🔥✊ ” OUR PATIENCE HAS ENDED; OUR ACTION BEGINS NOW .” ✊🔥
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The time has come to translate our digital strength into solid ground mobilization! Under the banner of Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM) (Under the Aegis of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh), a massive countrywide call has been made to protect our workforce dignity, pay parity, and pension safety.
🗓️ THE LUNCH HOUR DEMONSTRAION SCHEDULE:
🗓️ Date:25th June 2026 ⏰ Time:01:30 PM to 02:30 PM
đź“Ť Venue : At all CHQ / Circle / District Headquarters
🚨 WHY THIS DEMONSTRATION? WHAT WE DEMAND:
Immediate Implementation of 3rd PRC by waving the unscientific Affordability Clause.
Delinking Pension Revision from corporate profitability for all BSNL/MTNL Pensioners.
Complete settlement of residual 2nd PRC issues (Standard E2/E3 Scales, Pay Loss, and 30% SAB).
Immediate Scrapping of the SET Recruitment process to support internal cadres.
Timely Promotions for all eligible cadres and the creation of a clear internal management hierarchy.
Strict “ONE COMPANY – ONE POLICY” parity and mandating #SWADESHI4G usage for all government organizations and PSUs.
Extension of 5 Advance Increments to JTOs/JAOs/JEs, standard JE Pay Scales, and revision of the Non-Executive Promotion Policy (NEPP).
📲 YOUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TODAY:
Circulate the Banner: Instantly share the attached file LHD-25062026.png across your SSA, BA, Circle WhatsApp groups, X (Twitter), and Facebook handles.
100% On-Campus Presence: Ensure that every single executive, non-executive, retiree, and well-wisher steps out of the office lines during the lunch hour to assemble at the designated venue.
Double Up the Surge : Remind your field units that our digital Change.org campaign runs parallel to this physical surge. Keep signing and verifying.
More than 56,000+ working employees & pensioners count on you! Raise your voice, show strength in unity, and fight for fairness.
Our digital strike has concluded with monumental, record-breaking success! Our flagship trend, “BSNL Unions Demand Long-Delayed Pay Revision Implementation,” absolutely dominated X (Twitter) by holding the NUMBER 1 TRENDING spot nationally for nearly 12 hours with a massive 81.1K+ posts!
We secure #1 in News and #1 in Politics simultaneously . The roar of 81,000 voices has echoed directly into the highest administrative, ministerial, and managerial desks in the country.
🙏 THANK YOU, TEAM BSNL!
A massive salute to every CHQ leader, CS, CP, and grassroots executive. Your tireless coordination, link-sharing, and relentless spirit turned this campaign into an unstoppable storm. We proved that when we fight as one, the nation listens!
🗓️ NEXT MISSION: NATION-WIDE SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN
The digital battle is won, and now we take the momentum straight to the ground! Gear up for the next phase of our struggle:
đź“ť Action: Nation-wide Signature Campaign
⏳ Timeline: 16th June – 23rd June 2026
🎯 Goal: 100% physical mobilization across every SSA, District, and Circle to seal our rights on paper.
Detailed CHQ guidelines will follow soon. Keep the fire burning – victory is ours! 🔥
” OUR PATIENCE HAS ENDED; OUR ACTION BEGINS NOW.” ✊
Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM) serves notice for the “Organizational Action Programs” in view of non-resolution of the crucial issues related to BSNL Revival and Survival leading to the complete frustration in the employees and continuous breach of trust in resolving the long pending HR issues despite firm assurance by BSNL.
We extend our sincere thanks all the constituents of Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM) for standing United and specially Sh R K Gupta General Secretary, DEWAB who accepted to join the movement to strengthen it further. Now, DEWAB is also the part of Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM). BDM calls upon all associations, unions and every BSNL employee to unite and actively participate in this action program. It’s time to stand together and force resolution of long-pending HR issues that have denied us our rightful dues. Let’s make our voice heard – Together.
