Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Karnataka circle FNTOBEA EC meeting.
FNTOBEA Karnataka circle EC meeting will take place at Bangalore on 29 12 2011 at 10-30 am.
GS P.Andiappan and President Com R.Jayamary will address the EC meeting . BSNL to employ ITS below 58 years-Economic Times.
KOLKATA: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will consider for re-employment in senior management slots only officers of the Indian Telecom Service who have at least two years of service left, according to a senior company executive.
The teleco's new recruitment rules will exclude most of the 44-odd Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers of the rank of chief general manager (CGM) from being considered for re-absorption, as they fall in the over-58 age group. The retirement age at BSNL is 60.
"It's pointless bringing in senior executives on board who have less than two years of service left. As a result, many ITS officers of the rank of CGM may not be eligible for re-employment as they are already over 58," a top company executive with direct knowledge of the matter said.
economictimes.indiatimes.com-BSNL-may-re-employ-indian-telecom-service-officers-under-58-years
The teleco's new recruitment rules will exclude most of the 44-odd Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers of the rank of chief general manager (CGM) from being considered for re-absorption, as they fall in the over-58 age group. The retirement age at BSNL is 60.
"It's pointless bringing in senior executives on board who have less than two years of service left. As a result, many ITS officers of the rank of CGM may not be eligible for re-employment as they are already over 58," a top company executive with direct knowledge of the matter said.
economictimes.indiatimes.com-BSNL-may-re-employ-indian-telecom-service-officers-under-58-years
Whether BSNL has to pay?-Economic Times.
NEW DELHI: In a move that
may put huge financial burden on old GSM operators, the Telecom
Commission has said that one-time charge for extra spectrum beyond the
contracted limit of 6.2 MHz held by these players cannot be ruled out.
"Levy of one-time fee cannot be ruled out," Telecom Commission Chairman and Telecom Secretary R Chandrasekhar said.
Leading telecom operators including Bharti, Vodafone and Idea, have been opposing this saying there was no such clause in the telecom licences under which this type of levy can be imposed.
Moreover, these operators have claimed that allotment of spectrum to them was as per the policy of the day.
The one-time fee was recommended by telecom regulator Trai and the amount was computed by experts.
economictimes.indiatimes.com-one-time-fee-for-extra-spectrum-not-ruled-out-telecom-secretary-r-chandrasekhar
"Levy of one-time fee cannot be ruled out," Telecom Commission Chairman and Telecom Secretary R Chandrasekhar said.
Leading telecom operators including Bharti, Vodafone and Idea, have been opposing this saying there was no such clause in the telecom licences under which this type of levy can be imposed.
Moreover, these operators have claimed that allotment of spectrum to them was as per the policy of the day.
The one-time fee was recommended by telecom regulator Trai and the amount was computed by experts.
economictimes.indiatimes.com-one-time-fee-for-extra-spectrum-not-ruled-out-telecom-secretary-r-chandrasekhar
Monday, December 26, 2011
set-regulators-free-to-make-them-independent-to-fight-corruption
First: The Draft National Competition Policy,
2011, that inter alia seeks separation of the policymaking, regulatory
and operating functions. For instance, the department of telecom (DoT)
decides telecom policy, it oversees the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, and also owns BSNL and MTNL. How can one expect the DoT to be impartial when disputes arise between the regulator and an operator.
The Trai Act, 1997, would not have been replaced by the Trai (Amendment) Act, 2000, if a spat between BSNL and Trai had not taken place. The DoT was unhappy that Trai was not heeding its advice, but nothing could be done as the law did not allow for sacking of the regulator easily. So, that government did a wicked thing: it scrapped the law and adopted a new one that now provided for an easier removal procedure.
Both the Trai Acts had empowered the government to issue policy directives, an anachronistic device, but its use was not made when the Trai was implementing the law as defined under the 1997 Act.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/comments-analysis/set-regulators-free-to-make-them-independent-to-fight-corruption
The Trai Act, 1997, would not have been replaced by the Trai (Amendment) Act, 2000, if a spat between BSNL and Trai had not taken place. The DoT was unhappy that Trai was not heeding its advice, but nothing could be done as the law did not allow for sacking of the regulator easily. So, that government did a wicked thing: it scrapped the law and adopted a new one that now provided for an easier removal procedure.
Both the Trai Acts had empowered the government to issue policy directives, an anachronistic device, but its use was not made when the Trai was implementing the law as defined under the 1997 Act.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/comments-analysis/set-regulators-free-to-make-them-independent-to-fight-corruption
BSNL to go for in ITS again?
While over 300-odd ITS officers have already reported to the telecom department's technical wing, the Telecom Engineering Centre,
most don't have much work. It is precisely this situation that the BSNL
leadership is trying to cash-in by setting in motion a special
emergency recruitment drive to buy back the best ITS talent that is
available. A selection board will shortly be constituted to complete the
process in the next three months.
