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44 January 2019 No.8, OTCRoad,Bengaluru-560002, Ph:080-48529910 Dhrubajyoti Ganguly 11 January 2019 6 9 Dhrubajyoti Ganguly – PrinceAmongPatriots NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose Santosh Kumar Mohapatra FUDGING GDPDATA Shreekant Mishra MINISTERMR. YOU HAVE GOT IT ALLWRONG, driven by imperialist interests is clearly on the of theWashingtonConsensus.Globalisation the US imperialism clearly signals a breakdown specifically more countries capitalists the by wars andprotectionistpoliciesbeingadopted between theindustrial countries. Thetrade disturbed therelativepeacefulrelationship The unprecedented crisis of capitalism has has witnessedmomentousdevelopments. capitalism andreligiousfundamentalism. sustained struggleagainstimperialism, humanity have to be turned into reality through in withnewhopes. a newyearhasdawned.TheNew Year rings Monthly Journalof All IndiaInsuranceEmployees’ Association THE NEWYEARRINGSINWITHHOPES The year that has passed into history These hopesrepresentingtheloftyidealsof each other. societies where people will respect and love Hopes ofaworldfree of hatredand where communitieswouldliveinpeace; Hopes ofaworldfreewarand across theworldforadecentexistence; of working and toiling people struggling Hopes ofabetterlife for thevastmajority The year2018haspassedintohistoryand e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] oakihaGnh 17 Gopalkrishna Gandhi A TALE OF TWO CITIES DELHI andPARIS UÉqÉcÉlSì vÉ MüÉåiÉuÉÉsÉ MüÐsÉÉPûÏ,ExÉÏMüÉxÉU For OurFieldForce-Arivukkadal Economic Tid-bits-J.Suresh Working ClassStruggles-S.Sridhara Insurance News-AMKhan humanity itself. greed hasstakedtheveryfuture of Earth and from its unbridled exploitation. Capitalist demanding respecttothenatureanddesist and organisations have raised their voice ofpeopledisasters. Increasingnumbers is creatingecologicalandenvironmental capitalism by profits expand continuously to develop inothercapitalistcountries.Thegreed massive upsurge. Such struggles are bound to Franceisexperiencingunemployment. wages, socialsecurityandalltimehigh of the working class against attacks on their world is witnessing unprecedented struggles strength ofrightistandfascistforces.The the growing and neo-liberalism fighting of class today is faced with twin challenge the forcesofrightandfascism. The working contradictions aswell with theemergenceof economies toohavesharpened. imperialism and thedevelopingemerging resurfaced again.Thecontradictionsbetween for decadeshave that hadremainedsubdued retreat. Theinter-imperialist contradictions VOLUME 62NUMBER1JaNUaRy 2019 M.Ramu, Cover Design&Lay-out: The crisis has sharpened social qÉÉï 14 Kriya Prakashana EDITOR: AMANULLAKHAN nul Rs.120 Single Copy: 10 Rs. : Annual InThisIssue Subscription 1

Insurance Worker The sectarian violence aided and abetted towards the end of the year is a powerful by imperialism in West Asia shows no sign statement against neo-liberalism and of abating. The desire to control the critical communalism. The economic distress and natural resources of the region by imperialism social atrocities have united people irrespective has cost millions of innocent lives. The of religion, language and region. This growing partisan support to Israel by US imperialism unity will also demonstrate in full measure in has emboldened this rogue nation to play the proposed two day nationwide strike by the

