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CHQ News: Joint committee recommendations on implementation of CPSE cadre hierarchy in BSNL

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Joint committee recommendations on implementation of CPSE cadre hierarchy in BSNL to streamline the promotional avenue of executives which is presently at stand still due to thousands of litigation on seniority issues, has finally signed by the committee members, of course with the dissent note of two members who are master in lingering and criticizing the decisions sitting on the decision taking chair. They have not only given dissent note but raised various hypothetical questions on the recommendations of the joint committee signed by the majority of the members. Click here for recommendations on implementation of CPSE cadre hierarchy

This association is highly thankful to our Chairman of the committee Sh Mohd. Ashraf Khan for taking bold and much required decision in the best interest of the company as well as executives. This issue was studied and highlighted only by AIGETOA but we extend heartiest gratitude to all executives association for recognizing and supporting this very basic demand of AIGETOA.

After going through the longer dissent note of the GM (Establishment) than the actual recommendations any one can realize her lack of knowledge about the field working of the BSNL and her negative approach towards the career of internal executives of BSNL. It may be because she had never worked in field and she is still living in DOT era where only ITS officers are recognized as owner of the company and JTO was Group-C. Go through her long dissent note and following observation of this association on her dissent note. Dissent Note of GM(Estt)& Dissent Note of GM(EF)

• As per her dissent note one JTO working on E4 cannot handle the responsibility of AGM without soldering the role and responsibility of SDE, Sr.SDE. she must know that the JTO who is working on E4 has worked about 15-16 years out of which he has actually worked more than 10 years as SDE or Sr. SDE in field and also sometimes DE/AGM in the name look after, officiating or on any other compulsion. Moreover in present scenario there is no difference in working of JTO, SDE and Sr. SDE in field. If one JTO will confine his working at the level of JTO only, complete working of BSNL will collapse just within month. She is one among who is very much advocating the external recruitment in the name of MT and DGM. As per her opinion one external candidates with 12 years of post qualification experience in any field and at any level having no idea of BSNL and have never worked at the level of JTO, SDE , Sr. SDE and DE/AGM in BSNL, can well work in BSNL as DGM but one JTO of BSNL who has worked at all the level and in all the field of telecom cannot work as AGM. This completely shows her lack of knowledge in field working and negative approach towards the career of internal executives.

• She also pointed out that if this policy is implemented performance orientation in the company will be compromised. We can only pray for madam to “Get well soon” if she believes that existing promotion of executives are based on performance and talent and executives are getting functional promotion on account of their performance and talent in BSNL.

• She has also pointed out that existing promotion policy where one JTO remain JTO for more than 20 years is time tested hierarchy to meet the BSNL requirement and if recommendations are accepted one JTO will be promoted to SDE just in 5 years and there will become zero JTO in next five years. She must have realized the fact that BSNL has recruited professionally qualified executives at JTO/JAO not the bounded laborer. Feeder level post is not filled by stopping the promotion but it is filled by making regular induction. Every executive have the right of promotion to next grade at par with similarly placed CPSEs so that their social parity can be maintained and to attract the loyalty. Existing promotion policy of BSNL is not time tested but has become complete outdated 15 years before on the day of formation of CPSE. As per her mentioning she has studied the various HR policies of different CPSE, it would have been better if she had named one CPSE where direct recruits executives are not promoted to next grade just in 3-4 years. DOP&T said one candidates having diploma cannot become Engineer before 10 years of service but she is pleased to propose TTA (Diploma at NE9) to be promoted to JTO ( Engineer at E2) just in five years i.e. one non-executives (diploma qualification) virtually got one promotion to JTO (Engineering Graduate) but he actually get five promotion just in five years as he jumped E10, E11, E0 and E1 pay scale but she proposed one JTO (E2) to SDE (E3) promotion in 12 years and then in 10 years.

• She has no objection if all ADET (now proposed MT) recruited at E3 level will cross the outer wall of pay scale i.e. E9 before his retirement but she is unable to digest if one JTO/JAO recruited at E2 level will reach to E5 level. She has advocated the LICE as a tool to measure the talent but rejected the actual performance in field which can be measured through APAR only. Instead of advocating LICE/LDCE she should have advocated the monitoring of APAR w.r.t. actual performance of the executives in field rather forcing the executives to show their performance on paper. We know various such JTO who could not qualify the LDCE just because they are performing in field and many such JTO have qualified the LDCE just because they don’t perform in field but have sufficient time to study.

