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You are requested to expedite the above programme developed and put on trial. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority. No. BSNL/Admn.I/15-18/16 (i) Dated: August , 2016 (Addressed to The Chief General Manager Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ITPC Circle, Pune) 12. Sub: Issues relating to medical facility extended to retired employees. Various retired employees Associations have conveyed their difficulties in availing medical facility, like inordinate delays in settlement of their claims, non-availability of empaneled hospitals for cashless treatments on CGHS rates. Therefore, all Circle Heads are requested to ensure the following: 1. All the claims of retired employees are settled within one month from the date of receipt of the claim. 2. Sufficient number of CGHS approved hospitals are empanelled preferably on cashless basis. Where the hospitals are reluctant to extend cashless facility, atleast it is ensured that the services are extended on CGHS rates on cash payment. 3. Status of claims of retired employees may be informed to them whenever it is sought. List of emapnelled hospitals should also be made available to retired employees either on intranet portal or at the claim processing units. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned in the Circle for adhering to the above guidelines. Action taken on the above issues may be intimated. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority. No. BSNL/Admn.I/15-18/16 (i) Dated: August 11", 2016 (Addressed to All CGMs, BSNL) 13. Subject: Review of existing soft tenure areas/stations & assessment of new soft tenure area- feedback from Circles thereof. The undersigned is directed to refer to the subject mentioned above and to say that BSNL Corporate office has been receiving continuous requests from Circles, and at times from associations for declaration of certain areas as soft tenure primarily for nudging the executives for accepting posting in those areas. Soft tenure areas have defined tenure of 3 years and also carry certain future benefit in terms of Circle tenure as well as stability in posting. Over a period of a time, the management has declared a number of soft tenure areas/ stations/ SSAs in various Circles. These Circles are. UKD/OR/HP/RAJ/CHTD/ GUJ/AP/WB/PB/MP/MH/BH/JKD. In spite of this, requests for adding new stations under 'Soft Tenure' continue to be received in Corporate Office. In view of this, it has been decided to review the existing dispensation of soft tenure areas in all Circles before considering any new area. Feedback, in this regard, is required from the Circle heads, keeping in view the following considerations:- (i) Soft tenure areas are notified mainly due to remoteness, backwardness, law and order problem, difficult accessibility, lack of development etc., as also the need to provide for telecom services for the overall help in development of those areas. (ii) It is undeniable that with sustained development over the years, almost all the district Hqrs. in the country are well connected by roads, electricity as well as trade facilities which actually signify the development of those areas. Field offices of BSNL are mostly located in and around the district HQs, barring a few remote/district areas. (iii) The categorization of soft tenure is primarily to induce executives to join the remote/disturbed areas where the Govt. of India aims for development through spread of Telecommunications Services. TELEWAVE 39 JULY-2016