Insurance Worker havoc with the lives and living of Palestinians working class on 8-9, January, 2019. with impunity in total disregard to the The insurance employees face massive international laws. The decision of US and challenges in the New Year. Despite brilliant its supporters to recognise Jerusalem as the business performance, the government is capital of Israel has made a two nation solution moving ahead to privatise the PSGI companies. to the conflict almost impossible. Terrorism The privatisation drive of the neo-liberal regime which is threatening the world is the creation will not spare LIC either. Therefore, there is of US imperialism and this imperial nation a greater need today to mobilise support in cannot be condoned for creating the monster defence of our industry to protect its public of terrorism. sector character. The government continues The Year 2018 has been a year of to delay and dither on the wage revision that unprecedented crisis and struggles in India. fell due on 1.8.2017. The massive progress The Indian economy is in a deep crisis. Despite and prosperity of the institutions and their claims of a fast growing economy, no new jobs paying capacity justifies the demand for a have been created. On the other hand the good wage revision. The pension option despite twin misadventures of demonetisation and strong recommendations from LIC and GIPSA hasty implementation of GST has cost millions is not being accepted by the government. of existing jobs in the unorganised sector. Recruitment which is necessary for the very The government’s claim of formalisation survival of LIC is continued to be delayed of economy in real sense is the transfer of due to inexplicable reasons. The government resources from the poor to the rich. This continues to deny functional autonomy to LIC is evident from the enormous inequalities and GIPSA. These are the issues on which and concentration of wealth. Today the top agitation has become inevitable. The New Year one percent of the Indians own 52% of the will witness massive unrest and struggles in national wealth. This is unprecedented. the insurance industry on these issues. This year also saw unprecedented attacks In 1962 in acknowledgement of the Lenin on all democratic institutions and on the Peace Prize, the great Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz Constitution itself. Today every democratic had said: institution is subverted. The ruling party “Human ingenuity, science and industry and its front organisations are spreading have made it possible to provide each one the politics of hate. The religious minorities of us everything we need to be comfortable are threatened. Those who express opinion provided these boundless treasures of different from the government and these front nature and production are not declared the organisations are labelled as anti-national. property of a greedy few but are used for the The patriotism of the citizens is measured in benefit of all of humanity… However, this terms of their submission to the philosophy is only possible if the foundations of human of hindutva. The crimes against dalits and society are based not on greed, exploitation women have increased manifold. There is and ownership but on justice, equality, a clear attempt to create an atmosphere of freedom and the welfare of everyone… I fear and insecurity amongst a large section of believe that humanity which has never population. been defeated by its enemies will, after However, there is growing resistance all, be successful; at long last, instead of to both the economic and social policies wars, hatred and cruelty, the foundation of the government. The country witnessed of humankind will rest on the message of unprecedented mobilisation of farmers, the great Persian poet Hafez Shiraz: ‘Every workers and other weaker sections of the foundation you see is faulty, except that of society against the policies of the government. Love, which is faultless”… The election results of the five State Assembly These brilliant words of Faiz are more 2 January 2019 Moradabadi: the message of love asbeautifully said by Jigar resolve to fight the politics of hate by spreading resolution fortheNew Year 2019.Wemust and welfareofeveryone.Thisshouldbeour inspire us to fight for justice, equality, freedom anytime earlier. 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The AIIEA held demonstrations in Insurance Worker UWåû WæûÇ| AcNåû urÉÉmÉÉU mÉëSvÉïlÉ Måü oÉÉuÉeÉÔS xÉUMüÉU xÉÉuÉïeÉÌlÉMü front of all offices of LIC and PSGI companies ¤Éå§É MüÐ AÉqÉ oÉÏqÉÉ MüqmÉlÉÏ Måü ÌlÉeÉÏMüUhÉ MüÉå AÉaÉå oÉÄRûÉ in support of this demand and also to give UWûÏ Wæû| lÉuÉ-ESÉUuÉÉSÏ vÉÉxÉlÉ MüÐ rÉWû ÌlÉeÉÏMüUhÉ MüÐ qÉÑÌWûqÉ further thrust for a final pension option in the LsÉAÉDxÉÏ MüÉå pÉÏ lÉWûÏÇ NûÉåÄQåûaÉÏ CxÉÍsÉL sÉÉåaÉÉåÇ MüÉ xÉqÉjÉïlÉ insurance industry. CxÉ E±ÉåaÉ MüÉå xÉÉuÉïeÉÌlÉMü ¤Éå§É qÉåÇ oÉlÉÉrÉå UZÉlÉå Måü ÍsÉL The struggle of the government employees AÉæU AÍkÉMü AÉuÉvrÉMü WûÉå aÉrÉÉ Wæû| xÉUMüÉU 01.08.2017 xÉå oÉÉÎeÉuÉ uÉåiÉlÉ xÉÇvÉÉåkÉlÉ qÉåÇ ÌuÉsÉqoÉ MüUlÉÉ eÉÉUÏ UZÉå WÒûL Wæû| received a significant boost when the Delhi Chief Minister, addressing the protestors, E±ÉåaÉ MüÐ pÉÉUÏ mÉëaÉÌiÉ, xÉÇqmÉ³ÉiÉÉ uÉ SårÉ ¤ÉqÉiÉÉ LMü AcNåû uÉåiÉlÉ xÉÇvÉÉåkÉlÉ MüÉå lrÉÉrÉÉåÍcÉiÉ PûWûUÉiÉÏ Wæû| LsÉAÉDxÉÏ AÉæU announced that his government will revert back ÎeÉmxÉÉ xÉå qÉeÉoÉÔiÉ ÍxÉTüÉËUvÉ Måü oÉÉuÉeÉÔS xÉUMüÉU mÉålvÉlÉ to the Old Pension Scheme. Following this, the ÌuÉMüsmÉ MüÉå xuÉÏMüÉU lÉWûÏÇ MüU UWûÏ Wæû| LsÉAÉDxÉÏ Måü Delhi Assembly passed a unanimous resolution AÎxiÉiuÉ MüÉå oÉcÉÉrÉå UZÉlÉå Måü ÍsÉL pÉiÉÏï mÉëÌ¢ürÉÉ AÉuÉvrÉMü in this regard and sent its recommendations WûÉålÉå Måü oÉÉuÉeÉÔS pÉÏ xÉUMüÉU CxÉMüÉå A¥ÉÉiÉ MüÉUhÉÉåÇ xÉå UÉåMåü to the Central Government. Unnerved by the WÒûL Wæû| xÉUMüÉU LsÉAÉDxÉÏ AÉæU ÎeÉmxÉÉ Måü ÍsÉL MüÉqÉMüÉeÉÏ gathering momentum of struggles on the xuÉiÉÇ§ÉiÉÉ SålÉå xÉå qÉlÉÉ MüUlÉÉ pÉÏ eÉÉUÏ UZÉå WÒûL Wæû| rÉå LåxÉå qÉÑ¬å issue of Pension, the Union Cabinet decided WæûÇ ÎeÉlÉ mÉU AÉlSÉåsÉlÉ eÉÃUÏ WûÉå aÉrÉÉ Wæû| oÉÏqÉÉ E±ÉåaÉ ClÉ to enhance the government contribution to qÉÑ¬ÉåÇ mÉU lÉrÉå uÉwÉï qÉåÇ pÉÉUÏ AxÉÇiÉÉåwÉ AÉæU xÉÇbÉwÉÉåïÇ MüÉå SåZÉåaÉÉ| 14% of the Pay from the existing 10 percent 1962 qÉåÇ sÉåÌlÉlÉ vÉÉÇÌiÉ mÉÑÃxMüÉU mÉëÉmiÉ MüUiÉå WÒûL qÉWûÉlÉ under NPS. The Cabinet also announced MüÌuÉ TæüeÉ AWûqÉS TæüeÉ lÉå MüWûÉ jÉÉ ÌMü- tax exemption for the withdrawal of 60% of “qÉÉlÉuÉ ¥ÉÉlÉ, ÌuÉ¥ÉÉlÉ uÉ E±ÉåaÉ lÉå WûqÉÉUå AÉUÉqÉ Måü ÍsÉL the accumulation at the time of retirement. xÉoÉ MÑüNû ÌSrÉÉ Wæû oÉvÉiÉåï ÌMü mÉëM×üÌiÉ Måü CxÉ AxÉÏÍqÉiÉ However, this decision of the government xÉÇxÉÉkÉlÉ AÉæU EimÉÉSlÉ MÑüNû sÉÉsÉcÉÏ sÉÉåaÉÉåÇ MüÐ xÉqmÉÍ¨É did not enthuse the employees and they are bÉÉåÌwÉiÉ lÉ WûÉåMüU xÉqmÉÔhÉï qÉÉlÉuÉiÉÉ Måü pÉsÉå Måü ÍsÉL determined to carry forward the struggle CxiÉåqÉÉsÉ ÌMürÉÉ eÉÉrÉå.... sÉåÌMülÉ rÉå iÉpÉÏ xÉÇpÉuÉ Wæû eÉoÉÌMü till their demand for Old Pension Scheme is qÉÉlÉuÉ xÉqÉÉeÉ MüÐ lÉÏÇuÉ sÉÉsÉcÉ, vÉÉåwÉhÉ uÉ xuÉÉÍqÉiuÉ Måü conceded. oÉeÉÉrÉå lrÉÉrÉ, oÉUÉoÉUÏ, xuÉiÉl§ÉiÉÉ AÉæU xÉpÉÏ Måü MüsrÉÉhÉ Ever since India took the path of neo- mÉU ÌOûMüÐ WûÉå.... qÉåUÉ ÌuÉµÉÉxÉ Wæû ÌMü qÉÉlÉuÉiÉÉ eÉÉå AmÉlÉå liberalism in 1991, the State has been SÒvqÉlÉÉåÇ xÉå WûÉUÏ lÉWûÏÇ Wæû uÉWû AÉÎZÉUMüÉU xÉTüsÉ WûÉåaÉÏ| attacking the hard-won rights and benefits LMü sÉqoÉå xÉqÉrÉ qÉåÇ bÉ×hÉÉ, rÉÑ® AÉæU ÌlÉSïrÉiÉÉ Måü xjÉÉlÉ of the working class by abdicating its role as mÉU qÉÉlÉuÉiÉÉ MüÐ lÉÏÇuÉ qÉWûÉlÉ TüÉUxÉÏ MüÌuÉ WûÉÌTüeÉ ÍxÉUÉeÉ a distributor of social and economic justice. Måü CxÉ xÉÇSåvÉ mÉU ÌOûMüÐ WûÉåaÉÏ, `AÉmÉMåü ²ÉUÉ SåZÉÏ aÉrÉÏ It is in this background that Defined Benefit mÉëirÉåMü lÉÏÇuÉ §ÉÑÌOûmÉÔhÉï Wæû ÍxÉuÉÉrÉ mÉëåqÉ Måü ÎeÉxÉqÉåÇ MüÉåD ” Pension Schemes came under attack. The §ÉÑÌOû lÉWûÏÇ Wæû'...... NDA Government headed by Shri Atal Behari TæüeÉ Måü rÉå vÉÉlÉSÉU vÉoS AÉeÉ mÉWûsÉå xÉå AÍkÉMü Vajpayee decided to withdraw the Defined mÉëÉxÉÇÌaÉMü Wæû| uÉå WûqÉåÇ lrÉÉrÉ, oÉUÉoÉUÏ, xuÉiÉÇ§ÉiÉÉ uÉ mÉëirÉåMü Måü Benefit Pension Scheme to its employees MüsrÉÉhÉ Måü ÍsÉL xÉÇbÉwÉï MüUlÉå MüÉå mÉëåËUiÉ MüUiÉå WæûÇ| rÉå uÉwÉï 2019 Måü ÍsÉL WûqÉÉUÉ xÉÇMüsmÉ WûÉålÉÉ cÉÉÌWûL| WûqÉåÇ bÉ×hÉÉ MüÐ who joined services after 1.1.2004 and brought them under a new scheme called as UÉeÉlÉÏÌiÉ xÉå sÉÄQûlÉå Måü ÍsÉL xÉÇMüsmÉ sÉålÉÉ cÉÉÌWûL eÉæxÉÉ ÌMü ÎeÉaÉU qÉÑUÉSÉoÉÉSÏ lÉå oÉWÒûiÉ WûÏ ZÉÔoÉxÉÔUiÉÏ Måü xÉÉjÉ mÉëåqÉ MüÉå National Pension Scheme where contribution TæüsÉÉlÉå Måü xÉÇSåvÉ qÉåÇ MüWûÉ Wæû- is defined but benefit is not. The State ElÉMüÉ eÉÉå MüÉqÉ Wæû uÉÉå AWûsÉå-ÍxÉrÉÉxÉiÉ eÉÉlÉå governments followed the lead given by qÉåUÉ mÉæaÉÉqÉ qÉÉåWûooÉiÉ Wæû eÉWûÉÆ iÉMü mÉWÒûÆcÉå Vajpayee Government and introduced the uÉwÉï 2019 MüÉå pÉÌuÉwrÉ MüÐ AÉvÉÉAÉåÇ Måü SÏmÉ eÉsÉÉlÉå NPS for their employees from different dates. SÉå ; LMü LåxÉÉ pÉÌuÉwrÉ eÉÉåÌMü ´ÉÍqÉMüÉåÇ, qÉåWûlÉiÉMüvÉÉåÇ, aÉUÏoÉÉåÇ The NDA government set up Interim Pension uÉ SÒÌlÉrÉÉ Måü ApÉÉuÉaÉëxiÉ sÉÉåaÉÉåÇ xÉå xÉqoÉÎlkÉiÉ WûÉå| WûqÉåÇ LåxÉå Fund Regulatory and Development Authority xÉqÉÉeÉ Måü ÌlÉqÉÉïhÉ Måü ÍsÉL mÉëÌiÉ¥ÉÉ sÉålÉÏ cÉÉÌWûL| on 23.8.2003 and notified the same on CÇvrÉÉåUålxÉ uÉMïüU AmÉlÉå mÉÉPûMüÉåÇ MüÉå, oÉÏqÉÉ MüqÉïcÉÉËUrÉÉåÇ 22.12.2003. The NPS was extended to all MüÉå uÉ SÒÌlÉrÉÉ pÉU Måü qÉeÉSÕU uÉaÉï MüÉå CxÉ xÉÑAuÉxÉU mÉU citizens with effect from 1.5.2009. The UPA II aÉqÉïeÉÉåvÉÏ Måü xÉÉjÉ oÉkÉÉD SåiÉÉ Wæû| government got the PFRDA Act passed in the

