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NEWS PERTAINING TO SEPTEMBER 2010

  • 30.09.2010:IDA increase w.e.f. 1.10.2010: According to our calculation IDA shall increase by 4.7% from 35.1% to 39.8% w.e.f 1.10.2010.

  • 29.09.2010: Adhoc Promotion to DGM (Finance): BSNL has issued orders promoting 71 regular CAOs as DGM (F) on adhoc basis. View orders...

  • 27.09.2010:Supreme Court refuses to stay Bombay High Court order: The Supreme Court today refused to offer any immediate relief to Vodafone, which has challenged the Bombay High Court order allowing the government to tax the company's $11 billion deal with Hutch. The tax department had raised a demand for Rs 12,000 crore as tax on the 2007 deal. While refusing to stay the high court order, the apex court issued notices to the tax authorities directing them to decide within four weeks the liabilities of Vodafone.(ET)

  • 27.09.2010:Modified orders in circle of posting on DE Adhoc Promotion: BSNL issues another order modifying circle of posting for  Executives  who were promoted as DE Adhoc.  View order ...

  • 26.09.2010:Govt to wait for listing BSNL till its financial performance improves: The government on Wednesday said that it will wait for listing BSNL till the PSU’s financial performance improves. "The issue of listing would be taken after the performance of BSNL improves to get the right valuation and after obtaining the views of different stakeholders, like staff union and associations," DoT said in a reply to queries sent by Public Accounts Committee on performance of BSNL. (TT)

  • 24.09.2010:AIBSNLOA submits Note to DoT on utilisation of BSNL's last mile copper: While making a presentation before the DoT on 9.9.2010, AIBSNLOA was requested by Member (S), DoT to substantiate its stand against unbundling of BSNL's last mile copper by submitting concrete suggestions to better utilise the spare last mile copper with BSNL.  AIBSNLOA has submitted the Note as required by Member (S) pointing out that DoT itself has already opined that 'the Review of international cases has shown that full open access with LLUB has not succeeded and may not be suitable in the medium and long term.'  View Note by AIBSNLOA...

  • 24.09.2010: Shri R.Chandrasekar takes charge as Secretary, DoT: Shri R. Chandrashekhar, a 1975 batch, IAS officer of AP cadre today assumed regular charge of Secretary, Department of Telecommunications which was held by him in addition to his substantive charge of Secretary, Department of Information Technology. Shri Shashi Kant Sharma, a 1976 batch, Bihar cadre, IAS officer took over the charge of Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications and IT from Shri R. Chandrashekhar. Shri Sharma was Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence prior to his appointment as Secretary, DIT. (ET)

  • 24.09.2010:Modified orders in circle of posting on DE Adhoc Promotion: BSNL issues another order modifying circle of posting for  Executives  who were promoted as DE Adhoc.  View order ...

  • 22.09.2010:DoT responds to AIBSNLOA letter addressed to Prime Minister on refund of 3G spectrum charges: AIBSNLOA had written to the Prime Minister on [view letter] requesting refund of 3G spectrum charges and BWA spectrum charges paid by BSNL. PMO had forwarded our letter to DoT for 'action as appropriate'[view our reporting dated 07.09.2010]. DoT has now replied to us explaining the reasons for the competent authority not acceding to our request. View reply...

  • 22.09.2010: DoT & Pitroda clash over roll out of 12000 crore optical fibre project: 'The telecom department’s rationale is based on the fact that state-owned BSNL owns 6.25 lakh route km of OFC of the total 11 route km of OFC laid across India, which is well beyond the present OFC resources of either PowerGrid (20K route km) or RailTel (52K route km).' Read More...

  • 21.09.2010:Promotion to DE Adhoc: BSNL issues promotion orders as DE Adhoc for 5 more SDEs. View orders...

  • 21.09.2010: Corrigendum to Amended BSNL TA/DA Rules 2002: BSNL has issued a corrigendum to the Amendments recently issued by it to the BSNL TA/DA Rules, 2002.  View corrigendum...

  • 20.09.2010:All India GSM Subcriber figures for August 2010: BSNL's GSM subscriber growth rate for August 2010 has improved from 1.76% to 3.37% resulting in a slight increase in GSM Market Share from 14.54% to 14.61%. View figures...

  • 16.09.2010:House panel to probe BSNL's poor FY10 show: The Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has written to the department of telecom to respond with strategies to improve the finances of BSNL, which posted a loss of Rs 1,822.7 crore for the year to end March, a first in the company’s history. In the letter sent last week, viewed by ET, the panel has also asked DoT to specify action taken on BSNL’s long-pending demand of compensation for its loss-making landline operations, especially in rural India. (ET)

  • 15.09.2010:Revision of ceiling for outdoor treatment for BSNL retired employees: BSNL has issued orders revising the ceiling for outdoor treatment to BSNL employees retired prior to 1.1.2007 as well as those who retired after 1.1.2007. View orders...

