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FORUM WRITES 1. Decisions of the Forum meeting held on 23.06.2016. A meeting of the Forum was held at 1630 hrs yesterday, at BSNL MS office. The meeting is presided over by com. Suresh Kumar, GS, BNSL MS. The following are the issues discussed, on which decisions are taken. 1) Acute shortage of stores and materials. It is reported that there is acute shortage of stores and materials in most of the circles. Especially, items like 5 pair cable, drop wire, jumper wire, etc. The meeting decided that the Forum leaders should meet the Director (CFA) and discuss the issue. It is also decided that all the district secretaries should inform their respective CHQs about the details of shortage of stores and materials in their SSAs. 2) Intensifying the SWAS programme. The meeting reviewed the implementation of the “Service with A Smile” programme, and expressed satisfaction about the progress. It is a matter of satisfaction that even in the month of April, 2016, BSNL has given the highest number of mobile connections. With a view to further intensify “SWAS” and also involve the employees, it is decided that processions are to be conducted in all SSA head quarters, to popularise the various schemes of BSNL like ‘Free Roaming’, ‘Night Free Call’,’ Free to home’, etc. The tentative date for this procession is 10.08.2016. 3) Restoration of facilities and payment of allowances on 78.2% IDA. The meeting decided to once again demand the Management that LTC and Medial Allowance should be restored. It is also decided to demand that HRA should be revised based on 78.2% IDA merger. 4) Take over of payment of GPF by the DoT. Management has informed that the DoT has decided to take over the payment of GPF advance/withdrawal to BSL employees. As a first step, it is being implemented in Punjab circle this month. The meeting decided that the Forum leaders should immediately meet Member (Finance) of the Telecom Commission, to discuss this issue, so that no restriction is imposed on employees in the payment of advances/withdrawals, even after the same is taken over by the DoT. 5) The meeting regretted to note that NFTE BSNL has decided to dissociate itself from the Forum. The meeting unanimously decided to request NFTE BSNL to reconsider the above decision, and to continue to participate in the functioning of Forum. I request all the constituents of the Forum to kindly implement the above stated decisions. No. Forum/103/28 dated 24.06.2016 2. Sub:-Intensifying SWAS programme, by holding processions in all SSAs – reg. I wish to bring the following to your kind notice. A meeting of the Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations was held on 23.06.2016, the meeting discussed ways and means to further intensify the ‘Service With A Smile’ (SWAS) programme. After threadbare discussions, it is decided that a procession / rally shall be conducted in all SSAs. The intension of the programme is to further involve all the Executives and Non-Executives in BSNL in the implementation of the SWAS programme, and also to popularise the various products and schemes of BSNL, like ‘Night Free Call’, ‘Free Roaming’, ‘Free to Home’ etc. It is decided that the tentative date of the procession / rally shall be 10.08.2016. The meeting strongly felt that the proposed programme will yield better results if the Senior Officers of the Company also take part in the processions / rally together with the Executives and Non-Executives. This will help in a big way to reach our message to the wider sections of the public. We hope that the Management would look into the request of the Forum and would take appropriate decision. TELEWAVE 82 JUNE-2016