4 January 2019 the Old Defined Pension Schemes. Pension Defined Old the Bengal, Kerala and Tripuracontinuedwith refused tofollowthispatternandWest covered underNPSasat31.3.2017. 33, 32,526StateGovernmentsemployeesare available fromPFRDA,17,88,699Centraland its first tenure. According to the latest reports as itwasdependentontheLeftforsupportin was preventedfromenactingthislaw as long despite stiffoppositionfromtheLeft.TheUPA Bill was passedwith the supportoftheBJP on 1.2.2014.Itisimportanttonotethatthis Parliament on 19.9.2013 and notified the same January 2019 the government is yet to accept this demand following up withthegovernment.However, of this demand. They have been regularly GIPSA haverecommendedtheacceptance struggles onPensionissue.TheLICand strength with the developing of all-round PSGI industryhasgained earlier inLICand employees whocouldnotexercisetheoption option to join the 1995 Scheme to those Kerala. to constituteacommittee on the lines of movement hasnowforcedtheAPgovernment Old PensionScheme.Thebuildingupofthe and tosuggestmodalities to shift back tothe it constitutedaCommittee toreviewtheNPS to power inKerala, After theLeftcameback Scheme. OldPension the with continues Tripura adoptedtheNPS in2018.WestBengal in Government theBJP and 2013 in NPS UDF Government in Kerala shifted over to Make 8-9January2019StrikeTotal However, the three Left ruled States The AIIEA’s demand for a final pension final a for demand AIIEA’s The Massive BuilduponPensionIssue The demands withintheinstitutions. justified their secure to and neoliberalism with great enthusiasmtoforceareversalof employees mustjointhisnationwidestrike interests of the economy. Therefore, insurance working class but are also in the larger are vital not only to the well-being of the Sector units. demands functionalautonomytothePublic privatisation policy ofthegovernmentand to agriculturedistress.Thestrikeopposes remunerative pricestofarmersandasolution in thestrikelikeMinimumwageofRs.18000, AIIEA endorsesthelargerdemandsprojected revision, pension option andrecruitment. The strike highlightingourdemandsforwage demands. TheAIIEAhasdecidedtojointhe too arejoiningthestrike on similar economic industry inbanking tradeunions The Scheme. employees under Old Defined Benefit Pension demand forscrappingNPSandcoveringall strike on 8-9January2019to press for the employees havedecidedtojointhetwoday these employees. for scrappingtheNPS joins thedemand The AIIEAhasopposedthis arbitrariness and those joiningservicesonorafter1.4.2010. for notification arbitrary through industry forced upontheemployeesininsurance of NPSisasmuchourdemand.Thewas for scrapping government employees’demand The justness. itsrationalityand despite These arejustdemands.demands Government State and The Central 5

Insurance Worker and petty producers are forced to leave their Finance Minister of India Mr. Arun The respective enterprises and join the ranks Jaitley claimed in a meeting recently, rather of the unemployed. That’s how the size of in a self congratulatory mood, that the Left the reserve army of labour keeps increasing ideology has become irrelevant. With an air while the capitalist goes on increasing their of vaingloriousness he went on to write an profits. This gives rise to huge inequality obituary for the Left ideology and said that the in the society. Since a vast majority of the Left has been decimated in West Bengal and Insurance Worker people do not have adequate purchasing Tripura. Mr. Jaitley exuded confidence that ‘the power, consumption demand in the economy Sabarimala issue’ being so meticulously raked would always be less relative to the value of up by his party would ensure decimation of the output. This ultimately leads to a crisis of left in the state of Kerala too. While it was well overproduction. The Great Depression of the within the democratic rights of the Minister to 1930s and the global capitalist crisis which entertain his own set of grand illusions, what began in September 2008 bear testimony to is patently wrong is his laboured explanation to project the ideology of the Left as being this scientific explanation put forth by the ideology of the working class. irrelevant. And that’s exactly what is happening in The ideology of the working class can India today. The Finance Minister should have never be irrelevant since it is a theory of admitted that demonetisation and the hasty liberation from the inhuman exploitation of the implementation of the GST have wrought havoc capitalist system. If capitalism as a system has on the Indian economy. The small and medium exploitation built into it, it also has seeds of its producers in India have not only downed their own destruction. The basic logic of capitalism shutters; they have been pushed to the ranks is profit. With a view to increasing profits, of the unemployed. The less said about farmers the capitalist system always tries to reduce the better! Small farmers and agricultural the compensation paid to labour relative to labourers have been forced to join the ranks of the value that labour creates. That is to say, the value of labour is always made to be less the unemployed when cash was flushed out of the system all on a sudden. While more than 3 than the value that labour creates. The value lakh farmers have committed suicide between of labour can be less than the value it creates 1995 and 2015 according to government data, only if labour is in abundant supply. This is the Honourable Finance Minister should have possible only when there is a reserve army explained to his enthralled audience as to why of labour or a huge number of unemployed his government stopped publishing suicide competing amongst themselves for a very data of farmers all on a sudden with effect limited number of jobs. from 2015! That is because of a morbid fear In order to realise this, the capitalist of a revolution by the poor and downtrodden. system tries to increase the size of the capital Mr. Jaitley is not the only one to be in and eliminate the small and petty producers the grip of such fear. It is because of the by way of an unfair competition. The small revolutionary potential of the working-class YOU HAVE GOT IT ALL WRONG, MR. MINISTER Shreekant Mishra

Mr. Jaitley should have known it better! BJP has lost precisely in those states where the workers and peasants have risen in revolt against their disastrous policies. The Minister, who is also a lawyer, should better understand the sanctity of the Indian Constitution. But he is

openly saying that his Party will use opposition to Supreme Court verdict Image courtesy: Uttam Ghosh,Rediff.com on Sabarimala to dislodge the Left from Kerala!

6 January 2019 policies have not onlywroughthavocon the their classenemies. Theneo-liberal economic closely linkedtotheirunited struggleagainst fortunes oftheworkers andpeasantsare class interests, it is natural that the economic working class- peasantrycombine to furtherits Capitalist-landlord class, isnowexploitingthe class. Since the class collaboratorsi.e.the working class of India andnotonthe capitalist from thefeudalorderthereforefallson in India. The taskof liberating the peasantry capitalism was superimposed on feudalism revolt againstthecapitaliststhemselves.So, this might incite the working class to rise in against thefeudalorderfearful of thefactthat India didnotcarryoutanyagrarianreforms at bay after independence. Thecapitalists in political powerandkeeptheworkingclass and landlordsin India joinedhandsto seize lords toestablishcapitalism,thecapitalists capitalists triedto revolt againstthefeudal the leadingrole.UnlikeEuropewhere of workers and peasants that have played taken placeitisthecombinationoralliance afraid of. class thatMr.Jaitleyandhislikesaremorbidly It isthisrevolutionarypotentialoftheworking instrumental inthedestructionofcapitalism. alliance oftheworkersandpeasantsisalways or ‘combinations’ the that us teaches class usher in socialism. Theideology of theworking only option left is to ‘overthrow’ capitalism and correction hereandthere,it means thatthe responsible. Ifcapitalismdoesnotadmitofany or peasant-friendly, can never be socially egalitarian, canneverbemadeworker-friendly can never be made can never be made humane, Capitalism therefore canneverbereformed, inequality, poverty, hunger andexploitation. be acrisis. And allofthishastospawnsharp depress consumptiondemandandtherehasto demand tokeepwagesdown;lowhave that supplyoflabouris always more thanthe the value of labour itself, it has to ensure always forcelabourtocreatemorevaluethan will system capitalist the profit, increase to eagerness its In only. profit of logic the follow its ownsweetwill.Eacheconomicagenthasto agent undercapitalism can actaccordingto economic No operations. its in flexibility any system. Itdoesnotpermit is aspontaneous working-class ideology. The capitalist system keep writingwishfulobituariesfortheLeftand ideology that Mr. Jaitley and all others like him January 2019 Historically, whereverrevolutionshave have given acall for two-day strike action government and othersectors of the economy unions inbanks,insurance, centralandstate and a host of independent federations and employees belongingto10 centraltradeunions four cornersofthecity Delhi.Workersand Adivasis from across India surrounded the was historic.Farmers,landless,Dalitsand from all over India during 28-30 November representing over 200 farmers’ organisations Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee by theAllIndia The LongMarchconducted (Gandhi Jayanti)alsosawahugemobilisation. Delhi between23 the Bharatiya Kisan Union from Haridwar to response. TheKisanKrantiPadayatraledby prices ofpetrolanddieselevokedmassive parties on 10 Bandh givenbytheLeftand21otherpolitical of theModigovernment.ThecallBharat strong protestagainsttheanti-peoplepolicies workers convergedinDelhitolodgetheir and agricultural workers, peasants thousand of workers and peasants. Three hundred undoubtedly oneofthebiggestmobilisations of industrial federations and unions was CITU-AIKS-AIAWU andsupportedbyanumber 2018 worker-peasantrally organised bythe a numberofotherstates. The 5 Uttar Pradesh,Haryana,MadhyaPradeshand massive mobilisationoffarmersinRajasthan, the demandsoffarmers.Therehasbeen government ofMaharashtrahadtoacceptall So powerful was this movement that theBJP example offarmersprotestinrecentmemory. by theBJPledstategovernmentisaclassic Kisan Sabhatoprotestagainstthebetrayal of MarchundertheleadershipAllIndia farmers inMaharashtrathemonth 50,000 classes. The historic 180 kms long march of in India today against the policies of the ruling farm labourers andworkers that is developing precisely thatiswhatunnervesMr.Jaitley. materialand workers ispowerfulrevolutionary among farmersandthehelplessness crisis inIndia’sagriculturesector.Thedistress 15 million! This explains the magnitude of the number of cultivators has declinedbyalmost covering the neo-liberalisation in India, the the 1991and2011Censuses,period up from 92 million to 110 million. But between 1991 Censuses, thenumberof cultivators went interesting to note thatbetweenthe1981and workers; peasantshavealsosufferedalot.Itis There is a remarkable unity of farmers, th September againstincreasing rd Septemberto2 th September nd October 7

