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BSNL issues orders on NE – 12 payscale

11 Tuesday Sep 2012

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One more of the agreement reached on the NEPP has now been implemented by issuing orders on the NE – 12 payscale ( Rs.16390 – 33830) thus granting one more promotion to those who have reached NE – 11 payscale. This is a great achievement of implementing the Promotion Policy for the Non-Executives. This will be with retrospective effect from 22-02-2012. I am sure that even those pessimists who stated that the NE-12 will not be sanctioned will also be happy, because they also will get the benefit.

Congratulations go to all the BSNLEU and UF comrades who fought and who compelled BSNL for the issue. Thanks are due to BSNL management also for issue, even though somewhat delayed on administrative reasons.

Offensive is the best defence – Congress attacks CAG

11 Tuesday Sep 2012

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The UPA government, under the dark shadow of  one after another big scams like 2G, Coalgate, CWG etc. is on the offensive. Unable to counter the reports and also the daily exposing details of the scams, it has increased its attacks on the CAG stating that the CAG is acting on the agenda of the BJP. It is trying to defend the indefensible

The Congress is in a fighting mood. Whether it is CAG, media or the independent writers whoever exposes the Congress, the latter will use  CBI, Police, the entire state machinery to attack the former. The UPA government has become most intolerant. The people are watching carefully.

Congress, BJP thrives on corporate donations

11 Tuesday Sep 2012

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The donations to Congress and BJP, the ruling and main opposition parties, more than doubled in the five years between the two general elections in 2004 and 2009 as per information received through an RTI. The RTI information is based on the Income Tax paid by the parties.

The Congress Party’s income, as per income tax returns increased from Rs.222.07 crores in 2004-05 to Rs. 467.57 crore in 2009-10, a five-year period. During the same period, income of BJP increased from Rs. 104.12 crore to Rs. 258 crore.

Major portion of these are donations from the corporates and major trusts formed by the corporates.  They need not pay any tax for these donations from the trusts.

The amount shown by the political parties are only a small portion, since many donations are unaccounted and paid in cash. Further, donations for  less than Rs. 20,000 need not indicate the donors.

The political parties like Congress and BJP getting crores of rupees from the corporates and big business, naturally will make all efforts to safeguard the interests of the former and not the ordinary people. The big scams have already shown how the government favour the corporates.

 

 

BHEL to recruit 5,000 employees

10 Monday Sep 2012

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 BHEL is planning to recruit 5,000 employees for posts ranging from artisans to plant engineers and management executives over the next five years, according to a report in the ET.  In the previous five years, BHEL had hired 15,000 personnel as it undertook a modernisation and expansion drive in three phases across its various plants in the country. As of now, the total headcount in the PSU was 49,300, including 10,500 in Haridwar, 10,400 here, 7,800 in Bhopal and 7,300 in   Hyderabad, as per a spokesman of the BHEL.
Other PSUs also, including BSNL,  should think about recruiting young people. This is utmost necessary to have continuation as also new talent.

Is the governments becoming intolerant to criticisms?

10 Monday Sep 2012

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The recent arrests of reporters, journalists and cartoonists against write-ups, cartoon etc. point towards the intolerance of the government against criticism. This is completely negation of the right of people in a democracy to express their opinion against the policies of the government.

The latest case in the arrest of Assem Trivedi cartoonist by the Mumbai Police for a cartoon depicting  the coal gate scam exhibited at the Mumbai Maidan at the time of fast by Anna Hazare.

All democracy loving people should protest against this attack on the freedom of people to express their rightful opinion.

 

Cancel Coal Block Allocations – Coal Workers Fedn.

10 Monday Sep 2012

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Kolkata, September 10: The All India Coal Workers Federation ( CITU) has issued the following statement:

All India Coal Workers Federation ( CITU) in it’s two day session held on 8-9 September 2012 at Raniganj, West Bengal decided to fight and resist the conspiracy to denationalize coal mining by the corporate – governance nexus through fishing in troubled water in the midst of exposure coal-gate scam which is a creation of their own and the controversy arisen therefrom in order to perpetuate a permanent loot on the national assets as well as on the working class and the people at the behest of private corporates, both domestic and foreign.

The Federation demanded immediate scrapping of all allocations of coal blocks to private hands and return of the same to Coal India Ltd. Concerned legislations enabling allocation of coal blocks to private corporates for so called captive purposes must also be scrapped in view of the stinking scams and perpetual loot of national resources for private and illegitimate gains by the private corporates and their mentors in the governance taking advantage of such ill-designed legislations. Coal India Ltd must be  strengthened further and be made the only nodal agency for coal mining in the country and all the coal resources in the country including future discoveries must be statutorily vested with Coal India Ltd.  Simultaneously all forms of outsourcing of coal production being done by Coal India must be totally banned.

