The eligibility for appearing in the Telecom Mechanic examinaiton will be matriculation for all categories of employees i.e. Regular Mazdoors or Group D officials. Necessary instructions to this effect will be issued by the BSNL Corporate Office shortly.  The BTEU BSNL also demands that the eligibility condition for the TTA exam also should be relaxed so as to fill up all vacant TTA posts.

The Hon'ble High Court of  Delhi straightaway dismissed the application filed by BSNL management seeking an extention of time upto 25 months to complete the process of repatriation of unabsorbed ITS officers working in BSNL. The management has desparately pleaded with the Hon'ble Court to give them time upto 31.12.2012 this  was also  rejected by the Hon'ble Court. The  Hon'ble High Court while dismissing the application of BSNL directed it to complete the entire repatriation process by 30.9.2012.

CHQ takes up with CMD BSNL regarding holding of TTA examination in UP East Circle. For details see link Issues taken up.

The General Secretary attended the Circle Working Committee Meetings of BTEU BSNL UP East Circle on 10.4.2012 and AP circle on 12.4.2012.  Both the meetings were well attended. The CWCs of both the circles have decided to go on a tour of all the SSAs in the circle as part of the call of the CHQ.  S/shri Shiv Sewak Upadhyay Vice President ITEF and A.Ganesh Secretary ITEF attended the meetings at Lucknow and Hyderabad. Shri A.K.Singh President CHQ and Shri Sunil Tripathi, Executive member PSENC were present at Lucknow

The BSNL Corporate office has issued revised guidelines with regards to tranfers of executives and non executives.  For details please see link orders.

The BSNL Corporate office has issued revised guidelines with regards to tranfers of executives and non executives.  For details please see link orders.

The news letter of the CHQ for the month of April 2012 is placed in the link News Letters.

The BSNL Corporate office has issued instructions on Income Tax to be deducted on Leave encashment at the time of retirment in case of absorbed employees of BSNL. For details see link orders.

The Hindi version of the Demands prepared in Nagpur CWC is pleaced in the link Demands.

The next meeting of the Board of Directors of the BSNL will be held on 21.5.2012.  The NE 12 pay scale issue is likely to be settled in the above said meeting.

The Public Sector Employees National Confederation an affiliate of the BMS will undertake a massive march to Parliament in November 2012 in support of the following demands:

1. MERGE IDA WITH BASIC PAY

2. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY DISPARITY BETWEEN CDA AND IDA

3. WAGE AGREEMETNS SHOULD BE MADE FROM 1.1.2012 IN ALL PSUs WHERE 10 YEAR WAGE AGREEMENT WAS MADE EARLIER.

The Private Operators viz., Airtell, Vodafone, Idea, Spice, Aircell and Dishnet together owe the BSNL an amount of Rs. 550.88 crore rupees towards interconnect charges.  This was stated by the Hon'ble Minister of State in the Parliament.

CHQ takes up with PGM SR BSNL Corporate Office about irregular transfers in Jaipur SSA of Rajasthan Circle. For details see link issues taken up.

The Nagpur CWC of BTEU BSNL has decided to observe trade union agitation on certain long pendng demands of the non executive employees. The notice is kept in the link issues taken up. The demands are also placed in the link "Demands" in the website. All the Circle Secretaries are to down load the same and take necessary action immediately

CHQ reminds Sr GM (Pers) BSNL CO New Delhi with regards to promotion of Sr.TOAs to the cadre of Assistant Managers.For details see link issues taken up.

Membership form for the June-July check off is kept in the link circulars.

The circular from CHQ with regards to the decisions taken in the Nagpur CWC are kept in the link circulars. All Circle Secretaries are requested to down load the same and act accordingly immediately.

Shri Virjesh Upadhyay, Secretary General ITEF, along with Shri Uday Patwardhan Vice President BMS will visit Geneva w.e.f. 26.5.2012 to 15.6.2012 to participate inthe ILO conference. BTEU BSNL wishess him a pleasent and purposefull stay.

Shri K.C.G.K.Pillai, PGM Finance BSNL Corporate office is appointed as the Director (Finance) BSNL Board.  This post was kept vacant for more than 3 years. BTEU BSNL wishess him all the best in his new assignment and hopes that under his leadership the company would prosper and a better financial management takes place.

Pay anamoly cases in EPP are not to be re opened / reviewed as some seniors are prone to draw less than their juniors as per the Promotion Policy. For details see link orders.

BSNL CO ND has issued clarifications with regards to applicability of GPF/EPF to the Casual mazdoors. For details see link orders.

