
The apex body of BSNL unions claimed that over three lakh of its members had joined the strike action on Tuesday morning. The joint forum of unions has both executives and non-executives as members. Within hours, BSNL Chairman Kuldeep Goyal met the Telecom Minister and sought his intervention. "As the management has agreed to look into our major demands, we have decided to call-off the indefinite strike," convener of the Joint Action Committee of BSNL Associations and Unions VAN Namboodiri said. The Sam Pitroda panel was set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to suggest ways to improve BSNL's financial health. BSNL saw profits plummet to Rs 178 crore in 2009-2010 (up to December 2009) from over Rs 575 crore in 2008-09 as the PSU is rapidly losing market share to new entrants. The PSU has 91 million users, both mobile and landline. BSNL offers services across India, except Delhi and Mumbai. Besides the scrapping of the divestment plan, the unions were also demanding absorption of 1,500 Indian Telecom Services (ITS) officers, who have been continuing on deputation for the last 10 years.
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