"We are looking at hiring 400 executives in the rank of DGM and another 300-odd in the rank of GM and above. We will only target ITS officers in the first phase. In case, the numbers prove hard to come by, we will have to take the more expensive route of poaching top industry talent from the private sector," said another BSNL executive familiar with the matter.
"We are looking at hiring 400 executives in the rank of DGM and another 300-odd in the rank of GM and above. We will only target ITS officers in the first phase. In case, the numbers prove hard to come by, we will have to take the more expensive route of poaching top industry talent from the private sector," said another BSNL executive familiar with the matter.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com-BSNL to go for in ITS again?
Friday, December 23, 2011
NE 12 pay scale approved by BSNL Board.
As per information, BSNL Board has approved NE 12 pay scale. It will be implemented once it gets approval from DoT. This is one of the demands of United Forum when it went on one day dharna and two days relay hunger fast.
BSNL employee in Sopore turns out to be a Hizbul mole
BSNL employee in Sopore turns out to be a Hizbul mole
Published: Friday, Dec 23, 2011, 9:00 IST
By Ishfaq-ul-Hassan | Place: Srinagar | Agency: DNA
By Ishfaq-ul-Hassan | Place: Srinagar | Agency: DNA
A BSNL employee has turned out to be a militant mole planted by Hizbul Mujhadeen to secure SIM cards and WLL phones for regenerating the outfit�s communication network in apple-rich town of Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla.
Police have arrested Sajad Ahmad Dar working with BSNL Sopore as contractual employee for providing 10 SIM cards and one WLL connection to Hizbul Mujhadeen militants.�
�The accused, is a contractual employee with BSNL and IT expert, has been working for Hizbul Mujahideen for about one year�, said Mir Imitiyaz Hussain, Superintendent of Police, Sopore.
The modus operandi of the accused included securing SIM cards and WLL connection on fake names and addresses which was in turn supplied to militants.
Ahmad was carrying the illegal activity in connivance of some other accused that are yet to be arrested.� A case� has been registered and investigation has begun.
This is, however, not the first time that militant attempt to secure SIM cards has been unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir.
Thousands of SIM cards were deactivated by various mobile service providers in J&K this summer after reports surfaced about these being used by militants for communication.
A private mobile service provided disabled over 10,000 SIM cards in the state in 2007 after intelligence agencies tipped them off about these being used by the militants.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
BSNL sought Rs.9306 crores for rural lines.-Minister. says
Replying to another
question, Deora informed that BSNL has sought support of Rs 9,306 crore
per annum from the USOF toward the Rural Direct Exchange Lines (R-DEL)
scheme following expiry of the current subsidy support of Rs 2,000 crore
per annum given to BSNL for the period of three years from July 19,
2008, to July 17, 2011.
On another question related to cases of corruption reported in BSNL and MTNL, Deora said during the last three years and the current year, the total number of corruption cases reported in BSNL stood at 36, while it stood at 22 for MTNL.
BSNL-MTNL-paid-Rs.-236.99-cr-in-spectrum-usage-charges
On another question related to cases of corruption reported in BSNL and MTNL, Deora said during the last three years and the current year, the total number of corruption cases reported in BSNL stood at 36, while it stood at 22 for MTNL.
BSNL-MTNL-paid-Rs.-236.99-cr-in-spectrum-usage-charges
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Rule 37 A - 11 A.CCS Pension Rules.
Sub Rule(37A)11. The benefits of pension and family pension shall be available to quasi-permanent
and temporary transferred Government servants after they have been
confirmed in the Public Sector Undertaking or Autonomous Body.
2[ (11-A) A permanent Government servant absorbed in a Public Sector Undertaking / Autonomous Body or a temporary / quasi-permanent Government servant who has been confirmed in the Public Sector Undertaking / Autonomous Body subsequent to his absorption therein, shall be eligible to seek Voluntary Retirement after completing 10 years of qualifying service with the Government and the Autonomous Body / Public Sector Undertaking taken together, and he / she shall be eligible for pro rata pensionary benefits on the basis of combined qualifying service. ]
To know more about Rule 37A CCS Pension Rules pl.click the link.
http://ccajk.gov.in/rule37.php
2[ (11-A) A permanent Government servant absorbed in a Public Sector Undertaking / Autonomous Body or a temporary / quasi-permanent Government servant who has been confirmed in the Public Sector Undertaking / Autonomous Body subsequent to his absorption therein, shall be eligible to seek Voluntary Retirement after completing 10 years of qualifying service with the Government and the Autonomous Body / Public Sector Undertaking taken together, and he / she shall be eligible for pro rata pensionary benefits on the basis of combined qualifying service. ]
To know more about Rule 37A CCS Pension Rules pl.click the link.
http://ccajk.gov.in/rule37.php
Monday, December 19, 2011
Salary 2.89 crores -No work?
History has been created in the Government
of India (GoI) as 387 Indian Telecom Service
(ITS) officers received last month's salary
for sitting idle. They were paid Rs. 2.89
crore.
