28.11.2014:

Leave Travel Concession - Relaxation to travel by private airline for journey to J&K:

DoP&T has relaxed the rules further providing travel by private airlines to J&K on LTC. Officers entitled to travel by air may also travel by private airlines from their headquarters; Officers not entitled to travel by air will be permitted to travel by private airlines between Delhi / Amritsar and any place in J&K. View O.M.

27.11.2014:

Meeting with GM (Restructuring):

GS along with Com. D P S Chawla CWC Member, Com. Dinesh Kumar ACS and Com. Kamal Batra Executive Member of BSNL CO Circle met GM (Restg) today and discussed about the BSNL's proposal on CPSU cadre hierarchy and MT recruitment by BSNL. GM (Restg) told us that proposal of BSNL in respect of CPSU cadre hierarchy has already been circulated but simultaneously maintained that no uniform cadre hierarchy is followed by the PSUs. Even DPE has not issued any guidelines on CPSU cadre hierarchy. However every PSU has evolved its own cadre hierarchy. She explained about the promotion policy of BHEL and NTPC. We told GM (Restg) that at the time of absorption, BSNL had offered a promotion policy where time bound promotion was assured upto the level of SG JAG but BSNL management has not stood by the assurance. We wanted time bound functional promotions to be given as assured at the time of absorption. GM (restg) opined that linking the present financial up-gradation with post required some more stringent conditions in respect of performance. We told GM (Restg) that we will discuss with our memebers and submit our detailed views. We also asked GM (Restg) as to why BSNL wants to recruit management trainee from out side when talent is available within BSNL itself and when BSNL is ready to implement EPP in revised form. GM (Restg) explained that BSNL wants to recruit some young graduates with sales and marketing skills because presently there is paucity of sales and marketing expertise at this level. However GM (Restg) told us that recruitment is not coming under her domain and it will be better to discuss this issue with GM (Pers). We told GM (Restg) that we will discuss this issue with GM (Pers) but we want that before for going external recruitment it is better to search for talent within BSNL as we believe that we can get better talented people within BSNL. We requested GM (Restg) to hold up external recruitment of MT and explore the possibilities of selecting competent people from within BSNL. Meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and GM (restg) appreciated our views.

27.11.2014:

BSNL offers innovative VAS (MSecure & My Moments):

BSNL offers another VAS, MSecure & My Moments for its subscribers in the country in association with M/s Beyond Evolution Tech. Solutions Pvt. Ltd. View Press Release

27.11.2014:

Transfer and posting in CAO grade:

BSNL CO has issued transfer and posting orders in the grade of CAO. View orders

27.11.2014:

Display of answer keys for JTO SRD examination held on 23.11.2014:

BSNL CO has circulated theanswer keys for JTO SRD examination held on 23.11.2014, along with a corrigendum. View circular

27.11.2014:

Tenure transfers in DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued tenure transfer orders in DE/AGM grade. View orders

26.11.2014:

Meeting with GM (FP):

GS met GM (FP) today and discussed the following :

(1) CAO (Adhoc) to CAO (Regular) Promotion:

We conveyed our thanks for issue promotion orders from CAO (Adhoc) to CAO(Regular) for 30 left out cases . We also drew attention of GM (FP) towards our letter dated 11.11.2014 and handed over a copy of the letter again requesting regularizing the remaining CAO (Adhoc), who could not get the promotion since the present DPC was conducted to fill up vacancies upto January 2014 but now more vacancies are available and more promotion on regular basis may be ordered. We explained that now only a few CAO (Adhoc) are waiting for their regularization and this can easily be done by SEA section if it agrees to fill up all the existing CAO vacancies. After some discussion GM(FP) appeared convinced and assured us that he will speak to DGM (FP) and take necessary action to fill up remaining existing vacancies by regularizing the CAO (Adhoc).

(2) JAO to AO Promotion:

GM (FP) informed us that after the comments from CLO, necessary action has been taken and work for filling up all the existing vacancies of AO has commenced and that order may be issued at the earliest, if there are no more hurdles.

