pace of expansion since the financial crisis in
2008..GDP Growth was 5.4 per cent in the first quarter of the last
financial year.
It is a steady slide in economic growth as the GDP growth had
slided to. 4.8 per cent in last quarter of the last fiscal.
The depreciation of the rupee had alarminly gone down to
68.85 against the dollar and the central government could not
give a convincing explanation.Insted,the finance minister P.
Chidambaram and Reserve Bank Governor Subba Rao are engaged
in a blame game.
The vast majority of the people,the common and poor are the worst
sufferers and still Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance
Minister Chidambaram shamelessly declare that they will go ahead
with more strigent economic reforms!