President,AIBDPA,Com.A K Bhattacharjee addressed the delegates session of the 6th All India Conference on today,26th September.Conveying the greetings of AIBDPA to all the leaders and delegates Com.Bhattacharjee mentioned some of the important issues of the pensioners and sought the continued help of BSNLEU to settle the issues and strengthen AIBDPA at all levels.
The 6th All India Conference of BSNL Employees Union has been inaugurated by Com.A K Padmanabhan,President,CITU on 25th Sep at Ludhiana in Punjab. Com.VAN Namboodiri presided. Com.M.Krishnan (SG,NFPE) and Com.P.Abhimanyu spoke. Open session held in the evening was inaugurated by Com.Tapan Sen MP and addressed by eminent leaders.
After the ethnic violences,it is the turn of flood.Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark and the death toll has gone upto 18.So far 17.60 lakh people of 2055 villages in 16 districts are affected.Over 4 lakh people are in 297 relief camps and 127 shelter centres.
Standard and Poors(S&P) has lowered the growth forecast for India to 5.5 percent for this fiscal from 6.5 percent projected earlier.Morgan Stanly had also lowered Indias growth forecast to 5.1% from earlier estimate of 5.8%.HSBC to 5.7% from 6.2% and Standard Chartered to 5.4% from 6.2%
The cabinet in its meeting held today has approved grant of 7 percent Dearness Allowance to central government employees and pensioners from July,2012.Now the total DA will be 72% and order is expected to be issued shortly.
It is reported that cabinet on Monday has approved a scheme for one rank,one pension,a long standing demand of ex-sevicemen.The UPA govt on two previous occasions also had taken such decisions;but nothing worthwhile happened.This time it is based on recmmendation by Rajya Sabha Petition Committee a six member committee headed by Cabinet Secretary has submitted the report
Efforts of Wallmart,the worlds largest retailer to open a big-box store in Newyork has been thwarted once again in the face of opposition from local unions.Such multi-national giants are resisted and rejected in America while Indian government welcomes them with red carpet.
Portugal government will hold dialogue with trade unions and industry bosses on alternatives to tough austerity measures.Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho issued a statement to this effect following wide spread protests against the planned spending cuts.
The notification regarding FDI in multi-brand retail issued by the central government has been challenged in the apex court. Advocate M.L.Sharma has quetioned the notification on the ground that it has been hurriedly issued without having a source of law and Parliamentary approval.
Manmohan Singh justifies anti people measures including hike in diesel price,cap in LPG cyliders and FDI in retail trade.He was speaking to the people through Doordarshan. The Prime Minister went on to claim that his government stands for the poor! While the super rich are favoured lavihly with so many concessions the common people are burdened with miseries time and again.Certainly,this is the government for the aam aadmi!