78.2 % IDA merger. File is moving.

31-3-2015

78.2% CASE... THE FILE IS MOVING.....

It is reported from New Delhi that the revised Cabinet Note has been forwarded by

Establishment Section to Finance Wing of Department of Telecom yesterday.

 30^th March 2015

CPC NEWS….

The 7^th Central Pay Commission is now  meeting  All India Federations and taking oral evidence.

It started on 23-3-2015 and may continue in first week of April also. It is told  that

the 7^th CPC may submit is report to the Government by October 2015.

Leaders of Staff Side in National Council(JCM) and the leaders of All India Audit and Accounts Association report, after their meeting with the CPC, that the 7^th CPC may discard

 Pay Band + Grade Pay system introduced by the 6^th CPC.

It may be noted that the 6^th CPC did not study the duties and responsibilities of

various cadres of  officers/officials in central service.  Instead, it simply added

the Basic pay and DA as on 1-1-2006 and then granted a new element of Grade Pay. 

Hence, it is good if the 7^th CPC discards the Grade Pay system and submit a detailed report

after considering the qualification required, nature of work and responsibilities,

and the need of the staff in central government services as well as

considering the justification for grant of a reasonable minimum wage.

 

 
30th March 2015
AP CIRCLE CEC MEETING

Our Andhra Circle Unit held its Circle Executive Committee meeting at Nellore on 29-3-2015.

Com. G Natarajan, GS attended it and reported on the latest developments regarding various issues.

Few photos are attached.

[Click here to view the file....]

 

 

Tamilnadu Circle Executive Committee Meeting was held at Vellore on 26th & 27th, March, 2015.

Circle President Com K. Muthiyalu Presided over  the Meeting.  

Circle Office bearers and District Secretaries attended the meeting.  

Com D. Gopalakrishnan gave full details about the discussion with DOT Secretary

& Member Finance on our 78.2% IDA Pension Revision case on 26-3-15 at New Delhi.  

Excellent arrangements were made by Vellore Comrades.  

 

IDA increase from 1.4.2015

31-3-2015

IDA FROM APRIL 2015: 
INCREASE BY 0.2 PERCENT !

The Labour Bureau of India has declared the All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) for  February 2015.

It is 253 points.   There is a decrease of one point from the previous month of January.

[Plese ignore the previous posting wherein it was mentioned decrease of 2 points.)

With the above, the IDA  from April 2015 can be calculated as under:

AICPI for December 2014:            253 Points

AICPI for January 2015:                254 Points

AICPI for February 2015:              253 Points

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Total for the 3 months:                 960 Points

Average for 3 months:                 253.3 Points

Merged  in Pay from 2007:           126.33 Points

Increase over 126.33:                    127.00 Points

Percentage of Increase:               100.5

Existing (From Dec.2014)             100.3%

IDA FROM APRIL 2015 is 100.5%  

Net Increase                                        0.2%

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…….     Order can be expected before 10^th April 2015.

78.2%DAmerger an update

OUR LEADERS RETURNED TO THEIR HQs

After meeting the Secretary, Telecom, Member (Finance) and Director (Estt) of Department of Telecom,  

several meetings with Shri Ananthakumar, the Honourable minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers

in New Delhi  our leaders, S/Shri G Natarajan (GS), D Gopalakrishnan (VP), P Gangadhara Rao (AGS)

and R Changappa (CS Karnataka) have returned from Delhi to their respective head quarters yesterday.

 

The exercise of asking Data from BSNL Corporate Office, then from Circles, thereafter from SSA

is all futile now in the background of clear assurance given by Secretary, Telecom that

a revised Cabinet Note is under preparation and that the same would be sent to the four nodal ministries 

for their opinion within a period of 15 days.  

Those four nodal ministries have to convey their opinion within 15 days thereafter. 

It is all mandatory as per the rules.

 

Hence, we can expect that the Note will go to Cabinet by end of April 2015 or at least in May 2015.  

We are confident that the Secretary, Telecom, Mr. Garg, is capable of honouring his assurance.

More than 125000 BSNL pensioners are waiting anxiously ……

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.

 

 

NEWS FROM CHQ

 22-3-2015
BSNLMRS – MEDICAL ALLOWANCE

The BSNL Corporate Office is considering the demand for restoration of

Medical Allowance without voucher.  Corporate Office has asked all CGMS

to provide the data regarding number of retirees, expenses towards medical

reimbursement etc.

 

We do not know when the BSNL Circles will provide the required data. 

[Click here to view the file....]


23-3-2015

Restriction on Login

for Booking of Train e-Tickets

The Ministry of Railways has decided that in case of e-ticketing, there will be a restriction of

only one booking in one user login session and forced logging out of the user before another

booking for all users including IRCTC agents but excluding defence booking under warrant only.

This restriction will be applicable while booking of e-ticket between 0800 and 1200 hours.

However, this restriction will not be applicable while booking onward journey/return journey e-tickets.

 

 

 

23-3-2015
 A good news for  senior pensioners retired before 1-1-2006.
{It is only a Court decision. No order is issued.  Govt may file appeals}

Full Pension to Pre-2006 Pensioners

with less than 33 years Service:
Govt Appeal dismissed by Hon’ble Supreme Court

While many Pre 2006 Pensioners with less than 33 years service have got favourable verdict from CAT And the consequent appeals by Govt are pending at various stages, Bharat Pensioners Samaj reports that SLP filed by Govt relating one of such cases against

the order favourable to pre-2006 pensioner has been dismissed by

Hon’ble Supreme Court. Hence it is likely that other cases would also be

decided on the basis of this dismissal by Apex Court in favour of Pre 2006 Pensioners.