DEMANDS:
1] Implementation of 3rd Pay Revision Committee (3rd PRC) recommendations for BSNL employees by waiving off the affordability clause, in view of BSNL’s status as a Strategic PSU involved in fulfilling the various social/telecom objectives of government and its pivotal role in the “Make in India” initiative for Swadeshi 4G/5G technology development. BSNL has been serving the nation with pride and its employees have dedicated itself to the cause of nation by serving to the remotest and farthest corners of the nation. Be it national calamity, be it Geo Political Situation, be it National Emergency, BSNL employees have always worked with “Nation First Policy”. Moreover, the policy making and execution for BSNL has been handled by government mostly through the officers on deputation from DoT and hence loss or profit for BSNL has never been entirely into the hands of its internal employees.
In view of the unique position of BSNL as the flag bearer of the Atmanirbhar Bharat in Telecom initiative and its involvement in nation building process through various social and strategic responsibilities, the affordability clause must be waived for BSNL as has been granted to other PSUs which have been formed for special purposes. BSNL board has already recommended and written to DoT for implementation of 3rd PRC.
Hence we demand for granting the waiver of affordability clause for implementation of 3rd PRC in BSNLby considering it as a PSU formed to perform a specific agenda instead of examining the same under the lenses of profit/loss.
2] Delinking of Pension Revision with Profitability of BSNL/MTNL. We demand for Pension Revision of BSNL/MTNL Pensioners at par with Central Government Pensioners and implementation of Hon’ble PBCAT judgement. Once the employee of BSNL/MTNL superannuates from the department, they draw the pension from consolidated fund of India and hence do not have any linkage with profit and loss of the PSU. Hence the Pension Revision must be delinked with the Profitability of BSNL/MTNL.
3] Settlement of all residual issues of the 2nd PRC pending since 01.01.2007 viz issuance of revised Presidential Order for E2/E3 pay scales for JTO/JAO/SDE/AO equivalent grades, Full 30% defined contribution towards Superannuation Benefit, creation of the mandatory Post-Retirement Medical Benefit Fund (PRMB), settlement of pay-loss issues of JTOs/JAOs recruited/promoted post 1.1.2007 (22820, JE Period Pay Loss), extension of 5 additional Increments to BSNL Recruited JTOs/JAOs and JEs, Revision of 1996 TA/DA/Transport rules to current market rates, Unfreezing of Medical Reimbursement being frozen at 2020 DA rates during Covid-19 period. These issues have minimum financial implication and still they have been kept pending. Many committees have been formed for the purpose but the reports have been kept pending for more than one year. We demand for implementation of the same.
4] Implementation of “One Company – One Policy: Parity in Pay, Perks and Promotions between Regular Employees of BSNL/MTNL vis-Ă -vis the employees on deputation from outside”.
Both, the Officers on Deemed Deputation to BSNL and the Internal Regular Employees of BSNL draw the salary and Perks from the Same Revenue Account of BSNL. While Officers on deemed deputation to BSNL are getting all the benefits of 7th CPC (Poised to get 8th CPC), the regular absorbed/recruited employees of BSNL are being strictly denied even the basic entitlements in the name of affordability.
There cannot be differential yardsticks for two different groups present in the same company. If affordable, it is for all, if non-affordable, it is for all. Hence we demand for Implementation of One Company: One Policy for BSNL i.e. equal treatment for all.
5] Creation of an internal management hierarchy through timely promotions across all streams and cadres, Promotions for all eligible executives, settlement of all pending seniority disputes in line with DoP&T guidelines and immediate issuance of all pending promotion orders, revision of NEPP and extension of applicable notional promotions to PWBD employees.
BSNL has been governed by the officers on deputation from DoT for all these 25 years. One of the root cause of the set back of the company is absence of an internal management hierarchy for BSNL despite presence of a large number of technically and professionally qualified executives recruited/absorbed by BSNL.
It’s high time that management of BSNL must now be governed by the internal regular employees and hence we demand for creation of Internal Managerial hierarchy and timely promotions for all eligible.
6] Immediate scrapping of the SET Recruitment Process, which is viewed as an affront to the qualified and experienced workforce of BSNL. BSNL has chosen to recruit fresher’s with same qualification and zero experience and place them above similarly or even greater qualified experienced executives. This is a huge injustice to the experience, commitment and qualification of the internal executives.
Hence we demand the scrapping of the SET Recruitment Process which is extremely discriminatory in nature.
7] Immediate Submission of recommendations of all the pending Committee Reports on HR issues in line with the assurances made to AIGETOA & Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM) and fixation of responsibility for unnecessary delay in submission of these Reports.