Unlike the past Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers are vigorously looking for deputations in the Government of India (GoI). This has been necessitated as all Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG), Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) who were serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) stood repatriated to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) since November 8, 2011.However, so far 387 ITS officers have been relieved.
Unlike the past Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers are vigorously looking for deputations in the Government of India (GoI). This has been necessitated as all Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to ranks of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG), Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) who were serving in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telecom Ltd (MTNL) stood repatriated to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) since November 8, 2011.However, so far 387 ITS officers have been relieved.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
DoT-may-auction-bwa-spectrum-after-getting-back-bsnl-airwaves
New Delhi: The Telecom Ministry is likely to auction one slot of
broadband wireless access (BWA) licence spectrum on pan-India basis
after getting back airwaves from the state-run PSU BSNL.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has given in-principle approval to the proposal of BSNL to surrender its BWA licence in nine circles, out of the total 22 service areas for which the telecom operator had paid over Rs 8,500 crore last year.
"After taking BWA spectrum from the BSNL, the government will have airwaves on pan-India basis as the department is already having the spectrum in several circles. So, the government will auction it and whatever the amount they will get, BSNL is likely to get back around 80 to 90 per cent of what it had paid last year, about Rs 6,700 crore," sources in the know said.
to know more pl. read the following by clicking..DoT.....
DoT-may-auction-bwa-spectrum-after-getting-back-bsnl-airwaves
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has given in-principle approval to the proposal of BSNL to surrender its BWA licence in nine circles, out of the total 22 service areas for which the telecom operator had paid over Rs 8,500 crore last year.
"After taking BWA spectrum from the BSNL, the government will have airwaves on pan-India basis as the department is already having the spectrum in several circles. So, the government will auction it and whatever the amount they will get, BSNL is likely to get back around 80 to 90 per cent of what it had paid last year, about Rs 6,700 crore," sources in the know said.
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DoT-may-auction-bwa-spectrum-after-getting-back-bsnl-airwaves
How many active subscribers in telecom?
The message seems to be that low tariff does not buy loyalty and
regularity of use. Spread uniformly across almost all the states they
operate, those with highest proportion of active users are Bharti Airtel
(88.8 per cent), Idea Cellular (92 per cent) and Vodafone (82.8 per
cent).
Not surprisingly, the ARPU (average revenue per user) of these three
mobile services players is the highest in the industry. Among other
pan-India players, Reliance Communications has just 64.5 per cent active
subscriber base and finds itself grappling with heavily falling ARPUs.
For BSNL, Aircel and Tata Teleservices (including Tata DoCoMo), the
proportion of regular users is just 50-55 per cent. Tata DoCoMo, which
pioneered the per second tariff war, has nearly half its mobile user
base floating or belonging to the non-regular category. The ARPU for
these players is much lower compared to the top three.
How many active subscribers in telecom?-The Hindu business line 18 12 2011.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Recovery of dues by BSNL and MTNL
| Recovery of dues by BSNL and MTNL |
| Shri
Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications and Information
Technology informed Rajya Sabha today in a written reply that the
amounts realized by BSNL and MTNL from its customers during the year
2010-11 against the outstanding bills of previous years and bills issued
during the year are Rs 12,587 crores and Rs 863 crores respectively. As
on 31.3.2011, the total outstanding dues of BSNL and MTNL are Rs 5341
crores and Rs 1,103 crores respectively. Measures taken/being taken by
BSNL and MTNL to recover their outstanding dues are as follows: • Payment reminders through Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) and Short Message Service (SMS) are being issued to persuade the customers to make payment before disconnection of their telephones. • Graded discount scheme regarding grant of discount to defaulting customers, for clearance of old outstanding dues was introduced. • Incentive scheme to employees of BSNL for recovery of outstanding arrears from defaulters has also been put in place. • The progress in regard to liquidation of outstanding dues is closely monitores and units are addressed periodically. • BSNL circles have also been asked to utilize the services of State Government Departments in recovery of outstanding dues. • Procedure for settlement of defaulter cases through Lok Adalat has been introduced for recovery of outstanding telephone dues in respect of permanently closed connections. |
Why BSNL going to loss?
Upadhyay said that the costs incurred for third generation ( 3G) and
wireless broadband access spectrum had resulted in the company's
cash reserves crashing to a mere Rs 2,500 crore by March 2011 from
around Rs 40,000 crore few years. "Spectrum charges has really
brought us badly down and made a serious dent in our cash
reserves," Upadhyay added.
Another factor that led to depletion of reserves was capital
expenditure incurred over the last few years, he said. On the PSU's
survival in the backdrop of depleting reserves and mounting losses,
he said, "We definitely do not need any bailout package from the
government. But what we do need is adequate compensation from
the government for our efforts in meeting social obligations as a
state-owned company."
Upadhyay said BSNL is operating in rural and highly remote areas
that are commercially unviable to offer telecom services.
"We want the government to compensate us for that. We are in
talks with the government and expect to receive the compensation,
which we don't consider a bailout package," he said.
