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Central government promised 2 crore jobs – created only 6 lakhs!

30 Tuesday May 2017

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According to the Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, 6 lakh job has been created during the last three years of Modi Government. But what was the promise? It was assured that 2 crore jobs will be created.

The fact is that crores of qualified youngsters are entering the employment market, but only a few percent of the same are getting employed. Even many of the employed are losing jobs. While crores of government and PSU employees are retiring from service, not even 50% of those vacancies are being filled up. Corporate houses like Wipro, Infosys, Tata etc. are retrenching workers in thousands. Due to the merger of 6 associated banks with the State Bank of India, almost 17,000 employees are going to lose jobs. Even the IT sector jobs are gradually  moving towards stagnation.

It is easy to promise, but is difficult to implement until and unless there is determination and hardwork. The central government is lacking  both as far as creating employment opportunities are concerned.

 

Government should utilise the Senior Citizens for its progress and development

28 Sunday May 2017

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Most of the Senior Citizens ( those above 60 years) are still energetic and capable of undertaking responsible work. Their capacity and experience can be well utilised for the progress and development of the nation.

While it is the responsibility of the government to take care of its senior citizens, the latter has the responsibility to serve the nation. The poor, the underprivileged, the uneducated etc.can be helped by the senior citizens in many ways. The government should work out such schemes and implement.

Rs. 7 lakh crore bad loan by 10 Corporates

08 Friday Jul 2016

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Com. Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI(M) has written to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi that why action is not being taken against the big corporates and borrowers, who have taken large amount of loans from banks and not returned them resulting in NPA of lakhs of crores of rupees. He mentioned 10 big corporates, together who are to repay more than Rs. 7 lakh crore. They are Adani Group (Rs. 96,031 crore), Essar Group (rs. one lakh crore), GMR Group (Rs. 47,976 Crore), GVK Group (Rs. 33,933 crore), Jaypee Group(Rs. 75,163 crore), JSW Group(Rs. 58,171 crore), Lanco Group(Rs. 47,102 crore), Reliance Group(Rs. 1.25 lakh crore), Vedanta Group (Rs. 1.03 lakh crore) and Videocon Group (Rs. 45,405 Crore).

Com.Sitaram Yechury also questioned why the SBI is recapitalising the Public Sector Banks with 2-4 lakhs crores of rupees, instead of recovering the loans by the banks from these defaulters?

From the available indications, it may be some Rs. 30 to 40 lakhs of crore which the corporates must have benefited by not returning the loans from the PSU Banks. And the Central Government, whether UPA or NDA, sit tight without taking any action. Is this not crony capitalism?

Move of the Central Govt. to scrap Pensions Act

07 Saturday May 2016

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The proposal of the central government to scrap Pensions Act will deprive the right of the pensioners in ensuring their pension from attachment or seizure. The move of the Modi Government to scrap this 145 year old act is just like its move to amend or change many old acts. Some of the departments, it is reported, are against scraping since it will take away the right of pensioners.

We demand that the government retract from its bad move to scrap the Pensions Act.

Black Money, Panama Papers, NPA etc – Government unwilling for strict action

08 Friday Apr 2016

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It is very clear now that the the Central Government, while shouting at top hitch  that strict action will be taken against hoarders of black money in to tax heaven and unlawful foreign accounts etc, is actually trying to delay and weaken such actions. Whether it is collecting the Rs. 20,000 crore tax arrears from Vodafone or Rs. 12,000 crore tax arrears from Nokia, or taking action against the black money put in tax havens exposed through the Panama Papers or Swiss Accounts by rich and influential persons violating tax laws – the government is dilly-dallying. The statement of the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely or RBI Governor Raghuram Rangarajan and others in power that ‘questioning of legitimacy of self-made wealth is dangerous’ and ‘strict actions will discourage foreign inflow’ etc. are only to help these law-breakers and tax evaders.

This one again proves that the government is the ‘government of the corporates, by the corporates and for the corporates.’ Expose the unholy alliance of the corporates, the government and the super rich, who jointly exploits the common people.