8] Withdrawal of the charge-sheet issued to the Association Office bearers of Chennai Telecom Circle.
BSNL viability related Demands/Suggestions
1] Posting of a Regular CMD in BSNL/MTNL to ensure continuity in implementation of various decisions, projects and government telecom initiatives, particularly those related to Atmanirbhar Bharat in Telecom.
2] Immediate Steps to ensure mandatory use of Swadeshi 4G Service provided by BSNL for all the Government organizations and PSUs including its employees wherever the reimbursement is made by the company/organization against the use of Telecom Services.
3] Publishing of a white Paper on the outcome of the Consultant “BCG (Boston Consulting Group)” appointed for Organization Transformation in Strategic Area vis-à -vis the expenditure made including the details of additional resources provided like Office Space, electricity etc. for their day to day working, detailed experience profile of the resources deployed in BSNL.
4] Implementation of the recommendations given by the Committee of Public undertakings (COPU) in its 6th Report for BSNL dated 18th December 2024 submitted to the 18th Lok Sabha and implementation of one company-one policy by ending the disparity between regular employees of BSNL vis-Ă -vis the employees on deputation.
5] All the Non-Executives must be extended with mobile handsets to enable proper handling of faults and service requirements. Many JEs have been entrusted with similar responsibilities to that of JTOs and hence they must also be extended with reimbursement of Mobile Handsets.
6] Lifting ban on Compassionate Ground Appointments in BSNL.
PROGRAMS & SCHEDULE:
Date
Activity
9th June 2026
X (Twitter) Campaign on “Implementation of 3rd PRC in BSNL”
16th June to 23rd June 2026
Signature Campaign through Change.org and submission of Signatures in support of the BDM call for action Programs.
25th June 2026
Lunch Hour Demonstration at CHQ/Circle/District Headquarters.
26th June to 10th July 2026
Submission of Memorandums by Employees through Postal Media & Online Portal to Hon’ble Prime Minister, Hon’ble Minister for Communications, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications, Hon’ble Secretary DoT and CMD BSNL. Submission of Memorandum to Hon’ble Governors of the State, Hon’ble MPs of the Area, Hon’ble Ministers and District Collectors of the Area by the respective CSs/DSs.
10th July 2026
X (Twitter) Campaign on extension of Standard Pay Scales of E2 and E3 and issuance of revised Presidential orders iro JTO/JAO/Equivalent and SDE/AO/Equivalent grades.
15th July 2026
Press and Media Meet highlighting the grave injustice being faced by the employees of BSNL and the necessity of the action programs by the Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch
22nd July 2026
One-day Mass Leave by all Employees in support of the demands.
24th July 2026
X (Twitter) Campaign on One Company- One Policy: Parity in Pay, Perks and Promotions between Internal employees of BSNL vis-Ă -vis the employees on deputation from outside.
3rd & 4th Aug 2026
Day Long Hunger Fast by CHQ office Bearers and other volunteers at BSNL Corporate Office.
5th August 2026
“Chalo Delhi”:Maha-Dharna by employees/pensioners of BSNL/MTNL across India at Jantar-Mantar Delhi followed by Parliament March in the presence of Central leadership of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh.
Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM) serve reminder as pre-notice to CMD BSNL regarding the continued non-resolution of key BSNL viability issues and long-pending HR matters, despite repeated assurances and earlier representations, no visible action and progress has been made on issues affecting BSNL revival, employee morale, and complete frustration in the employees.
Due to continued inaction on the crucial issues pertaining to BSNL and its employees, Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch shall proceed on “work according to rule” as mark of Protest starting from 16.04.2026. If the issues remain are not addressed with utmost urgency even now, BDM will be left with no option but to serve a full-fledged Organisational Mass action Programs Notice in due course. The responsibility for any industrial unrest in that scenario shall lie solely with BSNL Management.
A] BSNL’s viability Issues:
1] Posting of Regular CMD in BSNL for continuity in the implementation of the various decisions/projects and telecom initiatives of the government especially that of Atma Nirbhar Bharat in Telecom.
2] Immediate directions to the 4G vendors of BSNL to resolve the power, coverage and quality of service-related issues pertaining to the prestigious Swadeshi 4G Network to arrest the growing customer dis-satisfaction.