The government had compensated BSNL partially for three years
from the universal service obligation fund to the tune of around Rs
2,000 crore a year but discontinued the compensation as the
scheme ended in July this year.
Why BSNL is going at loss? BSNL CMD says.-Economic Times 17 12 2011
wireless broadband access spectrum had resulted in the company's
cash reserves crashing to a mere Rs 2,500 crore by March 2011 from
around Rs 40,000 crore few years. "Spectrum charges has really
brought us badly down and made a serious dent in our cash
reserves," Upadhyay added.
Another factor that led to depletion of reserves was capital
expenditure incurred over the last few years, he said. On the PSU's
survival in the backdrop of depleting reserves and mounting losses,
he said, "We definitely do not need any bailout package from the
government. But what we do need is adequate compensation from
the government for our efforts in meeting social obligations as a
state-owned company."
Upadhyay said BSNL is operating in rural and highly remote areas
that are commercially unviable to offer telecom services.
"We want the government to compensate us for that. We are in
talks with the government and expect to receive the compensation,
which we don't consider a bailout package," he said.
The government had compensated BSNL partially for three years
from the universal service obligation fund to the tune of around Rs
2,000 crore a year but discontinued the compensation as the
scheme ended in July this year.
Why BSNL is going at loss? BSNL CMD says.-Economic Times 17 12 2011
DoT-to-issue-show-cause-notice-to-5-telcos-including-bharti-idea-rcom-and-tatas-on-special-audit
DoT had ordered special
audit after the recommendation of telecom regulator Trai which suspected
that operators were misreporting their revenues to avoid payment of
licence fee to the government through revenue share.
The move was to check operators' scope to arbitrage which is shifting revenue from higher licence fee to the lower side.
The UASL (basic and mobile) telephony has a licence fee of 6-10 per cent where as NLD, ILD, ISP and Internet Protocol has six per cent.
Trai had noticed that some of operators were showing more revenue in segment that carried lower licence fee.
The special audit was for those companies which have multiple licences -- Unified Access Service Licence (UASL), National Long Distance (NLD), International Long Distance (ILD) and Internet Service Provider (ISP). All the five companies mentioned above have all these licences.
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DoT-to-issue-show-cause-notice-to-5-telcos-including-bharti-idea-rcom-and-tatas-on-special-audit
The move was to check operators' scope to arbitrage which is shifting revenue from higher licence fee to the lower side.
The UASL (basic and mobile) telephony has a licence fee of 6-10 per cent where as NLD, ILD, ISP and Internet Protocol has six per cent.
Trai had noticed that some of operators were showing more revenue in segment that carried lower licence fee.
The special audit was for those companies which have multiple licences -- Unified Access Service Licence (UASL), National Long Distance (NLD), International Long Distance (ILD) and Internet Service Provider (ISP). All the five companies mentioned above have all these licences.
To know more pl. click the following line and read:
DoT-to-issue-show-cause-notice-to-5-telcos-including-bharti-idea-rcom-and-tatas-on-special-audit
Friday, December 16, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Congrats.
Congratulations to all comrades who took part in the histroic one day strike on 15 12 2011 as per call of Joint Action Committee- GS,FNTOBEA.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
JAC emphatically decides to go on strike on 15.12.2011
JAC
emphatically decides to go on strike on 15.12.2011
The JAC
meeting took place today under the chairmanship of Com.
G.L. Jogi, has unanimously taken the following decisions.
To
powerfully conduct the strike on 15.12.2011. The strike
will be
from 0600
hrs to 1800 hrs.
Circle,
District and Branch Secretaries as well as office bearers
at various levels are called upon to make the strike a
historic success.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
15 12 2011 strike
12 12 2011-Talks between the management and JAC were held today. Talks were not successful.
As per JAC's call, strike will take place as scheduled on 15 12 2011.
As per JAC's call, strike will take place as scheduled on 15 12 2011.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
About BSNL -Business standard.
http://business-standard.com/india/news/with-rs-548-cr-medical-bill-bsnl-is-nothealthy-organisation
When we first looked (in June 2011), state-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) was headed for losses of Rs 2,725 crore for the year ended March 2011. In August, reports suggested unaudited losses had jumped to Rs 6,000 crore from Rs 1,823 crore in 2009-10. The final loss figure for 2010-11 stands at Rs 6,384 crore.
Worse, like state-owned Air-India, BSNL, too, appears to be in terminal decline, with sales shrinking at an alarming pace and costs — including a staggering employee bill — still rising. We take a closer look at some of BSNL’s numbers that highlight a problem symptomatic of most state-owned organisations, except of course, for an honourable few.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Interpretation of dependency criterion for grant of two family pensions under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 - regarding.
No.1/11/2011-P&PW(E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and pension
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and pension
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
Lok Nayak bhawan, Khan Market,
New Delhi, the 30th November, 2011
New Delhi, the 30th November, 2011
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Interpretation of dependency criterion for grant of two family pensions under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 - regarding.
