Military network by BSNL gets major boost

In a bid to speed up vacation of additional spectrum by the defence establishments, the government is all set to approve around `5 000 crore additional fund, which will be over and above `9,175 crore already cleared, for setting up a dedicated alternative communication network for the Army, Navy and the Air force.
The government’s move is aimed at increasing the availability of spectrum for civilian use.
This, in turn, would facilitate government to earn more revenue, as once spectrum is freed, it would be able to auction them to telecom companies.
Confirming this, sources in the government said, “A meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which will be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is likely to approve a proposal to provide `5,000 crore, as additional fund for creation of dedicated communication network for the defence establishments. The proposal is high on the agenda of the CCEA meeting, which will meet on Tuesday.”
The amount would be over and above already approved amount of `9,175 crore for laying dedicated optical fiber for defence establishments to meet their communication requirement, they added.
The state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is mandated to set up the alternative network by the department of telecommunications (DoT). According to DoT officials, who are involved in the process, an inter-ministerial group headed by cabinet secretary had cleared `5,000 crore, as estimated additional project cost.
The increase in project cost was sought by BSNL following stringent conditions by the defence forces. The Telecom Commission, the highest policy-making body of the DoT, approved `5,000 crore for the cost escalation in November last year only. The matter was then referred to an inter-ministerial group.
The DoT and the defence ministry had signed a memorandum of understanding in 2009, under which the defence forces were to vacate 25 MHz for 3G and 20 MHz for 2G spectrum. The DoT was to set up an exclusive and dedicated defence network.

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Telecom department may offer higher compensation to prompt ITS officers to stay back in BSNL, MTNL

KOLKATA: The telecoms department is likely to unveil a higher compensation package by June 30 to help state-owned BSNL and MTNL coax their senior managements, involving some 1000 senior ITS officers to stay back.

Last month, BSNL and MTNL had sought a review of an April 17 Delhi High Court order that required them to release these ITS officers by May 14 as they had all opted to return to government service where pension is higher. Both telcos had claimed such a move would derail them and had sought two years from the high court to defer the ITS repatriation exercise. But the court has given them till September 30.

Since there are no vacancies in the telecom department either to absorb so many executives, the government is working closely with BSNL, MTNL and the Indian Telecom Service Association (ITSA), the body representing ITS officers, to work out a compromise formula that encourages about 900 ITS officers to stay back in BSNL and another 100-odd in MTNL in the long term interest of both telcos. So much so, an internal telecom department panel chaired by joint secretary (telecom) Malay Srivastava is trying to finalise a new compensation package by the month end.

"Efforts are on to encourage these ITS officers to remain in BSNL and MTNL by ensuring they do not lose out on central pension dues," a senior official in the telecom department with direct knowledge told ET.

At present, the high court has fixed August 12, 2005, as the absorption date for ITS officers opting to stay back in either BSNL or MTNL. But in that case, 90 per cent of this ITS bloc which is in BSNL will lose 7 years of central government pension.

Since these central government officers were deputed to BSNL 12 years ago when the telco was spun off into a separate company from DoT, they have already accumulated 12 years of pension dues. But if they opt to retire from government service and seek re-employment in BSNL from August 12, 2005, they will retain barely 5 years of central government pension. Pension earned beyond August 12, 2005, will be as per state PSU scales which is lower than central levels.

"This is the main bone of contention and government is trying to address this urgently. One option is to allow ITS officers seeking absorption in BSNL and MTNL to retire from government service on current date. That way, they get to keep their central pension for the full deputation period, and thereafter earn additional sums as per PSU scale. But there is no decision yet," said a committee member.

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மத்திய சங்க செய்திகள்


கிராக்கிப்படி ஜுலை மாதம் முதல் 61.5%-கூடுதலாக 4.8% கிடைக்கும்

v தேசிய குழு கூட்டம் ஆகஸ்ட் 27/28 தேதிகளில் டெல்லியில் நடைபெறும்.

v 78.2% கிராக்கிப்படி உயர்வு மேனேஜ்மெண்ட் பரிசீலனையில் உள்ளது. 2007 முன் பணி ஓய்வு பெற்றவர்களை இணைப்பது குறித்து பிரச்சனை ஆராயப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

v 2 வது சங்க அங்கீகாரம் குறித்து நிர்வாகத்தை நமது சங்கம் வலியுறுத்திஉள்ளது.

v TTA/RM/TOA/SrTOA  கேடர்களுக்கு ஊதிய மாற்றம் JTO போல மாற்றிட வேண்டும் நிர்வாகத்தை நமது சங்கம் வலியுறுத்தி உள்ளது.

BB concession for retired bsnl emp-

பிரா ட் பே ண் ட் இணைப்பு  ரூ 300 வரை தள்ளுபடி  வழங்கிட உத்திரவு  வெளிய்டப்பட்டுள்ளது .

gupta is only great

we fully agree  and endorse the vellore comrades view

  Yes, Comrade Gupta is the God Father; God Father of P&T Unions, God Father of NFTE. 

Just because he attended a meeting organised by Com.Kohli's Union, it is being written that Comrade Gupta has become cheap that he fell prey to a free air ticket, a man of dishonesty, a man of duplicity who has muddied his career and betrayed NFTE.

Given his stature and experience,  Com.Gupta can attend any number of meetings organised by say BSNLEU or FNTO or for that matter any Union and it never amounts to betrayal. Let us not forget that NFTE is not his owner whereas he only is our founding father.