 

  24^th March 2015
78.2% IDA CASE: IMPORTANT MEETINGS

Shri Anantha Kumar, Honourable Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, in Narendra Modi Government,

is from Bangalore city.   Earlier, Shri Anantha kumar had written a letter to Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad,

Minister for Communications on our demand for 78.2% IDA in pension revision.

 

During his recent visit to Bangalore city, our leaders met Shri Ananthakumar once again and

sought his help to settle the case.  Shri Anantha kumar was kind enough to assure all possible help.

He wanted our representatives meet him in Delhi on 24^th March 2015.

 

Com. P Gangadhara Rao, our AGS and Com. R Changappa, our Karnataka Circle Secretary

reached New Delhi today morning and had another meeting with Shri Anantha Kumar 

in the afternoon. 

 

Late in the evening Com. Gangadhara Rao and Com. Changappa met  Shri Garg, Chairman

of Telecom Commission and discussed the case.

 

 

2015 மார்ச் மாதம் 17,18 தேதிகளில் நாக்பூரில் நடைபெற்ற மத்திய செயற்குழுக்கூட்டத்தில் எடுக்கபட்ட முடிவுகளின் சிறப்பு அம்சங்கள் 

I.ஓய்வூதியர்களுக்கு 78.2% அகவிலைப்படி இணைப்புக்கு வேண்டிய மந்திரி சபை ஒப்புதலுக்கான குறிப்பு தயாரிப்பதில் தொலைத்தொடர்புத்துறையின் மெத்தனப்போக்கு விரிவாக விவாதிக்கப்பட்டு கிழ்காணும் முடிவுகள் எடுக்கப்பட்டன.

1. ஏப்ரல் மாதத்தில் MOC&IT மற்றும் MOS DOP&PW ஆகியோரை சந்தித்து ஒரு குறிப்பாணை  சமர்ப்பிப்பது 
2. 13-5-2015 ல் டெல்லியில் மத்திய செயற்குழு உறுப்பினர்கள் ஹரியானா,மத்தியப்ரதேசம், மேற்கு, மற்றும் கிழக்கு உத்திரப்ப்ரதேசம்,ராஜஸ்தான்,வடமேற்கு எல்லைப்புற மாகாணங்களின் ஓய்வூதியர்களை  வைத்து ஒரு மாபெரும் பெருந்திரள் தர்ணா           நடத்துவது, அதே நாளில் மாநில,மாவட்டத்தலைமையிடங்களில் தர்ணா நடத்தவது 
3. மற்ற சகோதர BSNL ஒய்வூதியசங்கங்களையும் சந்தித்து அவர்களின் ஒத்துழைபுடனும் இப்பிரச்சினையைதீர்த்தல் , 

II.2015 நவம்பரில் பெங்களுருவில் நடக்க இருக்கும் அனைத்திந்திய மாநாடு.

1. சார்பாளர்,பார்வையாளர் கட்டணம் ரூ .800.
2. அமைப்பு விதிகளின்படி சார்பாளர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை நிர்ணயிக்கப்படும் 
3. ஒவ்வொரு மாநிலத்திற்கும் பார்வையாளர் எண்ணிக்கை ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யப்படும்.
4. கிளை மற்றும் மாவட்டச்சங்கங்கள் ஒவ்வொரு உறுப்பினரிடமிருந்தும் ரூ.50/-மட்டும்  அனைத்திந்திய மாநாட்டு நன்கொடையாக பெற்று,     வரவேற் ப்புக்குழுவுக்கு நேரடியாக அனுப்பிவிட்டு,மத்திய சங்கத்திற்கு தகவல் தெரிவிக்கவேன்ன்டும். 

III.BSNL சங்கங்களின் "SAVE BSNL MOVEMENT" க்கு நமது உறுப்பினர்கள் ஆதரவு நல்குதல்.

IV . OPEN SESSION

1. தோழர் S C மகேஸ்வரி பொதுச்செயலர்,BHARATH PENSIONERS SAMAJ,தோழர் .D.கோபாலகிருஷ்ணன் ,SECRETARY ASIA TUI&PR ஆகியோர் சிறப்பு விருந்தினர்களாகக்  கலந்துகொண்டனர்.தோழர் மகேஸ்வரி தனது உரையில் 7 வது சம்பலக்குழுவின் சிறப்பு அம்சங்கள் குறித்துப்பேசினார்.7 வது சம்பலகுழுவிடம் நாம் வைக்கும் கோரிக்கைகளுக்கும்,78.2 % அகவிலைப்படி இணைப்பு விஷயத்திலும் நமக்கு ஆதரவு நல்கவும் உறுதியளித்தார்.    
2. பல்வேறு இன்னல்களுக்கிடையில் மத்திய செயற்குழுக்கூட்டம் சிறப்பாக நடைபெற சிறப்பான ஏற்பாடு களைச்செய்திருந்த மகாராஷ்டிரா மாநிலச்செயலர் தோழர் M J பிள்ளை   மற்றும்           தோழர்களுக்கும்   நெஞ்சார்ந்த நன்றியையும் பாராட்டுதல்களையும் மத்திய சங்கம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.