3] Implementation of the recommendations given by the Committee of Public undertakings (COPU) in its 6th Report for BSNL dated 18th December 2024 submitted to the 18th Lok Sabha and implementation of one company-one policy by ending the disparity between regular employees of BSNL vis-Ă -vis the employees on deputation.
4] Immediate steps to arrest the continued downfall in the operational revenue of BSNL and consistent churn out of subscribers from BSNL. White Paper on various initiatives launched during last two years along with the associated cost benefit analysis. White paper on reasons for revenue decline despite unparalleled support from government.
5] Immediate Steps to ensure mandatory use of Swadeshi 4G Service provided by BSNL for all the Government organizations and PSUs including its employees wherever the reimbursement is made by the company/organization against the use of Telecom Services.
6] White Paper on the outcome of the Consultant “BCG” appointed for Organization Transformation in Strategic Area vis-à -vis the expenditure made including the details of additional resources provided like Office Space, electricity etc. for their day to day working.
7] White paper on all the pending Committee Reports on HR issues where committee has taken time more than three months to submit the recommendations and fixation of responsibility for delay in submission of these Reports.
8] White Paper on Expenditure made on Mass Transfers along with cost benefit analysis and the reasons for deviation from the approved transfer policy. Routine mass Transfer should be avoided to save expenditure and only need based Transfers should be done.
B] Resolution of the Long Pending HR Issues:
1] Implementation of 3rd PRC in BSNL for executives by waiving of the affordability clause in view of the BSNL’s status as strategic PSU and its involvement in the “Make in India” initiative for development of Swadeshi 4G/5G Technology. Finalization of Wage negotiation for non-executives.
2] Delinking of Pension Revision with Profitability of BSNL. Pension Revision of BSNL/MTNL Pensioners at par with Central Government Pensioners and implementation of Hon’ble PBCAT judgement.
3] “One Company – One Policy” for all Employee in BSNL. The disparity in the Pay, Perks & allowances and Promotional avenues of those on deputation and those Recruited/absorbed in BSNL must be removed and equal rights must be given to all.
4] Settlement of residuals of 2nd PRC recommendation.
5] Immediate Scrapping of SET Recruitment process which is an insult and abuse to the qualified and experienced workforce of BSNL.
6] Creation of internal management hierarchy for BSNL by ensuring the promotions for all eligible executives across all streams/cadres in line with the proposal submitted by the recognized associations of BSNL which not only provides smooth career progression opportunity to the employees of BSNL but also saves a lot of expenditure in the form of unnecessary litigation expenses.
7] Settlement of all the pending seniority disputes in line with the DoP&T guidelines.
8] Immediate issuance of all pending promotions in Executive and non-executive cadres.
9] Withdrawal of the charge sheet issued to the AIGETOA Circle office bearers of Chennai Telecom Circle.
10] Review of deficit and surplus circle transfer policy to enable inter circle, rule-8, Spouse, PWD and Medical cases transfer. Issuance of the Revised Transfer policy in line with the suggestions submitted by the recognized associations which has been kept pending for more than a year after finalization.
11] Implementation of E1 instead of NE-12 scale for the non-executives at par with MTNL.
12] Granting one time option to be covered under the CCS (Pension) rules 1972 for the executives and non-executives whose recruitment process was initiated / notified by DoT before formation of BSNL.
13] Holding of Membership Verification through democratic Process of Secret Ballot rather than the undemocratic Check-Off System which will tilt the advantage in favor of existing recognized unions and associations.
We extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to all of you for coming forward and supporting the call of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS). Your participation has strengthened the collective voice of BSNL employees at a very crucial stage.
We express our heartfelt thanks to the central leadership of BMS for adopting the resolution to pursue the 9-point charter of demands submitted by Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM). Importantly, the core demands of BSNL employees, namely implementation of 3rd PRC, Standard Pay Scales and Superannuation Benefits for BSNL Recruits have been prominently included in the Memorandum submitted to the Ministry of Labour at Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi today.
The BSNL-specific demands reflected in the main Memorandum are:
1] Implement 3rd PRC recommendations and standard pay scales for BSNL/MTNL employees.​​
2] Extend full pensionary benefits as per Rule 37-A to BSNL/MTNL recruits.
