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The government is making all efforts to make state-run BSNL robust and financially viable again and has prepared a comprehensive plan for its revival, an official said on Sunday, on the eve of a nationwide strike called by the employees unions over their demands. BSNL employees and officers have given a three-day country-wide strike call from February 18 to highlight their long-pending issues, including allotment of 4G spectrum to the telecom major and wage revision for the workforce. “All efforts are being made, and will continue to be made, to make BSNL robust and financially viable,” a Communications Ministry statement said.
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“The main demands of the All India Unions and Associations of Bharat Sanchar Nigam (AUAB) include benefits to executives under the 3rd Pay Revision Committee (PRC) with 15% fitment and to non-executives as per the 8th wage negotiations w.e.f. 1.1.2017, allotment of 4G spectrum to BSNL, revision of pension for BSNL retirees w.e.f. 1.1.2017 and delinking of same with pay revision for PRC implementation, and deduction of payment of pension contribution by BSNL on actual basic pay instead of on the highest level of the pay scale.
“Government wishes to re-emphasise that it will continue to engage with the BSNL management and representatives of the unions and associations, to support their reasonable demands, and to guide the organisation towards a revival,” it said.
Noting that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is taking “positive steps” regarding each of these demands, the ministry said the issue of alloting 4G spectrum to BSNL is being referred to telecom regulator Trai “to recommend on the issue of administrative allocation, quantum, price and appropriate frequency band”.
