Monthly Archives: July 2017

Reduction in Retirement age – move by governments

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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It is understood that certain states like Uttarakhand, U.P., Haryana etc. are proposing to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 in order to give more jobs to the unemployed. The central government is also reported to be moving in this direction.

The intention is Good, but not the method.
Earlier the retirement age for CG Employees was 58 and it was extended to 60 in  1996-97. The idea was to save expenditure on retirement benefits to be be paid for two years. The Confederation of CG Employees and workers opposed the proposal on the basis that it will reduce the job opportunities. But the govt. implemented its decision. State govts followed. 

But reducing is not easy. The employees have planned their life, construction of house, marriage of their children, loans, insurance etc.etc. on the basis of retirement at. Any reduction at this time will create extreme difficulties. To increase job opportunities what the government requires to do is to fill up the vacancies which are in thousands in each department. Ban on creation of posts should be removed.

Reducing retirement age will be strongly resisted  by the workers, no doubt.

Privatisation of Air India, Railways, Hospitals, Telecom, Postal and what more? 

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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Almost all PSUs from which maximum profit can be got are being privatised. If this trend goes, there will no PSU with government and all will be either sold or privatised. NITI Agog has been constituted replacing Planning Commission. Is NITI Ayog formed for destruction of PSUs?

If the corruption exposed in privatisation of Telecom, coal, gas  etc. is considered, what  will be the total  amount of corruption and bribery involved in all these  sale/ disinvestment?

III PRC Recommendations accepted for PSU Executives.

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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It is reported in the press that the recommendations of the III Pay Revision Committee Report has been accepted by  the government with 15% fitment. Details are yet to be received, including whether this is applicable to all PSU etc.

Privatisation of Government hospitals – Dangerous threat to the people

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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The NITI Ayog and the Central health Ministry has mooted for privatisation of select services in the government district hospitals by handing over sufficient space / land and also one tine free seed money to set up the infrastructure. The proposal  is to privatise the costly treatment of three non-communicable diseases ie. Cardiac disease, pulmonary disease and cancer care. Others may follow.

This proposals or decisions are dangerous in that the people will not be getting free treatment in the government hospitals for these diseases. Further they will have to pay very high charges for the private treatment.

The intention of the government is very clear. Allot acres of land to the private companies to utilise the same for constructing buildings etc. as also utilise the government buildings for treatment etc. and mint money as real estate. Secondly, the three diseases now mentioned are very costly and they can fleece the patients. There will be no free treatment. Government money will be granted for the infrastructure. This is a very dangerous trend affecting the health of the people and has to be strongly  opposed and defeated.

Congratulations to the Kerala LDF government which has strongly opposed and declared that it will not implement the Central government proposal to privatise the government hospitals.

BSNL will be profitable by 2018-19 – CMD BSNL

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

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In an interview with Shri Anupam Shrivastava, CMD BSNL, he has stated that BSNL will become profitable by 2018-19. Giving the report below:

“Tapping into new areas of business, collaborative competition and offering 4G services will be the focus areas for state-run telecom major BSNL in the current fiscal. BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava, in an interview with Mansi Taneja, talks about having least debt in the telecom industry and posting growth even in a hyper-competitive market and registering profits by the financial year 2018-19.”

CEC Meeting of BSNLCCWF at Meerut

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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An important CEC Meeting of the BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation will be held at Meerut on 22-23 July 2017. There is a big agenda before the meeting. Implementation of Minimum Wage and social security measures life EPF, ESI etc. are some of the most important items. Despite several acts of the Parliament, Government orders and BSNL orders, these are not fully implemented so far. The Contractors and some of the corrupt officers are exploiting the contract workers, denying them due wage etc.

Another issue is about the regularisation of the casual contract workers. On the plea of a Supreme Court order, regularisation is being denied since 2006. A serious struggle will be required in the matter.

Reception Committee members under the leadership of Coms. Upender Singh, Circle Secretary BSNLEU, Ansar Ali, Circle President BSNLCCWF, Naresh Pal, Circle secretary BSNLCCWF and other senior leaders, all preparations for the conduct of the CEC is being arranged.

