I am now staying at K.G.Bose Bhawan, New Delhi for a few days. This building was purchased by BSNLEU and inaugurated on 22nd March 2012, foundation anniversary of BSNLEU  and functioning as a centre for stay for the comrades coming from outside, on prior intimation. Officebearers of BBSNLEU, while in Delhi, also stay here. 

The building was purchased as per decision of Thiruvananthapuram All India Conference 2010 and after collecting donation and utilising the available FDs. BSNLEU members are to be congratulated for the extreme support given through donation and otherwise.

The hall in the auditorium is named after senior leader Com. S.R.Nayak, former Circle Secretary M.P.

I was waiting at Mumbai airport to catch connecting flight to Delhi. I had already completed security check and was in the departure Hall. The flight was delayed and I went to a cafe and asked for coffee. The cost was Rs.230. When I mentioned it is too costly, he advised me to go to the food court upstairs.There I got coffee for Rs.110. In Delhi, Mumbai airports, which are privatised, it is difficult to get coffee for less than one rupee. But in Chennai, Kolkata, Kozhikode etc., which are airport authority owned, you get the same for Rs. 40 to 60.

Govt. wants to privatise all profitable airports for the benefit of the corporates. Only the loss making will be managed by Airport Authority of India.

Profit for private, loss for government, harassment for the passenger!

Yesterday night reached Delhi. Though I was to reach by 06.00 p.m., the flight was delayed about two hours due to bad weather. I will be at Delhi till 27th July. In between, I have to attend the BSNLCCWF CEC at Meerut, convention at Rohtak, Pune and if practicable at Bikanir in addition at Delhi. Hope to meet our comrades at Delhi. Staying at KG Bose Bhawan.

The workers at the bottom are fighting for getting a minimum wage of at least  Rs.18,000. The govt has accepted only Rs.10,000. But even the same is not implemented in many states/ industries. 

But what about those at the top. In the central govt. the top salary has been increased to  Rs.2.5 lakes. In the private sector the salary seems to have no upper limit for top executives.

The pay of Mahendra CEO C.P.Gurnami is Rs.150.71 crore for financial year 2017. For two Executive directors in Reliance Industries it is 80.76 crores each. The salary of many top executives are not known.

The difference is salaries is  increasing, whether it is Central Government, State govt, Public sector or private sector.

The rich becomes richer, the poor the poorer. We have to fight against this gross discrimination.

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.

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?

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.