The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be meeting the Central TUs on Monday, 16th January, to have their views before the finalisation of the budget proposals.
The trade unions are expected to raise the issues of the abolition of the contract labour, increase the minimum wage, social benefits like EPF & ESI etc. to them. They are also expected to raise the demand to have more employment generation as also increase the interest rate on Provident Fund decided by the EPFO. All the major National Trade Union centres are expected to participate in the meeting.
VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
sarkari hisab se jo 6500/- par EPF kat ta hai or bonus bhi milta hai mai 23 year se yahi dekh raha hoon.par koi bhi isper amendment nahi karta hai jabki salary minimum wages bhi bad gai hai aakhir hamare neta is taraf dhyan kyon nahi dete ab jabki 15000/- tak ESI kat ti hai to EPF bhi 15000/- tak ki limit honi chahi ye aap is awaj ko jaroor uthana.
i would cut out my salary epf contibution of rs /-1000
so esi not contibution ..esi facility not porvide.so help me my esi runign or socal security esi enable.plz.
west bengal circle,..
malda.
Dear Comrade,
Please contact comrade Tapas Ghosh, Circle Secretary, BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation ( Mob: 9476124344 ) and explain to him your problems for settlement