The
undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M.
No.45/86/97-P&PW(A) - Part I, dated 27th October, 1997 and O.M.
No.45/51/97-P&PW(E), dated 5th March, 1998 regarding eligibility of
dependent parents, sons and daughters for receipt of family pension and
the income/dependency criterion prescribed for that Attention is also
invited to O.M. No.38/37/08-P&PW(A), dated 2nd September, 2008
whereby the dependency criterion has been revised.
2.
This Department has been receiving communications from various quarters
seeking clarification whether in the wake of the Office Memoranda
referred to above, second family pension is admissible to a family
pensioner who is already in receipt of an amount of family pension which
is equal to or more than the dependency criterion.
3.
It is hereby clarified that family pension admissible to a beneficiary
in respect of one deceased employee/pensioner is not to be counted as
income for the purpose of determination of eligibility for another
family pension, which is admissible in connection with another deceased
employee/pensioner. However, any other income/earning of the beneficiary
under consideration will be counted towards income for deciding
eligibility for family pension.
4. It is further
clarified that the sum of amount of family pensions admissible to a
family pensioner as indicated above shall be regulated as per Rule 54
(11) (a) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 as amended time to time.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Expenditure vide their I.D. No.383/E.V/2011, dated 22nd November, 2011.
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(K.K.Mittal)
Director
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Director
No proposal to declare DA as dearness pay, after DA crosses 50% is under consideration of the Government
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA - MINISTRY OF FINANCE - LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 859 / ANSWERED ON 25.02.2011
DA OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES859 . Smt. P. JAYA PRADA NAHATA
NEERAJ SHEKHAR
YASHVIR SINGH
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-
(a) whether Government has plans to increase dearness allowance effective from January,2011 for Central Government employees with a rate that commensurates with the inflationary trends and plights of working class in the past few months;
(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;
(c) whether Government has any proposals to declare DA as Dearness Pay when it will cross 50 per cent, as it was done during the 5th Pay Commission;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not the reasons therefore?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARIAN MEENA)
(a)&fb): Increase in Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees with effect from January, 2011 will be worked out on basis of accepted formula which is based on the recommendation of 6th Central Pay Commission.
(ch(d) &(e): No proposal to declare DA as dearness pay, after DA crosses 50% is under consideration of the Government. The Sixth Pay Commission did not recommend merger of dearness allowance with Basic Pay at any stage. Government accepted this recommendation vide Government of India Resolution dated 29.8.2008.
BSNL cash and bank balance reach Rs.2500-crore likely to seek govt bailout
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), that was sitting on cash pile of over Rs 40,000 crore till March 2008, and was using its interest income to buttress its profits, may soon be forced to seek a government bailout to survive. Once considered as jewel among the India's state-run companies, BSNL is facing an uphill task of meeting its fund requirement towards capital expenditure this fiscal as its cash and bank balance reached to a critical level of Rs 2,500 crore. Off this, BSNL has a bank deposit of only Rs 840 crore while the rest is current account and being used for running its businesses.
BSNL cash and bank balance reach Rs.2500-crore likely to seek govt bailout
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
02 12 2011 Cuddalore conference and seminar on BSNL Today and role of employees.
FNTOBEA Cuddalore SSA first conference and seminar on Today 's BSNL and role of employees was held at Cuddalore on 02 12 2011.
Com V.Dakshinamoorthy of Cuddalore presided the conference. Com E.Balakrishnan welcomed the gathering. Com S.Mani II proposed vote of thanks. Com R.V.Jayaraman CS , Com G.K.Soundararajan, C.President, Com G.Kothandan, President,Chennai Telephones, Com V.Kesavan BS, greeted the new office bearers. Com V.Dakshinamoorthy-President,Com E.Balakrishnan and Com R.Jayaraj Treasurer were chosen unamiously.
BSNL today and role of employees -seminar was held after.
G.K.Soundarajan CP presided the meeting. Com R.V.Jayaraman CS welcomed the gathering.Those who took part in the seminar were: SNEA CWC members Com E.Balakrishnan, Com R.Asokan,BSNLEU Dist. President I.M.Mathialagan,SEWA BSNL Com Sadasivam,SNEA DS C.Pandurangan,Com Kamaraj,Com Manohar from Coimbatore, Com Rajarajan,Com T.Mathialagan DS Kmb,Com Purushotaman from Tanjore, Com koodur Sundaramoorthy Tanjore President, Com V.Murugan CS Chennai Telephones,Com C.A.Dass All India VP etc. spoke in the seminar.
Com P.Andiappan GS FNTOBEA spoke in detail about VRS
role of JAC, United Forum,Discussions took place in the national council etc.
Com V.Dakshinamoorthy of Cuddalore presided the conference. Com E.Balakrishnan welcomed the gathering. Com S.Mani II proposed vote of thanks. Com R.V.Jayaraman CS , Com G.K.Soundararajan, C.President, Com G.Kothandan, President,Chennai Telephones, Com V.Kesavan BS, greeted the new office bearers. Com V.Dakshinamoorthy-President,Com E.Balakrishnan and Com R.Jayaraj Treasurer were chosen unamiously.