Insurance Worker on 8-9 January 2019. This is going to be the dampening economic activities 18th General Strike ever since the process of After through draconian demonetisation and hasty economic liberalisation started in India and implementation of GST, the present NDA around 150 million workers are expected to government has relinquished all ethical values participate in it. Such huge mobilisations go on in politicising national income statistics to to demonstrate that the ideology of the working prove that average growth during the UPA class can never be irrelevant. regime down from previous estimates, while Insurance Worker Mr. Jaitley should have known it better! growth during the NDA period is pegged The results of the just concluded elections higher than during UPA. The back-series to five State Assemblies are too obvious to beGross Domestic Product (GDP) data released repeated here. The Minister and his cronies in jointly but unusually by Rajiv Kumar, Vice- the media are trying desperately to prove that Chairman of NITI Ayoga and Chief Statistician it was the ‘soft Hindutva’ of the Congress Party Pravin Srivastava, deputy director general of that snatched the Hindi heartland from them. Central Statistics Office (CSO), has denigrated But they should appreciate that the BJP has growth story of UPA. This has triggered debate lost precisely in those states where the workers and controversy with Congress dubbing and peasants have risen in revolt against their new GDP figures misleadingChidambaram . disastrous policies. The Minister, who is also a called the revision a “hatchet job”. Other lawyer, should better understand the sanctity opposition parties too termed the data release a of the Indian Constitution. But he is openly “gimmickry, jugglery, trickery and chicanery”. saying that his Party will use the Sabarimala issue to dislodge the Left from Kerala! What is back-series GDP DATA? In 2015, the government adopted a new The eternal relevance of the Left ideology method for the calculation of the GDP of the can be seen at the global level too. The French country by the CSO in line with international elections saw the resistance to the rise of practice under then chief statistician TCA the ultra-right. The newly elected President Anant . The new benchmark measure of GDP of France Mr. Emanuel Macron is facing the numbers or economic growth is based on worst civil unrest that France has witnessed in market prices, not on factor costs like earlier the last fifty years. In countries like Portugal, with the base year shifted to 2011-12 from Greece, Cyprus etc. resistance to the rising 2004-05. Thus, the GDP at market price would political right is gaining ground under the exceed the GDP total obtained at factor cost guidance of working-class parties. The Labour by the amount of product and production Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn taxes reduced by the value of similar kinds in the UK has been resisting the neo liberal of subsidies. Hence, GDP at market prices onslaught. Similarly, Bernie Sanders has been referred to as GDP and equal to Gross value projecting the issues of the common people in added (GVA) at basic prices plus indirect taxes the USA. Many neo Left formations have come minus subsidies. However, this had led to the up across Europe as platforms of popular problem of not being able to compare recent resistance. data with the years preceding 2011-12. The Our Finance Minister is therefore absolutely back series data provided the earlier years’ wrong when he says that the Left ideology has data using the new calculations. become irrelevant. He is probably writing off the Recalibrating Data Left because of the ‘danger’ of the revolutionary Recalibrating data of past years using 2011-12 potential of the Left ideology. The Left ideology as the base year instead of 2004-05, the new is an idea of liberation; liberation of the back series data reveals that India witnessed workers from the most gruelling economic lower rate of growth during the UPA years and social conditions imposed by capitalism. between 2005-06 and 2011-12 than what was Such an idea of liberation can never become estimated using the earlier methodology. GDP irrelevant. It will continue to inspire the toiling growth during the UPA years averaged 6.7 per masses to wage fierce battles against capitalist cent, which is lower than the average growth exploitation. For the apologists of capitalism of 7.35 per cent during the first four years such an idea may be dangerous. But in the present NDA government and much less than words of Oscar Wilde, the Irish playwright 7.75 percent in 10 years of UPA (8.1 per cent and writer, “An idea that is not dangerous is UPA-I and 7.46 per cent UPA-II respectively) unworthy of being called an idea at all”. 8 January 2019 11 at10.78percent. at 10.23percentandthenin2010- 2007-08 deflator) from nominalGDP.Asignificant GDP by (measured inflation subtracting by Real GDPoreconomic growth ismeasured is evidentfromthefact that that it has performed better thanUPA.This data or “rebalance” by government to prove “fuzzy” with fiddling deflator, GDP increasing splicing, ,manipulationofdatathrough to newweights, divergence inGDPdataisdue the data using the new base. In reality largely the sameaswhatis used tocalculate stating that preparationof the backseries is Implementation defendedthemethodby Statistical Commission how samedeclinedfor other yearsofUPA. was enhanced for 2012-13 and 2013-14,but GDP wasrevisedasper newmethodology,it 4 yearsofNDA-II. 5.68 per cent in NDA-I and 7.3 per cent in first in UPA-Iand7.68percentUPA-II against 2014 with average growth rate of 8.36 per cent of economicgrowthwere the UPAyears2004- under RajivGandhi. 1988-89 highest inhistory,beating10.2percent that 2010-11saw10.8percentgrowth, the and crossed 9percentonatleastfouroccasions, showed that growth during the UPA years, Sector Statistics) Mundle (chairman of back series data January 2019 estimated usingtheoldermethod. percent. between 2012-13and2017-18standsat6.9 the newseries,averageeconomicgrowth Reasons fordivergenceofGDPFigures often findsthetruthinconvenient whenit exposesits weakness. index despite high growth. This back series just adds to the impression capital that human this hunger, happiness, development, government human as such indicators international reflectsneither prosperity nor well-being as reflected India’s in abysmalin position many growth GDP that reality grim the accept toprepared is BJP the nor Congress the Neither Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra The MinistryofStatistics and Programme achieved double-digit growth once in FUDGING B ut this isinsharpcontrastwith this ut

releasedby the National in earlier Ithadalsoreckoned Committee on Real headed byDrSudipto this year, which in 2015,when The bestyears Under

new seriesand14.9percentin2004-05series) series (i.e., 15 percentduringthe2005-14in broadly similaratabout15percentinboththe as economicgrowthatcurrentpricesremains deflator to 8.4per cent from 7.5 per cent earlier attributed totheupwardrevisioninGDP growth between 2004-05 and2013-14can be part ofthedownwardrevisionineconomic and applied partially in agriculture and the estimates inconstructionsector entirely like any other. just marketsanddoesnotproduceanything, broking hasbeenincludedinGDP,whichis treated as a market enterprise. Similarly, stock not produceanybusiness,isironically now of the Reserve Bank of India, which does bizarre. Forinstance,thebankingdepartment but wrong not is weights recent with figures are nolongerso.Further,recalculatingpast years ago,andmanythatwereimportantthen goods andservices of today did notexist 100 But it wouldmakeno sense because many be recalculatedusingtheweightsof2011-12. In theory, national income in the 1900s could numbers, whencommoditiesgooffthemarket. of items previously in use, e.g. in price index of appearance new items or the disappearance Splicing methodistomakeprovisionforthe splicing ormergingoldserieswithnewones. data isnotavailable,theyarecalculatedby weights. When longer series are required or being recalculatedwithnewmorerecent GDP puzzle is due to figures of the past years the finance, of ministry advisor, economic to minutesofusageinthe backseries. series as benchmark, which has been changed telecom subscriberbase wasusedintheold As splicinghasbeenapplied forpreparing According toAshokVDesai,formerchief In thecommunicationsector, DATA 9

Insurance Worker allied sectors, gas, trade, repair, hotels is pegged higher when all other economic and restaurants, real estate, ownership of parameters pointed downwards. For example, dwelling and professional services, public between 2006-07 and 2011-12, average growth administration and defence and other services, in bank credit stood at 20.3 percent. Between it might have been manoeuvred to show lower 2012-13 and 2017-18, average growth fell to growth in UPA regime. While calculating GDP, 12.3 percent. There has been similar slowdown in new methodology, Ministry of Corporate in India’s foreign trade in the last 4 years.

