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Ronak Chhabra
Chandigarh: As Privatisation Looms Over UT’s Discom, Employees Prepare for Strike
19 Feb 2022
The UT Powermen Union – Chandigarh unit has given a call for a three-day work strike, which is set to begin from February 22, with a threat to extend the strike action for an indefinite period in…
Sandip Chakraborty
Electricity Employees Across India Hold One-Day Strike, Demand Affordable Electricity
03 Feb 2021
The Electricity Act, 2003, virtually mandated the tri-furcation of the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) into companies for the generation, transmission and distribution of power. It was pushed by the…
Sandip Chakraborty
Electricity Employees Across India Hold One-Day Strike, Demand Affordable Electricity
03 Feb 2021
The Electricity Act, 2003, virtually mandated the tri-furcation of the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) into companies for the generation, transmission and distribution of power. It was pushed by the…
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: State Power Employees Protest Against Privatisation of PuVVNL
30 Sep 2020
The company is one of five wholly-owned subsidiaries of the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL). According to the proposal, PuVVNL will be disbanded into three smaller corporations, which will be…
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Electricity Employees, Engineers to Observe National Protest Day Against Electricity (Amendment) Bill
27 May 2020
On April 17, the Ministry of Power notified the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020—which gives more power to private players—seeking public comments within three weeks.
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#WorkersStrikeBack: Power Engineers Among Workers Striking Against Modi Government
08 Jan 2019
The power ministry had written to the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers to not proceed on the two-day work boycott, calling the action ‘premature’, but the…
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Power Employees Demand Right To Electricity For All, To Hold Nationwide Strike Against Privatisation Bill
09 Jun 2018
The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to extend privatisation to distribution of electricity. A national convention was held by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and…
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Opposing Electricity Amendment Bill, Power Employees to Hold National Convention in Delhi
08 Jun 2018
Unions of electricity employees have been opposing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014, which seeks to bring in private companies to compete over selling power and make profits while the government…
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Thousands Of Power Employees Storm Delhi Against Privatisation
04 Apr 2018
They are protesting against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 that seeks to privatise electricity distribution, as well as against the UP government’s privatisation moves.
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Protests By Power Employees In UP And Metro Employees In Bengaluru This March
12 Mar 2018
While the UP power sector employees will take out a rally in protest against privatisation of distribution, the employees of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited are demanding recognition of…