For the first time in history, a major national trade union has adopted BSNL-specific demands with such clarity and emphasis. This significant development has brought the issues of 3rd PRC, standard pay scales, and 30% superannuation benefits for BSNL recruits to the highest level through the world’s largest trade union platform.
We firmly believe that sustained persuasion at the topmost level is the only effective way to achieve resolution of the long-pending issues of 3rd PRC implementation and fulfilment of the residual issues of 2nd PRC related to pay scales and superannuation.
We once again thank each one of you for your solidarity and support to the call given by the central leadership of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh.
Its indeed a matter of happiness and pride that the largest trade union in the world has adopted the long pending HR issues of BSNL employees and has especially included two crucial issues which is most crucial for BSNL employees in General and BSNL Recruits in Particular in their forthcoming agitation program at Pan India Level. The memorandum shall be submitted to Hon’ble PM and Hon’ble Minister of Labour and employment by the BMs central Leadership.
1] Implement 3rd PRC Recommendations and Standard Pay Scales for BSNL/MTNL Employees
2] Extend Full Pensionary Benefits as per Rule 37-A to BSNL/MTNL Recruits.
Never before in history, any major trade union has adopted the BSNL specific Demands with so much clarity. This has taken the issue of 3rd PRC and Standard Pay Scales for BSNL and 30 percent Superannuation Benefit for BSNL Recruits to the highest level through the biggest trade union umbrella of the world.
I make an humble appeal before one and all to kindly support this initiative.
In line with the call given by Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch (BDM), protest demonstrations were held across the country against the issuance of the Senior Executive Trainee (SET) Recruitment Notification dated 29.01.2026 by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).
The protest was held under the unified banner of BDM, with active participation of executives from all constituent associations. Through these demonstrations, BDM reiterated its strong demand to immediately withdraw the SET recruitment notification and urged the management to focus on resolving long-pending HR issues affecting serving executives.
BDM (Bharatiya Doorsanchar Manch) is aware of the current situation and the sudden urgency created by management to rise to the occasion and lodge the strong protest. False impression is being created that decision will be reviewed. Director (HR) was very candid in yesterday’s meeting with AIGETOA Team with his expression of inability to hold the process citing instructions from higher offices. We have already seen that wage negotiation committee report has not been placed before Board till date despite committing to approve and send the same by this month. Hence there is no point in remaining in false impression and wait for some magic by Management.
We have to make it amply clear that no executive of BSNL will accept this abuse to their dedication, qualification and experience anymore. We consider it paramount to lodge the immediate protest and accordingly the decision has been taken to register our protest action today itself.
We will Tear (Indoors) or Burn (Outdoors) the recruitment notification in the lunch hours today. A notice for protest action shall be served subsequently on Monday. If management doesn’t stop this process from going further, one day Mass CL will be observed on 16th February 2026 with following demands:
1] Immediate scrapping of SET Recruitment Process.
2] Immediate extension of functional promotions to all the eligible executives.
3] Immediate submission of all the pending committee reports with positive consideration of demands as per assurances made by management from time to time.
4] Creation of War Room for time bound resolution of HR issues including the demand of 3rd PRC.
5] Creation of War Room for Provisioning of proper resources and tools to facilitate smooth O&M along with better quality of service especially for the issues related to 4G and FTTH which is severely impacting the revenue prospects of BSNL.
6] Immediate issuance of transfer orders of the executives who have completed their tenure at the hard, semi hard and soft tenure stations.
We are trying to take all other unions and associations also on board. Based upon the outcome, next course will be announced on Monday. BSNL Management will have to give priority to HR issues and will have to respect the dignity and contribution of the employees of BSNL. We can’t let them ignore it anymore.
Let us all come together cutting across unions and association boundaries for protecting the Dignity, justice and Self-Respect of the fraternity.
Together We Can, Together We Have, Together We Will
BDM submits its strong opposition to the proposed Senior Executive Trainee (SET) Recruitment by BSNL in the guise of management succession plan. BDM has categorically submitted that any action to move forward with this recruitment shall result into huge unrest and strong organizational actions including street protests to oppose this move which undermines the dignity of the BSNL Executives.
