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02-09-10;
SNEA(I) Karnataka decides to participate in 7th Sept 2010 STRIKE called by the Central trade unions and make the programme a total success. All District Secretaries/Circle Office Bearers are requested to hold preparatory meetings and organise the programme as per the CHQ call.
Why do we need to participate and make the strike on 7th Sept,10 called by the Central trade unions a total success – what are the issues? Not having been influenced by political considerations of any kind at any point of time, this Association, having all along maintained apolitical line of thinking, is constrained to jump into the strike called by Central trade unions on 7th Sept, 10 for more reasons than one. Fundamental reason that we all have to recognize and accept is that this government is hell bent upon destroying the very foundations of CPSUs of which BSNL is an important national institution. The policies of the government of late do not leave anyone in any doubt that the government in order to bridge its huge fiscal deficit is determined to play havoc with CPSUs by offloading its equity in strategic CPSUs, core of Indian economy. Besides, the government is also pursuing policies to destabilize CPSUs to eventually privatize them. In this context, let us have a close and critical analysis of how the policies of the government have brought BSNL to a brink of disaster. A) Abolition of ADC: The commitment made by the government that BSNL would be adequately compensated through ADC by private operators for making huge investments to develop wide spread country wide telecom infrastructure in the remotest parts of the Country from which it has been getting negligible returns has not been fulfilled by abolishing this regime and giving huge benefits to private operators by allowing them to fully exploit this infrastructure at the cost of incredibly huge investments made by BSNL without any returns. B) Charging of penal interest on the notional loan given by Govt. to BSNL at the time of Corporatization: Government has imposed and realized penal interest from BSNL on notional loan of about Rs 6000 crores that it gave to BSNL at the time of Corporatization in the year 2000 to start its operations. The interest that government realized from BSNL is quite huge compared to what the banks would have charged from BSNL had it taken capital loan from them. C) Non payment of USO fund: BSNL is being consistently denied its legitimate share of USO funds. BSNL is highest contributor towards this fund which is now being distributed to private operators by amending the provisions of the Indian telegraph act. Government at the moment has about Rs 20,000 crores from USO fund out of which more than 15,000 crores are contributed by BSNL. This fund basically meant for growth of landline services is being lavishly distributed to the private operators to allow them flourish in mobile segment for which the fund was never meant by amending the Indian telegraph act. D) Paralyzing the growth of BSNL by scrapping tender for procurement of 45.5 m mobile lines in year 2007: BSNL which was running parallel to Airtel in mobile segment till 2006-07 started crumbling when its crucial tender for procurement of 45.5 m mobile lines was scrapped for no reasons. This was the beginning of losing of its market share due to non availability of equipment in potential Circles for more than three years and it never recovered the ground. Today, it has a market share of about less than 12% in wireless segment due to scrapping of the tender in year 2007. In fact, scrapping of the tender was the beginning of the grave for BSNL. Even today, BSNL has virtually no tender on which it can place orders for procurement of GSM equipment. E) Exhausting the reserves of BSNL by arbitrarily charging Rs 18,000 crores as 3G and BWA spectrum charges from it in complete violation of the provisions of NTP 1999: Provisions of NTP 1999 which clearly envisage that BSNL pay a nominal spectrum fees for entering 2G/3G/BWA segment were completely violated by forcing BSNL to pay highest bid charges for 3G/BWA spectrum and that too without giving it an opportunity to participate in the bidding process that was open to private operators. While private operators were given unbridled freedom to bid for Circles of their commercial choice, BSNL was strangulated by forcing it to pay Rs 18000 crores for highest pan India bid for 3G/BWA spectrum. This shameful act of government is nothing but to exhaust resources of BSNL to fill its coffers to reduce fiscal deficit regardless of how it impacts the reserves and growth of BSNL. F) Out rightly rejecting innovative reforms of Pitroda panel relating to equipment procurement and induction of new management structure for revival of BSNL: Not only have radical reforms of Pitroda panel for revival of BSNL been thrown to the dustbin by the government and the bureaucracy, but bureaucracy has finally succeeded in framing and finalizing the eligibility criterion for selection of CMD/BSNL in such a manner that gives a great scope for induction of a bureaucrat, even a retired one, to preside over the destiny of BSNL in such a precarious situation. Government has made a mockery of the efforts of Hon’ble PM to revive BSNL by consigning to flames the innovative reforms of the Pitroda panel constituted by Hon’ble PM that would have considerably helped in turning around BSNL. Bureaucracy is fast digging the grave of BSNL by framing such eligibility conditions for selection of CMD/BSNL. G) Non resolution of crucial issue of ITS absorption: Non resolution of this vital issue deliberately by the government for the last more than five years has adversely affected the growth of BSNL. Government even today is not at all serious and interested to address