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Resolluttiion on Budgett
IIn tthe capittalliistt system off goverrnance, tthe Budgett is an exclusiive documentt off the rrulliing cllass,, by the
rrulliing cllass and fforr tthe rrulliing class. Therreforre,, iitt is nott surrprrisiing tthatt tthe Generall Budgett presented in
parrlliiamentt by Mrr.. Prranabh Mukharrjjee,, Fiinance Miiniistterr,, fforr tthe yearr 2012--13 has brroughtt a smiille on tthe
fface off Corrporratte Secttorr.. IItt wiillll prroviide a biig boostt tto capiittall marrkett.. The ‘‘aam aadmii’’ ((common man)) iis a
herro onlly durriing ellecttiion campaiigns.. He has no pllace iin tthe scheme off tthiings wiitth rregarrds tto budgett..
The meagerr iincrrease off Rs..20 tthousand iin tthe iincome ttax exempttiion lliimiitt has been giiven wiide
coverage by tthe prriintt and ellecttrronic mediia.. Butt irroniicalllly,, tthe Fiinance Miiniisterr gave Re.. one by way off
iincome ttax butt ttook away Rs.. Four by iincrreasiing tthe serrviice ttax by 2%.. The serrviice secttorr inclludiing BSNL
conttrriibutte 57% iin GDP.. IIn tthe yearr 1994--95 when tthe lliiberralliizattiion and glloballiizattiion werre jjustt iiniittiiatted iin
IIndiia,, onlly 3 serrviices werre iin tthe serrviice ttax nett.. Butt now severrall hundrred serrviices have been brroughtt
underr serrviice ttax nett.. The rrevenue earrned tthrrough serrviice ttax att tthatt ttiime was jjustt Rs..400 crrorres onlly
whiich iis Rs..95,,000 crrorres now.. IItt shows tthatt each and everry serrviice beiing avaiilled by tthe common man has
been brroughtt underr serrviice ttax..
The 2% hiike iin Exciise duty wiillll rresulltt in 3--4% hiike iin prrices.. Thiis wiillll dampen tthe demand and hence
grrowtth wiillll be hiitt by 10--15%..
The Fiinance Miiniistterr has ffurrttherr decllarred tthatt subsiides on pettrroll,, kerrosene,, gas,, fferrttiilliizerrs,, seeds and
ottherr iittems wiillll be ffurrttherr cutt and brroughtt tto 2% off GDP,, ttherreby ffurrttherr burrdeniing tthe common man..
A verry cunniing scheme named Rajiv Gandhii Equiitty Scheme has been brroughtt tto alllurre//forrce the
peoplle tto buy equiitty uptto Rs..50 tthousand forr 3 yearrs.. The equiitty sttock buyerrs willll gett some tax relliieff
whose iincome iis uptto Rs..10 llakhs.. IItt iis an efffforrtt tto allllurre//fforrce tthe peoplle tto iinvestt iin sttock marrkett iinsttead
off puttttiing ttheiirr saviings iin PPF,, P..O..,, Bank orr iinsurrance..
On tthe ottherr hand tthe corrporratte secttorr can gett cheap debtts ffrrom fforreiign counttrriies tthrrough ECB rroutte..
Qualliiffiied fforreiign iinvesttorrs arre allllowed iintto corrporratte bond marrketts and iinffrrasttrructturre companiies gett morre
ttax holliidays.. An advance prriciing agreementt has been ensurred fforr MNCs iinvestting iin IIndiia.. There willll be
Rs..10 thousand crrorre ttax ffree bonds fforr iinvesttmentt iin powerr secttorr and ttax rreducttion fforr fforreiign iinvesttorrs.
To ffurrttherr oblliige ttheiirr mastterrs,, tthe ffiinance miiniistterr has decllarred tthatt ttherre wiillll be rreducttiion iin ttax fforr
corrporratte diiviidend diisttrriibuttiion fforr grroup off companiies..
