Indian Telecommunications history

"India is the world’s fastest growing industry in the world in terms of number of wireless connections after China, with 811.59 million mobile phone subscribers.

According to the world telecommunications industry, India will have 1.200 billion mobile subscribers by 2013.

Furthermore, projections by several leading global consultancies indicate that the total number of subscribers in India will exceed the total subscriber count in the China by 2013."

But to achieve this, how we developed this telecom ? Know about our history. Click here

Minister says Committed to improve BSNL

Our Hon'ble Minister Kapil Sibal says"BSNL mobile and landline subscriber base is declining, broadband subscribers are also not matching the pace of private players. So it is time BSNL tighten up its shoes and I am committed to turaround the organisation in the next six months," Sibal told reporters here.


And if he is really committed he must listen to Non-Executives who have more better ideas and who know the practical  field difficulties. He must not consult the ITS officers who only actually ruined BSNL and brought it to such a deplorable condition.


But Will he? 
For more details click here.

Grant of Dearness Relief to Pensioners from 1-1-2011

http://intranet.bsnl.co.in/bsnl/admin/dir(hrd)_est/circulars/Pen_23.05.2011.pdf

Circle of the Year award

Karnataka, Chennai Telephones and  Orissa and  Himachal Pradesh  have been selected for the award "Circle of the year"

http://intranet.bsnl.co.in/bsnl/admin/dir(hrd)_admin/circulars/award_240511.pdf

Retired officials, Please note

Retired officials who change their place of settlement can  now change thier place of claim office with regard to medical reimbursement to their place of settlement.

For orders click

http://intranet.bsnl.co.in/bsnl/admin/dir(hrd)_admin/circulars/retired160511.pdf

Expected Dearness Allowance from July, 2011

From Sri D D Mistry

Monday, May 16, 2011

Expected Dearness Allowance from July, 2011

Dearness Allowance has turned out to make great impact among Central Government employees..!

As of now, it cannot be ruled out that the Dearness Allowance is making great impact on central and state government employees in large numbers.

We know that promotion, increment and allowances and its increases depends upon the individuals, as far as Dearness Allowance is concerned, it gives financial benefit to all grade of employees at the same time.

In March 2011, the Central Government announced an increase of 6% Dearness Allowance from Jan 2011. Now everybody keenly watch for the increase of Dearness Allowance from July, 2011.

As all are aware that, Dearness Allowance is calculated as per the All India Consumer Price Index Numbers(AICPIN). The Government has released the price index for the last three months.

Jan-11 188 2127 177.25 61.49 53.12 53 Feb-11 185 2142 178.50 62.74 54.20 54 Mar-11 185 2157 179.75 63.99 55.28 55

As per this, an increase from 51% to 55% is expected. It may be increased as we wait for the next three months calculation on Index prices. If it continues to be this, the Dearness Allowance may be 56% to 57%.

If the Government successfully maintained the price increase and the AICPIN falls, the Dearness Allowance may be restricted to 54% or 55%.

If the prices of petrol and diesel increases, automatically the price index also increase, in this condition the Dearness Allowance may be increased upto 57% to 58%.

Finally, we cannot come to a conclusion depending upon predictions. Everybody wants the Government makes strict actions to maintain the prices of essential commodities rather than increasing Dearness Allowance which in no way helps anyone.

Courtesy : www.cgen.in

Central Govt. Employees Retirement Age to be extended?

Courtesy :Sri D.D.Mistry, GS, BDPA

Central Government employees’ retirement age to be extended by 2 years to 62

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:38 PM PDT

 

Central govt employees’ retirement age to be extended by 2 years to 62:

 

New Delhi: The government is planning to extend the retirement age of all central government employees by two years — from the current 60 to 62 years. Sources said that an in-principle decision has been taken in this regard and the department of personnel and training (DoPT) has begun the work to implement the same. A formal announcement to this effect is expected this year itself.

 

The last time the government extended the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998. It was also a two-year extension from 58. This was preceded by the implementation of the 5th Pay Commission, which had put severe strain on government’s finances. Subsequently, all state governments followed the Centre’s policy by extending the retirement age by two years. Public sector undertakings followed suit too.

 

The decision to extend the retirement age is well-timed both politically and economically. The UPA government reckons the move would be a masterstroke. At a time when it is buffeted by several corruption cases, it is felt that the extension of the retirement age will go down well with the middle classes. Economically also, the move makes sense because by deferring payment of lump sum retirement benefits for a large number of employees by two years, the government would be able to manage its finances better. “An in-principle decision has been taken to increase the retirement age by two years within this year itself. This would reduce the burden on the fisc from one-time payment of retirement benefits for employees including defence and railways personnel,” an official involved in the discussion said. With the fiscal consolidation high on the government's agenda, this deferment would come handy.

 

There’s some flip side too if the retirement age is extended by two years. Those officials empanelled as secretaries and joint secretaries would have to wait longer to actually get the posts. And of course, there is the issue of average age profile of the civil servants being turning north.

 

It is also felt that any extension is not being fair with a bulk of people who still look for jobs in the government.

 

However, officials point out that at least it prevents an influential section of the bureaucracy to hanker for post-retirement jobs with the government like chairmanship of regulatory bodies or tribunals.

 

“As it is, a sizeable section of senior civil servants work for three to five years after the retirement in some capacity or the other in the government,” said a senior government official. The retirement age of college teachers and judges are also beyond 60.

As per a study, the future pension outgo for the existing Central and State government employees is estimated at a staggering R1,735,527 crore or 55.88% of GDP at market prices of 2004-05.

 

The Financial Express.