No. Confd.
Circular-2021 Dated:
10th March 2021
CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS CALLS
UPON TO OBSERVE
15th MARCH 2021
AS ANTI -PRIVATISATION & ANTI-CORPORATISATION
DAY
Dear Comrades,.
In the Budget that was presented by the
Finance Minister on Ist Feb. 2021 the major resource mobilisation besides
indirect taxes was through disinvestment or outright sale of public
enterprises. Life Insurance Corporation, the largest organisation in
the Insurance industry not only of India but perhaps even of the world has been
specifically earmarked for sale. It is one of the best performing
enterprise in the Public sector today. The return, s the Government
of India has received from LIC is several times of its investment,
i.e. in the form of dividends, taxes etc. While the sale of public
enterprises was justified earlier on the plea of the recurring losses in the
past, it is presently no more so.. BJP and all its predecessor
formations had been opposed to public enterprises, itself , though such
investment had been the key for the economic advancement of the country in the
post independent era. In fact the Prime Minister’s statement
justifying the decision was a clear admission that the ruling party is not
ashamed of bartering away India’s assets, acquired by the public money to
selected private enterprises or even foreign nationals. As part of
the crony capitalism, the theme of governance of the present government, most
of the public enterprises, divested or sold would be gobbled
up by Adanis and Ambanis. Unashamedly and pretty well knowing that it is
nothing but a travesty of truth, they propagate the virtues of right
wing policies and its capacity to propel growth. When millions were driven to
the shores of penury and poverty due to the various such
disastrous decisions taken by this government, like demonetisation, the hurry
with which the GST regime was brought in, the separate duty regime for
petroleum products whereby the prices have now been doubled despite the
dwindling international crude prices etc., unending agony was inflicted on
common people. The ushering in of the new labour code, the anti
farmers bills rushed through the Parliament are some of the recent anti-people
steps taken by this government to please the corporates. The
country’s economic growth got extremely decelerated in the Covid
period that it went into minus
23% recently. However, the number of billionaires in our
country increased even in Covid days and India added 40 names to the list of
billionaires of the world. The toughest resistance to the pernicious policies
of the present Government came from the farmers agitation, which has now
entered the most crucial phase. It is heartening to note that they
are determined to ensure the reversal of the recent enactments made solely for
the purpose of enriching the selected corporate house.
1. It is in this background that the Central Trade Unions met at New
Delhi. The meeting decided to call upon all its affiliates
Associations and Unions and the friendly federations to observe 15th March 2021 as anti-Privatisation
and anti-corporatisation day by organising central rally, Dharna, demonstration
etc. preferably near the Railway Station or in front of any Central Govt.
Office.
2. The Bank and Insurance employees will be on strike on 16th and 17th March,
2021. Solidarity and support
actions would be organised on those days.
3. To hold dharna / relay hunger strike etc. on 23rd,
24th and 25th March, 2021 jointly by all sections of the workers as decided earlier as part of
the mass mobilization programme.
4. To organise joint programmes on 23rd March, 2021 along with farmers organisations to commemorate the martyrdom of the National heroes; Bhagat Singh,
Sukhdev and Rajguru.
Confederation has decided to endorse the
above decisions of the Central Trade Unions and calls upon all affiliates and
State COCs to carry out the programme.
With greetings,
Yours
fraternally,
(R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General.
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