(3) AO to CAO(Adhoc) promotion:

GM (FP) informed us that VC has been called for and after receiving VC, DPC work will be started.

(4) Transfer Requests:

GM (FP) informed us that some of the requests have been considered and soon the transfer orders in AO and CAO cadre will be issued.

26.11.2014:

Promotion and posting in CAO (Regular) grade:

BSNL CO has issued promotion and posting orders in the grade of CAO on regular basis. View orders

26.11.2014:

Transfer and Posting in SDE (E) grade:

BSNL CO has issued transfer and posting in SDE (E) grade. View orders

25.11.2014:

Thanks to the Management for Modification in posting orders in DE/AGM grade in respect of Tamilnadu Circle and Chennai Telephones:

Right from the day DE Regular promotion orders were issued on 28.4.2014, AIBSNLOA took up the issue of Executives belonging to Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai Telephones and Karnataka Circle posted outside their circles in large scale inspite of availablity of vacancies in these circles. We repeatedly took up the issue with Sr.GM Pers and CMD, justifying our request with facts and figures. We even met and sought help from Director (CM) and Director (CFA). We met Addl.GM (Pers) almost on daily basis. We did not seek favour. We only insisted that atleast 50% of vacancies available can be used to retain these executives purely on seniority and consideration for ladies. Our Circle Secretaries of Chennai Telephones and Tamilnadu Circle worked relentlessly to get support from the CGMs whenever required. Our sincere and continuous efforts did not go in vain. Orders have been issued retaining 17 executives and retaining another 18 executives upto 31.5.2015, although our request for utilising 50% available posts was not considered. In respect of Karnataka Circle, nothing could be done since the CGM had not sent any list with his recommendation. We are happy that real persistence has paid. We are extremely thankful to CMD, Director (CM), Director (CFA), Sr.GM (Pers), Addl. GM (Pers) and particularly CGM Chennai Telephones and CGMT Tamilnadu Circle. Just have a look at 'What we did'

25.11.2014:

Modification in posting orders in DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued orders retaining 17 Executives belonging to Chennai Telephones and Tamilnadu circle in their parent circles, based on seniority. 18 other Executives of Chennai Telephones/Tamilnadu Circle/STR have been retained upto 31.5.2015. View orders

25.11.2014:

Modification in posting orders in DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued orders retaining three executives in their parent circles temporarily. View orders

25.11.2014:

Promotion to DGM (T) grade on regular basis:

BSNL CO has issued orders promoting 27 Executives to DGM (T) grade on regular basis. View orders

25.11.2014:

Amendment to BSNL Employees Transfer Policy:

BSNL CO has amended BSNL Employees Transfer Policy, exempting persons with disabilities from rotation transfer / transfer. It has also exempted employees having disabled child from rotation transfer / transfer. View orders

25.11.2014:

Preparatory excercise for JTO All India Eligibility list for seniority quota vacancies of 2009-10 onwards - Non-receipt of ACRs:

BSNL CO has circulated the names of 248 JTOs whose ACRs and assessment reports have not been received from the circles. View letter

25.11.2014:

Diversion of JTO / SDE posts from territorial circles to IT Project circle:

BSNL CO has ordered diversion of 212 SDE posts and 162 JTO posts from various territorial circles to various ITPC locations. View orders

25.11.2014:

Tenure transfers in DGM (T) grade:

BSNL CO has issued transfer orders to DGMs (T) who have completed their tenure and to their substitutes. View orders

25.11.2014:

Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices top net losers of subscribers under MNP:

'RCom net loss of subscribers stood over 78 lakhs as on October 30, 2014, Tata Teleservices 53 lakhs and Aircel over 36 lakh net subscribers-- which is more than that of BSNL and MTNL. BSNL net loss of subscribers was over 22 lakh and MTNL lost over 2.7 lakh customers. MTNL , however, lost about 4 times more number of customers than it gained. Only four operators have gained subscribers through MNP-- Idea, Airtel, Vodafone and RCom subsidiary Reliance Telecom.' Read More