Insurance Worker Affairs (MCA-21) database forms the basis of Our exports not crossing $ 315 billion mark the entire corporate sector growth estimates. registered in March 2014. Jobs have also But the problem is unavailability of matching declined. data for the older series. The key difference Tax collections, empirically proven to between the two was that the old method correlate well with GDP growth, also show measured volumes — actual physical output conflicting trends. The tax buoyancy, both at in the manufacturing sector, crop production, central and state level was also greater during and employment for the services sector, while the of UPA government. Only indirect tax is the MCA-21 database linked with balance only parameter where NDA has improved sheet data of each company and aggregating performance over UPA. Tax collections grew the performance of the sector from that, after at 16.5 percent from 2006-07 and moderated adjusting for inflation. MCA- 21 was not to 13.8 percent for the same duration after particularly stable before 2010-11 and simply 2012-13. However, indirect tax is regressive did not exist before 2006-07. So the National and recent rise is also due to increase in excise Statistical Commission (NSC) had used CMIE tax on petroleum products. corporate database to back calculate from There is deceleration in investment rate 2010-11 as a proxy of MCA 21.This might have from 39.8 per cent in 2010-11 to 30.6 per cent led to reduction of GDP growth in UPA regime. in 2017-18 and decline in gross savings rate to Not in Synchronization with 29.6 per cent in 2016-17 from 36.2 per cent in other Economic Indicators 2010-11. Corporate India’s combined revenue What is outlandish is that the new grew at a (CAGR) of 18.9 per cent between GDP series is not in synchronization with 2004-05 and 2013-14 against 5.2 percent other available economic indicators such as growth under NDA-11. The broader stock investment trends, bank credit growth, tax market reflected by BSE Sensex appreciated collections, corporate earnings, sensex, and 14.7 percent annually between 2004-05 and foreign trade among others. In other words, the 2013-14, against 10.2 per cent a year in the performance during the UPA period on above last four years. Similarly, private sector capital indicators was willy-nilly much better than expenditure too has decelerated sharply from in the NDA period and reflective of a much20.5 per cent a year under the UPA to 8.7 faster-growing economy. What is preposterous per cent under the current dispensation. The is that the GDP growth under Modi government average income earned by Indians grew at the slowest pace in six years in 2017-18, Cartoon courtesy: Satndeep Adhwaryu, Times of India as growth in the economy sputtered and inflation remained low. Conclusion Right from the beginning, Kuznets founder of GDP and other economists highlighted that GDP was not a measure of prosperity. High GDP growth does not tell you anything about the welfare consequences of growth. The all-important question of whether welfare has increased is completely ignored. Nor does it tell you whether growth has come at the cost of greater income inequality, between individuals and/or between regions, as is increasingly the case. Neither the Congress contd on p.19 10 January 2019 dispensation forpoliticalgains. is being appropriated by the present ruling sectarianism and wasabeliever in socialism a greatpersonalitywhohated Ironically such on social justice and communal harmony. convictions firm held He colonialism. British own methodswantedtofreethecountryfrom Netaji wasagreatsonofIndiawhothroughhis Chandra Bosein1945stillremainsamystery. However, thesuddendisappearanceofSubhas of India and West Bengal Government. Bose have been declassified by the Government pages of information onNetaji SubhasChandra Congress incident and audaciously said a saffronscarftoomentionedofHaripura speech Mr. Modi wearing the samecapbut India asastrongmilitary power. Inanother National FlagatRedFortandsaidBosewanted the famous Azad Hind Fauj Cap hoisted the Government, ourPrimeMinisterdonning anniversary oftheproclamationAzadHind tumhe Azadidunga,” ne kahatha;tummujhekhoondo,mai Babu the Government Control and the control of independence wouldgraduallybeput under this direction:i)Theeconomic system,after bondage...” cannot besolvedaslong asIndiaremainsin health andphysiqueof the Nation–allthese and educatingthem–theproblemofimproving our starvingmillions – theproblemofclothing necessity tous.Theproblemofgivingbread that political freedom is primarily an economic but alsoforeconomicexploitation–itfollows in Indiaexistsnotonlyforpolitical domination bound uptogetherandsincetheBritishrule “since politics and economicsareinextricably meant decentlifeforall citizens. Hesaid, thoughts. Nothingcanbefartherfromtruth. identical Netaji had believe thatbothheand By this PrimeMinister wanted thenationto mujhe sath domay tumhe Vikash dunga”!! mai ne bhi 2009 may Haripura se kaha ki Tum January 2019 During – Prince AmongPatriots Netaji SubhasChandra Bose On October21,2018inobservanceof 75 Heoutlinedthreebasic objectivesin For Netajifreedomfromcolonialismalso . the last few years about83000 Dhrubajyoti Ganguly and thenheadded “ Bose Bose ; th “

6, 1938he barred itsmembersfrom joining of Congress through a resolution on December critical of Hindu Mahasabha.AsthePresident especially theMuslims. Hewasextremely of India and be very generous to the minorities life was to unite various religious communities Government. economic policies being practiced by Modi India is totally divergent from neoliberal This outline of economic policy for Independent the costofinterestpeopleatlarge. India shallnotconnivewith foreign powersat of India iii) The Governmentof independent clothes, homes,healthcareetc.tothepeople supposed toraiseanyalibiprovidefood, ii) TheindependentGovernmentwasnot Capitalists from thehandsofforeigners capital wouldnotbepassedontoIndian are hostile to histhoughts. that forces by appropriated be to allowed be cannot Netaji Government. Modi the by practiced being liberalism economic and illiberalism social the to opposed totally were thoughts His justice. social and economic and harmony communal on emphasis great laid and language and caste religion, beyond always stood He radical nationalism as being chanted today. not was patriotism India.His free to chose he methods the with differed he though Patriots” of Prince “the as Bose Chandra Subhash Mahatmadescribed aptlyGandhi Netaji’s majoremphasis inpublicpolitical 11

Insurance Worker Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League. in ICS, but resigned from ICS and returned In 1940, Subhas Chandra Bose had written a home on July 16,1921. On the same day vitriolic editorial about the Hindu Mahasabha he went to meet Mahatma Gandhi and after in the Forward Block magazine dated March a long discussion Gandhiji advised him to 30, 1940 on elections to Calcutta Municipal meet Chittaranjan Das in Bengal and Subhas Council. He pointed out Hindu Mahasabha Chandra Bose started his journey as a whole showed “greater vigour in fighting congress time politician with the single ambition to

Insurance Worker than in resisting British domination”. He wrote, make India Free. Within a very short time he “The Hindu Mahasabha candidates included grew as a very promising leader. He became men who had tried their level best to break the the General Secretary of Bengal Provincial congress Municipal Association and to that end Congress and also leader of the Swaraj Party. had formed the united party in the Corporation It is worthy to mention here about the in co-operation with British and nominated Swaraj Party’s ‘Bengal Pact’ which drew the groups of councilors”. backward Muslims into the main stream He went on writing “…one could easily struggle. The pact had ensured social and anticipate how they would behave in future”. economic upliftment of the backward Muslims (Ref: Netaji Collected Works,volume 10.) On in Bengal. But this offended the middle class August 31, 1942, in a broadcast from Azad Hindus and even Surendra Nath Banarjee Hind Radio Germany, Subhas Chandra Bose and B.C. Pal opposed the pact. However Netaji spoke highly about the Quit India Movement, supported and campaigned for the pact as a exhorted the people of India to carry on with necessity to bring about Hindu-Muslim Unity the struggle, and in that speech he said;”…. and strike at the root of the communal strife. I would request Mr. Jinnah, Mr. Savarkar and This clearly shows how committed he was to all those leaders who still think of compromise communal harmony and thoughtful on the with the British, to realize once for all that in economic needs of the minorities. the world of tomorrow, there will be no British His views on how to treat the minorities empire. All those individuals, groups or parties were totally different from those of Hindutva who now participate in the fight for freedom will forces. The workers’ well being and gender have an honored place in the India Tomorrow. equality were very close to his heart. He always The supporters of British Imperialism will supported the demands of the workers and naturally become non-entities in a free India.” women within the Congress and also supported This call of Netaji went unheeded by Hindu the growing influences of the revolutionaries Mahasabha as its leader Shyama Prassad and the communists within the Congress. He Mukherjee advised British Authorities methods had organised a rally of 1000 workers and over to quell and crush the Quit India Movement. 100 women while Calcutta Congress (1928) In 1915 at the age of Eighteen Subhash was in session and entered the hall urging that Chandra Bose had decided the path of his the leaders must listen to the workers. life and declared “My Life is a mission – a In 1929 with support from the communists duty”. Young Subhas was sent to England to he became the President of All India Trade qualify and join the Indian Civil Service (ICS). Union Congress. He had also chaired the The brilliant student Subhas Bose stood 4th post of President of the Left Co-ordination

(Left)Netaji inspecting the parade of the women’s contingent of INA, along with Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (later Sahgal); (Right).Historic INA Trial of top INA commanders , Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Sahgal and GSDhillonby British authorities was opened in November 1945.Congress party formed a defence committee of eminent lawyers which included Jawaharlal Nehru.