BSNL today and role of employees -seminar was held after.
G.K.Soundarajan CP presided the meeting. Com R.V.Jayaraman CS welcomed the gathering.Those who took part in the seminar were: SNEA CWC members Com E.Balakrishnan, Com R.Asokan,BSNLEU Dist. President I.M.Mathialagan,SEWA BSNL Com Sadasivam,SNEA DS C.Pandurangan,Com Kamaraj,Com Manohar from Coimbatore, Com Rajarajan,Com T.Mathialagan DS Kmb,Com Purushotaman from Tanjore, Com koodur Sundaramoorthy Tanjore President, Com V.Murugan CS Chennai Telephones,Com C.A.Dass All India VP etc. spoke in the seminar.
Com P.Andiappan GS FNTOBEA spoke in detail about VRS
role of JAC, United Forum,Discussions took place in the national council etc.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Garg appointed CMD of MTNL
| Garg appointed CMD of MTNL |
| Press Trust of India / New Delhi December 01, 2011, 21:43 IST |
|
Garg replaces acting CMD Kuldip Singh. Increasing competition from private players and rising wage costs have impacted MTNL in a major way and it has been losing revenues and market share on a constant basis. The Telecom Minister is taking a keen interest in turning around loss making PSUs like BSNL and MTNL and has recently decided to have a monthly review of their operations and performance. The government recently appointed RK Upadhyay CMD of BSNL, which operates telecom services nationwide barring two metros -- Delhi and Mumbai. |
Thursday, December 1, 2011
BSNL orders-Extension of medical facility 30 11 11
BSNL orders-Extension of medical facility 30 11 11
BSNL CO has approved the Extension of Medical facility to Spouse of the retired BSNL Employee who has married after retirement subject to the inclusion of the Spouse's name in the Pension Payment Order
Consumer price index rise by one point 01 12 2011
Consumer price index for October 2011 has gone up from 197 to 198.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A.K.Garg to be CMD of MTNL?
As
the grapevine has it, Ashok Kumar Garg, who
is presently Director, Human Resources and
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), is tipped
to be Chairman and Managing Director of Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
BSNL-submits-vrs-proposal-to-telecom-ministry-in Parliament on 30 11 11
The employees, who will avail the VRS, would get an ex-gratia amount of 60 days salary (basic + dearness allowance) for each completed year of service, or salary for the number of months left in the service, whichever is less.
However, the compensation would be subject to the maximum of 60 months salary, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in Lok Sabha.
BSNL-submits-vrs-proposal-to-telecom-ministry_-maximum 60 months salary,every completed year 60 days.
Recognising labour union matter posted on 29 11 11
Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:08 AM PST
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Recognising Labour Union
PIB:
Labour is placed in the concurrent list of the Constitution and both
the Central Government and State Governments are designated as the
‘appropriate Government’ in respect of areas of their jurisdiction. In
the Central Sphere, there are clear guidelines/ directives for
verification of membership of Trade Unions for purpose of granting
recognition to the majority Union. In the Central Sphere, no recognition
is pending, for the want of proper guidelines and directives.
Verification
of membership of Trade Unions operating in organizations falling under
the jurisdiction of State Government are carried out by the respective
State Government. Hence, the details of disputes are not maintained by
the Central Government.
Under
the Code of Discipline, a Union may claim to be recognized as a
representative Union for an industry in a local area if it has a
membership of at least 25% of the workers of that industry in that area.
If there are several Trade Unions in an industry, the one with the
largest membership would be recognized as the majority Union. The
procedure for verification of membership of Trade Unions operating in an
establishment is laid down in the Code of Discipline. There is no
specific procedure laid down in the Code of Discipline for verification
of membership of Trade Unions operating in an industry in local area.
This
information was given by the Minister of Labour and Employment Shri
Mallikarjun Kharge in reply in reply to a written question in the Lok
Sabha today.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Raising the Retirement age of Central Government employees
Raising the Retirement age of Central Government employees matter posted on 27 11 11
Union Minister of Labour and Employment Shri.Mallikarjun Kharge has given the answers to key questions raised by Shri.P.Viswanathan in the Lok Sabha regarding the raising of retirement age for Central Government employees.
Questions :
(a) Whether the Government proposes to raise retirement age and retirement pension in private sector in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has issued any directions to implement the above recommendations;
(d) if so, the details thereof ; and
(e) the time by which the above proposals are likely to be implemented?
Answers :
(a) & (b): There is no such proposal at present.
(c) to (e): Do not arise in view of the reply given above.
Union Minister of Labour and Employment Shri.Mallikarjun Kharge has given the answers to key questions raised by Shri.P.Viswanathan in the Lok Sabha regarding the raising of retirement age for Central Government employees.
