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NEWS - FEBRUARY 2011

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NEWS PERTAINING TO FEBRUARY 2011

28.02.2011: Shri S.C.Misra to hold additional charge of CMD BSNL: Consequent to retirement of Shri Gopal Das, Shri S.C.Misra, Member (S), DoT will hold additional charge of CMD BSNL till appointment of a regular incumbent or till futher orders, in pursuance of a DoT order.

28.02.2011: Highlights of Union Budget: Personal income tax exemption limit for individual tax payers raised to Rs 1.8 lakh from Rs 1.6 lakh. Tax exemption limit for senior citizens increased to Rs 2.5 lakh from Rs 2.4 lakh and eligibile age for senior citizens reduced to 60 years against 65 years. Tax exemption limit for senior citizens over 80 years at Rs 5 lakh. No new tax exemption limits for women. No filing of tax returns if salary is only income. This decision, which will come into effect from June 1, 2011, will reduce the compliance burden on small taxpayers, according to the Memorandum to the Finance Bill 2011. But every person whose income exceeds the taxable limit is required to file return of income.

25.02.2011:Another committee to scout for CMD BSNL: Recently, the government has constituted a new committee under Sam Pitroda to scout for state owned BSNL and MTNL's Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). BSNL's current CMD Gopal Das, who was given additional charge about seven months ago, is retiring next Monday. The committee also includes Cabinet Secretary K M Chandresekhar , Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair and UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani as members for selecting the top officials of the two telecom PSUs. The posts of CMD in BSNL has been lying vacant since August 1, 2010, while that of MTNL since January, 2010.

25.02.2011: Stay on operation of Foot Note 2 of Schedule IA of BSNL MS RR: Chennai CAT has today dismissed the application seeking deletion of Foot Note 2 of Schedule IA of BSNL MS RR, paving way for issue of various promotion orders pending. It may be recalled that AIBSNLOA was the first Association to implead in the case and the arguments putforth by our senior counsel was appreciated by all.

24.02.2011: Policy for retention of residential service telephone on transfer/deputation/retirement:BSNL has approved the policy for retention of RSTC on transfer/deputation/retirement. View orders...

23.02.2011: CHQ writes to CMD BSNL on removal of disparity in pay scales of BSNL Executives and removal of anomaly in pay fixation of JTO Batches 2007, 2008:We understand that after revelations of the DPE stand by us that “DPE had earlier received the proposal for introduction of intermediary scales particularly in respect of Oil Sector CPSEs. The proposal was not agreed to”, the matter regarding getting approval for revised E2 and E3 scales for JTOs and SDEs and equivalent cadres has gathered momentum. Read More...

23.02.2011: Regular promotion to EE (E) grade: BSNL has issued orders regularising adhoc EE (E). View orders...

20.02.2011: Promotion from SDE (E) to EE (E) on adhoc basis: BSNL has issued orders promotiong SDE (E) to EE (E) on adhoc basis. view orders...

19.02.2011: WiMax licences were misused, confirms DoT report: 'It has also said that BSNL did not insist on experience or expertise in the telecom sector as pre-conditions for appointing franchisees. Only Teracom has experience in the sector.' Read More...

18.02.2011: All India GSM Subscriber figures for January 2011: BSNL's market share inches forward although the growth rate w.r.t. December 2010 comes down. View figures...

17.02.2011: Modifications is Recruitment Rules of Private Secretary in field units: BSNL has issued modifications in Private Secretary Recruitment Rules increasing the LICE quota from 25% to 33%. View orders...

17.02.2011: Pay fixation of direct recruit JTOs of Batch 2007 & 2008: BSNL has kept in abeyance its earlier order dated 15.02.2011. View orders...

15.02.2011: Pay fixation of direct recruit JTOs of Batch 2007 & 2008: BSNL has clarified that personal pay may be allowed on the date of appointment to such JTOs of 2007 & 2008 batches who have been appointed on or after 1.1.2007 but before 05.03.2009. View clarification...

14.02.2011: Web-based mandatory training on financial upgradation: BSNL has reviewed the class room mandatory training and has announced web-based mandatory training on financial upgradation to higher scales w.e.f. April 2011. View orders...

13.02.2011: Why you should switch to BSNL (MNP): Mobile Number Portability is still in nascent stage. A lot of rumours are being planted about BSNL's faring in MNP. For now, we are only to concentrate on talking to and convincing Port-out customers and on advertising the advantages of porting-in to BSNL. For an encouraging change, please go through this tweet...

10.02.2011: TTSL beneficiary of procedural lapses; Bharti, Idea get advantage of policy lapses, says Patil Report: 'The report has named several DoT officials. It said the (TTSL) decision was on the basis of note put by ADG (BS II) Jeet Singh and was endorsed by the then Director (BS II), PK Mittal DDG (BS), RN Goyal Member (P), R Ramanathan Member (F) and Shyamal Ghosh Chairman ( Telecom Commission ), without raising any objection and finally getting approved by the Minister.'- ET Read More...

09.02.2011: TRAI recommends six-fold hike in price of start-up 2G spectrum: In a development that has huge financial implications for existing as well as new operators, telecom regulator TRAI has recommended fixing the price for 6.2 Mhz of pan-India start-up 2G spectrum at Rs 10,972.45 crore, more than six times the present cost of Rs 1,658 crore. In its recommendations to the Department of Telecom (DoT), Trai has also said that every Mhz of additional spectrum (on an all-India basis) beyond the contracted limit of 6.2 Mhz would cost a massive Rs 4,571.87 crore. (PTI)

08.02.2011: Rate of calculating entitlement for Earned Leave and Half Pay Leave: DoPT issues modifications to CCS Leave Rules for calculating entitlement for EL and HPL in respect of Government Servants dismissed, removed from service or who die in service. View O.M.....

04.02.2011: Stay on promotion to SDE (Telecom): The plea for vacating the stay had been posted for today in CAT, Chennai. Hearing has been adjourned to 4th March 2011.

03.02.2011: Mobiles pose health risk, says Government panel: 'Radiation from mobile phones and towers poses serious health risks, including loss of memory, lack of concentration, disturbance in the digestive system and sleep disturbances, according to an inter-ministerial committee formed by the ministry of communications and information technology to study the hazards posed by mobile phones. The committee has also attributed the disappearance of butterflies, bees, insects and sparrows vanishing from big cities to mobile phone-related radiation.' Read More...

03.02.2011: Transfer to TERM cell in SDE grade : BSNL has issued more transfer orders to TERM cell in SDE (Telecom). View orders...

01.02.2011: DoT seeks status report on MNP from Telcos: 'Last week, ET had spoken to a cross-section of consumers across the country who had claimed their text messages for changing operators were not going through or were eliciting terse SMS responses saying "invalid entry" or "no default configured". Telcos, in turn, had liberally indulged in a slanging match by levelling allegations that a section of operators were creating artificial barriers to hold on to their high-end customers who were mulling a switch.' Read More...