Thiis CWC off BSNLEU helld att New Dellhii w.e..ff.. 22.03.2012 tto 23.03.2012 unaniimouslly rresollve tthat the
lliimiitt off exempttiion forr iincome ttax be rraiised tto Rs.. 3 lakhs, serrviice tax hiike be wiitthdrrawn, subsiidiies to poorr
peoplle and peasants be rresttored,, iintterrestt on PF be rresttorred, housiing lloan iintterest rattes be decrreased and
tto keep prriices iin conttrroll,, exciise dutty hiike shoulld be wiitthdrrawn..
Resollutiion on BSNL’’s Viiabiilliity and Natiionall Tellecom Polliicy
Thiis meettiing of tthe Centtrrall Executtiive Commiittttee off BSNL Employees Union helld at New Dellhii on 22--
23,, Marrch 2012 exprresses iitts seriious concerrn att tthe incrreasiing llosses tto BSNL,, frrom Rs.. 1823 crorre iin
2009--10 tto Rs.. 6384 crrorre iin 2010--11 and sttiillll morre iin 2011--12..
BSNL iis tthe numberr one company iin ttellecom secttorr iin tterrms off assett vallue,, lland vallue,, sttaffff sttrrengtth,,
and quanttiitty and qualliitty off specttrrum.. IItt iis haviing capttiive ttellecom ffacttorriies and ttrraiiniing centterrs.. Butt tthe
uttiilliizattiion off tthese capaciittiies off BSNL was prreventted by tthe anttii--PSU,, prro--prriivatte secttorr polliiciies off tthe
Goverrnmentt and tthe faiillurres off tthe managementt rresullttiing in such llosses..
The drrafftt Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy 2011 prroposed by tthe Goverrnmentt iis aiimed att ffurrttherr weakeniing tthe
BSNL.. Whiille prroposiing severrall measurres fforr tthe viiabiilliitty off tthe prriivatte ttellecom operrattorrs,, tthiis polliicy
compllettelly iignorred tthe iissue off tthe viiabiilliitty off tthe BSNL and ottherr ttellecom PSUs.. The ttellecom rregullattorr
TRAII,, iin iitts rresponse tto tthe DoT on tthiis drrafftt Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy prroposed fforr rresttrructturriing tthe
ttellecom PSUs iinclludiing BSNL,, iin tterrms off managementt,, manpowerr and equiitty.. IItt prroposed sttrrattegiic
disiinvesttment of tthe ttellecom PSUs.. Thus the pollicy makerrs arre bentt upon priivattiiziing tthe ttellecom PSUs
and reduciing the sttaffff iin them insttead off ttakiing prroperr polliicy measurres forr ttheiirr viiabilliitty..
Thiis CEC meettiing demands tthe Goverrnmentt tto change tthe prro--prriivatte,, anttii PSU orriienttattiion off tthe
prroposed Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy and ffiinalliize iitt wiitth tthe ffollllowiing guiidelliines::
1)) The domiinantt rrolle iin R&D ((Researrch and Devellopmentt)),, prroducttiion and serrviices secttorrs iin
ttellecommuniicatiions shoulld be given tto tthe Publliic Secttorr.. No diisiinvesttmentt // VRS iin BSNL and
ottherr ttellecom PSUs..
2)) BSNL and MTNL shoulld be paiid Access Deffiiciitt Charrge tto compensatte fforr tthe llosses iincurrrred on
tthe llandlliine nettworrk.. Adequatte compensattiion shoulld be grrantted ffrrom USO ffund fforr tthe rrurrall
llandlliine nettworrk..
3)) No diiscrriimiinattiion shoulld be ttherre bettween tthe PSU and Prriivatte Secttorr Operrattorrs iin tthe equiipmentt
prrocurrementt polliicy.. The BSNL shoulld be allllowed tto prrocurre equiipmentt wiitthoutt crreattiing hurrdlles,, so
as tto uttiilliise tthe hiigh quanttiitty and qualliitty specttrrum iitt has,, fforr prroviidiing nott onlly 2G serrviices butt allso
3G and ottherr advanced serrviices and uttiilliise iitts llandlliine nettworrk fforr prroviidiing hiigh qualliitty brroadband
serrviices..