this core and fundamental issue of growth of BSNL. On one pretext or the other, the issue is being dragged on for the last five years and today a situation has been created where ITS enjoying everything best of both the Govt. and BSNL has naturally no interest to get absorbed. This situation is created by indecisiveness and lack of will on part of the Government. H) Serious discrimination met out by DOT to BSNL while implementing telecom policies: While total freedom was given to private operators to procure GSM equipment from Chinese vendors at cheap rates, BSNL was deliberately restrained by DOT to procure equipment from Chinese vendors in the so called name of National security thus badly impacting the procurement process of BSNL and giving huge business advantage to private operators. It is only very recently when this Association strongly condemned this discriminatory attitude of DOT towards BSNL that this blatant discrimination is waived off. I) Unpardonable discrimination met out to BSNL by DOT in the matter of calculation of AGR and payment of license fees on spectrum: While huge concessions based on the judgments of TDSAT were doled out to one private operator after another by DOT to pay license fees on AGR excluding revenues earned from nine telecom activities and payment of license fess on spectrum at reduced rates, BSNL is even today being forced to pay license fees on higher AGR(inclusive of revenues earned from non telecom activities) and higher license fees on spectrum, thus deliberately depleting its replete resources. DOT has made complete mockery of level playing field. What else does the government need to do to completely finish the very existence of BSNL. Policies of the government have taken BSNL to a point of complete collapse and disaster. Only the policies of the government, if we carefully analyze, are instrumental in near total destabilization of BSNL. Since the strike call given by Central trade unions in addition to other demands also condemns the policies of the government to destabilize CPSUs/PSUs to eventually privatize them, of which BSNL is a glaring example, SNEA(I) cannot obviously be a mute spectator in not participating in condemnation of the govt. policies to destabilize CPSUs. That is the core issue. We are not at all going into the debate of whether the strike has political connotations or not. What we know that policies of government which have wrecked BSNL need to be vociferously and unequivocally condemned and since the strike call is given by all Central trade unions cutting across party affiliations, there is absolutely no justification in labeling the strike as politically motivated one. That is irrelevant and absurd as far as issues are concerned. Besides, Central trade unions are also raising a very significant demand of introducing a much more improvised and secure pensionary scheme for employees of Central govt., including CPSUs, inducted after 1995. Thus, Comrades, CHQ of SNEA(I) calls upon each and every Comrade in every nook and corner of the Country to AGGRESSIVELY AND FULLY participate in the strike on 7th Sept, 10 to register their strongest disapproval and condemnation of the policies of the Central government to destabilize CPSUs in general and BSNL in particular. Make the strike a spectacular success to get total and committed support of Central trade unions for our own strike of three days in October, 2010 to address vital issues of revival of BSNL. |
01-09-10; CS writes to General Secretary Comrade G L Jogi, strongly pleading for retention of promoted DEs in Karnataka as per the justification of Karnataka Adminstration. For letter Click here
01-09-10; S B Nagavi CS met GM Admn Shri Chandramouly on 31-08-2010 morning and discussed mainly about the Justification letter to be sent to Corporate Office for retaining the promoted SDEs in Karnataka. GM admin explained that today they are trying to send the letter after discussing with CGM on the details sought by him in this regard. In the afternoon it is confirmed that the letter has been released to corporate office justifying 67 additional posts of DEs for Karnataka Circle. Now circle organisation will pursue matter with the CHQ for favourabvle action at Corporate Office
We are thankful to CGM Shri P Raghavan, GM Admn Shri Chandramouli and the establishment action of Circle Office for their timely action in the matter..
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26-08-10;
CS S B Nagavi met GM Admn Shri Chandramouly on 25th Aug:
CS along with Sureshkumar CT and Com Hiremugadur CWC member met GM Admn and discussed various issues.
(1) Efforts to get additional DE vacancies for Karnataka Circle. We have explained the circle administration for considering the various segment to ensure the inclusion of ASTT mergers, IMPCS vacanies created in BSNL/DOT, inclusion of various equipments like IN , MSCs of GSM/CDMA and any other sanction details missing in the corporate office letters etc. if any . We have also expressed our dis-satificaction on the letter dated 16-8-2010 written by GM Admn to GM Per of corporrate office which is of general type and specific demand to request for the additional DE vacancies is missing in the said letter. GM admn said that after his resumption of duties on leave , he hasked the staff section to work out the sanction details even considering the new norms to justify 40 to 50 additional posts of DEs. In this regard he had special meetings with the GMs of Mobile wing where he could find out some components which are left out are being included in the said justification letter. By Monday the whole excercise will be complete and assurred us that he would send the said proposal to Corporate Office on Monday under the signature of CGM Karnataka. We have pressurised for an early action in the matter.