Questions :
(a) Whether the Government proposes to raise retirement age and retirement pension in private sector in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has issued any directions to implement the above recommendations;
(d) if so, the details thereof ; and
(e) the time by which the above proposals are likely to be implemented?
Answers :
(a) & (b): There is no such proposal at present.
(c) to (e): Do not arise in view of the reply given above.
ITS repatriation- from SNEA .
BSNL CO has approved relieving of Group "A" ITS officers with instructions to report to DOT : UPW-1, MH-2+2+5, AP-4, JHK-2, CHTD-1,KRL-2,TN-5, Guj-10 and MP -7.
View order copy for UP W MH and AP Circles
View order copy for JHK CHTD KRL TN Guj MH and MP Circles.Sunday, November 27, 2011
Relay fast 28, 29 11 11
As per the decision of the United Forum, FNTOBEA is participating in two days relay fast on 28 11 11 and 29 11 11 at various places.
FNTOBEA GS P.Andiappan is participating in the two relay fast at Chennai.
FNTOBEA GS P.Andiappan is participating in the two relay fast at Chennai.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
New director for CFA?
N K Gupta is being tipped to be new Director
(Consumer Fixed Access ) in the BSNL. He is
presently in the DoT.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
ITS- PSUs ready to tap. -Economic Times 22 11 11
KOLKATA: Public sector units such as RailTel, Gail and PowerGrid are keen to tap into the pool of 1,500 plus Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officials who have been transferred to the telecoms department from state-owned BSNL. The three PSUs,
which are part of a special purpose vehicle that will execute the
20,000-crore national broadband project, may collectively absorb over
200 senior ITS officials as they have a paucity of top telecom specialists.
More than 1,500 ITS officers who were deputed to BSNL 11 years ago when it was spun off into a separate corporate entity have now been asked to return to the technical wing of DoT. But BSNL has sought special permission to hold on to these top executives who wish to return to the DoT.
More than 1,500 ITS officers who were deputed to BSNL 11 years ago when it was spun off into a separate corporate entity have now been asked to return to the technical wing of DoT. But BSNL has sought special permission to hold on to these top executives who wish to return to the DoT.
Chennai telephones -CWC
Chennai Telepones Circle - FNTOBEA Working Committee will take place at CTO,GPO, Chennai on 24 11 11.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
UF dharna 18 11 11.
The United Forum dharna all over India had a good response.
UF leaders at New Delhi took part in the dharna.
At Chennai, demonstration was held in front of CGM office, Chennai,Tamil Nadu circle.
Com Arunan BSNLEU presided the demonstration. Tepu CS Chellapandian,SEWA CS P.N.Perumal , BSNLEU Com Chellappa, FNTOBEA GS P.Andiappan spoke in the demonstration explaining the demands of UF. Tepu Krishnan proposed vote of thanks.
A demonstration was held in Chennai on behalf of Chennai Telephones.
Demonstrations were held in Cuddalore SSA,Tanjore SSA,Karaikudi SSA.
Dharnas were held at Coimbatore,Coonoor,Salem,Kumbakonam etc. Due to monsoon rains, dharnas were cancelled in some places and demonstrations took place.
In Karnataka circle, dharna took place at Bangalore. More than 500 comrades took part in dharna.
UF leaders at New Delhi took part in the dharna.
At Chennai, demonstration was held in front of CGM office, Chennai,Tamil Nadu circle.
Com Arunan BSNLEU presided the demonstration. Tepu CS Chellapandian,SEWA CS P.N.Perumal , BSNLEU Com Chellappa, FNTOBEA GS P.Andiappan spoke in the demonstration explaining the demands of UF. Tepu Krishnan proposed vote of thanks.
A demonstration was held in Chennai on behalf of Chennai Telephones.
Demonstrations were held in Cuddalore SSA,Tanjore SSA,Karaikudi SSA.
Dharnas were held at Coimbatore,Coonoor,Salem,Kumbakonam etc. Due to monsoon rains, dharnas were cancelled in some places and demonstrations took place.
In Karnataka circle, dharna took place at Bangalore. More than 500 comrades took part in dharna.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
CBI Pune team arrested Two ITS officers at Aurangabad on Friday, Later released by CBI court-SNEA MH
CBI Pune team arrested Two ITS
officers at Aurangabad on Friday, Later released by CBI court: (A Media Report, Times News network): The CBI (anti-corruption ) team from Pune on Friday, 11th
Nov 2011 arrested two senior officers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Aurangabad,
for allegedly causing financial losses to the tune of Rs
52.68 lakh in connivance with a private agent in 2006-07.The CBI had, in 2009,registered offences against two ITS
officers. Both of them were produced before the special CBI court of M B Satarkar here,which
ordered their release as the chargesheet was filed. Offences had also been registered against one
BSNLs business development officer and one agent for selling SIM cards under
the handset bundling scheme and both of them are absconding, said senior
inspector N M Parab of
the CBI. Parab said the telecom officials, in
connivance with said agent,in
2006-7 inflicted a loss of Rs 32.82 lakh in the
handset bundling scheme. As per the scheme, BSNL had tied up with handset
companies to provide handsets with BSNL SIM cards. whose services were
acquired for marketing and distribution, was to receive Rs 200 per card. He was found to have submitted bogus bills of Rs 32.82 lakh,which the BSNL officials
concerned approved and subsequently paid to said Agent. Similarly, the four
were allegedly involved in converting 23,000
recharge coupons from Rs 79 to Rs 561,causing a
loss of Rs 8.92 lakh to the BSNL to benefit Agrawal while they were also involved in making a bogus
expenditure of over Rs 9 lakh. They have been
charged for causing a loss of Rs 52.68 lakh to
the BSNL. Inspectors D K Bali and Manoj Nair were also a part of the team that arrested the
telecom officials, said Parab.