9 Member Supreme Court Bench on ‘Whether Right to Privacy is a fundamental right?’

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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New Delhi, Jul 18 : The Supreme Court today decided to set up a nine-judge bench to decide whether right to privacy can be declared as a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said that the larger bench would examine the correctness of the two judgements delivered in the cases of Kharak Singh and M P Sharma in which it was held that right to privacy was not a fundamental right.

While the Kharak Singh judgement was delivered by a six- judge bench in 1960, the M P Sharma verdict was reported in 1950 and was delivered by an eight-judge Constitution bench.

The five-judge bench, also comprising Justices J Chelameswar, S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud and S Abdul Nazeer, said that the nine-judge bench would commence hearing tomorrow and decide the issue as to whether the fundamental rights, described under Part III of the Constitution, also include the right to privacy.

The order came on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme.

It has also been alleged that the Aadhaar scheme infringes the ‘fundamental right to privacy’.

The petitions were referred to a larger bench in 2015 when then attorney general Mukul Rohatgi had referred to the inconsistencies in the past apex court verdicts and said that the issue whether right to privacy was a fundamental right or not, needed to be settled first. (PTI)

BSNL Workers’ Strike on 27th July 2017

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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As per the call of the Unions/Associations, BSNL workers are going on a full strike on 27th July 2017 demanding early wage revision, pension revision, supernumerary benefits to BSNL recruitees, stop attack against union etc.

The demands of the workers are fully justified. The government and the management should discuss the  issues with the unions/associations and settle them, failing whcih  they will have to face the wrath of the workers.

Settle the demands of the agitating nurses

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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Thousands of nurses of the private hospitals in Kerala are on struggle for the last few weeks demanding payment of minimum wages of Rs. 20,000 as declared by the Supreme Court. This is a fully justified demand. The management of the private hospitals who collect hefty amounts from the patients are denying even the minimum wage to the nurses. These nurses have to go through vigorous training for three years or more and require practical experience. Many hospitals ask the staff to work more than 8-10 hours.

Nursing is a highly skilled job and requires to be treated as such. But even the minimum wage is denied to them.

The Managements and the government should settle the issues raised by the nurses and their associations!

CPI(M) dharna for 33% reservation for women

15 Saturday Jul 2017

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New Delhi, July 15 : The Delhi State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) oraganised a dharna for the passage of 33% Women Reservation Bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament. Hundreds of people especially women participated in the protest demonstration.
It has been more than 20 years since for the first time the bill was introduced in the parliament by H.D. Devegoda led government in the year 1996. In the year 2003 albeit a strength of two third in the Lok Sabha in favour of the bill, the then BJP led government deliberately sidelined it. The Congress led UPA was forced to pass it in the Rajya Sabha in the year 2010 under the pressure of struggles of the left parties in particular the CPI(M) both in the streets and the parliament. The attitude of the Narendra Modi led government is no different than that of the previous NDA government.
Addressing the Dharna the General Secretary of CPI(M) Comrade Sitaram Yechuryreiterated the demand to pass the bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament. Exposing BJP’s blatant lies he said that the BJP talks of passing the bill once they have a majority in the Rajya Sabha whereas it has already been passed by the Rajya Sabha in the year 2010. The Constitution has given us all equal rights and the fight is to uphold the values of the Constitution. The BJP being the political wing of the RSS believes in the Manusmriti which recognizes women as second class citizens. The regressive and pernicious ideas of RSS have to be defeated. When we discussed and voted in favour of the 33% Womens’ Reservation for the Panchayats then it were the same set of people who argued against it and said that women are not capable of doing anything except for household work. He concluded by saying that the CPI(M) will strengthen its struggle in the entire country against this very idea and for the passage of this bill.
The dharma was also addressed by CPI(M) Central Committee Member Com.P.M.S Grewal, CPI(M) Delhi State Committee Members Asha Sharma, Maimoona Mollah, Rajeev Kunwar, Siddeshwar Shukla, Jagdish Sharma, Rampal, Neel Gagan and others. The dharna was presided over by CPI(M) Delhi State Committee Member Com. Nathu Prasad and CPI(M) Delhi State Secretary Com. K.M.Tiwari. (Courtesy: Ganashakti)