West Bengal Circle held its extended Circle Executive Committee meeting at BSNLEU office, CTO, Kolkata on 12-01-2024. Com.Om Prakash Singh, Circle President presided over the meeting. Com.Asis Das, Circle Secretary welcomed the gathering. Com.Animesh Mitra, President, BSNLEU & Secretary General, BSNLCCWF inaugurated the meeting with a detailed speech. Thereafter, the message of Com.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary was read out by the Circle Secretary. Coms. Sanjib Banerjee, AGS, Sushanta Ghosh, CHQ Vice President, Sujoy Sarkar, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU and Pijush Chakraborty, Ex Circle Secretary addressed the CEC meeting. The report and accounts were adopted after discussion. The meeting decided to organise the CoC programmes successfully.

The biennial District Conference of Ahmedabad has been held successfully on 11-01-2024 at Nikanth Mahadev Temple Hall , Ahmedabad. Com.G J Kori, District President presided and welcomed one and all. Com.N N Patel, Circle President inaugurated the conference explaining the issues in detail. Coms. J G Nayak, Circle Patron, N J Desai, ACS, H M Dataniya, Senior leader and H D Rana of Mahesana addressed the conference. Com.M B Chaniyara, Circle Secretary and CHQ Vice President greeted the conference through a message. Com.K V Patel, District Secretary and Com.N J Desai, Treasurer presented the report and accounts, respectively and were adopted after discussion. Coms. K V Patel, N N Patel, J G Nayak and H M Dataniya were honoured with shawls. The following are the important functionaries among the office bearers elected unanimously; Com.G J Kori (President) Com. K K Barot (District Secretary) Com.N J Desai (Treasurer)

International Labour Organisation (ILO), in its ” World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024.” report has warned against possible rise in unemployment globally in 2024. It is also a matter of concern that social inequalities in the world continue without change. Real wages declined in most G20 countries in 2023 as wage rates fail to keep pace with inflation pushing one million workers into extreme poverty.The ILO report further states that growing inequalities and stagnant productivity are causes for concern. The macroeconomic environment deteriorated significantly over 2023. Ongoing geopolitical tensions as well as persistent and broadening inflation triggered frequent and aggressive moves by central banks, the report observed.

Only China, the Russian Federation and Mexico enjoyed positive real wage growth in 2023. The strongest wage gains were in China and the Russian Federation, where labour productivity growth was among the highest in G20 countries. ( Source: The Hindu)

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.