The biennial District Conference of Malappuram has been held enthusiastically at PVC Nagar( Mulbaris Hotel) Manjeri on 09-01-2024. Com.PTMA Jaleel, District President presided over the conference. Com.P K Mubasheer, State Youth Commission Member inaugurated. Coms. N Guruprasad, Circle Secretary, V C Thomas (KSSPU), Sureshkumar (AIPRPA), P Sreedharan (CCLU), O Velayudhan,ACS addressed. Com.M N Madhavan, District Secretary presented the biennial report so also Com.P Ramachandran, Treasurer the audited accouts and were adopted after discussion. Office bearers with Com.PTMA Jaleel (President) Com.M N Madhavan (District Secretary) Com. V P Abdulla (Treasurer) were elected unanimously.

Com. M B Chaniyara, Circle Secretary and CHQ Vice President inaugurated Nadiad- Kheda biennial District Conference on 07-01-2024 with a detailed speech covering all the issues. Com.T V Ghelani, District President controlled the proceedings and welcomed the gathering. Coms. J G Nayak, Circle Patron, M M Said,ACS, H C Parmar, District Secretary, Circle Office addressed the conference. Com. A R Patel, District Secretary and Com.A B Thakur, District Treasurer presented the report and accounts, respectively and adopted after discussion. All the leaders were honoured with mementos by Com.M B Chaniyara on behalf of Circle branch. The following are the important functionries elected unanimously; Com.T V Ghelani (President) Com. A R Patel (District Secretary) Com.A B Thakor (Treasurer)

The 7th biennial district conference of Palakkad has been held on 06-01-2024 at KG Bose Bhawan, Palakkad. Com.K Venugopalan, District President presided over the conference. Com.G Rajan, District Secretary welcomed all the participants.Com.N Guruprasad, Circle Secretary inaugurated the conference and spoke indetail on all the issues, particularly pension revision , Pune CEC decisions and the ensuing Circle Conference at Alappuzha. Coms. P M Gopalakrishnan, Circle Vice President, P R Parameswaran, ACS, P S Raveendranath (AIPRPA) K V Madhu & U R Ranjeev (BSNLEU), C Krishnadas (Confederation) and Sureshbabu (NFPE) addressed the inaugural session.

In the subject session Coms. G Rajan, District Secretary and M Kuppusamy ,Treasurer presented the report and audited accounts, respectively and were adopted after discussion. Resolutions on important issues were also adopted. Office bearers were elected unanimously with Com.K Venugopalan (President) Com.G Rajan (District Secretary) and Com.M Kuppusamy (Treasurer)

The state level convention of the Coordination Committee of of BSNLEU,AIBDPA & BSNLCCWF of both Kolkata Telephones Circle and West Bengal Circle was held at CTO Hall, Kolkata on 06-01-2024. Coms.Sanjib Banerjee, Chairman, Coordination Committee,Kolkata Telephones and Omprakash Singh, Circle President, AIBDPA,West Bengal jointly presided. Inaugurating the convention, Com.Tapan Sen, General Secretary spoke on the subject ” Attack on PSU and Revival of BSNL”. Coms.Animesh Mitra, Secretary General, BSNLCCWF, Sujoy Sarkar, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU,CTD and Sankar Nepal, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, West Bengal addressed the convention.

The meeting of the Coordination Committee of BSNLEU, AIBDPA & BSNLCCWF held on 3rd January, 2024 has decided to launch a programme of action demanding settlement of important issues of employees, pensioners and the contract workers. Some of the most vital issues concerning BSNL, other PSUs and the people at large are also raised.

The detailed circular is given hereunder . All the AIBDPA units are requested to get in touch with the other constituent organizations at the respective level and make all out efforts to make all the programmes successful.

Surendranagar district branch has held its biennial conference at Brahma Smajvadi on 31-12-2023. Com.J N Sanaliya, Retd DE presided over the conference. Com.M K Parejiya, District President welcomed the gathering. Com. Com. M B Chaniyara, Circle Secretary and CHQ Vice President inaugurated the conference explaining the issues confronting the pensioners , particularly pension revision and medical benefits.Coms.R U Anjariya, Circle Treasurer, M V Patel, Md Attatulla, ACS, Zala, District Secretary, BSNLEU addressed the conference. Shri.Jadav, DGM and Shri.Zala, JAO greeted the conference on behalf of BSNL.

Com.A P Sabhani, District Secretary and Com. H N Pacholi, Treasurer presented the biennial report and audited accounts, respectively and were adopted after discussion. Seniors in the age group of 70,80 and 90 were honoured by the District branch. Coms. J N Sanaliya,K C Patel,K G Jograna, H N Pacholi, J V Dhanesa, P C Kordiya, S P Sabhani, M K Parejiya, M V Patel and Md Attatulla were honoured with mementos by the Circle Branch.

Office bearers were elected unanimously and the following are the important functionaries. Com.M K Parejiya (President) A P Sabhani (District Secretary) and Com.G S HIngaladiya (Treasurer).

Let the new year 2014 bring peace, happiness and prosperity to all of you. We are entering to the new year 2024 with lot of hopes and also with caution due to the prevailing threatening situation in the country and at the global level. We cannot shut our eyea and ears to the cries of dying chlidren and women at Gaza and other war affected places. In 2023, we have witnessed so many instances wherein many of our women mercilessly subjected to atrocities, including rape and murder. Though the womens reservation bill was passed by the Parliament, uncertainty looms large in its implementation. The functioning of both the houses of Parliament during 2023 has been nominal mainly due to the undemocratic actions resorted to by the government including suspension of huge number of MPs belonging to the opposition parties. Concerted efforts are made by the vested interests to divide the people in the name of religion and caste.

Struggles galored in 2023 by the central trade unions, Kisan movements, Independent federations of central and state governments and PSUs against anti-worker, anti-peasant, pro-corporate and anti-people policies of the central government. AIBDPA under the banner of Joint Forum of BSNL MTNL Pensioners Associations launched a three phased agitational programme culminated in the two days Mass Dharna at Jantar Mantar on 24-25 August,2023 for pension revision. NCCPA also waged a series of agitations culminated in the Parliament March on 21-07-2023 demanding settlement of the 15 point charter of demands including restoration of Old Pension Scheme, pension revision of BSNL/MTNL retirees, updation of bank pension . We have successfully held the Asia Regional Conference of TUI(P&R) at Thiruvananthapuram on 01-10-2023. The Coordination Committee of BSNLEU, AIBDPA & BSNLCCWF organised agitational programmes , including Mass Dharna and Human Chain demanding immediate launching of 4G/5G, wage revision of BSNL employees, New Promotion Policy etc. The Central Executive Committee meeting held at Pune on 19-20 November, 2023 decided to continue the struggle for pension revision , missed between the cup and lips due to the court cases filed by certain pensioners organisations and the PBCAT order.NCCPA All India Conference was also held on 13-14 December, 2023.

So let us strengthen the organisation to face the challenges heroically. Though there are many genuine issues, including pension revision, still to be acheived, STRUGGLE IS THE HOPE and let us march forward through the correct path of struggle.

As per the Consumer Price Index released by the Labour Bureau, the IDA rate on 2007 pay scales and pension is likely to decrease by 0.2% with effect from 01-01-2024. Thus the total IDA will be 215.4% (Existing 215.6% – 0.2% = 215.4%). DPE may issue the orders in this regard shortly.