4)) The ttellecom ffacttorriies off BSNL shoulld be moderrniized and ffulllly uttiilliized fforr prroduciing tthe rrequiirred
equiipmentt..
5)) The rresponsiibiilliitty off llayiing tthe Nattiionall Opttiic Fiibrre Cablle Nettworrk ((NOFN)) shoulld be ffulllly giiven tto
BSNL siince iit iis allready having a llarrge OFC nettwork comparred to other operrattors and llayiing the
nettworrk by tthiis siinglle agency willll be more costt effffecttive.. The ffunds fforr tthiis nettworrk shoulld be
prroviided ffrrom USOF as wellll as by tthe Goverrnmentt.. IInsttead off crreattiing a separratte PSU ““Bharratt
Brroadband Nettworrk Liimiitted”” fforr owniing tthiis nettworrk afftterr iitts iinsttallllattiion by BSNL,, Raiillttell and Powerr
Grriid and iitts subsequentt diisiinvesttmentt,, tthe BSNL shoulld be tthe ownerr off tthiis nettworrk,, siince
prriivattiisattiion off tthe backbone nettworrk iis nott desiirrablle..
6)) The liicenses shoulld be unifiied liicenses allowiing both nettworrk and serviice operrattiions and the
conceptt off separratte lliicenses fforr nettworrk operrattiions and serrviices delliiverry shoulld be drropped..
7)) IInttrra ciirrclle rroamiing and sharriing off acttiive nettworrk shoulld nott be allllowed..
8)) The merrgerrs, acquisiittiions and exitts should nott be allllowed wiitthoutt meetting tthe rrolle outt obligatiions..
Ottherrwiise iitt wiillll be a ttrrade iin tthe lliicenses.. Furrttherr,, tthe merrgerrs,, acquiisiittiions and exiitts shoulld nott
rresulltt iin monopolly orr olliigopolly and ttherre shoulld be enough and ffaiirr compettiittiion.. The TRAII’’s
rrecommendattiion fforr allllowiing a ttellecom serrviice company tto have a marrkett sharre off up tto 35 perr
centt auttomattiicalllly and up tto 60 perr centt wiitth iitts rrecommendattiion and allllowiing specttrrum up tto 25
perr centt fforr a company shoulld nott be iimpllementted siince such a hiigherr llevell cap rreduces tthe
compettiittiion..
9)) The specttrrum shoulld be allllotttted ffrree off costt tto PSUs and att marrkett based rratte tto prriivatte operrattorrs..
Grranttiing specttrrum ffrree off costt tto tthe PSUs iis necessarry iin viiew off tthe sociiall oblliigattiions beiing
carrrriied outt by tthem and nott by ottherrs..
10)) The trradiing / shariing//leasiing off spectrrum shoulld nott be allllowed.
11)) Liiberralliizattiion off tthe specttrrum ((uttiilliiziing 2G specttrrum iin 900 MHz band fforr prroviidiing advanced
serrviices)) shoulld be allllowed iimmediiattelly and BSNL and MTNL shoulld be allllowed such lliiberralliisattiion
wiitthoutt payiing any paymentt tto tthe Goverrnmentt fforr iitt..
12)) Besiides tthe 122 licenses cancelllled by tthe Suprreme Courrtt,, alll tthe lliicenses grrantted between 2001 to
2008 on tthe basiis off tthe iillllegall FCFS ((Fiirrstt Come Fiirrstt Serrved)) prriinciiplle shoulld be cancelllled..
13)) Achiieviing tthe objjecttiive off iincrreasiing tthe sharre off domesttiicalllly manuffactturred equiipmentt iin phased
mannerr tto tthe exttentt off 80% wiitth a domesttiic vallue addiittiion off 65% by 2020 by::
• Encourragementt off iindiigenous R&D((Researrch and Devellopmentt)) and crreattiion off IIPRs
((IInttellllecttuall Prroperrtty Riightts)) by tthe Goverrnmentt earrmarrkiing iinvesttmentts and ffunds fforr
CDOT and PSUs forr tthiis..