How to protect you health, read the latest in the link Health Tips and keep yourself fit and healthy

The  Hon. Delhi High Court delivered a judgment on ITS absorption case wherein they have given them 2 weeks time to seek absorption into BSNL w.e.f. 8.12.2005 or revert back to DOT. A copy of the opertive portion of the Judgement is kept in the link circulars.

The photographs taken on the occasion of the CWC meeting held at Nagpur are kept in the site under the link Photographs.

The District Conference of Nagpur Telecom District of BTEU BSNL was held on 17.4.2012.  S/Shri R.V.Choudary, Dahare and Prashant Gadkari were elected as President,District Secretry and Finance Secretary respectively. We congratulate them.

Chq has taken up with Director (HR) BSNL Corporate office regarding payment of additional IDA of 9.4%. For details see link issues taken up.

The CWC meeting of the CHQ of BTEU BSNL was held at Nagpur in a grand manner on 15th and 16th April. The CWC was inaugurated by Shri Dinakar Rao Joshi, Maharashtra Pradesh BMS leader. Shri K.Radhakrishnan, President of the ITEF and Shri Dharam Raj Singh, Dy GS MTNL Mazdoor Sangh  were present and guided the CWC. Many important decisions regrding Change of Designations of the employees, Demands of the employees were discussed and finalised. All the CHQ office bearers will be on tour from 14.5.2012 onwards for a period of 10 days.  The BTEU BSNL will also launch Trade Union Action on several demands at SSA and Circle Level in the first phase in June 2012.

BSNL CO has circulated clarifictions on applicability of EPF/GPF to TSMs. For details see link orders  

CHQ has taken up with the CMD BSNL about the pay anamoly in respect of TTAs recruited after 1.1.2007. For details see link issues taken up.

CHQ has reminded the Director (HR) BSNL about promotion of TMs under NEPP who were   denied the same because of court cases on account of promotions under OTBP.

The BSNL and MTNL may be merged soon. This was stated by the Secretary DOT to a Parliament committee recently. The process may begin after the budget session of the parliament.

The Telecom Ministry was pulled up for payments to ITS officers for doing no work.  The Department of Personnel has pulled up the DOT for keeping idle the 355 odd ITS officers who were repatriated from BSNL & MTNL.  They stated that already an amont of Rs.25 crores has been spent on their salaries and another 6 crore rupees on tranfer grants etc. All this for doing nothing. They have also fouond fault with the repatriation policy of the DOT.

The reognised union intends to settle the issues of Dr Recruit TTAs and also that of the officiating JTOs. Who stopped them from getting the issues resolved earlier. They have propped up on section of the same cadre against another all these years. The result has been that the JTO exam could not be held for years together and the officiating JTOs could not be regularised. Court cases are being filed only to make some rich.  We are sure that at least now the officials who are involved in these affairs will open their eyes and ensure that the ordinary worker is not penalised

The Govt has clarified certain issues raised by the ITS officers with regards to grant of pension, the same are kept in the link circulars.

CHQ has taken up with PGM SR BSNL HQ New Delhi on tranfers in Jamnagar and Surendranagar SSAs of Gujarat Circle. For details see link issues taken up.

BSNL CO has circulated orders of the GOI on the DNI consequent on revision of pay scales from 1.1.2006. For details see link orders.

The Department of Posts is setting up ATM in all the Circles. For this they have hired the services of Private operators like reliance, sify etc.  The CHQ has protested over this move and has taken up with Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble MOC for intervening in the matter. For details see link Issues taken up.

The CHQ has taken up with Director HR BSNL regarding provsion of questions in Hindi and English languages in the TTA 40% LDCE. For details see link Issues taken up.

Today i.e. on 31.3.2012 a large number of BSNL employees are retiring from service on superannuation. We wish each one of them a very happy and contented retired life. Their services to the DOT and BSNL will be remembered for ever.

THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE IDA FOR 1.4.2012.  AS SUCH THE  IDA WILL REMAIN THE SAME

The minutes of the meeting between CMD BSNL and Secretry DOT with regards to USO subsidy for Rural Direct lines and also on the issue of pension contribution in respect of absorbed employees is kept in the link Circulars.

250000 Gram Panchayats in the country are to be connected with optic fibre cable.  For this purpose a Special Purpose Vehicle is created and the work will be executed by BSNL, Railtel and Powergrid Corporation of India.  The project is called as the Bharat Broadband Network Ltd.

The BSNL CO ND has issued orders regarding room rent payable for BSNL MRS patients category wise. For details see link orders.