• All CPSE of the country promote their all direct recruits executives functionally at least up to E7 level irrespective of their performance and some good performer will reach up to E9 scale and Directors but here she has proposed that most of the direct recruits executives must get retire at the level AGM (E4) and some can reach up to Directors by passing the exams based on academic syllabus. She must know that executives are working more than 20 years on single post not because of their performance and talent but because of complete HR failure for which she is one of the responsible officers.

• There is no doubt when one outdated promotion policy will be replaced belated by new one there will be number of issues but all such issues will be resolved over the time. Does it mean we should live in outdated era? What we can say that the person who is sitting on the chair of decision making must take decision and must be confident enough to handle the consequences rather she stop the decision in the fear of consequences. Our CMD and Director (HR) must ensure that any person who is sitting specially on such chairs must belong to BSNL and must have worked at least 15-20 years in filed so that informed and unbiased decision can be expected in the best interest of the company.

MEETING DETAIL WITH DIRECTOR (HR) HELD ON 23-09-2015

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As assured by Director (HR) and CMD BSNL meeting was held at BSNL CO on 23-09-2015 on DGM recruitment issue, The meeting was chaired by Director (HR) and was attended by Shri Ravi Shil Verma, President AIGETOA and Shri Amit Roy, AGS AIGETOA along with GS AIBSNLEA Shri Prahlad Rai, Finance Secretary AIBSNLEA Shri T. C. Jain from forum side and GM (Admin), GM (Estt), Addl. GM (SR) and other officers from Personnel cell also attended the meeting to discuss the issues pertaining to stopping of ongoing recruitment of DGMs.

Director (HR) categorically stated that some vital steps have been lapsed by recruitment wing in handling the recruitment process of DGMs and the issue of RRs not coming favorably for internal candidates needs to be thoroughly examined. She informed that CMD BSNL has felt the need for getting into the details of the recruitment. She also informed that on the instructions of CMD BSNL, she has instructed Recruitment Cell to put on hold the complete recruitment process of DGMs till further orders which included not declaring the results of Interviews also. CMD BSNL has desired to get into the details of the complete recruitment process of DGMs on the concern raised by the association and accordingly a self-explanatory note shall be presented to CMD giving details of the circumstances under which DGM RR was framed, the amendments which are required for addressing the concern of the internal candidates and other details. She further told since GM (Pers) is on leave and she herself shall be out of country for one week, so a meeting will be held with forum on the second week of October to discuss the way forward on the issue.

She further advised restraint on the part of associations in the meetings to discuss the matter in cordial environment and assured that issues shall be given due hearing and justice will prevail. Association side assured full cooperation in this regard.

Apart from DGM issue and other issues pertaining to AIBSNLEA, TTA to JTO (Direct) quota pay fixation case was also discussed. Forum pleaded with Director (HR) to allow option to exercise on promotion to the JTOs recruited under direct quota after technical resignation from TTA cadre as per DoPT guidelines and other PSUs HR policies on the matter. Director (HR) Directed GM (Estt) to examine the case in detail as per the documents submitted by the association side.

M.S.S Rao to continue as CGMT Kerala

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Shri.M.S.S.RAO will continue as CGMT KERALA as ordered by Hon. High Court of Kerala.

3G Data STVs to be revised w.e.f October 1st

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Popular Data STVs 139 and 78 will be withdrawn. For Data STV 98 and 155 validity reduced by 2 days. New Combo Voucher Rs.239 introduced with 1GB data + Rs. 100/- talk time, data validity 14 days. New tariff will be effective from 01.10.2015.

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Employee's EPF contribution for training period to be born by BSNL

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For payment of EPF for pre-induction  training period of BSNL recruited employees, as a one time measure the employee's share of EPF contribution will be borne by BSNL and no deduction on this account shall be deducted from the salary of the employees.

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Recruitment of DGM from among external candidates and out action regarding

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Recruitment of DGM from among the external candidates having Engineering Degree (60%) and post qualification experience with minimum 5 years in a company having turnover of Rs 100 Cr but denying the internal executives having Engineering Degree (up to 80%) along with additional qualification of MTech/MBA and experience more than 12 years in BSNL itself having turnover more than RS 27000 Cr is not at all justified. Even a layman can realize this fact.