12 January 2019 finally Freedom came to Netaji Subhas Bose’s The freedom movement reached its peak and were organising hugerallies on thedemand. release. FromGandhijito Nehrualltheleaders protest anddemanded theirunconditional Fort, peopleacrossthe country cameoutin these arrested soldiers were brought to Red When Fauj. Hind Azad of fighters freedom of Japan,theBritish Army capturedthebrave Kohima andImphal. But with the surrender Soil onMarch18,1944andmovedinto as AzadHindFauj.TheFaujreachedIndian Indian Governmentandhenamedhisarmy the establishmentofaProvisionalIndependent troops. On October 21, 1943Bose proclaimed of 40000 army atrained form to influence acquired epithetofNetaji. Independent MovementinSouthEastAsiaand became theleaderofalreadygrownIndian went to Nazi Germany andthentoJapan.He escape toGermanyviaKabulandMoscow.He versatility invariouslanguagesmarkedhis watch. Hisindomitablespiritandcourage, left Indiaindisguisedespitebeingunderclose he 26, 1941 British rule inIndia.OnJanuary support of Japan andGermany to overthrow can be our friend and therefore sought the He wasoftheopinionthatenemy’senemy opportunity tofreeIndiafromBritishrule. Government wasforcedtoreleasehim. time anddeclaredfasttilldeaththeBritish He refusedtobeinprisonatsuchacrucial 3 Day”on toobserve“Sirajudaulah decided he inauguratedtheCongressconferenceand Bose wasinDhakawhere meeting ofSubhas party at various provinces.Perhapsthelast he addressedmanymeetings of the Congress Even after he was expelled from the Congress his supporterstostrengthentheCongress. perhaps he faced the 11 from the post on 29 President of the Congress Party butresigned the Communists, he was re-elected as the with the support of the revolutionaries and the thoughtsofMahatmaGandhi.In1939 India whichweredifferentfrom Independent he placedhisviewoneconomicpoliciesof the PresidentofCongressin1938and Committee. SubhasBosewaselectedas January 2019 dislodge theHallowellMonument.On2 party Pattabi Sitaramayya. Thereafter, heformed his was not happy with the defeat of his candidate rd July 1940and organised He proceeded with Japanese aid and He sawintheSecondWorldWar an Forward Block on3 th April 1939 as Gandhiji rd th May 1939 but asked May1939butasked and the last arrest. Satyagraha nd July, July, to to neo-liberalism andcommunalism. Chandra Bose should continue its fight against inheritor of the great legacy of Netaji Subhas working class as the true The Indian thoughts. be appropriatedbyforces thatarehostiletohis Modi Government.Netajicannotbeallowedto economic liberalismbeingpracticedbythe totally opposedtothesocialilliberalism and reforms. These understandingsof Netaji are He was a strong proponent of radical land the Public Sector playingthe leading role. advocated forstatecontrolledeconomywith social justice.He economic and and harmony oncommunal laidgreatemphasis and always beyondreligion,casteandlanguage nationalism as beingchantedtoday. He stood importance. Hispatriotismwasnotradical Subhas ChandraBoseareofimmense administration. Bose nevercompromisedwithHitler’s Subhas doubt. Laterit revealed fromthehistorythat to get freedom; his patriotism was beyond any on thetactics of seekinghelpfrom the fascists right. Itsaidthatdespitehavingreservations saying their earlier assessment was not fully Communist PartyreassessedtheroleofNetaji the methods hechosetofreeIndia.In1962 Prince of Patriots” though he differed with the described SubhashChandraBoseas“the Indian Constitution. Mahatma Gandhiaptly the in reflection found organisation social immeasurable. His thoughts oneconomyand Bose thoughts in post independentIndia were on 18 hold theviewthatNetaji died inanAirCrash Officials Japanese The unresolved. remains still freedom. Themysteryofhisdisappearance motherland. Buthewasnottheretoseethat In today’s India, the teachings of Netaji The contributionsofSubhasChandra InsuranceEmployees’ Association) (Writer isthePresidentofJalpaiguri Division th August1945.

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16 January 2019 The delegates to the Assembly nourished that phrase meant morethananytwo could. the amendment. rights.” Roosevelt applauded and embraced beings arebornfreeand equalindignityand changed andthe line should read, “All human Hansaben intervened to say the times had are bornfreeandequalindignityrights,” feminism. Seeing thedraftArticle1,“Allmen owndistinctive tothe exerciseher brought drafting exercise,HansaMehtafromGujarat Jawaharlal NehrutorepresentIndiainthe visionaries. SelectedbyPrimeMinister minds, scholars,legalandpoliticalidealists, finest the of some by honed and committee, Eleanor Roosevelt as chair of the drafting (UDHR). The text had been propelled by the Universal Declaration of the hilltopPalaisdeChaillot and proclaimed Delegates from theworld’smanyendsmetat 1948, theUN General AssemblymetinParis. January 2019 GopalkrishnaGandhi ATALE OFTWO CITIES andPARIS DELHI In thepost-Hitler,post-Hiroshima world Exactly 70yearsago,onDecember10, Mirza Ghalib The worldisthebodyandDelhiitslife I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: Émile Zola,Paris of Justice. waved the great future harvest of Truth and had sownwithlight,andwhereinglory sun divine the which Paris, — flared Paris ua Rights Human Courtesy: TheHindu10/12/2018) ( Former administrator, diplomatandgovernor are asking of you Mr. Prime Minister, is not a of theEuropean Abad, oneof the youngestelected members the protestersas“toolittle, too late”. Damien reprieve fromthehike,only toberebuffedby Édouard Philippeannounced asix-month the stunningoutburst,French PrimeMinister price hikes,theimmediatetrigger.Following government are about muchmore than fuel shaken FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron’s equality. the Universal Declaration: dignity, justice and of heart the at issues over but ‘local’ or what? Notsomethingsporadicortransient Réunion wouldseesit-ins,blockades.Over and even France’s Indian Ocean island of La Hindu has showninthesepages(Editorialpage, capital to astop.Andthat, as Emile Chabal Champs-Élysées, bringinglife in theFrench the along burning cars with stir, flaming a of Declaration’s birthplace,wouldbethevenue the Declaration’s70thanniversary,Paris, short inapplication. into conceptual difficulties and be chronically document as idealistic as theirs would run the delegates must have understood that a and SaudiArabiaabstainedordidnotvote, 10 includingtheSovietUnion,SouthAfrica that ofthe58member-nations,asmany visions ofaglobaltransformation.But,given h ‘elw et Prs it wih have which riots Paris Vest’ ‘Yellow The But theycouldnothaveimaginedthaton , December6,2018),provincialFrance Parliament, securing humanrights. and challengesaheadin the distancetravelled Stirring reminders of said, “What we The 17

Insurance Worker The language used in Paris and Delhi has great similarities: business gets tax-cuts, agriculture gets diesel hikes. Factories get investments, farms do not even get minimum prices, affecting a human right described Insurance Worker in Article 23 of the UDHR: “Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.”

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postponement. It’s a change of course.” notwithstanding, the Declaration is under If in the days preceding the 70th anniversary severe strain, globally. Primarily because of the UDHR, Paris saw scalding fire, Delhi governments are, literally, laws unto themselves saw a scorching ire. An unprecedented rally, and also because the UDHR, though it has with tens of thousands of farmers, men and become part of the constitution and laws of women from all parts of India, catalysed by the several countries which attained independence intrepid spokesman for farmer and Dalit rights, after it was proclaimed, is not legally binding. Palagummi Sainath, and powered by kisan It stirs a nation’s conscience, not its laws. unions, converged in the national capital. Law-makers and conscience-keepers coalesce They asked for farm loan waivers and for but rarely. For most of the time, they are a decent agricultural prices to be honoured. And species apart. then marching to Parliament, they demanded Curbs on dissenters can be seen around the a session to discuss what has been a key globe, from China to Brazil, from India through concept in the UDHR: dignity. They asked that Egypt and Turkey to the U.S. Myanmar which Parliament should discuss farmers’ dignity says ‘no room’ to its own Rohingya disregards threatened by the agrarian crisis in India which Article 14, and Pakistan which hounds out has led, from 1998 to 2018, to the suicides of Asia Bibi disregards Article 18. some 300,000 farmers. Speaker after speaker Terrorism mutilates that most fundamental at the rally spoke of agriculture being India’s human right — to life. It has done that in life, not just a feeder line. India. On UDHR70 we mourn terror’s victims The language used in Paris and Delhi has in Kashmir, among who are brave defence and great similarities: business gets tax-cuts, security personnel on duty. But on UDHR70 agriculture gets diesel hikes. Factories get we grieve no less for the pellet-blinded, the investments, farms do not even get minimum collaterally killed innocents of the Valley. prices, affecting a human right described Torture, physical and mental, has been in Article 23 of the UDHR: “Everyone who used through time and around the globe works has the right to just and favourable by states and non-state tyrants. India, no remuneration ensuring for himself and his exception to the gross pattern, signed, during family an existence worthy of human dignity, I.K. Gujral’s prime ministership, the UN and supplemented, if necessary, by other Convention Against Torture. But subsequent means of social protection.” governments of India have refrained from Even as leaders of almost all major ratifying it. Why? Do they think custodial Opposition parties joined the rally, Delhi’s Aam torture is an inherent — read ‘internal’ — Aadmi Party government led by Arvind Kejriwal prerogative of statehood which the world bolstered it with moral and material support. has no business commenting on? Emotional Delhi, instead of being the target, became the pain and fear can be felt in a myriad ways. very life, the soul, of the farmers’ protest. Group-isolating can be incredibly painful, But Paris’s flare and Delhi’s glare frightening. The reported acquisition of land

18 January 2019 January 2019 despite highgrowth. hunger, happiness,human capitalindex indicators suchashuman development, abysmal position in many international India’s in reflected as prosperity nor being well- reflects neither growth GDP that reality nor theBJPispreparedtoacceptgrim contd fromP10 circumstance, isallthemoreatrisk. Dalit, tribal orvulnerableinagepersonal caste contempt.TheIndianwoman,if she is Tamil Nadu’sSalemdistrictwaslacedwith the beheadingofa13-year-oldDalitgirlin Kathua murderhadbigotrylurkingoverit, a childinKashmir’sKathuadistrict.Ifthe of Nirbhaya in the national capital and of extreme examples,overtherapeandmurder unforgivable, unredeemable shame, to cite India seem unabating. We are in shame, foeticide. unable to stop it and that which follows, female It banspre-natalgenderscreeningbutis It bans in law but lives with child marriage. perpetuates in practice manual scavenging. and whistle-blowers?Indiabansinlawbut of themurderincoldblooddissenters say to one is what intolerance, state reflects ‘sedition’ of invoking the If vigour. with India violatesitin Society alone. gone berserkthing’ from theworld’shistoryofethnicghetto-ing. the prospectbringstominddetentionscenes camp’ has been denied by the government, but ‘detention a for district Goalpara Assam’s in FUDGING DATAFUDGING This back series just adds to the impression adds totheimpression This backseries just Crimes againstwomen,children in ‘state- a not are violations rights Human