24.11.2014:

Modification in posting orders in DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued orders retaining two executives in their parent circles temporarily. View orders

21.11.2014:

Direct Recruitment of JAO through open competitive examination:

BSNL has notified recruitment of 962 Junior Accounts Officers through open competitive examination to be held on 22.2.2015. View details

21.11.2014:

Corrigendum to notification of LDCE for promotion to SDE (T):

BSNL CO has issued a corrigendum in respect of list of topics under "IT" subject of Paper-II. View letter

20.11.2014:

D.O. letter from Director (Consumer Mobility) BSNL:

'I am sure that you are well aware and can also make each employee working in the circle also aware of the fact that 3d PRC which falls due from 2017 will only help our employees get any revision if we show profitability right from 2014-15 to 2016-I7 continuously. This will only be possible if we all put in our best effofts from top to the bottom so that we register handsome profitability all these years.' Read More

19.11.2014:

Revision of pulse duration of calls from BSNL Landline/WLL (Fixed)/CDMA (Fixed):

BSNL CO has circulated revised pulse duration of calls from BSNL Landline / WLL (Fixed)/CDMA (Fixed) on PAN India basis for all Tariff Plans effective from 1.1.2015. View circular

19.11.2014:

Procedure for grant of permission to the pensioners for commercial employment after retirement — revision of Form 25:

DoP&T has revised Form 25 incorporating the conditions prescribed in clauses (b) to (f) of sub-Rule 3 of Rule 10 of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972. View O.M.

17.11.2014:

Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents:

'Considering the fact that the autism spectrum disorder child requires constant caregiver support and it would be imperative for the Government employees to take care of their autism spectrum disorder child on continuous basis, it has been decided to include 'Autism' in the term 'disabled', as defined in Para 3 of the above-mentioned O.M. dated 06.06.2014.' Read More

17.11.2014:

Inclusion of eligible officers who are due to retire before the likely date of vacancies, in the panel for promotion:

'There is no specific bar in the aforesaid Office Memorandum dated April 10, 1989 or any other related instructions of the Department of Personnel and Training for consideration of retired employees, while preparing year-wise panel(s), who were within the zone of consideration in the relevant year(s).' Read More

17.11.2014:

Review of the provisions of CCS (Joining Time) Rules 1979:

DoP&T has proposed to amend some of the Rules and Sub-rules under CCS (Joining Time) Rules 1979. View letter

17.11.2014:

Purchase of diaries:

BSNL CO has approved supply of diaries to all the staff of BSNL (Executives and Non-executives) for the year 2015. View letter

17.11.2014:

Modification in posting orders of DE/AGM Regular:

BSNL CO has modified orders in respect of two executives promoted and posted as DE/AGM on regular basis. View orders

17.11.2014:

Transfer of SDEs (T) to ITPC:

BSNL CO has issued transfer orders for 17 SDEs to ITPC Pune/Hyderabad. View orders

17.11.2014:

Inter-circle transfer in SDE (T) grade:

BSNL CO has issued inter-circle transfer in SDE (T) grade. View orders

14.11.2014:

Meeting with Addl. GM (Pers):

GS met Addl. GM (Pers) today and enquired whether there was any progress in revision of posting orders in DE/AGM Regular grade. Addl.GM (Pers) said that a few cases among those recommended by CGM Chennai Telephones purely based on seniority are being considered. He also said that no recommendations based on seniority have been received from CGMs Tamilnadu Circle and Karnataka Circle. GS also requested early issue of promotion orders to DGM (T) on adhoc basis. Addl.GM (Pers) informed us that the outcome of the '206' case in Supreme Court on 26th November 2014 is being awaited. We have requested that, in case there is further adjournment, promotion orders should be issued immediately, subject to the final outcome of the case, without waiting further.

