Trade unions call for nationwide protest on Wednesday against privatisation, other policies in Budget
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Last Updated: Feb 02, 2021, 05:07 PM IST
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A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Tuesday gave a call for a nationwide protest on February 3 against privatisation and other anti-people policies proposed in the Budget for 2021-22 and to press for scrapping labour codes and providing income and food support to the families of poor workers.
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The unions said that the budget presented by the Finance Minister is full of rhetoric and far away from the ground realities.
NEW DELHI: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Tuesday gave a call for a nationwide protest on February 3 against privatisation and other anti-people policies proposed in the Budget for 2021-22 and to press for scrapping labour codes and providing income and food support to the families of poor workers.
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The unions said that the budget presented by the Finance Minister is full of rhetoric and far away from the ground realities
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New Delhi: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Tuesday gave a call for a nationwide protest on February 3 against privatisation and other anti-people policies proposed in the Budget for 2021-22 and to press for scrapping labour codes and providing income and food support to the families of poor workers.
The ten central trade unions are Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women s Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICC
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None of the demands raised by trade unions incorporated, says BMS
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a case containing a tablet device, during the Budget Session of the Parliament, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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None of the demands raised by trade unions incorporated, says BMS
Several central trade unions, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, said the Budget was against the interests of workers, while promoting those of corporates.
The All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said the Budget repeated earlier announcements made by the Minister.
“The workers and farmers are ignored in favour of looters of our national assets. The Budget continues in the direction of selling our public sector banks, disinvesting LIC up to 75% and pursuing the disinvestment and privatisation moves in the already announced profit-making public sector enterprises and further
Govt should reconsider its Budget proposal to enhance FDI limit in insurance sector: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
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Govt should reconsider its Budget proposal to enhance FDI limit in insurance sector: Bharatiya Mazdoor SanghBy
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“Government should reconsider its proposals to amend Insurance Act to increase FDI in insurance sector from 49% to 74% as well as relaxation of foreign investments in infrastructure sector as this will increase foreign dependence,” BMS general secretary Binoy Kumar Sinha said.
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The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which is an RSS-affiliate trade union, has said the government should reconsider its Budget proposal to enhance foreign direct investment limit in the insurance sector while raising objections to the government’s massive disinvestment agenda.
Trade unions lead protest against farm laws
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Scores of trade union activists and farmers staged a demonstration in Mysuru on Tuesday demanding the abrogation of the farm laws against which farmers were agitating across the country.
Led by All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), farmers and activists said the farm will have a direct bearing on the food security of the country in the long run apart from jeopardising the future of the farmers.
The activists said the government should not only abrogate the three laws as it pertained to the future of the farming community, but it would also have a direct and indirect bearing on the entire population of the country.