(2) Adhoc to regular posting orders by Circle Office: GM Admn assured to issue the same today.. For orders click here . We have requested to issue DGM officiating also by modifying the current looking after arrangements to eligible DEs.
(3) Considering the intra circle request transfers of JTOs:. GM Admn assured that the orders will be issued once the traning process of the JTO induction course is getting completed. The Case of Com Lokanath, Raju and Ramdas were brought to his notice to consder in this order.
(4) Pending time bound upgradation cases: GM instructed to put up the remaining cases to staff section.
(5) Request transfer case of Com Telagar SDE Bellary:. GM assurred to look into.
(6) Forwarding of ACRs/VRs of JTO to Corporate Office for SDE 75% DPC: GM assurred of needful action but still BGTD CRs are penging to be received. DS BG TD to pursue.
Shri Prakash Rao, DGM Admn was also present during the meeting..
District Conference of Mandya SSA:
The District Conference of Mandya was held on 14-08-2010 at Telephone Exchange Mandya. Com Suvarna Murthy, Com B Krishna and Com K K Bijapur were elected as the Disgtrict President, District Secretary and District Treasurer respectively.
Com S B Nagavi CS and Com M H Gombi AGS have attended the conference and addressed the gathering.
Most important to note was good openion of the members about the active role being played by the present GM Mandya Shri R K Gupta in taking fast and prompt decesions on the administrative matters as well as on the sales and marketing fronts.
Building Fund....
Com R C Vijayakumar Circle Vice President Davangere ( Rs.5000-00), Com S M Elladagi DP Bijapur ( Rs.5000-00) and , Com D P Kulkarni DS BJP (Rs. 2000-00),Com S N Narashimhan ADS MCA (Rs. 2000-00) and Com Panchakshari DS MCA (Rs. 2000-00) have paid building fund..
HASSAN SSA (Rs.7000-00) and KOLAR SSA (Rs.6000-00) have paid gthe 2nd instalment of donations.
Com Purohith STR CKG (Rs.1000-00), Com M Nambiyar STR MR( Rs.2000-00), Com Ashok Maiya STR MR( Rs.2000-00), Com Radhakrishna STR MR ( Rs.6000-00) and Com A M Khan Hubli TD ( Rs.2000-00)have assurred to pay the building fund
For Full list of individual donations click here
We are thankful to all the doners.
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19-08-10; JTO to SDE promotions: Calling of ACRs/APARs. 15 CRs from BGTD and 1 CR from Kolar are awaited. DS BGTD/Kolar to pursue the matter with admn and arrange to send CRs immediately. For the list CLICK HERE...
19-08-10; Pvt operators did not offer adequate support in Leh, BSNL services appriciated by Sh Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Telecom and IT Pilot.. For more view The Economic Times report..
Deatiled Information was given by the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on the health/loss of BSNL today . Click here to view full details
19-08-10; CS is on leave upto 31-8-2010. For any emergency please contact Com Suresh Kumar Circle Treasurer (94498 57799).
Re-allotment of promoted SDEs.
All the applications received by the circle are faorwarded to CHQ for n/a. CHQ has taken up the cases where re-allotment sought is to neighbouring circles and genuine medical and spouse cases with the corporate office. The requests for retention in Karnataka are also submitted to personnel section. However it may be noted that SNEA will pursue for retention, if any possible, strictly according to the seniority of the promotion list..
For letters view...<<KTK>>..<<AP>>..<<KRL>>..<<MH>>..
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16-08-10; Good news for LDCE (2004) passed executives. S B Nagavi and others had been fighting for the natural justice since 2006 for compititive passed candidates who were getting less salary than their juniors who have failed in the examination. Finally S B Nagavi and 123 others have filed a case in Hon CAT Bangalore last year. The judgement pronounced in their favour on 26-4-2010 and judgement copy released by the Hon court today. For the operational part of judgement copy... Click here
16-08-10; Time bound promotion orders/ JTO confirmation orders issued as already reported in this web site. SNEA had continuously persued in this regard... For ordersclick below ....
(1)E2E3 subsequent (2) E3E4subsequent (3) E1E2 deptl (4) E1E2 Dr rec part 1 part 2 (5) JTO Confirmation
16-08-10; CS writes to CGMT Karnataka............ Protesting the discrimination in the Posting of Promoted executives by allowing Junior the benefit of retention . For letter click here...
