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29/03/2024 cgpiadmin

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MSEWF decides to oppose Smart Meters

Report by Kamgar Ekta Committee correspondent

On 13^th March 2024, the Maharashtra State Electricity Workers’ Federation (MSEWF) organized a Zoom meeting on the subject “Smart Meters – Myth and Reality”.

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19/01/2024 cgpiadmin

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Workers and users of electricity, let us not be fooled by “smart” meters!

Electricity is a basic necessity of modern life. Making it available at an affordable price is the responsibility of the government. Instead of fulfilling this responsibility, the Central Government is taking steps that will make electricity out of reach for many people, in order to guarantee maximum profits for private companies.

14/03/2023 cgpiadmin

International Women’s Day celebrated in Pune

A program to celebrate International Women’s Day was organised by the Maharashtra State Electricity Workers’ Federation (MSEWF) in Pune on 8th March. Com Bharti Bhoyar, President of the Women’s Front of MSEWF, chaired the meeting. Com Bhoyar emphasised the need for women to fight shoulder to shoulder with their male co-workers, in order to win and defend their rights, as workers and as women.

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25/11/2022 cgpiadmin

Massive Protest Action of Electricity Workers and Engineers

Under the banner of ‘Bijli Kranti Rally’, thousands of electricity workers and engineers from all parts of India came together in a massive protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on November 23.

22/11/2022 cgpiadmin

Privatisation of Electricity Is against the Interests of Society
The Struggle of Electricity Workers Is Entirely Just

First published in November 2022

A collection of articles published by the Communist Ghadar Party of India between May and August 2022.

(Click on image to view/download PDF)

08/08/2022 cgpiadmin

Electricity is an Essential Social Need and Universal Human Right

This is the Sixth in a series of articles on the class struggle over electricity in India

The class struggle that is going on over electricity is about who should own this vital productive force and what should be the aim of its production and distribution. At the centre of the conflict is the very definition of the role of electricity in society.

19/07/2022 cgpiadmin

Nationwide agitation against Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 announced

The All India Power Engineers Federation has written to the Union Power Minister demanding that the bill should not be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament, without talking to power consumers and electricity workers in detail, on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 recently released by the Central government.

13/08/2021 cgpiadmin

All India Forum Against Privatisation supports the struggle of electricity workers

We are publishing a statement of solidarity with electricity workers issued by the All-India Forum against Privatisation on 3rd Aug 2021.

15/05/2021 cgpiadmin

Oppose the Privatisation of Electricity Distribution!

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.

06/05/2020 cgpiadmin

The Electricity Act Amendment draft Bill is not in the interests of people

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued a draft Bill on 17th April 2020 for amendment of the Electricity Act 2003, inviting comments, suggestions, and objections by 8th May, 2020.