The Federation called upon it’s affiliate unions and also the coal workers unions in general to go in for intensive campaign against the ongoing conspiracy to privatize coal mining in the country and hold massive demonstration before the headquarters of all the subsidiary companies on 1st October 2012. Further course of countrywide actions will be decided by the National Conference of All India Coal Workers Federation to be held on 28-30 November 2012 at Mython, Jharkhand. The Federation will also consult other unions in Coal industry for joint movement against the conspiracy of denationalization privatization.

Jibon Roy, National Secretary, CITU and General Secretary of All India Coal Workers Federation stated that conspiracy to denationalize and privatize coal resources of the country which were rescued from private hands and vested in State through Coal Mines Nationalisation Act 1973, has been attempted number of times earlier also by bringing Coal Mines Nationalisation (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. But on all the  occasions such attempts were foiled by the united and militant struggle by all the coal workers and by all the coal unions including serving notice for week-long strike action, which compelled the concerned Govt at the centre to shelve said Bill. Even the legislation providing for captive-mine allocation to power and cement industry was opposed by the coal trade unions and also by the Left parties in Parliament. And now such provision of allotting captive mines to private hands has landed the country to huge scam and illegitimate gains for private corporates, both domestic and foreign and a huge loss to country’s exchequer and also to Coal India. (Courtsey: Ganashakti)

Rich PM, Richer Ministers – A Cabinet of crorepatis!

10 Monday Sep 2012

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According to a report in the Economic Times today, based on the posting in the PMO website, India is having a cabinet of crorepatis. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is also in the list of crorepatis. See below:

1. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime minister    Rs.  10.37 crore

2. Praful Patel, Heavy Industries Minister  Rs.  52.00 crore

3. Sharad Pawar, Agriculture Minister         Rs.  22.0  crore

4. Kapil Sibal, Communications, HR            Rs.  45.33 crore

5. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Home Minister     Rs.  15       crore

6. P.Chidambaram, Finance Minister          Rs.   17      crore

7. Ajit Singh, Civil Aviation Minister            Rs.   13     crore

8. M.K.Alagiri, Chemicals Fertiliser Min.    Rs.     9.5  crore

9. Pawan Kumar Bansal Parliamentary Aff.Rs.     6.65 crore

10.Ghulam Nabi Azad, Health Minister       Rs.     3.42 crore

11.Salman Khurshid Law Minister                Rs.     3.5 crore

12.Kumari Selja,  Housing Minister              Rs.    12.25 crore

13.Kamal Nath, Urban Dev. Minister          Rs.    13.0   crore

14.S.M.Krishna, Extl. Affairs Minister          Rs.      1.89 crore

15.Subodh Kant sahay, Tourism minister    Rs.    70.74 crore

If all these important ministers are crorepatis and many others also, it can aptly be called as crorepati cabinet. As such, it is not surprising that they maximum look after the interests of crorepatis and corporates. In fact, more subsidies have been given by this cabinet to a few thousand/hundred corporates that to the crores of common people of the country. Not only scams in 2G and Coal blocks, but also in every sector since the scams benefit the corporates and the crorepatis.

Homage to Comrade Indersen

10 Monday Sep 2012

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Com.Indersen, long-time office Secretary of NFTE and close associate of Com.OP Gupta passed away on 9th September at Delhi. He was most dedicated to the union and spent his entire life working for theworking class.

My respectful homage to Com.Indersen!

Varghese Kurien, ‘The Milkman of India’ passes away

09 Sunday Sep 2012

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Varghese Kurien(91), the Architect  of the White Revolution in the country, passed away, today morning. He was the founder-chairman of National Dairy Development Board (1965-98) and also chairman of Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF)(1973-2006), and also the Institute of Rural management (1979-2006. He dedicated his life to the cause of the milkmen and empowering them to a bright future.  After the project started in 1971, within years the co-operative Milk Societies increased in hundreds and milk production also increased. India became the number one milk producing country. His contribution to the country will  ever be remembered.

My respectful homage to the late Varghese Kurien, the great Milkman of India.

No more ISD facility for pre-paid connections unless on demand – TRAI

09 Sunday Sep 2012

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TRAI has recommended to the DOT that in future the ISD facilities should be barred from the pre-paid mobile connections. Citing the misuse of the facility by telemarketers etc. the users of the pre-paid mobile connections are put to unnecessary difficulty, this new condition has been done.

Before providing the pre-paid connections, the subscriber should be asked whether he want ISD facility and only after he agreed for the same, the ISD facility will be provided.

For the existing pre-paid connections, the ISD will be disconnected within 60 days. If the subscriber consent for ISD within sixty days, it will be continued.