Cartoon courtesy: Satish Acharya data putout bygovernment’sstatisticians. GDP estimatesmakesone doubteverysingle organisation. Theoutrageous divergencein the credibilityofCSO asanindependent considerations intothe frayanddented Involvement of Niti Aayog has brought political over thecredibilityof the methodchosen. was releasedbyNiti Aayog ledtoquestions Sen pointed out that the fact that the data Former ChiefStatisticianofIndiaPronab inconvenient whenitexposesitsweakness. truth the finds often government this that must stayliberated,andcelebrated. rights fromstateandsocialshackles.They unfurling ofthatrainbow. strength. Tomorrow,therewillanother a silent majority’s peaceable wisdom, and the right-wing lurch on Sabarimala, shows concluded panchayat elections, overcoming victory oftheLeftFrontinKerala’sjust- free elections are a ‘UDHR asset’. The massive legacy. remarkable Constitution, B.R. Ambedkar’s not surrendertheir autonomy. Thesixth, our will who icons cultural creative our fifth, The rights activistsprotectingourliberty. human personnel, protecting our safety and our scared or suborned. Thefourth, our security is thatpartofourmediawhichwillnotbe by ArunaRoyandher colleagues. The third Information Parliament, whichhasgivenusthe is something theUDHR would hail. Next, our case, upholding the freedom of awriter to write, Madras HighCourtinthePerumalMurugan for Assam.JusticeS.K.Kaul’sorderinthe inclusion in the National Register of Citizens the deadlineforthosecontestingtheirnon- stands out. As does its sage extension of righttoprivacy,amongothers, onthe position colours. TheSupremeCourt’semphatic obscure the‘rightsrainbow’onsky. archipelago intoadazzlingtouristhaven. advised plantoconvertthatecologicallyfragile average Indian.Buthewillapplaudtheill- shore hasscarcelybeenappreciatedbythe on theirquiet misguided touristwhobeached Paris, onDecember10,1948,liberated And, finally, the seventh, vox populi! India’s vibgyor its of first the is judiciary India’s But thisanniversarymustnotletgrimfacts the against act reflexive Sentinelese’s The Act, following campaign advocacy Right to 19

Insurance Worker 28thConference of North Central Zone Insurance Employees’Federation The Conference was inaugurated by address Com. Amanulla Khan, President,

Insurance Worker AIIEA. He pointed out that today there is a great challenge to democracy and secularism and it is important that all progressive sections come together to defend these fundamental principles of the constitution for the very survival of the Republic. He said that the economic policies being pursued have created huge inequalities and unless this situation is corrected, there is bound to be social explosion. He spoke on the progress registered by LIC and justified the demand for a good upward revision of wages, a final pension option and The 28th General Conference of NCZIEF recruitment. He also emphasized the need for was held at Dehradun (Uttarakhand) from 17- functional autonomy to LIC in the matter of 19th November 2018. The conference started investments and employee benefits. Pointing with a colorful rally on the busy streets of to the growing struggles of the workers and Dehradun shouting pro-people slogans. The peasants, he said the nation will witness the 600 odd rallyists assembled from the all twelve biggest industrial action on 8-9 January 2019 divisions across the entire North Central Zone and insurance employees will be a proud alongwith comrades of other local fraternal participant in this nationwide strike. He trade unions. The rally culminated at Chandra stressed on the need for unity in the ranks Singh Garhwali Nagar, AMREEK HALL, venue and consolidation of the organization to meet of the Conference. the enormous challenges of the present times. Com. Sanjeev Sharma, President , NCZIEF, Com. V. Ramesh, General Secretary, hoisted the flag and paid floral tributes to AIIEA in his address rose to address primarily martyr’s column followed by the leaders all focused on the issues within the Industry. other delegates and observers. Com. Amanulla Dwelling upon the subject of Wage Revision khan and Com. V Ramesh together put 14 red he explained the whole situation across the and 14 white balloons into air symbolizing Public sector in general and financial sector 28th conference and depicting our quest for in particular. While justifying the demand peace and determination for necessary struggle of 40% Wage, he said it is possible to secure amidst thunderous slogans. this demand considering the enormous paying OPEN SESSION capacity of the institution and willingness on The Open session began in a jam packed the part of the employees for a serious struggle Hall, named N.M.Sundaram Sabhagar with a on this issue. He also dealt on the issue of Welcome address from the dias named as Com. pension option and said the growing struggle R. Govindrajan Manch, by the Chairperson, against NPS by the Government and financial Reception Committee, Sri S.S. Pangti, Retd. sector employees has created a favourable Commissioner, Garhwal Region. He quoted situation for advancement on this issue. He numerous struggles of the people of hills stressed the importance recruitment and for the welfare of downtrodden and hoped called upon the employees to join the two the Conference to be successful in creating day strike on 8-9 January 2019 to force the a milestone for the entire Working Class government to give up its anti-working class across the territorial limits of the Zone. Shri policies and orient policies that favour majority N.P.Sinha, Zonal Manager, NCZ while greeting of the population. the conference complimented the AIIEA for the Addressing the open session Com. Anil constructive role it is playing and placed the Bhatnagar, Vice President, AIIEA said that the present day challenges before LIC. present Govt. at Centre is dividing the people 20 January 2019 the conference. accounts were also unanimously adoptedby unanimously adopted.Thestatementsof NCZIEF, Com.RajivNigamandthesamewas was summed up by the General Secretary, further enrichedthereport.Finallydebate part. Theparticipationofthesecomrades by alively debate inwhich39comradestook policies oftheGovernment.Thiswasfollowed whole andcriticized the neoliberaleconomic a threattothebasicfabricofNationas the growingagrariancrisis, Communalism as of the exhaustive report, he added his views on his fullunanimitywiththebasicformulations BKSFD, Faizabad Division, while expressing by Com.RaviChaturvedi,Gen.Secretary, adoption. Thedebate onthe report was initiated for Treasurerrespectively RakeshKanaujia, Com. and NCZIEF Secretary, Nigam,Gen. Rajiv and the audited statement of accounts by Com. placement oftheWorkingCommittee Report DELEGATE SESSION policies andpoliticsoftherulingclass. for united struggles against the ill designed eAzamBhagatSingh ofShaheed the thoughts upon thememberstoreadandunderstand to divide the working class again. He called the country is developing this Govt. is trying the collective struggle of the people across greeted theopensession.Hesaidthatas but alsotoprotectthenationalinterests. advance theinterestsofinsuranceemployees peasants. Hesaidthisisnecessarynotonlyto struggles with those of the unorganised and necessity ofbroadbasingandintegratingour oppose itcollectively. and this isveryharmful forall usandwemust the regulatorybodiesincludingRBI, CBI etc. He said that todayGovt. is trying to control all employees to remain vigilant on these issues. for theirpoliticalgain.Healsowarnedthe on thebasisofReligiontopolarizesociety January 2019 TheDelegate Session started with Com. AshokTiwari, President, AIIPAalso Com. B.S.Ravi,Treasurerspokeonthe evils.” wisdom andstruggleagainstallodds victory oflifecanbeachievedthroughcollective successfully endedwith the belief that the DehradunDivisionalUnit.Conference in which the conference was organised by and gratitudeforthemagnificentmanner hai swargthoutaarlazameenpar”. kar, AgarKahin tho zindagikijeetparYakeen the themesongofconference who were presentthere. The groupalso sung songs sungbyagroupwereappreciatedall, nation anddiversecharacter.Thedemocratic exhibited thetruecharacterofunity The programwsbeautifullydesignedand Artists and Our comradeswere parexcellence. Comrades. Theperformancesbythechildren, program wasorganizedbytheDehradun CULTURAL EVENING of communalpolitics. onslaught ofneo-liberalismandtheaggression political commitment is necessary to meet the lines. Hesaidsuchanideologicaland building unityontheideological and political units to strengthen the organisation by in hispresidentialaddresscalleduponthe term alongwith other office bearers of the zone. as Treasurerfor the ensuing RakeshKanaujia Rajiv Nigam as GeneralSecretaryandCom. Com. SanjeevSharmaasPresident, which isreallyheartening. 05 womencomradestookpartinthedebate, committee endorsed that it is the first time that Unemployement etc.TheReportofcredential Communal Harmony,AgainstPriceRiseand in class3and4,OnAgriculturedistress,For including Recognition to AIIEA, Recruitment 13 Resolutions were passed unanimously a directiontotheorganization.Atotalof debate andgavevaluablesuggestions Bhagnagar andB.S.Raviintervenedinthe The conference recorded its appreciation On 18theveningabeautifulcultural Com. Sanjeev Sharma,President, NCZIEF The Conferenceunanimouslyelected Coms Amanulla Khan, V.Ramesh, Anil “Tu zinda hai “Tu zindahai “The 21

Insurance Worker 7th State Conference of LICSZWWCC – Yet Another Milestone The 7th State Conference of LICSZWWCC was held at Tirunelveli on the 18th of November

