The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which was to have been approved by the Cabinet and introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament has been facing severe opposition from the electricity sector workers, from kisans and other consumers.
Continue readingAir India, and its subsidiary AI Express, which together own 94 aircrafts and serve over 100 domestic destinations and 60 international destinations, have been sold to the Tata Group.
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The 2021 amendment to the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act 1957 is a clear move of the Indian state to facilitate land acquisition for private profit.
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On August 23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a plan to “monetise” public assets in infrastructure. She claimed that the government expects to collect Rs 6 lakh crores over a four-year period through this method.
Continue readingExcerpts of the interview of MEL with Com Sunil Kumar P. (SKP), Secretary General, All India Station Masters Association (AISMA).
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Demonstration in Bilaspur On 10th August 2021, the members of the All-India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA) organized a protest over their 17-point demands. These protests were organized in about 650 lobbies of 16 zones of railways across the country. Despite the demonstration being declared illegal by the railway administration,
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On 9th August 2021, a protest demonstration was organized in the call of central trade unions at Ghari check in Ambikapur in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh.
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Petrol and diesel account for a huge share of revenue collected by the Central government from excise duty. According to revised budget estimates, excise duty on petroleum products amounted to Rs. 3.6 lakh crore in 2020-21.
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Trade unions and workers’ organisations all over the country held demonstrations on July 23 to protest against the EDSO 2021.
Continue readingThirty years ago, on 24th July, the then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh presented the first budget of the Congress-led government headed by Narasimha Rao. Finance Minister Manmohan Singh declared that the balance of payments situation was precarious, with foreign currency reserves not enough to even pay for one month’s imports. … He then unveiled a program of major changes in policies, laws and regulations relating to trade, investment and the public sector, broadly in line with the prescriptions of the World Bank and the IMF.
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