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VRS in BSNL needs cabinet approval. DoT secretary-Business Standard.
BSNL has asked to be allowed to surrender BWA and 3G spectrum
in some circles because of its declining financial health. Apart from
this, do you plan to give any subsidy to it for its unviable operations?
There was also a BSNL plan for a VRS (voluntary retirement scheme). Has
that been approved?
The request of BSNL for surrendering of spectrum and a VRS plan is under consideration. The VRS package for BSNL could be of the order of Rs 10,000 crore and it will need Cabinet approval.
Both BSNL and MTNL had a big impact from the payout of 3G and BWA spectrum at around Rs 28,000 crore. Even the phasing out of support for uneconomical activities, at Rs 2,000 crore, was stopped for BSNL. We are looking at all the issues but it will take a couple of months to come to a final decision. The number of employees in the two organisations and their percentage of expenditure on this are much higher compared to other telecom companies, as these were mainly landline companies.
The important issue is that all this has impacted their bottom lines and all the requests, including that for a subsidy by BSNL, is being looked at collectively. It will not be a piecemeal approach.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-r-chandrashekhar-secretary-dot/455767/
The request of BSNL for surrendering of spectrum and a VRS plan is under consideration. The VRS package for BSNL could be of the order of Rs 10,000 crore and it will need Cabinet approval.
Both BSNL and MTNL had a big impact from the payout of 3G and BWA spectrum at around Rs 28,000 crore. Even the phasing out of support for uneconomical activities, at Rs 2,000 crore, was stopped for BSNL. We are looking at all the issues but it will take a couple of months to come to a final decision. The number of employees in the two organisations and their percentage of expenditure on this are much higher compared to other telecom companies, as these were mainly landline companies.
The important issue is that all this has impacted their bottom lines and all the requests, including that for a subsidy by BSNL, is being looked at collectively. It will not be a piecemeal approach.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/qa-r-chandrashekhar-secretary-dot/455767/
150 ITS officers reported in Delhi.-From sources.
As many as 150 out of 400 Indian
Telecom Service (ITS) officers belonging to
ranks of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG),
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and Higher
Administrative Grade (HAG) who were relieved
to join the Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) since November 9, 2011, have joined
in Delhi. All of them were selected by the
UPSC.
NE 12 -progressing.
It is learnt that NE 12 pay scale has been approved by the management committee on 16 11 11. It will go to BSNL management shortly.
15 12 2011 one day strike.
16.11.2011: Decisions taken in the JAC Meeting held on 16th
November 2011:
The
meeting of the Joint Action Committee held on 16th November 2011
took very important decisions with regard to defending the BSNL and its
workers. The meeting was presided over by Com. G.L.Jogi, GS SNEA. Com.
V.A.N.Namboodiri, Convener, JAC reported about the developments after the last
meeting held on 31st October 2011. The house was of the strong
opinion that the non-opted ITS officers should be repatriated immediately. GS
and President attended the meeting.
After
thorough discussion, the following decisions were taken unanimously:
1. The
deferred One Day Strike on the BSNL and Workers issues will now be organised on
15th December 2011. Some additions were made in the Charter of
Demands already approved by the earlier JAC. The Strike Notice will be
modified accordingly. Strike Notice will be served on 17th November.
2. In
preparation for the strike and to give wide propaganda, massive rallies with
maximum participation of workers will be organised on 8th December
2011 at all SSAs/Circles and Corporate Office. A memorandum on the demands
raised in the strike notice will be submitted to the State Governors for onward
submission to the Central government.
3. The
JAC meeting decided to support and participate in the Dharna on 22nd
November 2011 being organised by the United Forum of Executive Associations
demanding immediate repatriation of non-opted ITS officers.
4. The
JAC will meet the CMD BSNL, Secretary DOT and Minister Communications in order
to get the repatriation of non-opted ITS officers at the earliest.
5. The
JAC unanimously decided to participate in the Parliament March being organised
on 25th November 2011 by the Central/State Government, Teachers,
Railway, Defence, Postal employees as also Central / BSNL Pensioners against
the anti-worker Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill
presented in the Parliament. The meeting came to an end at 1830 hours
after vote of thanks.
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