WISH YOU ALL HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
14-08-10;
BSNL to seek nod for buying Chinese gear ..reports the business line..
“BSNL is stuck because on the one hand European vendors are refusing to comply with new security considerations format and, on the other, it is forbidden from procuring equipment from Chinese vendors who are format-compliant,” said the letter from Mr G. L. Jogi, General Secretary of the Sanchar Nigam Employees Association. For more view....
14-08-10;
Serious and rational apprehensions on unwarranted purchase of equipments worth 200 Crores at Bangalore NIB ( Data Network) P3 project. SNEA writes to BSNL managment for inquiry/justification. For more details view......
11-08-10; Posting orders to the promoted SDEs in 2nd DPC and on re-allotment of STR SDEs issued by KTK Circle: For orders click here..
11-08-10: Posting orders to the promoted SDEs in 2nd DPC and on re-allotment of STR SDEs under promoton: CGM has cleared the file. Orders will be issued today.
10-08-10:
CS along with CT Com Suresh Kumar and Com Hiremugadur met GM Admn Shri Chandramouly and discussed the following issues.
(1) Posting orders to the promoted SDEs in 2nd DPC and on re-allotment of STR SDEs under promoton: GM informed that he has cleared the file and sent it to CGMT. Orders are likely to issued tomorrow.
(2) Cancellation of single starred transfer cases on promotion: File is sent to CGMT with positive note..
(3) Time bound promotions. E1 E2 DPC: Delayed due to GM/CGM fully engaged in court case of sale tax. One order is assured tio be issued in this week.
(4) Retention of promoted SDEs in the second list based on the facts mentioned in CS letter dtd 10-8-2010:. GM Admn aggreed to put up the case to CGMT for further action in the matter.
(5) Verification and correction of sanction strength of DEs in Karnataka circle as per corporate office letter: GM informed that it has already been replied as the correct sanctioned strength is 322 instead of 317.
(6) JTO to SDE officiating for the cases for which already CRs have been called for.: GM assured to look into the matter.
(7) Non-cordination of BGTD with CO in relieving the promoted SDEs and arrangement for making over charge: SNEA strongly protested the embarasment created on the executives who wished to get relieved and report to the transferred place within 40 days to assume charge of the new post on promotion. It is an eye opener that our comrades are made to suffer for no fault of them and only because of the non coordination of top administrators. We were not convinced with the reply of GM. We have decided to discuss the matter with CGMT Ktk.
DGM staff and AGM staff were also present in the meeting.
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10-08-10: CS writes to CGMT Karnataka to highlight the shortage of executives' to Corporate Office and persue for retention of SDEs on promotion to Adhoc DE.. for details view
10-08-10: CS Com S B Nagavi reports for duty on 9-8-2010 after E2E3 training.
CS along with CT Sureshkumar , AGS Com M H Gombi attended the Karnataka JAC meeting and reviewed the latest alarming CUG disconnections in GSM service. The meeting was also attended by CS of AIBSNLEA, BSNLEU, TEPU. CS met GM NWP CM Shri G V Reddy and discussed on the latest developmental activities. Due to engagement of CGM/GM Admn Karnataka Circle in the court case of tax payments the posting orders of DE Adhoc could not be released yesterday. CS spoke to DGM staff and pressurised for the early release of the siad posting orders.
CS also had discussion with AGS Com M H Gombi/ AGS headquarters Com Sebastin on the issue of mass transfer of promoted SDEs to Maharastra and Gujarath etc for want of DE vacancies.,. This is creating a huge shortage of 170 SDEs in Karnataka Circle. The JTO trainees fanally Karnataka circle getting has been reduced only to 79. The factual working strength of executives in each SSA will be only 55 to 60 %. Karnataka is one of the best revenue earning circles. With these view points it is decided to approach CGM Karnataka circle to request him to make administrative efforts to retain the promoted officers in Karnataka circle. Simultaneously we will request CHQ also to take up the matter with corporate office.
CS will take up the issue over the confusion created in relieving the promoted DEs from BGTD and taking over of charge, with circle administration.
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04-08-10: CS incharge Com Sureshkumar along with AGS Com M H Gombi, DS BGTD Com R B Joshi, Com M S Hiremugadur and Com Virupakshaiah met GM Admn Shri Chandramouly and discussed about the modalities adopted in the posting of Adhoc DEs in the second batch of promotion and re-allotment from STR wing. We have pleaded for reducing the disturbances to avoid thedeclining the promotions and also to handle important positions in high revenue areas. GM Admn clarified that uniform policy will be maintained giving waitage to the seniority. GM Admn also advised to ensure prompt relieving SDEs on promotion willing to take transfer.