No work no pay, Govt. warns staff
Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government rejecting the demands of
KSRTC employees who have sought implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission among others, the Employee Unions of all the four State-run Transport Corporations KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC will go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow (Apr. 7).
Meanwhile, State Government has warned striking KSRTC employees of ‘No work no pay.’
With Transport Unions calling for an indefinite strike, KSRTC bus services will be badly affected from tomorrow. However, the Government said it has planned an alternative transport mechanism across the State to ensure that commuters are not inconvenienced by the strike.
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“The government has agreed eight out of nine demands and we have already announced their implication. But, it is not possible to meet the ninth demand of implantation of the 6th pay commission. We appeal the employees to call off the strike,” said chief secretary P Ravi Kumar following a meeting of officials convened by chief minister BS Yediyurappa.
Hike in their salary in accordance with the recommendation of the 6th pay commission on par with the government employees has been the main demand of the employees of all four transport corporations.
“The government wants to effect an 8 per cent salary hike immediately, but the election code of conduct prevents it. I have written to the Election Commission of India seeking its permission. The salary hike will be announced immediately if we get the approval, otherwise we need to wait till the elections are over,” said Ravi Kumar.
FOR: Academic freedom in India is not just in danger, it’s in a state of siege
Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor Emerita, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Shortly before Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s widely publicised resignation from Ashoka University made academic freedom the subject of national debate, another event received less attention. This was the refusal of Errol D’Souza, director of IIM Ahmedabad, to allow the Ministry of Education (MoE) to review a PhD thesis approved by his institute.
A Rajya Sabha MP had objected to the thesis’s description of the BJP. The MoE demanded a copy of the thesis last year, but D’Souza replied that a thesis passed by a duly-constituted academic board could not be judged by the ministry. The incident was flagged by the MoE to claim greater say in the governance of IIMs; the Law ministry dismissed the claim as inconsistent with the provisions of the IIM Act.
Supriya Chaudhuri (FOR)
Shortly before Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s widely publicised resignation from Ashoka University made academic freedom the subject of national debate, another event received less attention. This was the refusal of Errol D’Souza, director of IIM Ahmedabad, to allow the Ministry of Education (MoE) to review a PhD thesis approved by his institute.
A Rajya Sabha MP had objected to the thesis’s description of the BJP. The MoE demanded a copy of the thesis last year, but D’Souza replied that a thesis passed by a duly-constituted academic board could not be judged by the ministry. The incident was flagged by the MoE to claim greater say in the governance of IIMs; the Law ministry dismissed the claim as inconsistent with the provisions of the IIM Act.