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.
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Tag: Privatisation
Interview with the Secretary General, All India Station Masters Association
Excerpts of the interview of MEL with Com Sunil Kumar P. (SKP), Secretary General, All India Station Masters Association (AISMA).
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Rail drivers protest across the country against privatization
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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Protest against privatization of country’s property
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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Rising prices of petrol and diesel
Outright robbery of workers and peasants in the name of serving the people
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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Protests all over India against the Essential Defence Services Ordinance 2021
Trade unions and workers’ organisations all over the country held demonstrations on July 23 to protest against the EDSO 2021.
Continue reading30 years after the launch of the program of liberalisation and privatisation
Thirty 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.
Continue readingPress Release: Foundation Meeting of “All India Forum Against Privatisation” successfully held on 04th July 2021
41 National Federations, Unions and Associations representing the public sector workers in Railways, Defense, Electricity, Coal, Petroleum, Banks, Port & Docks as well as organisations of women and people have decided to come together under the banner of “All India Forum Against Privatisation (AIFAP)” to jointly oppose the Central Government’s anti-worker, anti-people and anti-national policies of handing over public assets built with people’s money to big monopoly corporate capitalists, both Indian and foreign.
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Oppose the Privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited!
Twelfth meeting organised by Kamgar Ekta Committee in the series “Unite Against Privatisation!”
Kamgar Ekta Committee (KEC) organised a public meeting on 30 May 2021 to oppose the privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). It was attended by nearly 300 leaders and participants from steel, railways, insurance, port & docks, electricity, petroleum, BSNL and others.
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Eleventh meeting organised by Kamgar Ekta Committee in the series “Unite Against Privatisation!”
Kamgar Ekta Committee (KEC) organised a public meeting on 25 April 2021 to oppose privatisation of electricity distribution. This was the 11th meeting in the series “Unite against Privatisation”. Previous meetings dealt with privatisation of railways, banks, insurance, coal, petroleum, port & docks, education sectors. These meetings are being organised with the aim of bringing together various unions and federations of public sectors in a common struggle against privatisation.
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