14.11.2014:

JTO (T) to SDE (T) promotion - Judgment reserved in the seniority case in CAT Ernakulam:

Arguments in the case have been concluded today and judgment has been reserved.

14.11.2014:

Debt management: DoT may offer Rs 11,000 crore loan to address BSNL’s concerns:

'"There is no decision yet, but a possible option to deal with MTNL's dues in the run-up to any potential merger into BSNL is a sizeable long-tenure soft loan at 1-1.5% to the post-merger entity," a top government official aware of the matter told ET. He said such a soft loan would roughly be equivalent to MTNL's outstanding debt at the point of merger with BSNL.' Read More

13.11.2014:

CHQ again writes to CMD regarding approving E2 and E3 scales for JTOs/equivalent cadres and SDEs/equivalent cadres respectively without further delay:

'There are reports about the Third Pay Revision Committee being constituted by the Government as the next pay revision will become due in just two more years w.e.f. 1.1.2017 from now. If the standard pay scales of E2 and E3 are not granted to the JTOs and SDEs respectively before III PRC starts its work, these cadres will be denied the justified scales in the next pay revision too.' Read More

13.11.2014:

CHQ writes to GM (FP) regarding Promotion to CAO on regular basis - Filling up the vacancies available on date:

'Since the APARs and VCs of more number of executives are already available, we request you to kindly cause initiation of CPC proceedings so that these executives can be promoted against the vacancies that have arisen upto October 2014.' Read More

13.11.2014:

LDCE for promotion to SDE (T) notified:

BSNL CO has notified LDCE for promotion to SDE (T) grade to be held on 15.2.2015. View letter

13.11.2014:

Preparatory work for promotion to SDE (T) under seniority quota - furnishing of current vigilance status:

According to a BSNL CO communication today, the current vigilance status has not been received yet from ALTTC, BBNW, BH, BRBRAITT, DTD, ETP, GUJ, HP, HAR, IN, JKD, KRL, MH, NCES, NE-I, NETF, NTP,NTR, RAJ, STP, STR, WTP and WTR Telecom circles.

13.11.2014:

Method of pay fixation in IDA pay scale in respect of absorbed officials of BSNL who were promoted after 1.10.2000 and opted for IDA pay scales from the date of their promotion:

DoT has sought for some information on the subject to decide the mechanism of pay fixation. View letter

13.11.2014:

Revision in posting orders on promotion to DE/AGM grade on regular basis:

BSNL CO has revised the orders in respect of one executive, retaining her in the parent circle. View orders

12.11.2014:

Meeting to discuss Management's proposal for conducting online examination:

As scheduled the meeting was held yesterday afternoon. AIBSNLOA was represented by GS and Com.V.Gurumoorthy, FS. We raised the following issues, which have been agreed to be examined:1. Whether the proposal to engage Examination Agencies will be cost effective as compared to the present system? 2. As the process of empanelment and calling of bids will be lengthy, the period of empanelment may be 4 or 5 years instead of the proposed 2 years. 3. Syllabus for all examinations should spell out all the subjects covered in detail so that setting up of question bank will be without hassles like out of syllabus questions. 4. Model question papers should be made available for all the examinations sufficiently in advance. 5. Most importantly, a calendar of examination should be drawn up every year and the examination schedules should be strictly adhered to. Otherwise seniority issues will continue to increase resulting in numerous court cases.

