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Ronak Chhabra
Haryana Roadways’ Employees to Step up Protest under ‘Save India’ Campaign
31 Jul 2021
The workers have demanded the addition of 14,000 new buses to state’s fleet and a Rs 2,000-crore package for the public carrier to tide over losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sandip Chakraborty
Workers Against Privatisation of Bengal Chemicals, India's First Pharma Concern
24 Jul 2021
BCPL’s products — Bengal Chemical Pheneol, naphthalene balls, Cantharidine hair oil, Kalmegh and Aqua Ptychotis —still command a market share through the company’s own retail outlets opened recently.
Newsclick Report
‘Anti-National Policies’: Central Trade Unions Call for Protest on July 23 against Privatisation of Defence Production
10 Jul 2021
The trade unions are protesting the Centre’s plan to corporatise the Ordnance Factories Board while implementing an ordinance that prohibits defence sector employees from striking.
Ankush Rai, Tanvi Apte
Privatising Banks, Diminishing Rights: Does a Receding State Mean Receding Banking Services for the Poor?
05 Jul 2021
Analysing the recent steps around privatisation of public sector banks in India from a socio-legal perspective.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Inquiry Centres at 14 Stations of North Eastern Railway Handed Over to Private Companies
03 Jul 2021
Railway employees and staff at the inquiry centres have demanded a complete withdrawal of the decision, stating that privatisation is an insult to the railway workers who sacrificed their lives…
Ronak Chhabra
OFB: Ahead of Indefinite Strike, Centre Empowers Itself to Penalise Workers in ‘Essential Defence Services’
01 Jul 2021
Defence Federations called the Ordinance – designed on the lines of ESMA – 'brutal' and 'draconian'; they are to meet on Thursday evening to discuss a future course of action.
Ronak Chhabra
Trade Unions Wary of Pitch to Allow Complete Ownership of Govt-owned Oil Refineries to Foreign Players
22 Jun 2021
As per media reports, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry is considering to tweak FDI policy to allow up to 100% foreign investment under automatic route in public enterprises in oil and gas…
Sandip Chakraborty
Defence Civilian Employees Burn Govt’s Effigy in Protest Against OFB Corporatisation
19 Jun 2021
If the government moves ahead with the decision then over 4 lakh workers and employees of the defence sector will go an indefinite strike against this move, said C Srikumar, general secretary of the…
Sagrika Kissu
Jammu Power Crisis: Privatisation and Stalled Regularisation Add to Employees’ Troubles
13 Jun 2021
The massive electricity outage in Jammu has brought to light several challenges faced by the power department including poor infrastructure and maintenance. But the most pressing problem that has…
Ronak Chhabra
Bank Union Opposes Privatisation, Says ‘Nation and its People’ Are Owners of PSBs
11 Jun 2021
The national media was recently flooded with news reports of NITI Aayog suggesting names of to-be-privatised public banks to the Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment. It prompted BEFI to…