All of us in Tamilnadu remember the trips he made by train from and to Delhi. This was the case even when he attended the last two functions in Chennai - at his ripe age. He is the man of masses, mingled freely with ordinary members, stayed with them, ate what they ate at conferences and meetings, slept on the dias, washed his clothes on his own at midnight. We, in Vellore, still remember the tedious journey he made by bus from Salem to Vellore at the age of above 85.

He never shunned ordinary workers from travelling with him in case of being put in a car. He never made it sure that he was not crowded by ordinary members and never wanted to enjoy the comfort of travelling alone in a car !

Let us not forget that he is a true Trade Union leader who never insisted for Star Hotels or Air Travels, even though NFPTE or NFTE could have easily borne such expenses when he was the SG. We have never heard that he had given hotel bills running to 20000 or 30000 to the organisers of conferences and got it settled. He always hated Union's money wasted on such unwanted luxuries. To be short, he is of a different genre and not like the tall leaders of today who travel by Air and AC cars and stay only in star hotels. Let us not belittle him.

  Comrade Gupta once said that he is nobody when compared to Comrade Tarapada.

நமது அகில இந்திய சங்கமும் மற்ற அனைத்து சங்கங்களும் சேர்ந்து போட்ட உடன்பாட்டிற்கு சரண்டர் என்றும் துரோகம் என்றும் முதலில் எழுதப்பட்டது. தயவினால் பதவி சுகம் கண்டவர்கள் சிலரும், காண நினைப்பவர்கள் சிலருமே ஒத்து ஊதினர்.

நம்மில் பல மாவட்ட சங்கங்களும் " ஒற்றுமைக்கு கிடைத்த வெற்றி" என்று நாசுக்காக குறிப்பிட்டு இந்த பேச்சுக்கும் எழுத்துக்கும் முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைக்க நினைத்தோம். இன்றோ, கோலி சங்கத்தின் மாநாட்டிற்காக சென்னை வந்த தோழர் குப்தாவை துரோகி என்றும், காலம் காலமாக தான் கூறிவந்ததைப்போலவே இரட்டை வேடதாரி, நேர்மையற்றவர் என்றும், ஓசியில் விமான டிக்கெட் கிடைத்ததால் சென்னை வந்துவிட்டவர் என்றும் எழுதப்பட்டுள்ளது.

ஒவ்வொரு மாநாட்டிலும் நம்மோடு படுத்துறங்கி, நம்மோடு நாம் சாப்பிட்டதையே சாப்பிட்டு, நள்ளிரவில் தன் துணி துவைத்து, நமக்காக 36 மணி நேரம் பல முறை ரயிலில் பயணம் செய்து டெல்லியிலிருந்து வந்து சென்ற தலைவனை ஓசியில் விமான டிக்கெட் கிடைத்ததால் வந்தவன் என்று எள்ளி நகையாடுவது என்ன நியாயம்? நட்சத்திர ஓட்டலில் அவர் தங்கி நம்மில் யாராவது பார்த்திருக்கிறோமா? அல்லது அடுத்த மாநிலத்தின் தலை நகருக்குக்கூட விமானத்தில் பறந்ததாய் கேட்டிருக்கிறோமா?

தமிழ் நாட்டில் உள்ள மாவட்ட சங்கங்கள் குப்தாவிற்கு சூட்டப்பட்டுள்ள இந்த பட்டங்களை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்போகிறோமா அல்லது யாரோ ஒருவர் நமது மாவட்ட சங்கங்களின் பெயரில் ஆமாம் குப்தா துரோகி தான் என்று நோட்டீஸ் போட்டு அனுப்பினால் வினியோகம் செய்து கொண்டிருக்கப்போகிறோமா?

STRIKE DEMANDS -STATUS

Strike agreement: Proposal is reportedly ready for onward transmission to Management Committee for its approval. HQR is constantly persuing the matter. 

Strike demands and follow up action Work is in full swing proposal to MC within the weak. –NFTE CHQ NEWS

Status of 78.2% IDA Pay Fitment Case: GM(Estt.) mentioned that MC Note on this issue has been prepared and send to EF Cell, BSNL Corporate Office for concurrence and thereafter with the approval of Competent Authority  it will be sent to BSNL MC for approval and then to BSNL Board. We requested that the agreement signed between PGM(SR) and Unions/Associations representatives took place after the approval of MC Members only, hence, the note on this issue shall be sent to BSNL Board for approval to avoid delay.

Superannuation benefits to BSNL Recruited employees: GM(Estt.) informed that the proposal in this regard has been sent to the Committee, examining the case.-SNEA NEWS

வேலை நிறுத்தக் கோரிக்கை அனுமதி பெற நிர்வாக கமிட்டிக்கு ஒருவார காலாத்திற்க்குள் செல்ல உள்ளதாக மத்திய சங்கம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது .

BWA SPECTRUM-PAYMNET WILL BE DELAYED

New Delhi: There’s some bad news for state-owned telecom operator BSNL. The company, which was hoping for a refund of R8,000 crore after the government accepted its request for surrendering its broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in 20 circles, would have to wait for more than a year to get the money back.

This is because the department of telecommunications (DoT) has decided that only after the surrendered spectrum is auctioned would it pay the company back, depending on the proceeds from the spectrum sale.

The next round of auctions for BWA spectrum in the 2.5 Ghz band, which BSNL has surrendered, has not yet been planned by the government. Sources said that it could easily take more than a year for it to be scheduled.

The delay in the refund would mean that BSNL would not be able to factor in the amount in its results for the fiscal 2011-12, during which it is

தராமலே 5000 கோடிக்கு 14% வட்டி வாங்கியது போல,ஒருநாள் தாமத்துக்கு ரூ33/ கோடி வாங்கியது போல, நமது பணத்திற்க்கு வட்டி மத்திய அரசு தருமா?