oppose of Disinvestment/VRS in BSNL-BSNLEU-CHQ-ND-inf.by Ashok Hindocha M-9426201999

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BSNL Employees Oppose
Disinvestment / VRS
BSNL Emplloyees Uniion,, tthe rrecogniised and rreprresenttattiive uniion off BSNL Non--executtiives,,
sttrronglly oppose tthe rrecommendattiions off tthe panell headed by Sam Piittrroda as rreporrtted iin
prress tto diisiinvestt 30% off BSNL and tto rrettrrench 1 llakh emplloyees tthrrough Vollunttarry
Rettiirrementt Scheme ((VRS)).. The rrecommendattiions arre made on tthe pllea off iimprroviing tthe
serrviices and tto ensurre ffiinanciiall viiabiilliitty..
Itt iis a ffactt tthatt Marrkett Sharre of BSNL, revenue as welll as prroffiitt have drrasttiicalllly gone
down durriing tthe llastt ttwo ffiinanciiall yearrs.. Butt iitt has been maiinlly due tto capaciitty crrunch off
mobiille lliines as tthe earrlliierr purrchase orrderr off 4..5 crrorre lliines was rreduced tto hallff and dellay iin
iissue off purrchase orrderr fforr 9..3 crrorre lliines due tto unwarrrrantted polliittiicall and admiiniisttrrattiive
iintterrventtiions.. Tiillll 2006 when tthe ttenderr orrderr was fflloatted shorrtt,, BSNL was tthe memberr one
company botth iin wiirred lliines and ttottall lliines.. Though iitt was second iin mobiilles,, iitt was giiviing
tthe No..1 mobiile company,, Bharattii Aiirrttell, a sttiiffff ffight and was grradualllly iincrreasing iits posiittiion
tto become numberr one..
The rrecommendattiions giiven by Piittrroda Panell iis nott tthe panacea.. The iimmediiatte
need iis tto cllearr tthe 9..3 crrorre GSM ttenderr,, iincrrease lland lliine and mobiille connecttiions and
iimprrove tthe serrviices.. To iimprrove tthe ffiinanciiall viiabiilliitty,, tthe goverrnmentt shoulld waiive tthe
lliicence ffee,, diiviidentt ettc.. tto be paiid by BSNL tto Goverrnmentt fforr a perriiod off tthrree yearrs and
tto sttop unnecessarry intterrfference ffrrom above.. The iissue off ffinaliizatiion off IITS absorrpttion
shoulld allso be urrgenttlly sorrtted outt,, so tthatt tthe prresentt uncerrttaiinlly and conffusiion iis overr..
The rrecommendattiions tto rrettrrench 1 llakh worrkerrs tthrrough Vollunttarry Rettiirrementt
Scheme ((VRS)) has no llogiic as ttherre iis shorrttage off sttaffff even now iin cerrttaiin arreas.. Aboutt
one llakh worrkerrs have allrready rrettiirred durriing tthe llastt 9 – 10 yearrs afftterr corrporrattiisattiion.. Any
ffurtherr reducttion thrrough VRS wiilll be suiciidal and wiilll seriiouslly and adverrselly afffectt BSNL
devellopmentt and expansiion..
BSNL Emplloyees Uniion demands tthe govtt.. off IIndiia tto rrejjectt tthe rrecommendattiions off
Piittrroda Panell and ttake effffecttiive measurres tto save and iimprrove BSNL..
((V..A.N..NAMBOODIIRII)
General Secrettary,, BSNLEU
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