CHQ has taken up with the Add.GM Estt BSNL CO ND regarding restructuring of cadres working in Hindi Sections in the BSNL. The inputs have been given by Shri N.N.Maharana, Org Secretary BTEU BSNL CHQ. For details see link issues taken up.

The Circle Conference of Assam Circle was held at Dibrugarh on 18.3.12.  The GS addressed the conference over Telephone and complemented the members for their excellent show.  The Conference was attended by Shri Narendra Raj Vamshi from the BMS.  S/Shri Pranesh Chakraborthy,TM,  Probir Deb, TTA and Probir Chakraborthy, TTA were elected as President, Circle Secretary and Finance Secretary respectively. The CHQ congratulates them.

The GS and Dy GS Shri RC.Pandey met Director (HR) in the BSNL CO ND and discussed various issues concerning the staff viz., NE 12 Pay scale, holding of JTO exam, Grace marks for JAO candidates, relaxation of eligibility conditions for TTA exam, issues concerning the UP East Circle etc. The Director HR gave a patient hearing and assured to look into the issues.

BMS created history in the Chennai Port elections.  The BMS affiliated union has won the election by defeating the AITUC and LPF which were recognised for the past several years.

Issue of Presidential Orders to TSMs.  All the Circle Secretaries are requested to ensure that the requisite informaiton is furnished to the Corporate office by their respective circles in time. For details see link orders

A war of words seems to be taking place between the recognised union and the NFTE BSNL over the issue of NEPP.  Each one of them are accusing the other over the advantages and disadvantages of the NEPP.  It is an accepted fact that the NEPP has failed to liven up the spirits of the employees.  The seniors who have put in more than 25 years of service are the real loosers. Any promotional scheme should change the lives of the employees as is the case with the Executive promotion policy.  Here there are recoveries for a large section of employees. The recognised union should do its best to mitigate the sufferings of the employees rather than finding fault with other unions as they have entered into the agreement.  Let us hope that at least in the NE 12 pay scale they would do justice to the senior employees by getting the residency period reduced.

The Circle Conference of BTEU BSNL Bihar Circle was held on 4-5 March 2012 at Patna. GS, Dy GS R.C.Pandey, Vice President CHQ, Shri Salik Singh, AGS Shri Ashok Kr Chakraborthy attended.  Shri Bansi Mahto, outgoing CS was appointed as State Organiser to coordinate the activities of the union, Shri Salik Singh, TM Begusarai was elected as President and Shri Manoj Kr Jha TTA Patna, was elected as Circle Secretary.  We wish them all the best.

The NE 12 Pay is since approved by the DOT, but who will get and when they will get it is a big question. For details see link Circulars.

The Circle Conference of BTEU BSNL UP East Circle will be held at Varanasi on 16th and 17th September 2012. GS BTEU BSNL will attend.

DOT while approving the NE 12 Pay scale has made it clear that the scale will be applicable from a prospective date. For details see link orders.

NE-12 PAY SCALE, ORDERS WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE BSNL CORPORATE OFICE SHORTLY.  THE DOT HAS SINCE APPROVED THE SAME AND SENT BACK TO THE BSNL BOARD. IN MTNL, THE NON EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES ARE GIVEN THE E 2 PAY SCALE AFTER NE 11.  EVEN AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NE 12 PAY SCALE IN MTNL, THE SENIOR OFFICIALS IN NE 11 ARE GIVEN E 2 PAY SCALE WITHOUT GIVING THEM NE 12.  THIS AGREEMENT WAS MADE BY THE MTNL MAZDOOR SANGH (BMS) WHEN THEY WERE IN RECOGNITION. IN BSNL, THE NE 12 WILL BE HELPFULL ONLY TO THE TELECOM ACCOUNTS STAFF AND TO A VERY LITTLE NUMBER OF SR.TOAs. 

The proposal to change the designations of the non executives viz., RM/TM, Sr.TOA and TTA look quite out of the world.  Why cant they suggest more appropriate designations. The proposed new designations are RM = Telecom Assistant, TM = Telecom Technician, Sr.TOA = Telecom Associate officer, TTA=Telecom Associate Engineer. The new designations should be easy to spell and should be meangfull.   The CHQ will be submitting its own suggestions to the management within the next 2 to 3 days. If any suggestions are there, the same may be sent to the CHQ immeidately. 

The CHQ has taken up with the BSNL Coporate office regarding holding of TTA exam for employees who do not possess 10+2 qualification. For details see link issues taken up.