  • 14.09.2010: Scheme and Syllabus for LICE for promotion to JTO (E): BSNL has circulated the scheme and syllabus for Limited Internal Competitive Examination for promotion to JTO (Electrical). View letter...    View scheme and syllabus...

  • 13.09.2010:Modified orders in circle of posting on DE Adhoc Promotion: BSNL issues two more orders modifying circle of posting for  Executives  who were promoted as DE Adhoc.  View order 1...    View order 2...

  • 11.09.2010:LIC strikes deal of BSNL Employees Leave Encashment Scheme: 'BSNL board has decided to transfer the Liability of Leave encashment of Rs 4,852.91 crore to LIC under LIC's Group Leave Encashment Cash Accumulation Scheme (GLES). LIC Managing Director Thomas Mathew handed over the policy bond to BSNL Management yesterday.' Read More...

  • 10.09.2010:Revision of ceiling on officiating pay under FR 35: BSNL has endorsed DoP&T order revising the ceiling on officiating pay under FR 35 consequent on implementation of revised IDA pay scales.  View endorsement...

  • 10.09.2010:BSNL ready for mobile number portability: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Friday said it is ready with the infrastructure to start mobile number portability (MNP) by the scheduled Oct 31 deadline.(ET)

  • 09.09.2010:Presentation on Pitroda Committee recommendations before DoT: AIBSNLOA made a presentation before DoT today at the scheduled time on four recommendations which have a direct bearing on the employees.  Com.G.P.Patel, CS, MP Circle was present along with GS.  After completion of the presentation, Member (S) wanted us to submit our specific suggestions for better utilisation of last mile copper by BSNL.  GS has agreed to submit a letter next week.  [Power Point presentation available in opening page]

  • 08.09.2010: Amendment to BSNL TA/DA Rules, 2002: BSNL has amended the BSNL TA/DA Rules, 2002, by incorporating the revised IDA scales equivalent to pre-revised IDA scales for the purpose of classifying entitlement for various categories of employees.  View orders...

  • 08.09.2010:Hutch deal - Vodafone liable for tax, rules Bombay HC: Vodafone has not said how much the authorities were seeking, but a person with knowledge of the matter has said it was about Rs 12,000 crore. But Vodafone is likely to prefer an appeal in Supreme Court of India. (ET)

  • 07.09.2010:Prime Minister's Office forwards our letters to DoT for appropriate action: PMO has forwarded our letter dated 12.7.2010 on refund of 3G and BWA spectrum charges paid by BSNL and letter dated 23.7.2010 on search committee for selection of BSNL Chairman, to DoT for appropriate action. View PMO letters...

  • 07.09.2010:Modified orders in circle of posting on DE Adhoc Promotion: BSNL issues another order modifying circle of posting for  Executives  who were promoted as DE Adhoc  View orders...

  • 06.09.2010:Presentation on the recommendations of Sam Pitroda Committee: AIBSNLOA had been requested by BSNL Management [view letter...] to make a presentation on four recommendations which have a direct bearing on the employees before DoT on 9th September 2010.  Before making a final presentation before DoT, GS along with Com.J.N.Mishra, Circle President, MP Circle made a presentation before a committee in BSNL today at 3 PM, the time slot allotted to AIBSNLOA.

  • 06.09.2010: Approval of 78.2% IDA for fixation in revised IDA scales w.e.f. 1.1.2007: The BSNL Board which met on 25.08.2010 is reported to have again skipped the issue listed in the agenda.  It is learnt that the Board was not inclined to take a decision on this issue now, meaning that the issue is virtually shelved again.

  • 06.09.2010: Telenor investors say 'Quit India' as venture's losses pile up: Telenor ASA investors have a piece of advice for Scandinavia's biggest phone company: Quit India. Nine months after its debut in the Indian mobile-phone market, as 'Uninor', Telenor has accumulated 3.4 billion kroner ($556 million) in operating losses. (ET)

  • 05.09.2010: New Chief Vigilance Commissioner: Shri P.J.Thomas, the Secretary, DoT has been selected for appointment as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner on retirement of the present incumbent Shri Pratyush Sinha on Monday.

  • 03.09.2010:Promotion from JTO (T) to SDE (T): Issue of orders of Promotion from JTO (Telecom) to SDE (Telecom) under seniority quota will take at least a month, reportedly due to non-receipt of ACRs in respect of many eligible JTOs and also due to non-finalisation of reservation roster. 

  • 03.09.2010: STS Regular Promotion: BSNL issues STS Regular promotion orders to two more DEs. View orders...

 

 

      
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