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Happy New Year - 2020

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A fresh start, this new year will bring
An opportunity, to do the things better
Perhaps, we have put off our dreams
But now, it is the time to make them materialize
Happy New Year 2020

Meeting with Hon Minister of Communication / Electronics & IT, Shri Ravishankar Prasad

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AIGETOA Kerala Chapter met Hon Minister Communication & IT on 31/12/2019 at Hotel Hilton, Trivandrum during minister's visit to Kerala. Team led by our CS Shri Saheer along with ACS Shri Prasadraj, VP Shri Vipal Prem and executive member Shri Sajeev Kumar S. We greeted the minister with bouquet of flowers and conveyed our gratitude for realization of BSNL revival by the government including the budgetary support for VRS which was initially proposed from AIGETOA from association side.

Even in the busy schedule Minister gave time to AIGETOA and acknowledged our efforts and submissions on various aspects with regard to BSNL progression. We wholeheartedly thank our respected minister and assured AIGETOAs full fledged support for the betterment of BSNL to achieve its pristine glory. Minister informed us that government is very much keen to revive BSNL and his foremost concern will be there to take BSNL to profit zone soon.

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Meeting with GM(HR/Admin), Circle Office Kerala

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Our Circle team met GM(HR/Admin), Circle Office today in connection with discrepancies observed in the circulated list of stay particulars of JTOs/SDEs recently.

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GM informed that the updates will be made inline with our submissions. We appraised the concern of executives and requested to avoid displacement of executives at this juncture.

Merry Christmas

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AIGETOA Kerala Wishes A Merry Christmas to all BSNL employees and their families

Circle Stay Particulars in SDE / DE Cader

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The list of circle stay particulars in SDE / DE cader are published at Kerala Circle Intranet.

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Members may please contact DS/DP or CS/CP in case any follow up is required at the Circle office.

CEC Meeting on 14/12/2019

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The CEC Meeting of AIGETOA Kerala was held at Thykkoodom, Ernakulam on 14/12/2019. Detailed discussions on Post VRS scenario proposals took place. Further proceedings on EPF full pension and other legal battles were also elaborately discussed. The meeting decided to reach more BSNL recruits and to make them aware on Pension , Pay & Promotion avenues.

Meeting with Ernakulam BA Administration

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AIGETOA Ernakulam team met administration for the issue of transfer of officers from high range area after completion of tenure period. It was informed that PGMT EKM will be on leave till 6/1/2020. We have appraised about the factual situation prevailing in this matter.

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Murder of Democracy in BSNL - Hand in glove arrangement of SR section with the proclaimed corners

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Recently SR section issued two letters from their section - one seeking feedback of associations wrt freezing the membership window from 15th December 2019 and another conveying decision to freeze the current membership window. In the meanwhile, one of the executive associations was filling its website by RTIs obtained on the membership count. The same association also went to lodge its formal complaint of granting of agenda meeting to AIGETOA on priority and have been running pillar to post to show the membership count of AIGETOA to all parts of BSNL management stating that AIGETOA does not represent the BSNL Recruits and it is in fact they who represent majority of BSNL Recruits. Our simple submission on this was a question that how many times these so called recognised ones have come to you to discuss about the Pay, Pension and Promotion related issues of BSNL Recruits. The question itself made it clear who is the real representative of BSNL Recruits.

It is a well known fact that with end of three years recognition period without resolving any issue of BSNL Recruits, huge migration from these executive associations was anticipated and the ever increasing acceptance of AIGETOA amongst the executives in General and BSNL recruits in particular was adding further to their worry. So again SR cell and GM (SR) in particular came to their rescue through aforesaid letter announcing stoppage of change of membership from one association to other in the pre-designated window of 16th December-15th January. All of the sudden, GM SR realised that this membership change window results in bad blood amongst executives and will result in hampering the works of orgnisation. So taking the shelter of VRS process, he moved a proposal to freeze the membership window so that churning out in Membership of the recognised corners can be avoided. Symbiotic relationship - is a popular term in Biology which means benefit to each other. All these three years, this bad blood was acceptable to GM SR and suddenly after the end of recognition, he realised and accordingly issued a dictat that there will not be any membership change window in the ongoing period which is nothing but assualt on the democratic rights of Executives. So, the change of pre-defined condition before next membership verification is murder of democratic value & complete biasness towards the previous majority and support association which we strongly condemn and demand immediate roll back.

