Lok Sabha Question No. 3488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Pay Revision Committee for BSNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne, Shrirang Appa Barne, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3488 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH   AUGUST, 2018

## PAY REVISION COMMITTEE FOR BSNL

3488. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has constituted third Pay Revision committee for Bharat Sanchar  Nigam  Limited's  (BSNL)  employees  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the  major recommendations thereof along  with  the  time  by  which  the  said  committee  is  likely  to submit its recommendations to the Government;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  the  said  recommendations  of  the committee and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has received any representation from employee unions and  Members  of  Parliament  for  early  implementation  of  the  said  committee  report  in BSNL and sorting out pending issues with regard to the pay revision and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  the  recommendations  of  the  second Pay Revision Committee in its entirety and there are no left over issues thereof and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  create  a  separate  mobile  tower subsidiary for hiving off BSNL's mobile tower infrastructure and if so, the details and the status thereof along with the time by which the said subsidiary is likely to be operational?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Department  of  Public  Enterprises  (DPE)  constituted  the  Third  Pay  Revision Committee (3 rd  PRC) to review the structure of pay scales, allowances, perquisites and other  benefits  for  Board  level  functionaries,  below  Board  level  executives  and  nonunionized  supervisory  staff  of  all  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs).  The recommendations  of  3 rd   PRC  were  conveyed  by  DPE  vide  Office  Memorandum  (OM)

No.W-02/0028/2017-DPE(WC)-GL-XIII/17 dated 03.08.2017 which  is  at Annexure. No separate 3 rd  PRC was set up for BSNL.

(b) & (c) BSNL is not covered by affordability clause of DPE OM dated 03.08.2017 as it has  been incurring losses for 2016-17, 2015-16 and 2014-15. Based on   proposals and  representations  received,  a  reference  was  sent  to  DPE  whether  the  affordability criteria can be relaxed for implementing pay scale revision in BSNL as per 3 rd  PRC. DPE has clarified that BSNL does not fall under the category mentioned in Para 5 of DPE's OM  dated  03.08.2017  and  indicated  that  any  relaxation/amendment  in  the  extant guidelines would require the approval of the cabinet and Department of Telecommunications  (DoT)  has  to  examine  issue  at  its  end.  The  matter  is  under examination.

(d) The Government had issued Presidential Directive  dated  27/02/2009   based  on recommendations of 2 nd  PRC for BSNL and the same has been implemented  in BSNL.

(e) In September 2017, Cabinet gave its approval for 'Hiving off Mobile tower assets of  BSNL  into  a  separate  subsidiary      company  fully  owned  by  BSNL'.  A  new  tower company  named  BSNL  Tower  Corporation  Ltd.,  fully  owned  by  BSNL  has  been incorporated on 04.01.2018.

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