CHQ NEWS

26th March 2015  1.30 PM


OUR THANKS TO SHRI ANANTHA KUMAR

We express our sincere thanks to Shri Anantha Kumar,

Honourable Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India

for his effective intervention in our case of 78.2% IDA benefit.

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THE UNCERTAINTY ENDS IN 78.2% CASE

A team of our leaders consisting of

Com. D Gopalakrishnan, Vice President,

G Natarajan, General Secretary,

P Gangadhara Rao, Asst General Secretary

and R Changappa, Circle Secretary, Karnataka,

today met Shri Garg, Chairman of Telecom Commission as well as

Smt. Annie Moraes, Member (F), Telecom Commission

and discussed the case of 78.2% benefit for pension revision.

Our leaders were given an assurance that a revised Cabinet Note will be

sent tothe four nodal ministries within 15 days simultaneously.

We are happy that our efforts to settle the issue have yielded some results.

We are more happy that the ‘uncertainty’ in the matter has ended now.

 

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26th March 2015



EFFECTIVE MOVE BY OUR ASSOCIATION

As reported earlier, our AGS Com. Gangadhara Rao and Karnataka Circle Secretary Com. Changappa

are in New Delhi for few days. Before starting from Bangalore, they met Shri Anantha Kumar,

the Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and sought his intervention to settle our issue

of 78.2% IDA. Shri Anantha Kumar kept his words and intervened in the matter very effectively

and efficiently. He collected all details from our leaders and understood the gross injustice done

to the BSNL pensioners.

 

Com. Natarajan (General Secretary) and Com. DG (Vice President) also reached New Delhi

today morning. Our leaders jointly met the Secretary, Telecom and Member (Finance) and

had discussion on the issue. Secretary informed our leaders that a revised Cabinet Note

is under preparation. It will be sent to the four Ministries (Law, Finance, Pension and

Heavy Industries) within 15 days for their opinion on the proposal.

It is mandatory.

Our effective actions in the case, has removed confusion and uncertainty.

We do hope that Telecom Commission will move the matter further  as promised. 

 

27^th March 2015
IMPORTANT AND MOST IMPORTANT…!
HOW SOON?

Please refer our earlier posting in this Website on the letter from DoT to BSNL Corporate Office asking for DATA

on number of pensioners etc.

As all know, Department of Telecom is paying pension to BSNL retirees.

Naturally, DoT must have the DATA about the number of people it is paying pension to.

Instead of collecting the information from the CCA offices, the DoT

sent a letter on 13-3-2015 to CMD, BSNL to supply the DATA. It was marked as

MOST IMPORTANT.

 

After 13 days, on 26-3-2015, the BSNL Corporate Office has endorsed that letter to all Circles to supply the DATA

within ten days.  It is also marked as MOST IMPORTANT.

Some Circle Offices may do it. Some may reply that they do not have the DATA.

Some others will never reply even.

 

As our experiences show, many Circle Offices may ask the SSA offices to

Send the DATA.  The DoT will not get the complete DATA  in the near future.

That much IMPORTANT it is.

Because,  it is pensioners’ case.

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27^th March 2015
ERRONEOUS TELEPHONE BILLS

Yesterday evening,  our leaders –

Comrades G.  Natarajan, P Gangadhara Rao and R Changappa - 

met the GM (Admn) in BSNL Corporate Office and discussed the issue of

erroneous telephone bills issued to Concessional telephones of BSNL pensioners. 

 

The GM assured that he would look into the matter immediately and

take remedial action, as deemed necessary.