GS BTEU BSNL Shri R.C.Pandey, GS AIGETOA Shri Ravi Shil Verma, All India President AIGETOA Shri Veerabhadra Rao and AGS AIGETOA met JS (Admin), Shri Sunil Kumar Verma at Sanchar Bhawan for a follow up meeting on the issues discussed in the tripartite meeting held on 16th February 2024.

JS Admin said that he is in receipt of the submissions and the same has been sent to the concerned section for examination. We shared all the inputs to JS Admin who assured a holistic consideration with a positive response.

Issue of Superannuation benefits to the Direct recruits and Promotions and Pension was also discussed in detail wherein we apprised him of the consistent neglect by BSNL. We also highlighted the difference in treatment of BSNL Recruits who are governed by DPE Guidelines vis-a-vis those covered by CCS Rules. We also apprised JS Admin with regard to the notification of SET RRs and highlighted how BSNL has been undermining its own talent pool with similar qualifications. JS Admin assured that matter has been noted by DOT and necessary action shall definitely be taken to the satisfaction of the employees.

The issue of 3rd PRC and Pension Revision was also discussed, however there is not much development on the same since last meeting except for the fact that wage negotiations in BSNL has started ony after the 16th February 2024 meeting.

Comments on other agenda points like revival of LTC, Medical benefits, CGA etc submitted by us has also been sought from various sections of DoT and BSNL.

Thereafter we met Director PSU also and explained to him about the issues. He assured us that all the issues are being examined as per discussions and in case of need, he will discuss the issues with us once again.

The team BMS is consistently following up on all issues and are slated to meet few more officers in the next few days. Your support and encouragement will definitely reap the benefits in favour of the employees of BSNL.