Majority of the 38,000 staff of Door Darshan and All India Radio went on a 48 hours strike on 23rd November 2010 protesting against the role of  CEO B.S.Lalli in the CWG broadcast fiasco. They are also protesting against the Prasar Bharati Act.

Many of the Broadcasting stations did not work. Even the few broadcasting is being done through contract workers and skelton staff.

All India Insurance Employees Association (AIIEA) which is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee year (60 years), is the largest union in LIC with around 80% membership. In 2009, out of the new recruits, 87% joined AIIEA. But AIIEA is neither recognised nor accepted as the representative union of LIC workers. This is a clear denial of the democratic right of the workers to choose the union to represent them.

AIIEA organised a massive Post Card Campaign in December 2009 – January 2010 ( 2 months) protesting against the LIC (Amendment) Bill 2009, introduced in the Parliament to destabilise LIC and to help the MNCs and private insurance companies. An astounding 17,45,984 ( Seventeen lakhs forty-five thousand and nine hundred eighty-four ) post cards signed by Policy Holders were sent to the Prime Minister! We should congratulate the organisational capability and commitmentment of the AIIEA.

 Three major PSUs, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)   and NTPC are formally granted Maharatna Status which enables them to invest in projects worth  up to Rs. 5,000 crore. As ‘Navaratna’ companies their power was only up to Rs.1000 crore. Maharatna status provides greater autonomy and operational flexibility.The conditions for grant of the status are minimum average turnover of Rs. 25,000 crore, net profit of Rs. 5,000 crore for the past continuous three years. It is decided to grant Maharatna status to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) also.

Though BSNL had fulfilled almost all the conditions and is one of the biggest companies, not even Navaratna status was not conferred to it. Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minster, when he inaugurated BSNL in October 2000, had assured that it will be granted Maharatna. At that time the name of Maharatna itself was new, the status Navaratna only existing. BSNL is now granted Miniratna status, which is nothing but an insult to such a mega company.