• Crreatiion of necessarry condiittiions fforr compelllliing ttechnollogy ttransferr ffrrom fforreiign equipmentt
manuffactturrerrs tto PSUs lliike IITII,, HCL ettc and tthe ttellecom ffacttorriies underr BSNL whiich arre
haviing suffffiiciientt experriience iin ttellecom equiipmentt prroducttiion..
• Resttrructturriing tthe custtoms,, duttiies and ttaxes iin such a way tthatt iitt encourrages domesttiic
prroductts and diiscourrages iimporrtts..
• Makiing prroviisiions fforr overrcomiing tthe hurrdlles crreatted by tthe commiittmentts giiven by tthe
Goverrnmentt iin WTO ettc agaiinstt prrefferrenttiiall ttrreattmentt tto domesttiic prroductts..
14)) To ensurre nattiionall securriitty iin tthe communiicattiions secttorr tthe prriivatte operrattorrs shoulld be mandatted
tto sttop outtsourrciing tthe maiinttenance and operrattiion off ttheiirr nettworrks tto fforreiign companiies and tto
mandatte tthe fforreiign equiipmentt supplliierrs tto prroviide sourrce code..
15)) The prriivatte secttorr ttellecom companiies,, whettherr iin manuffactturre secttorr orr iin serrviice secttorr shoulld
iimplementt SC//ST//OBC rreserrvattions and allso llabour laws..
16)) Therre shoulld be a nattiionall wage polliicy fforr tthe enttiirre ttellecom secttorr and tthe wages iin prriivatte secttorr
shoulld be based on tthe wages iin tthe publliic secttorr..
Thiis CEC meettiing diirrectts tthe Ciirrclle//Diisttrriictt//Brranch uniions off BSNLEU tto orrganiize an iinttense and
viigorrous campaiign on tthe viiabiilliitty off BSNL and on tthe above prroposed alltterrnattiive Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy,,
www.bsnlnewsbyashokhindocha.blogspot.com M-09426254999
Resolluttiion on Budgett
IIn tthe capittalliistt system off goverrnance, tthe Budgett is an exclusiive documentt off the rrulliing cllass,, by the
rrulliing cllass and fforr tthe rrulliing class. Therreforre,, iitt is nott surrprrisiing tthatt tthe Generall Budgett presented in
parrlliiamentt by Mrr.. Prranabh Mukharrjjee,, Fiinance Miiniistterr,, fforr tthe yearr 2012--13 has brroughtt a smiille on tthe
fface off Corrporratte Secttorr.. IItt wiillll prroviide a biig boostt tto capiittall marrkett.. The ‘‘aam aadmii’’ ((common man)) iis a
herro onlly durriing ellecttiion campaiigns.. He has no pllace iin tthe scheme off tthiings wiitth rregarrds tto budgett..
The meagerr iincrrease off Rs..20 tthousand iin tthe iincome ttax exempttiion lliimiitt has been giiven wiide
coverage by tthe prriintt and ellecttrronic mediia.. Butt irroniicalllly,, tthe Fiinance Miiniisterr gave Re.. one by way off
iincome ttax butt ttook away Rs.. Four by iincrreasiing tthe serrviice ttax by 2%.. The serrviice secttorr inclludiing BSNL
conttrriibutte 57% iin GDP.. IIn tthe yearr 1994--95 when tthe lliiberralliizattiion and glloballiizattiion werre jjustt iiniittiiatted iin
IIndiia,, onlly 3 serrviices werre iin tthe serrviice ttax nett.. Butt now severrall hundrred serrviices have been brroughtt
underr serrviice ttax nett.. The rrevenue earrned tthrrough serrviice ttax att tthatt ttiime was jjustt Rs..400 crrorres onlly
whiich iis Rs..95,,000 crrorres now.. IItt shows tthatt each and everry serrviice beiing avaiilled by tthe common man has
been brroughtt underr serrviice ttax..