The MV Process was deferred and now even after the period of recognition is over, GM SR has not yet issued any letter for revocation of facilities granted to recognised and support association, thereby increasing their recognition period beyond three years which is illegal, arbitrary and bad in law. We fail to understand this sudden upsurge of love by GM (SR) for the recognised and support association, which prevented him to not issue the very basic letter of withdrawing the recognition of these two associations on completion of their tenure of three years on 12th December, 2019 as notified by SR Section earlier itself vide L. No. BSNL/20-6/SR/2019 on 13th December, 2016.

It's not new that time and again authorities have shown their love for these groups who put all obstacles in the success of BSNL Revival process. AIGETOA has been an avid supporter of the BSNL Revival Process and measures like VRS, rolling back the retirement age to 58 and perhaps it is paying the price for supporting the endeavours of government for BSNL Revival Process. It is now ample clear that people like him want those to flourish in BSNL who have put all the obtacles in the successful implementation of Revival Process.

Anyhow what GM (SR) does considering his prerogative, what management does it as their right, the association will also come up with what it has in their hands i.e. to respond to the situation through organisational means! We have been restraining ourselves keeping in view the cirtical scenario in which our orgnisation is placed in. However, now when it is quite clear that HR managers are least bothered about the prevailing situation and they are in fact provoking executives (BR in particular) by denying them their due rights of promotion, Pay and Pension without any substanatial reasons, it is high time that we also forget the cooperating attitude and launch an all out offensive for realisation of our rights. All the Circle Secretaries and office bearers are requsted to mobilise their cadre and be ready to respond to call of CHQ on the shortest possible time.

We hope that the management will take corrective action and stop patronising those, who have been putting roadblocks to the success of the revival package. We sincerely hope that the management will at least now realise collective strength of 24000 BSNL Recruits amongst the left out 31000 executives Post VRS and resolve their long pending issues of this group who have till now kept itself dedicated to the growth and survival of BSNL and have exercised restraint. We think that management will not provoke its executives to adopt the path of struggle and hence will come up with corrective action.

Urgent attention to resolve Power Plant issue at Ernakulam Transmission Centre

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GS-AIGETOA writes about critical situation of power plant and air-conditioning at Ernakulam Transmission Centre and requested for immediate intervention to restore normalcy.

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AIGETOA extends its good wishes to all employees on the closing time of BSNL VRS Scheme 2019

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AIGETOA extends its good wishes to both set of employees; those who will continue their testing journey with BSNL and to those also who opted for VRS Scheme 2019. It is learnt that total 78569 employees have finally opted for VRS. We believe that both set of employees have contributed for upcoming challenges for growth and revival of BSNL. Those opted VRS have served this department and erstwhile DoT in their prime time and now contributing by choosing VRS scheme to give way for much awaited Revival of BSNL. We acknowledge their long journey & contribution to this department and assure that we will always be available for them as BSNL Parivar.

We also appreciate to all those who are going to remain in BSNL to serve this mother organisation in challenging time. We just want to highlight the famous proverb, "When the going gets tough, only the tough gets going". So, let's come together, move together, grow together and grow BSNL together.

We are of the firm opinion that we will turn around the fortune of this company with our honest and dedicated approach. It is further informed that any adventurism with the future of this company anymore should not be accepted and all of us will have to shed away the negativity and focus ourselves on the revival and growth of the BSNL. We request each and every employee to own this company and simultaneously request the management to come out with concrete and sincere plan/recourse to best utilize the one time opportunity offered by the Government of India to revive this strategic asset of the Nation i.e. BSNL. We will also come up with suggestion and submit to the management for consideration as discussed.

At the same time, we will request the respected CMD, Director (HR) and other senior officers of HR wing to resolve the long pending HR issues of the executives to bring peace and tranquility to the company. We all know that peace, harmony and motivation are paramount factors for growth and development of any organisation. The BSNL also needs to work genuinely in this direction to achieve the desired goal of the government to flourish BSNL once again.

Submission on Fixing KPIs without addressing Field Requirements

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AIGETOA Kerala submitted the field executives concern over, fixing of KPIs without addressing the field requirements by Management.