The CHQ has taken up with the Director (HR) BSNL CO ND about the need to hold JTO departmental exam. For details see link issues taken up

The scheme and syllabus for the TTA exam 40% is kept in the link Rules-Recruitment in the site.  All the Circle Secretaries are requested to intimate the CHQ about the dates of TTA exam to be held in their circles.

A large number of officials are facing recoveries on account of NEPP, the CHQ has taken up with the BSNL CO New Delhi over this issue. For details see link issues taken up.

The CHQ has taken up with the Director HR BSNL Corporate Office New Delhi about reducing the residency period in the NE 12 Pay Scale. There may not be any benefit to thousands of employees in the NE 12 pay scale. For details see link Issues taken up.

CHQ takes up with Dir(HR) BSNL CO ND regarding promotion of TMs under NEPP who are denied the same on the plea that they approached the Courts with regard to OTBP/BCR promotion counting their past service rendered in Gr D and RM cadres.  For details see link issues taken up

The CHQ has taken up with the DIR (HR) BSNL about promotion to TTA cadre on walk in basis. For details see link Issues taken up.

The BSNL Corporate office has issued guidelines on inter circle and mutual tranfers. For details see link Orders.

JAO EXAM CASE: WHILE ALL MOST ALL THE UNIONS PARTICULARLY THE BTEU BSNL HAVE BEEN TRYING THEIR BEST TO GET GRACE MARKS TO THE OFFICIALS WHO COULD PASS THE JAO EXAM HELD IN 2010.  OUR RECOGNISED UNION HAS CLOSED THE ISSUE AND STATES THAT IT WILL TRY FOR ANOTHER EXAMINATION.  THIS IS NOTHING NUT POURING COLD WATER ON THE ASPIRATIONS OF SO MANY GROUP C OFFICIALS.  THERE ARE  ALREADY NO CHANCES FOR PROMOTION OF GROUP C OFFICIALS TO EXECUTIVE CADRE IN BSNL.  A LARGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES ARE AVAILABLE IN JAO CADRE. IF GRACE MARKS ARE GIVEN MOST OF THE VACANCIES GETS FILLED UP. THEN ANOTHER EXAMINATION CAN BE THOUGH OVER. WE ARE STILL MAKING OUR SINCERE EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD.

The notice for the 28th February 2012 strike will be issued on 13.2.2012. Make efforts to form joint action committees of all non executive unions and associations in the circles and districts and start preparations immeidately.

PSENC has given a memorandum to the Hon'ble Finance Minister on the issues concerning the Pubilc Sector employees. For details see link PSENC.

BSNL CO Recruitment cell has issued orders to the CGMs for holding of TTA exam under 40% quota.  For details see link orders.

BSNL CO ND  has endorsed clarifications issued by DOP&T GOI with regards to dependecy and drawl of two pensions. For details see link orders

BSNL CO HAS NOTIFIED FOR TTA 40% QUOTA EXAM. FOR DETAILS SEE LINK ORDERS

BSNL CO has issued orders regarding issue of mobile SIM card with 200.00 talk time to TMs and RMs doing out door duties and also for select categories of non executive cadres. For details see link orders.

A malacious and ficticious SMS has been floated by certain vested interests on 9.1.12 about possible reduction  in retirement age of employees and also about rejection of VRS by the Ministry of Finance. The General Secretary spoke to some senior officers in the BSNL CO and also in the DOT and found that there is no substance to such message.  The DOT is yet to prepare the cabinet note on VRS.  Some people just to tarnish he image of the BSNL and to lower the morale of the employees are resorting to such cheap tactics. Let us not believe such words and instead put all our energies into making BSNL more vibrant.

The CHQ has taken up with the CMD BSNL about regularisation of calls made from Service WLL phones in UP East Circle. For details see link issues taken up.

The Govt has set up a special purpose vehicle and the name of the new company is Rajiv Gandhi National Information Super-Highway (RAJNISH) for carrying out the work of National Optical Fibre Network in the country

Reservations for minority community : DPE has issued OM providing a sub-quota of 4.5% for religious miniorities within the 27% reservation for OBCs in recruitment and appointment in CPSEs. For details see link Orders

Some of the unions of Non executives in BSNL are pleading with the management to give them minimum trade union facilities. Some have gone to the court.  The management is now informed by the recognised union that they have no objection in case the minimum trde union facilities are granted to other unions.  They why did they oppose for amendments to the code of discipline at the time of conduct of 5th membership verification. Why this tamasha at this time. The next verification is just another year away.  The management should not give unnecssary advantage to the unrecognised unions. Let them earn recognition by winning the confidence of the workers and not by back door.

BSNL Corporate office has circulated the eligibility conditions for compassionate ground appointments. For details see link Orders.