As per our analysis and information received through internal sources, more than 750 internal candidates have passed the written exam of DGM without any preparation and hardly 2-3 candidates from external are in top 100. Denying the internal talent and recruiting inferior DGM from among external candidates is nothing but simply a scam on cost of our career and compromising the interest of the company. We are not only the employee of this company but also a stake holder. This company is made with the taxes of the public which includes our parents also. Nobody is having authority to employ the officers as per his whims and fancy. There must be parity in eligibility and open competition. Candidates securing higher merit must be given appointment. Internal candidates are always given preference but here in BSNL internal candidates are kept out from the race for DGM recruitment. This is nothing but simply abuse to our qualification, talent and experience.

Although, this decision was taken by the earlier board and our present CMD and Director (HR) both have assured to take final call which shall be fair and just. Meeting on this issue is scheduled on 23-09-2015 with Director (HR) where we expect the decision to scrap this discriminatory DGM recruitment which is filled with vested interest and chance of corruption.

Meanwhile this association requests every executive who have appeared in the DGM exam held on 20-10-2013 to please represent against this DGM recruitment once again to secure our legal right. this association also request to members to please explore the possibility of legal remedy in line of this representation to take stay on DGM appointment. The format for representation is attached herewith. (Finance people must make changes as per requirement).

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Please send one advance copy directly to Director (HR) through speed post

CMD's speech at AIGETOA & AIBSNLEA Joint Open Session on 25th August

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Shri Anupam Srivastava, CMD, BSNL took part in Joint Open Session of AIGETOA and AIBSNLEA held at Kolkata on 25.08.2015.

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RECOMMENDATION ON CPSE HIERARCHY IS FINALIZED

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Joint Committee recommendation on CPSE cadre hierarchy and uniform first time bound promotion is finalized on 11-09-2015 and signed by all the associations. As per the recommendations eligibility for all the promotions from one grade to another grade from JTO/JAO onwards will be uniform five years up to DGM on functional basis irrespective of vacancies and after achieving the bench marks and then DGM to SG-JAG time bound upgrdation will be given to those who are not able to get further promotion due to constraints of vacancies. However charge of DGM will be given up to the number of vacancies available in DGM cadre and rest of the executives will be treated DGM in parking lot i.e. they will get the charge of DGM as and when vacancy created without conducting further DPC. To resolve the past anomaly of first time bound upgradtion it is recommended that first promotion will be uniform in 5 years and same will be review notionally without affecting the financial benefits of those who have already got in 4 years. All the association have tried their level best to make eligibility of 4 years for first promotion but Chairman of the committee clearly conveyed that two member of this committee have already given their decent note and CMD has clearly conveyed that on implementation of CPSE cadre hierarchy there should not be any financial implication on company for getting approval from BSNL board. If committee will recommend in 4 years there is high risk that Management Committee itself will drop the recommendations on account of financial implication. This is not the best career policy as per our expectation but still much-much better than existing policy therefore we all should welcome this policy at this point of time and extend heartiest thanks to Chairman of the committee for moving towards resolution of this long pending issue. True copy of recommendations will be uploaded on website after getting signed from two more committee members who have given decent note which is expected on Monday.

Re-classification / Up-gradation of CitiesTown on the basis of census -2011

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BSNL Coporate office endorsed the Reclassification of Towns and Cities on the basis of Census 2011 for the purpose of HRA. Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur and Kollam classified as 'Y' type Cities with 20% HRA. 

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DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CPSE CADRE HIERARCHY

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Chairman of the Joint Committee circulated the draft recommendation on implementation of CPSE cadre hierarchy in BSNL and seek feedback of the committee members for finalization of recommendation. Click here for draft recommendations

AIGETOA has submitted the feedback for necessary incorporation and modification in draft recommendations. Click here for feedback

CHQ News: Details of meeting at Corporate Office

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SR cell of BSNL CO has issued letter fixing time slot for Associations and Unions to have meeting with Director (HR) in every month. Click here for letter

In adherence to the letter issued by SR cell, AIGETOA had submitted the agenda letter to Director (HR) on 02-09-2015 for discussion in the scheduled time slot for AIGETOA on 03-09-3015. Click here for letter

