CWC Postponed

CWC meeting scheduled to be held on 15&16 March at Gorakhpur  stands postponed. Rescheduled dates will be intimated with in a couple of days. Please do not cancel the train/ flight tickets till then.    (GS)

CS Visits Visakhaptnam

Our team visited the following locations at Visakhapatnam on 05-3-2020 in conection with selection of venue for next AIC 
1. Subbalakshmi Kalyana Mandapam , Opp Sri Kanya Theater
2. Kalavani (AC Auditorium)  Visakhapatnam Port Trust 
3. Kakatiya Convention Centre , Maddilapalem
4. Gadiraju Palace, MVP Colony 
5. Gurazada Kalakshetram, Vuda Complex 
Team includes 
Com Vara Prasad CS 
SVSN Murthy
S Ram Prasad, K.Somasundara Rao DS
P Babu Rao
M Venkateswarlu
K Kondala Rao
P Chinna Naidu 

Information for CWC

All District Secretaries are requested to furnish  the following information    to present to CWC Gorakpur as desired by GS        
1) Total retirees in the Circle.
2). Our membership.
3). Total VRS-2019 retirees in the Circle.
4) How many have been enrolled as our members till now.
5). Problems pending/to be taken up at CHQ level
6)The impact of newly formed SNE PWA  in your Circles in enrollment of VRS retirees ( Executives ). 
CWC at Gorakpur on 15th & 16th March 2020 will have a thorough discussion based on your  inputs.

Dharmavaram Branch Meeting

Dharmavaram Branch Anantapur District AP meeting today on 4-3-2020. Comrades K. Nagamurthy CHQ Vice President, GSN Prasad COS, A. Viswanath Dist Advisor, K.Padmanabhachari DS addressed the meeting. VRS retirees 19 members joined as life members.

NEW BRANCH AT ANAKAPALLE

A new branch of AIBSNLPWA at Anakapalle starting with 50 members ,including VRS Retirees opened on 01/03/2020, with attendance from DS Com K Somasudararao, D Treasurer P Babu rao,  Circle Ex Members SVSN Murthy, S Ramprasad, Dt. Ex M Venkateswarlu, K Nookaraju, Y Rama apparao & NFTE Circle President & DS VM Com K Kondala rao. New ANK Br President, Kona Satyanarayana, JE(R), BS P Ramesh, OS, Treasurer N Nageswararao,TM-  have been elected unanimously. This is the 3rd Br of VM Dist, Congratulations to the newly elected Executive Members to work enthusiastically

A STITCH IN TIME . . . .

OUR PROMPT ACTION

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE: It is better to act or deal with problems immediately, because if you wait and deal with them later, things will get worse and the problems will take longer to deal with.

Everybody knew that Dept of Telecom (DOT) only has the authority to decide about our pension, including VRS pension. After 92000 people opted for VRS, for some time D OT kept silent. Only on 16 th January DOT issued a circular on Standard Operation Procedure. As per the rules, provisional pension cannot be sanctioned in the case of VRS. We anticipated delay in sanctioning regular pension and issuance of PPOs. So we demanded through a letter on 4 -2-2020, that as a special case, provisional pension should be granted to VRS optees.

Some leaders of a new organization (only for retired Executives) ridiculed our demand. They said they are prepared to wait for regular pension. We knew that Retired group C and group D staff cannot wait like that. People were sent out without paying wages for two months.

Anyway, DoT conceded our demand. Permission was granted to give provisional pension. Almost all the VRS retirees all over India got 50% of the Last Pay Drawn as Provisional Pension. Please note that they did not get salary for January; they got pension for February. We are happy. Our prompt action had its results. A stitch in time saved nine.

Note: All Circle/District Secretaries are requested to bring these facts to the notice of all members and VRS Retirees in special.

P Gangadhara Rao, General Secretary.

OUR APPEAL IN LPD CASE ADMITTED BY KERALA HIGH COURT NO 60/2020