Universities are centres of learning, Do not destroy them

27 Sunday Mar 2016

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Universities are the centres of learning where crores of  youth of the country learns through hard study, guidance from the elders, discuss on each and every issue critically and expose themselves to the future world. It is a workshop where they train themselves to give the best to the world.

What the central government and certain Hindutwa brigade are trying is to muffle the free speech, independent thought and frighten them to silence. This was never the proud heritage of the country.

This attack on the centres of learning should be reisted and defeated to save our young generation and the future of the nation.

Task Force to reduce the employment in government services

03 Thursday Mar 2016

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New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has constituted a five-member task force to rationalise central government staff and ensure their maximum optimisation.

The task force will be headed by Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Rajiv Kumar and it will submit its report next month, officials said today.

The prime minister has approved the proposal to constitute a task force to examine the issues of rationalisation and optimisation of human resource in various ministries to align them with financial resources and focus areas of the government, they said. (Press Report).

It is very clear that the government want to reduce the number of employees drasticaly. That is the intention of this task force for rationalisation and optimisation. This will further reduce the employment chances for the unemployed.

This has o be strongly opposed by not only the unemployed and youth organisations but by all progressive sections.

SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION – (2) – Compensation for loss making connections

26 Thursday Mar 2015

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At the time of the corporatisation of DOT services to BSNL in October 2000, the government gave three main assurances to ensure its financial viability. (1) Access Deficit Charges (ADC) will be collected from the private telecom companies and the same will be paid to BSNL (2) BSNL have to pay licence fee just like other telecom companies, but the same will be refunded to it and (3) There will be liberal support from the USO Fund for providing universal service (means providing telephone connections in the village and rural areas as part of the governments commitment to provide universal service).  It was also declared at the time of inauguration of BSNL by the then Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan that BSNL will be granted the status of Maharatna, which is above Mini Ratna and Navaratna status.

For a few years, ADC was collected and paid to BSNL. Later it was topped. In lieu of it an amount of Rs.1,500 crore was sanctioned and paid in 2011-12 and  an amount of Rs. 1,250 crore was allotted for 2012-13. But so far this latter amount is not paid to BSNL. ADC is completely stopped also.

In the same way, for a few years, the Licence Fee paid by BSNL was refunded. Now the refund is not given.

Though USO Fund was being paid to BSNL, it was far less than required. Approximately an amount of about Rs. 3,000 crore was being received by USOF from all the telecom companies together, but only about an amount of Rs. 200-300 was being paid to BSNL. The fund got accumulated to more than Rs.20,000 crore. Now all the companies are made eligible for USOF and BSNL is getting only a small portion.

With regard to grant of Maharatna, BSNL is granted only Mini Ratna, which in fact, is an insult to such a big company.

By going back from the assurances on financial viability and grant of Maharatna status, which gives more power to the PSU to take decisions etc., the government was making BSNL a loss making company. BSNL is in loss of about Rs. 10,000 crore for providing services in the interior and difficult areas. If the government fully compensate this loss, then the company will be in profit.

The Forum demands that the Government should honour its assurances and continue the support already assured at the time of the formation of BSNL. This is a major demand of the Forum included in the notice for Strike on 21-22 April 2015.

CBI can not be the wagging tail of the govt./ruling party

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

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The cat is out of the bag! The Central Government has stated that it is against giving more powers to CBI. Earlier, the government spokesmen always used to say that let law takes its own course. It was when the CBI was completely under its control. After the Supreme Court intervened asked the CBI not to consult the government in the coal scam etc. before submitting its report to the court, the government has become agitated. It very well knows that once CBI is given freedom to inquire on its own with out the control of the government, the Ministers, top politicians etc. will be caught by the CBI. That is why now both the Prime minister as well as Finance Minister has started attacking the CAG and CBI and don’t want to give it freedom to enquire in the corrupt cases etc.
The Supreme Court should ensure the Independence of the CBI. It should not be the wagging tail of the ruling party.