Meeting was held with Director (HR) on 03-09-2015 at schedule time and discussion on the agenda items as submitted above was held. President Sh Ravishil Verma, AGS Sh Amit Roy, CWC member Delhi Sh Vivek, OS Delhi Sh Badri Mehta from Association side and GM (Pers), GM (Estt), GM (SR), DGM (Pers) were present in the meeting. AIGETOA has submitted the detail of the issues with actual demand and justifications on which discussion is held. Click here for detail of the issues

Outcome of the meeting:

30% superannuation Benefit:

Director (HR) proposed 6% of Basic+DA for contribution towards pension scheme as a part of 30% superannuation benefit in respect of direct recruits and she mentioned that as per the earlier committee report date of effect will be from the date of presidential order in this regard. She also mentioned that it has never been appraised to her about the demand of AIGETOA for date of effect from Oct-2000. We strongly conveyed that it is wrong to say that AIGETOA has not appraised about the date of effect from Oct-2000. In our every letter and agitation notice all the facts and details about quantum and date of effect both are mentioned very clearly. In fact, Association has written at least five letters to madam herself on this issues when she was working as ED (Finance) and now Director (HR).

AIGETOA appreciated the effort and concern of Director (HR) after her joining for resolution of this very genuine and critical issue but at the same time strongly coveys that 6% contribution against 12% due and date of effect from date of presidential order against Oct-2000 is not a fair deal and justice to the direct recruits. Most of the JTO/JAOs have already completed their half of the service and if pension scheme will be implemented from date of presidential order, it will not only be gross injustice to them but also their retired life will be on dark. AIGETOA will further take up this issue with CMD BSNL and request to take decision purely one merit and render justice to the direct recruits on this issue which is nothing but our life after retirement. We understand the difficulty of the BSNL board to make contribution for past arrear which will come around Rs 300 Cr but we are not demanding this amount as on today. BSNL board must agree principally and arrear amount can be contributed in installments say Rs 50 Cr per year or even less or when company earns profit. Rs 300 Cr from the account of the company having turnover in tune of Rs 30000 Cr is not a big amount especially when it saves the retire life of around about 30000 employees. Most importantly BSNL has already deducted this amount from the salary of direct recruits by extending lower pay scale of E1A instead E2 in the name of pension contribution; there is no question of stopping arrear contribution. This association is very much hopeful that our present CMD, Director (HR) and other board of Directors will understand the criticality, merit and necessity of the issue so that issue can be resolved in totality to end the fight for ever.

DGM recruitment from among outside:

Detail discussion on this issue took place and association has clearly conveyed the resentment of the qualified executives of BSNL that they are not at all going to accept any such recruitment which have no merit, framed to satisfy some vested interest on the cost of internal executives and only abuse/hurt our dignity and talent hence demanded to scrap the ongoing process of DGM recruitment from among outside ignoring more qualified and experience internal talent. Association has also demanded to have investigation behind vested interest in making DGM recruitment from among outside. This association is quite sure that some VYAPAM type of scam will come out if it will be investigated with proper agency. Director (HR) was quit convinced with our concern but conveyed that this decision was taken by the earlier board and She is not in the position to declare it wrong without going into the depth of the issue. She wants some more time to study the background of the issue but assured that no injustice will be done on internal candidates. She instructed GM (Pers) to share all the detail behind DGM recruitment and also the court order based on which eligibility of the internal candidates were denied. She wanted to know that whether court has denied or RR made by BSNL itself has denied the eligibility of the internal candidates. if BSNL has not made eligible to internal candidates by putting some specific conditions in RR, what was justification behind such conditions?

One increment to the SDEs promoted through LDCE:

Association has put all the facts and justification on this issue and after having detail discussion Director (HR) seems convinced and instructed GM (Pers) to share complete detail for delay in conducing LDCE-2012 and court order in this regard based on which BSNL has already extended one increment to 124 SDEs qualified through LDCE-2002 in similar case. Director (HR) assured to take decision on merit without any discrimination and injustice. She also instructed this association to have followed up on this issue for final disposal.

Strike called by Central Trade Unions on 02-09-2015

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General Strike called by Central Trade Unions on 02-09-2015 is completely Trade Union Movement. AIGETOA appreciate their demands and extend solidarity but being executives association by birth this association cannot become part and parcel of any trade union movements.