The 2% hiike iin Exciise duty wiillll rresulltt in 3--4% hiike iin prrices.. Thiis wiillll dampen tthe demand and hence
grrowtth wiillll be hiitt by 10--15%..
The Fiinance Miiniistterr has ffurrttherr decllarred tthatt subsiides on pettrroll,, kerrosene,, gas,, fferrttiilliizerrs,, seeds and
ottherr iittems wiillll be ffurrttherr cutt and brroughtt tto 2% off GDP,, ttherreby ffurrttherr burrdeniing tthe common man..
A verry cunniing scheme named Rajiv Gandhii Equiitty Scheme has been brroughtt tto alllurre//forrce the
peoplle tto buy equiitty uptto Rs..50 tthousand forr 3 yearrs.. The equiitty sttock buyerrs willll gett some tax relliieff
whose iincome iis uptto Rs..10 llakhs.. IItt iis an efffforrtt tto allllurre//fforrce tthe peoplle tto iinvestt iin sttock marrkett iinsttead
off puttttiing ttheiirr saviings iin PPF,, P..O..,, Bank orr iinsurrance..
On tthe ottherr hand tthe corrporratte secttorr can gett cheap debtts ffrrom fforreiign counttrriies tthrrough ECB rroutte..
Qualliiffiied fforreiign iinvesttorrs arre allllowed iintto corrporratte bond marrketts and iinffrrasttrructturre companiies gett morre
ttax holliidays.. An advance prriciing agreementt has been ensurred fforr MNCs iinvestting iin IIndiia.. There willll be
Rs..10 thousand crrorre ttax ffree bonds fforr iinvesttmentt iin powerr secttorr and ttax rreducttion fforr fforreiign iinvesttorrs.
To ffurrttherr oblliige ttheiirr mastterrs,, tthe ffiinance miiniistterr has decllarred tthatt ttherre wiillll be rreducttiion iin ttax fforr
corrporratte diiviidend diisttrriibuttiion fforr grroup off companiies..
Thiis CWC off BSNLEU helld att New Dellhii w.e..ff.. 22.03.2012 tto 23.03.2012 unaniimouslly rresollve tthat the
lliimiitt off exempttiion forr iincome ttax be rraiised tto Rs.. 3 lakhs, serrviice tax hiike be wiitthdrrawn, subsiidiies to poorr
peoplle and peasants be rresttored,, iintterrestt on PF be rresttorred, housiing lloan iintterest rattes be decrreased and
tto keep prriices iin conttrroll,, exciise dutty hiike shoulld be wiitthdrrawn..
Resollutiion on BSNL’’s Viiabiilliity and Natiionall Tellecom Polliicy
Thiis meettiing of tthe Centtrrall Executtiive Commiittttee off BSNL Employees Union helld at New Dellhii on 22--
23,, Marrch 2012 exprresses iitts seriious concerrn att tthe incrreasiing llosses tto BSNL,, frrom Rs.. 1823 crorre iin
2009--10 tto Rs.. 6384 crrorre iin 2010--11 and sttiillll morre iin 2011--12..
BSNL iis tthe numberr one company iin ttellecom secttorr iin tterrms off assett vallue,, lland vallue,, sttaffff sttrrengtth,,
and quanttiitty and qualliitty off specttrrum.. IItt iis haviing capttiive ttellecom ffacttorriies and ttrraiiniing centterrs.. Butt tthe
uttiilliizattiion off tthese capaciittiies off BSNL was prreventted by tthe anttii--PSU,, prro--prriivatte secttorr polliiciies off tthe
Goverrnmentt and tthe faiillurres off tthe managementt rresullttiing in such llosses..
