A SEMINAR ON ” SAVE PENSION AND PENSION FOR ALL ” HELD AT MIDNAPORE.

A good seminar, participated by hundreds of pensioners,  was organised on 08-01-2017 by the Reception Committee of the ensuing West Bengal Circle Conference. It was held at the Karmachari Bhawan, Midnapore and Com. Anupam Saha, District Secretary and General Secretary, Reception Committee welcomed the gathering. Com.Susanta Ghosh, CHQ Vice President and Circle Secretary presented the subject, “Save Pension & Pension for All” effectively. The main speaker was Com.Pranab Chattopadhyay, Veteran leader of the State Goverenment employees in particular and the entire middle class employees and retirees in general.

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HABRA BRANCH UNDER KOLKATA DISTRICT FORMED

A new branch of Habra, under Kolkata District Branch has been formed on 14-01-2017 in a well attended meeting. Com. Gautam Chatterjee, Branch Secretary, BSNLEU presided and Com.Pijush Chakraborty inaugurated. Coms. .Ajit Nandan, District Secretary, Pankaj Saha, D.Dasbakshi and Sisir Dutta also addressed.

KARAIKUDI DISTRICT CONFERENCE HELD SUCCESSFULLY.

The biennial District Conference of Karakudi in Tamil Nadu Circle was held with good participation of pensioners on 08-01-2017. Com.M. Muthuramalingam, District president was in chair. Com.S.Mohandoss, CHQ Vice President and Circle President, inaugurated the conference with an inspiring speech, covering recent developments and issues of pennsioners. Com.C.K.Narasimhan, Circle Secretary, delivering the special address dealt on organisational matters. Com.Mohandas, District Secretary, AIBSNLEA, Bhoominathan, District Secretary, BSNLEU, Radhakrishnan, Circle Vice President etc addressed. Report and accounts were adopted after discussion.

Office bearers were elected unanimously with the following important functionaries.
Com.M.Muthuramalingam (President), Com.V.Subramonian (District Secretary) and Com.R.Subramonian (Treasurer)

KHAMGAN DISTRICT BRANCH IN MAHRASHTRA FORMED.

In a well attended meeting of BSNL DOT pensioners held on 10-01-2017, the District Branch of Khamgan has been formed. Com.R.N.Patil, District Secretary, Jalgoan addressed the meeting and explained the need to form the AIBDPA district Branch. Com.A.S.Choudhary, District President, Jalgoan also spoke on the issues of the pensioners. After discussion, the District Branch was formed with the following important functionaries.

Com.Thakare P.G (President) Com.H.L.Tiwari (District Secretary) and Com.G.P.Abhav (Treasurer).

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UNDUE DELAY IN 78.2% IDA FIXATION PROCESS- KERALA WITNESSES MASS DHARNAS WITH OVERWHELMING PARTICIPATION OF PENSIONERS.

Pensioners all over Kerala expressed their anguish and anger against the undue delay in the 78.2% IDA fixation process and drawal of arrears thereof. Pensioners from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta held a massive and powerful Dharna in front of the CCA office, Thiruvananthapuram on 10-01-2017. Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary inaugurated the Dharna participated by about 500 pensioners. Com.R.Aravindakshan Nair, Circle President and CHQ Treasurer presided. Coms. K.Mohanan, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU, P.K.Muraleedharan, Circle Convenor, NFPE, M.C.Nair, Circle Prsident, AIPRPA, Jacob Thomas, Circle President, P-III(NFPE), Benny, District Secretary, BSNLEU addressed the dharan. Com.N.Guruprasad, Circle Secretary welcomed all and Com.N.Vikraman Nair proposed vote of thanks.
After the Dharna, a delegation consisting Coms.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary, R.Aravindakshan Nair, Circle President and N.Guruprasad, Circle Secretary met the CCA, Shri. Manoj and discussed the issue of early completion of the work related to 78.2% IDA fixation and calculation of one extra increment for pension. They demanded that at least by 31-03-2017,everything in this regard should be completed.The CCA stated that the works could not be completed within the stipulated period due to shortage of staff and though now additional staff are posted, still,it is not sufficient.The delegation immediately offered the services of retired staff which was accepted by the CCA. Initially, two retired Section Supervisors, Coms.M.Balachandran Nair and M. Salauddin are being made available from 11-01-2017 itself.

Similar Dharnas were also held at Kannur, Kozhikode, Palakad, Malappuram, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kottayam by the respective district branches.

STRIKE OF CENTRAL GOVT EMPLOYEES BY CONFEDERATION POSTPONED TO 16-3-2017 DUE TO ELECTIONS TO 5 STATES.

As Assembly elections to five States are scheduled to be held from February 4th to March 11th (including declaration of results) and as February 15th is also poll date in two states , the National Secretariat of Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers has decided to postpone the proposed ONE DAY STRIKE on February 15th to MARCH 16th 2017 THURSDAY.

HUGE PARTICIPATION IN BI-MONTHLY MEETING OF JALGAON DISTRICT BRANCH

The bi-monthly meeting of Jalgaon District Branch was held on 06-01-2017 at Parikh Park with massive participation of pensioners.Com. A. S. Choudhary, District President presided over the meeting. Com.R.N.Patil, District Secretary spoke elaborately on the issues of pensioners including undue delay in disbursement of arrears of 78.2% IDA fixation, medical bills etc. The members participated in the discussion severely criticized the BSNL district administration for their negative approach towards pensioners issues. The meeting decided to launch agitation for early settlement of the issues.