We are suprised to see such a move only from Kerala circle management alone. We had mentioned earlier also many time on various issues prevailing in field for more than one year with regard to Manpower, Money and Material. The pending closure orders in Kerala Circle itself comes to lakhs and we can't accept such closure responsibilities to be fixed on to field executives for no fault of them.

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CHQ NEWS : Meeting of GS and AIP with CMD BSNL on 29.11.2019 at New Delhi

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GS Shri Wasi Ahmad along with President Shri Ravi Shil Verma, Vice President Shri Badri Kumar Mehta and AGS Shri Yogendra Kumar met CMD BSNL on 29.11.2019 and had an elaborate discussion over JTO to SDE Promotions, Proposed Road Map of organization Post VRS, Payment of Salary, Preparation of seniority List 9, SDE Reversal Issue and other pending HR issues.

CMD BSNL told that it's a tough time and we all will have to sail together and shown confidence of turn around. He said, post VRS situation will have to be handled by all of us collectively and there may be some inconvenience but it also has to be faced jointly by the management and employees. We have our inputs with regard to the restructuring of organization and HR policy. CMD BSNL patiently listened and discussed to all the suggestions. He said that he want BSNL to be a meritocratic organization where weightage should be given to merit and performance. He said he is not only in favour transparent policy but also transparent implementation of the policy, which we seconded also. He said that he wants to have an elaborate discussion with you people over the issues in next 2-3 weeks and told us to prepare a comprehensive proposal regarding organization working and career progression/placement of executives post VRS as the previous one needs more clarity and solution oriented. We said our team is on Job and we will be presenting the same very soon. We ensure our fullest cooperation in the post VRS scenario and requested CMD BSNL to direct the down line to prepare in time so that in post VRS scenario i.e. 1st February 2020 the services remain smooth and conducive.

With regard to salary, it is informed that there is still shortfall in collections due to mandatory payments and Bank MOU payments and salary is expected to be credited in next 2-3 days. AIGETOA is of the firm view that delay in salary will be not be accepted as the hardship is going beyond tolerance. We are here to work and department may utilize our services as per its requirement but the salary should be credited as per standard norm on the last day of the month. Further, we will not accept any preferential treatment in disbursement of salary to any class and if applied and it will lead to serious unrest. So, it is earnestly requested to ensure salary payment uniformly and timely and the same has been communicated to BSNL management. The association will further raise this issue with different authority also.

With regard to JTO to SDE DPC, he said that he is not averse to it but requested to wait till clarity of VRS figure. With regard to LDCE notifications, association is pursuing with Recruitment cell. We hope for action on both DPC as well as LDCE in the month of December. Our team is on close follow up with all the authorities at all levels. On other HR issues also we have been asked to follow up the same after first week of December 2019. With regards to other issues of BRs, CMD said that once the organization is on right path, he is not averse to resolving any issue which even involves financial implications and asked to exercise faith and patience for some more time. We shall be shortly doing a follow up meeting with CMD and Director (HR) on all issues. Our team is fully alert and trying to ensure that issues of Promotions of JTO to SDE, SDE reversal and circulation of list 9 are resolved before VRS implementation i.e. 31st Jan, 2020.

We also strongly raised the PRBT/VAS issues with CMD BSNL and apprised that the hard earned revenue of the CM Vertical is going out due to default services of PRBT/Vas in many of STVs. We demanded that any such services should be on demand basis and not default basis. It was well acknowledged by him and said that he has reduced it a great extend and will further look into its dynamics. We also handed over our representation to him. Click here for the letter

Later in the evening Shri Wasi Ahmad along with Vice President Shri Badri Kumar Mehta and OS Shri Vivek Kumar met PGM Pers regarding JTO to SDE DPC, List 9 preparation/circulation and SDE Reversal issue. He was positive and assured movement of JTO to SDE DPC process by mid of December after getting over the works of VRS and said the list 9 will be released as assured. He also said that the SDE reversal file be processed once all replies received. In the meantime the current order of Hon'ble CAT Chennai is being processed and he assured to take decision in line with the order.

Contract Labour Manning in Post VRS Scenario

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AIGETOA Kerala made submission before CGMT Kerala with regard to contract labour manning in post VRS Scenario during Transition period.

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Notification for CEC Meeting : AIGETOA Kerala

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The notification for next Circle Executive Committee meeting of AIGETOA Kerala is issued.
Date - 14/12/2019 Venue - Ernakulam

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