The drrafftt Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy 2011 prroposed by tthe Goverrnmentt iis aiimed att ffurrttherr weakeniing tthe
BSNL.. Whiille prroposiing severrall measurres fforr tthe viiabiilliitty off tthe prriivatte ttellecom operrattorrs,, tthiis polliicy
compllettelly iignorred tthe iissue off tthe viiabiilliitty off tthe BSNL and ottherr ttellecom PSUs.. The ttellecom rregullattorr
TRAII,, iin iitts rresponse tto tthe DoT on tthiis drrafftt Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy prroposed fforr rresttrructturriing tthe
ttellecom PSUs iinclludiing BSNL,, iin tterrms off managementt,, manpowerr and equiitty.. IItt prroposed sttrrattegiic
disiinvesttment of tthe ttellecom PSUs.. Thus the pollicy makerrs arre bentt upon priivattiiziing tthe ttellecom PSUs
and reduciing the sttaffff iin them insttead off ttakiing prroperr polliicy measurres forr ttheiirr viiabilliitty..
Thiis CEC meettiing demands tthe Goverrnmentt tto change tthe prro--prriivatte,, anttii PSU orriienttattiion off tthe
prroposed Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy and ffiinalliize iitt wiitth tthe ffollllowiing guiidelliines::
1)) The domiinantt rrolle iin R&D ((Researrch and Devellopmentt)),, prroducttiion and serrviices secttorrs iin
ttellecommuniicatiions shoulld be given tto tthe Publliic Secttorr.. No diisiinvesttmentt // VRS iin BSNL and
ottherr ttellecom PSUs..
2)) BSNL and MTNL shoulld be paiid Access Deffiiciitt Charrge tto compensatte fforr tthe llosses iincurrrred on
tthe llandlliine nettworrk.. Adequatte compensattiion shoulld be grrantted ffrrom USO ffund fforr tthe rrurrall
llandlliine nettworrk..
3)) No diiscrriimiinattiion shoulld be ttherre bettween tthe PSU and Prriivatte Secttorr Operrattorrs iin tthe equiipmentt
prrocurrementt polliicy.. The BSNL shoulld be allllowed tto prrocurre equiipmentt wiitthoutt crreattiing hurrdlles,, so
as tto uttiilliise tthe hiigh quanttiitty and qualliitty specttrrum iitt has,, fforr prroviidiing nott onlly 2G serrviices butt allso
3G and ottherr advanced serrviices and uttiilliise iitts llandlliine nettworrk fforr prroviidiing hiigh qualliitty brroadband
serrviices..
4)) The ttellecom ffacttorriies off BSNL shoulld be moderrniized and ffulllly uttiilliized fforr prroduciing tthe rrequiirred
equiipmentt..
5)) The rresponsiibiilliitty off llayiing tthe Nattiionall Opttiic Fiibrre Cablle Nettworrk ((NOFN)) shoulld be ffulllly giiven tto
BSNL siince iit iis allready having a llarrge OFC nettwork comparred to other operrattors and llayiing the
nettworrk by tthiis siinglle agency willll be more costt effffecttive.. The ffunds fforr tthiis nettworrk shoulld be
prroviided ffrrom USOF as wellll as by tthe Goverrnmentt.. IInsttead off crreattiing a separratte PSU ““Bharratt
Brroadband Nettworrk Liimiitted”” fforr owniing tthiis nettworrk afftterr iitts iinsttallllattiion by BSNL,, Raiillttell and Powerr
Grriid and iitts subsequentt diisiinvesttmentt,, tthe BSNL shoulld be tthe ownerr off tthiis nettworrk,, siince
prriivattiisattiion off tthe backbone nettworrk iis nott desiirrablle..
6)) The liicenses shoulld be unifiied liicenses allowiing both nettworrk and serviice operrattiions and the
conceptt off separratte lliicenses fforr nettworrk operrattiions and serrviices delliiverry shoulld be drropped..
7)) IInttrra ciirrclle rroamiing and sharriing off acttiive nettworrk shoulld nott be allllowed..
8)) The merrgerrs, acquisiittiions and exitts should nott be allllowed wiitthoutt meetting tthe rrolle outt obligatiions..