UPDATE ON 30% SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS

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Under direction of the then GM (Establishment) Sh R K Goyal contribution towards pension scheme as a part of superannuation benefits was calculated and arrived at 3%. As per his calculation if 3% contribution is made towards the pension scheme of direct recruits they will get more pension then absorbed employees covered under Government Pension scheme under rule 37-A. On strong objection to his manipulated calculation and consistent persuasion of this association BSNL board has returned the proposal to remuneration committee of BSNL board with remark to have a fresh calculation in consultation with this association. This association along with establishment cell of BSNL CO under direction of new GM (establishment) Smt. Madhu Arora has gone through the detail calculation considering all the possibilities in future. It is established through calculation that if all future pay revision will happen with 30% fitment benefits BSNL has to contribute more than 85% of Basic + DA towards the pension scheme of direct recruits to match the pension benefits of absorbed employees. If all the future pay revision will happen with only DA merger and without any fitment benefits BSNL has to contribute more than 43% of Basic + DA towards the pension scheme of direct recruits to match the pension benefits of absorbed employees. Similarly if there is no any future pay revision in BSNL and even DA is not merged (this situation will never come in any CPSE because before that CPSE will be closed) BSNL has to contribute 6% of Basic + DA towards the pension scheme of direct recruits to match the pension benefits of absorbed employees.

As we are talking in present date where pay revision is implemented with 30% fitment benefits, BSNL has to contribute more than 85% of Basic+ DA towards the pension scheme of direct recruits to match the pension benefits of absorbed employees. Surprisingly the then GM establishment Sh R K Goyal had presented calculation before all association/unions and even BSNL board that with 3% contribution direct recruits will get more pension than absorbed employees.

Now establishment cell of BSNL CO have moved the file with correct calculation including all the option. This file is routed through EF cell of BSNL CO and will finally reach to remuneration committee of board. Remuneration committee will decide the quantum and date of effect of superannuation benefits based on new calculation which will finally be put up to BSNL board. We believe that decision will be taken on merit and we have every justification for pension contribution not less than 12% of Basic + DA and date of effect 01.10.2000.

UPDATE ON CPSE CADRE HIERARCHY-MYSTERIOUS ACT OF SOME ASSOCIATION

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It seems that some association meeting with some committee members are trying to misguide the executives on CPSE cadre hierarchy. Association known for very fast update but late updation on website on such big issue and achievement clearly shows that they are trying to play something else. First of all the joint committee was not of the unanimous opinion of time bound functional promotion up to Sr SDE and equivalent grades. At least AIGETOA and AIBSNLEA have never accepted such proposal and there is no meaning of accepting such useless proposal. Sr. SDE is not a functional post and as per existing policy one JTO/JAO have scope to reach up to DE/AGM level just in 10 years but with such proposal one JTO/JAO can reach to DE/AGM only after 15 years. Only two members known for negative attitude and stopping the genuine benefits and growth of executives have opposed functional promotion up to DGM just because they don’t want to see internal executives as DGM in BSNL. Chairman of the committee clearly said that when one Engineering Graduate and CA/ICWA from outside can become DGM in BSNL just in 12 years of post qualification experience why can’t our internal executives possessing all the qualification and experience in BSNL itself. We agree that after adopting functional promotion up to DGM number of DGM and DE will increase substantially but this cannot be the reason to deny the genuine promotional avenue of internal qualified executives and making recruitment from outside. Moreover most of the executives in the grade of DE and DGM are going to retire in coming years. Number of executives in each grade can be optimized by regulating the recruitment at feeder level every year. Apart from this increased number of DE and DGM can easily be accommodated in big company like BSNL by work allocation and redefining the work profile. BSNL has no need of Joint GM, Add. GM, Sr.GM and PGM but these posts are created just to ensure the promotional avenue of ITS officers and accommodate in BSNL by work allocation. If this association is so much concern of increased number of DE/DGM then they must accept the qualification bar at the level of DE as of original proposal of BSNL so that only qualified executives can reach to DE and above. This will also solve all the problems of executives as well as company. Executives association must not play with the career of executives just for taking favour of some vested interest in BSNL and making survival of their Netagiri.