03/09
Com. R L Kapoor reports from New Delhi:
"Today I went to Sanchar Bhavan to enquire about status of 78.2% case. It is understood that the Finance Wing of DoT is still collecting the required data (as demanded by Department of Expenditure) from the CCAs.
03/09
Yesterday, Com. G Natarajan, our GS spoke to Member (Finance) Mrs. Annie Moraes about 78.2% case.
Member (F) informed GS that the DoT is on the job of preparing the DATA required by Department of Expenditure. She assured that it would be sent to DOE at the earliest possible.
02/09
The 50th anniversary of 1965 war has been observed by government. At INDIA GATE, tributes were paid to the AmarJawans who laid their lives for the nation in the war. But the war veterans are sitting on hunger strike few yards away, at Jantar Mantar. Ministers do not look at Jantar Mantar. They do not go by that road. Before last Lok Sabha elections the present Prime Minister and other leaders gave promise that OROP would be implemented. They have forgotten their own promises. Before bowing out the UPA government also declared that OROP would be implemented. But they failed to do it when they were in power. Now, their leaders are in opposition. Hence they go to Jantar Mantar. The same political drama will be enacted again and again....
With every passing day, the issue of OROP - one rank, one pension for retired armed forces personnel - is likely to become more unsolvable. When so many of them are sitting on strike at Jantar Mantar and getting increasingly emotional about it, it is simply not possible for government to wave an account book in front of them and expect a reasonable compromise. Emotions cannot be tackled by an accountant's rationality beyond a point.
That this issue has been ruined by politicians promising OROP when they are not in power or as an election sop when they are about to lose power is obvious. Narendra Modi promised it before the 2014 elections, and so did the UPA before bowing out. Two finance ministers, P Chidambaram and Arun Jaitley, also promised OROP in vague terms in their budgets.
However, the real issue is emotional for ex-servicemen. They love their ranks, and two people who retired with similar ranks do not like being treated differently. They are also emotional because politicians made open-ended promises to honour their wishes without calculating the costs. They thus feel cheated repeatedly. The ordinary citizen will also back them out of emotion - for no Indian is ungrateful to men in the army who put their lives on the line to defend the country.
When it is about pensioners, the decision is delayed. But, there was no delay in announcing sops for Bihar because election is coming.....
02/09
The road in front of Trivandrum Railway Station and Bus stand.
It is not a mere strike but a total bandh in Kerala today, 2nd September 2015.
The workers and the people of Kerala in general responded to the call given by 10 trade unions.
Shops are closed. Auto-rikshaws, taxis, transport buses (KSRTC and private) all are off the road.
01/09
The Labour Bureau of India has released the Consumer Price Index for July 2015.
It is 263 Points.
If the Index remains at the same 263 level for August 2015, then, it is sure that the IDA rate from October will be increased at least by 5%.
Exact position can be told only on 30th September evening.
This is only a presumption with calculation of two months.
DA will increase.Some people will be happy.That is not the solution.
The price of many commodities is rising.
Purchasing power of workers and pensioners is decreasing day by day.
Government has totally failed to control price rise.
Everything is left to the market forces.
Recent crisis in China will adversely affect Indian economy too.
Hard days are ahead.
29/08
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