Ottherrwiise iitt wiillll be a ttrrade iin tthe lliicenses.. Furrttherr,, tthe merrgerrs,, acquiisiittiions and exiitts shoulld nott
rresulltt iin monopolly orr olliigopolly and ttherre shoulld be enough and ffaiirr compettiittiion.. The TRAII’’s
rrecommendattiion fforr allllowiing a ttellecom serrviice company tto have a marrkett sharre off up tto 35 perr
centt auttomattiicalllly and up tto 60 perr centt wiitth iitts rrecommendattiion and allllowiing specttrrum up tto 25
perr centt fforr a company shoulld nott be iimpllementted siince such a hiigherr llevell cap rreduces tthe
compettiittiion..
9)) The specttrrum shoulld be allllotttted ffrree off costt tto PSUs and att marrkett based rratte tto prriivatte operrattorrs..
Grranttiing specttrrum ffrree off costt tto tthe PSUs iis necessarry iin viiew off tthe sociiall oblliigattiions beiing
carrrriied outt by tthem and nott by ottherrs..
10)) The trradiing / shariing//leasiing off spectrrum shoulld nott be allllowed.
11)) Liiberralliizattiion off tthe specttrrum ((uttiilliiziing 2G specttrrum iin 900 MHz band fforr prroviidiing advanced
serrviices)) shoulld be allllowed iimmediiattelly and BSNL and MTNL shoulld be allllowed such lliiberralliisattiion
wiitthoutt payiing any paymentt tto tthe Goverrnmentt fforr iitt..
12)) Besiides tthe 122 licenses cancelllled by tthe Suprreme Courrtt,, alll tthe lliicenses grrantted between 2001 to
2008 on tthe basiis off tthe iillllegall FCFS ((Fiirrstt Come Fiirrstt Serrved)) prriinciiplle shoulld be cancelllled..
13)) Achiieviing tthe objjecttiive off iincrreasiing tthe sharre off domesttiicalllly manuffactturred equiipmentt iin phased
mannerr tto tthe exttentt off 80% wiitth a domesttiic vallue addiittiion off 65% by 2020 by::
• Encourragementt off iindiigenous R&D((Researrch and Devellopmentt)) and crreattiion off IIPRs
((IInttellllecttuall Prroperrtty Riightts)) by tthe Goverrnmentt earrmarrkiing iinvesttmentts and ffunds fforr
CDOT and PSUs forr tthiis..
• Crreatiion of necessarry condiittiions fforr compelllliing ttechnollogy ttransferr ffrrom fforreiign equipmentt
manuffactturrerrs tto PSUs lliike IITII,, HCL ettc and tthe ttellecom ffacttorriies underr BSNL whiich arre
haviing suffffiiciientt experriience iin ttellecom equiipmentt prroducttiion..
• Resttrructturriing tthe custtoms,, duttiies and ttaxes iin such a way tthatt iitt encourrages domesttiic
prroductts and diiscourrages iimporrtts..
• Makiing prroviisiions fforr overrcomiing tthe hurrdlles crreatted by tthe commiittmentts giiven by tthe
Goverrnmentt iin WTO ettc agaiinstt prrefferrenttiiall ttrreattmentt tto domesttiic prroductts..
14)) To ensurre nattiionall securriitty iin tthe communiicattiions secttorr tthe prriivatte operrattorrs shoulld be mandatted
tto sttop outtsourrciing tthe maiinttenance and operrattiion off ttheiirr nettworrks tto fforreiign companiies and tto
mandatte tthe fforreiign equiipmentt supplliierrs tto prroviide sourrce code..
15)) The prriivatte secttorr ttellecom companiies,, whettherr iin manuffactturre secttorr orr iin serrviice secttorr shoulld
iimplementt SC//ST//OBC rreserrvattions and allso llabour laws..
16)) Therre shoulld be a nattiionall wage polliicy fforr tthe enttiirre ttellecom secttorr and tthe wages iin prriivatte secttorr
shoulld be based on tthe wages iin tthe publliic secttorr..
Thiis CEC meettiing diirrectts tthe Ciirrclle//Diisttrriictt//Brranch uniions off BSNLEU tto orrganiize an iinttense and
viigorrous campaiign on tthe viiabiilliitty off BSNL and on tthe above prroposed alltterrnattiive Nattiionall Tellecom Polliicy,,
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