BSNL Employees Two Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015 – Demanding Revival of BSNL
FORUM OF BSNL UNIONS / ASSOCIATIONS
D-7, Telegraph Place, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110 001.
D-7, Telegraph Place, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110 001.
Press Release
20th April, 2015
BSNL Employees Two Days Strike on 21-22 April 2015
Demanding Revival of BSNL
Demanding Revival of BSNL
As per the call of the Forum of BSNL
Unions/Associations, the BSNL Employees, both executives and
nonexecutives numbering around 2.25 lakhs, will resort to Two Days
Strike on 21-22 April 2015 demanding immediate action from the
Government and BSNL Management for the Revival of BSNL.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited was the
No.1 telecom company in India and was having an annual revenue of about
Rs.40,000 crore and profit of about Rs 8,000 – 10,000 crore till 2006.
The non-implementation of the government assurances on financial
viability, continued cancellation of the BSNL tenders of
mobile equipment, confiscation of the cash balance of the company by the
government on one pretext or other, discriminating BSNL in favour of
private companies -all these deliberate decisions have pushed BSNL in
to loss for the last five years.
The government has withdrawn from its
assurance to pay ADC, refund of licence fee and liberal subsidy from the
USO fund, for compensating BSNL for the loss of about Rs.10,000 crore
per year for providing services to the villages and rural areas in the
country which is as per the universal connectivity policy of
the government. The present loss of the company around Rs. 7,000- 8,000
crore per year will be covered and there will be profit for BSNL if
these assurances are honoured and implemented.
Immediate purchase of various equipments
for providing mobile, broadband etc. services are most important.
Sufficient funds are required for the same, which BSNL is not having at
present. An amount of Rs. 6,700 crore is due to be paid to BSNL by
Government towards the cost of spectrum, which the BSNL has surrendered.
An amount of Rs. 1,250 crore, allotted to BSNL in lieu of ADC for
providing loss making connections for 2012-13, is still pending payment.
The employees are demanding that these two amounts be paid immediately
so that BSNL can purchase required equipment.
The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations
has suggested various proposals for providing better service to
the customers on which also no action is taken.
The Forum also demands that BSNL should
start 4G services without any delay. It also has demanded that it should
be made mandatory for the Central/State Governments and PSUs to take
BSNL service as was done in the case of Air India.
The strike Demands submitted by the
Forum are mainly intended to improve the services and to better
the financial viability of the company. However, neither the Secretary,
Department of Telecom nor the Communications Minister have so far called
the Unions/associations for any discussion or settlement of the issues.
The entire responsibility for the strike and its adverse affect on the
services and difficulties to the public lies upon the Government and the
Management.
The Two Days Strike on 21-22 April will
start from the mid-night of 20-21 April 2015. We solicit the support of
all in our effort to improve the BSNL services and revive it.
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V.A.N.Namboodiri
Convener
Mob: 09868231431
V.A.N.Namboodiri
Convener
Mob: 09868231431
Source: www.bsnleuchq.com
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