12.11.2014:

Cabinet approval for hiving off BSNL mobile towers business still hanging fire:

Cabinet approval for hiving off BSNL's mobile towers into a wholly owned subsidiary is hanging fire as the government is undecided on the standalone business potential of the 65,000-strong tower network. (ET)

11.11.2014:

CCS (CCA) (Second Amendment) Rules 2014:

DoP&T has notified CCS (CCA) (Second Amendment) Rules 2014, providing to the Government Servant an opportunity of representing against the advice of the Commission, wherever such consultation with the Commission is necessary. View notification

11.11.2014:

Revised tentative time schedule for membership verification of BSNL executives associations:

BSNL CO has circulated revised tentative time schedule for membership verification of BSNL executives associations, subject to the outcome of the court case. View letter

11.11.2014:

Benefit of past service to TTAs for pay fixation in JTO grade - clarification:

BSNL CO has clarified that para 4 of its orders dated 23.6.2010 will be applicable to internal officials selected against DR JTO quota of 2007 and 2008 batches also, provided they had applied through proper channel. View clarification

11.11.2014:

Regular promotion to DGM (F) grade:

BSNL CO has issued orders promoting 4 executives as DGM (F) on regular basis. View orders

11.11.2014:

Corrigendum to regular promotion to DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued a corrigendum to its orders dated 20.8.2014 on regular promotion to DE/AGM grade. View orders

10.11.2014:

Retention in parent circle on promotion as DE Regular:

BSNL CO has issued orders retaining five executives in their parent circles upto 31.3.2015. View orders

10.11.2014:

Modification in posting orders of DE Regular promotion:

BSNL CO has issued modification to the circle of posting in respect of two executives. View orders

07.11.2014:

Tenure transfer in SDE (T) grade:

BSNL CO has issued transfer orders to one SDE (T) who has completed his tenure and to his substitute. View orders

07.11.2014:

Modification in allocation of zone on promotion from JTO (c) to SDE (C) and transfer and posting in the grade of SDE (C):

BSNL CO has issued orders modifying allocation of zone on promotion from JTO (c) to SDE (C) and orders of transfer and posting in the grade of SDE (C). View orders

05.11.2014:

Promotion of AOs/Sr.AOs to the grade of STS (CAO/AGM) on ad-hoc basis - calling of APAR:

BSNL CO has circulated a list of 345 AOs/Sr.AOs eligible for promotion to CAO grade on adhoc basis and has called for their APARs for the period from 1.4.2009 to 31.3.2014. View letter

05.11.2014:

Promotion and posting from JTO to SDE (T) grade under 33% competitive quota:

BSNL CO has issued promotion and posting order to SDE (T) grade on the basis of LDCE held on 4.3.2012 for one JTO. View orders

05.11.2014:

Regular promotion to DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued promotion and posting in DE/AGM grade on regular basis for one executive notionally w.e.f. 20.8.2014. View orders

05.11.2014:

Tenure transfers in DE/AGM grade:

BSNL CO has issued transfer orders to DEs/AGMs who have completed their tenure and to their substitutes. View orders

03.11.2014:

Proposal for switching over to on-line Examination in BSNL:

BSNL CO has circulated a consultation note on the subject and has called for the views/feedbacks of unions and associations before 14.11.2014, when a meeting will be held to have prelimiary consultations with the representatives of unions and associations. All are requested to send their views on the subject to gsaibsnloa@gmail.com View letter

03.11.2014:

Revision in posting orders of DE Regular:

BSNL CO has issued revised posting orders on promotion to DE/AGM regular for 8 Executives. View orders

03.11.2014:

Inclusion of Aadhaar (Unique Identification) number in Service Book of Government servants:

DoP&T has issued a OM stating that it has been decided to include the respective Aadhaar numbers also of all Government servants in their Service Books. View O.M.

03.11.2014:

Centre to bring in private companies to speed up Rs 20.1k crore National Optic Fibre Network project:

'The telecom commission's recommendation of involving the private sector came after telecom secretary Rakesh Garg's recent call for greater coordination between the BSNL and BBNL failed to speed up NOFN roll-out. BSNL had recently complained that expenses incurred by it for deploying manpower, assets and storage space for the NOFN project had not been provisioned by BBNL.' Read More

03.11.2014:

DoT asks telecom companies to collect 'Aadhaar' number for issuing new SIMs:

'Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked all mobile operators to collect 'Aadhaar' number along with customer application form for issuing new connections and store the unique identification number in their database.' Read More