Insurance Worker 2018. With the participation of around 350 comrades across the state from eight divisions, the conference was yet another milestone in the history of women’s movement in South Zone. Tirunelveli Division made excellent arrangements for the successful conduct of the Conference. The conference began with the flag hoisting by Com. M. Kunhikrishnan, President, SZIEF. It was then followed by the inauguration of photo exhibition by Com. E.M. Joseph, address highlighted that the activities of former, Vice-President, SZIEF. The exhibition women sub-committee in its long journey of was a documentation of women sub-committee 30 years and insisted that present situation activities that extend to various spheres and warrants field activities in order to ensure was an inspiring one. The Vizhuthukal Kalai safety of women in society. Kuzhu, (Art Troupe) performed Oyilattam and Com. M. Rohini, noted film personality Kummi attam and enthused the audience. and Vice-President of Tamil Nadu Progressive The Conference was presided over Writers and Artists Association, delivered by a presidium consisting of Comrades, inaugural address. She narrated the status Sivapriya (Chennai-1), R. Sindhuja of women in society and that women of (Chennai-2), M. Umamaheswari (Coimbatore), today have started to raise their voices. She G. Aruna (Madurai), P.S. Ponmozhi (Salem), congratulated the activities of Media Response N. Kannammal (Thanjavur), A. Chellameena Committee and our interventions in cases of (Tirunelveli), Managala Gowri Selvi (Vellore). Gender Violence. Further, she appealed to the Com. R. Kalpana, Convener of Women audience that we need to function as “Social Sub-Committee, Tirunelveli, welcomed the Doctors” in the field. gathering. Com. G. Aruna, in her presidential The report was presented by Com. 46th Annual General Meeting of Ahmedabad The 46th Annual General Body Meting He narrated in detail the journey of LIC of LICEU, Ahmedabad was held on 24th from 1956 to 2018 and informed the house November 2018 at hotel Dinner point, about our struggle to save LIC and General Kankaria, Ahmedabad. More than 200 Insurance companies. He expressed his comrades participated in the meeting in which views to strengthen the organisation. He also the women participation was remarkable. informed the present position of Wage revision, The entrance of the venue was decorated PLLI, CGIT, Recruitment, Staff strength, one by beautiful Rangoli by lady comrades of more option for pension etc. He appealed all Ahmadabad unit. the employees to strengthen AIIEA for the Com.H I Bhatt, Joint Secretary, AIIEA better future of the employees and LIC. inaugurated the conference. In his inaugural Com. Subodh Trivedi, General secretary, address he explained the present domestic Gandhinagar, com. Harshad popat ,General and international economic scenario. He secretary Rajkot unit, com.Jaimin Desai, also informed the house that how virtual President surat unit and com AS Prajapati image of GDP growth is created by present Treasurare WZIEA greeted on the occasion. Government. He informed the house about the Com Parish Parmar President Vadodara unit role of present Government and its minister and com ALpesh shah office bearer of Nadiad in creating hatred among the people of India. unit also participated in the meeting.

22 January 2019 finally it was adopted was it finally on thereportand unit put their views president Ahmadabad and com JV Pansaraex committee. 6 comrades report of executive Secretary placedthe session General greeted themeeting. Alkesh Shahalso MANAGER (p&Ir)Mr the viewsofspeakersinthisconference. He saidthathewasverymuchimpressedby important role in the growth of our industry. organisation likeAIIEAhasalwaysplayedvery He said that the leadership of AIIEA and Manager Ahmadabadalsogreetedthehouse, January 2019 Co-op Bank. as FirstWomanPresidentofLICEmployees’ felicitated in theConferenceforbeingelected felicitated by the Chief Guest, Com. M. Rohini. Coco-ColaCompany,were the against Meeting” who wasresponsibletohold“GramaSabha gender discriminationandCom.Nirmalarani leader toform AIDWA andwhofoughtagainst Thayammal, aged86,whowasthefounder confronting us. about socio,economicandpoliticalspheres was but issues, women to confined longer no and enrichedthe report. The deliberation was (Tirunelveli) took part in the debate V.Sumitha (Salem), K.Vijayalakshmi(Chennai-1), (Vellore), C.Selvarani (Coimbatore), S.Shanthi (Chennai-2), D.Chitra(Madurai),K.Meera Comrades R.Sheethala(Thanjavur),K.Thulasi JointConvener,LICSZWWCC.J. Vijaya, Inthesecond seniorDivisional Chaudhary, PR Shri Com.K.Jayalakshmi ofChennai-2was IntheConference,socialactivists,Com Secretary andtreasurerrespectively. Com.Ashok Rana as President, General Chetan Makwana, Com.Nirav Khankar and passed bythehouse. unanimously. Theannualaccountswere also Joint Secretary,SZIEF. thanks proposedbyCom.S.Sivasubramanian, felicitated intheConference. was Kalai Kuzhu and trainerofVizhuthukal Kalaimamani AwardofTamilNaduState in thehouse. Women demands,werepassedandadopted of 33% Women Reservation Bill andLIC and Colleges.23resolutionsincludingpassage Gender SensitizationProgrammesinSchools Union Classforwomenandtoarrange Media Response Committee, to hold Trade Care) Committee in all Divisions, to activate women, toformGWECA(GenderJusticeWE to organize movement for 33% Reservationfor decisions up theproceedingsandannounced the conference. Com. T. Senthil Kumar summed Karpagam, District Secretary, AIDWAgreeted President,SZIEFandP. M. Kunhikrishnan, electedCom. unanimously meeting The The Conference came to an end with vote of The Conferencecametoanendwithvoteof the won whohas Com. Kailasamoorthy, Comrades M. Girija, Secretary, Joint AIIEA, 23

Insurance Worker 11th CONFERENCE OF BDLIEA Even after lapse of one and half years, it is ridiculous that the LIC management is still waiting for the nod from the government to initiate negotiation on major issues. Bringing Insurance Worker extraneous factors and waiting for the development in the Banking sector is not acceptable and sooner the later, the LIC management should come The 11th Annual General Conference forward to commence meaningful negotiation of BDLIEA was successfully held on 8-9 on Charters of Demands, he stressed. December 2018 at Divisional Office premises Com. Abhay Das, General Secretary, Bhubaneswar. Com. C.M. Haibru, President, CDIEA, Sri L.P. Das, Sr. D.M. greeted the hoisted the association flag in highly conference. The inaugural-cum-open session emotionally surcharged atmosphere with came to a close after felicitation to Com. Comrades raising thunderous slogans hailing Satyabrata Pattanaik, former general secretary AIIEA. The meeting hall was named as Com. of the association who retired from the services N.M.Sundaram Manch, which was fully on 30th November. Vote of thanks was proposed packed with a huge gathering of more than by Com. R.N. Sahu, Organising Secretary. In 300 comrades including lady comrades. At the the afternoon a massive rally was organized outset heart touching peoples’ song was sung participated by more than 200 comrades by our comrades. which marching on the streets of the State Com. Bishnu Mohanty, General Secretary, Capital drew public attention against the anti- CITU, Odisha State Committee and Chairman people and pro-corporate policies of the Modi Reception Committee welcomed the gathering Government through fire-cracking slogans. and pointed out that Modi Government is DELEGATE SESSION: making all efforts to change the labour laws in In the evening on the 8th December, favour of corporate to the detriment of working Delegate session was started with presentation class. Com. B.B. Nayak, General Secretary in of Annual Report by the general secretary his inaugural address expressed happiness on and Audited Accounts by the treasurer. The the growth of LIC and keeping its market share discussion on the report was initiated by Com. intact, despite steep competition from the Rupanarayan Sahu, Organising Secretary, private insurers openly pampered by IRDA and stressing on the need to understand the Government. It is matter of great concern that current political situation and he reminded this premier financial institutions starves from that AIIEA has been fighting against the neo- functional autonomy due to the interference of liberal policies for the last 27 years, because the central government in the very sensitive of which, LIC is still in the public sector. area of LIC’s investment policy. All the base units including, Com. Ahimsha Com. M. Girija, Joint Secretary, AIIEA, Priyadarshini from Women-Subcommittee while inaugurating the conference highlighted enriched the report by their valuable view the damages caused by the neo-liberal policies reports. After summing up the general pursued by the Modi Government. She secretary on 9th December the report was mentioned that the Joblessness is causing adopted unanimously. A 15 points resolution serious threat. Attacks on the trade unions was placed before the conference, concerning and the workers are on the increase. Only, the nation, the industry, the farmers, attacks one strong and united workers movement on dalits, attacks on women, on charters of is the need of the hour, she pointed out. demands etc. were adopted. Com. Shreekanta Mishra, General Secretary, Com. C.M. Haibru, Com. B.B. Nayak and ECZIEA, while addressing mentioned about Com. A.K. Mohanty were elected unanimously the apathy of the LIC Management on the as President, General Secretary and Treasurer question of Charters of Demands and the respectively. Com. Ramakanta Dash proposed dangerous effects of communal polarization vote of thanks. by RSS led BJP government at the centre. 24 January 2019 day strike on January 8 again voicetheirdissatisfaction by a two and theworkingclassofcountrywill once right winggovernmentarerisingconsistently for pension.Thestrugglesagainstthepresent option final the allow to LIC allowing not is scheme is long pending andthe government to theemployeesjoin1995pension revision. Thedemandforonefinaloption has notyetcommenceddiscussionsonwage since August 2017, but the management The wagerevisionisduetotheemployees legitimate share in the performance of LIC. government has denied the employees their has shownagrowthrateof27%.TheModi rate hasdeclinedfrom5.4%to4.6%,LIC trying to dismantle it. While the world growth struggles despite successive governments public sectorthroughvariouscampaignsand growth ofLICandhasprotecteditinthe Clement said thatAIIEA iscommitted to the SCZIEF. Addressing the gathering, Com Clement Xavier Das, General Secretary, martyrs column. paid to the martyrs of the struggle at the slogans ofAIIEAzindabad.Richtributeswere Com Kameshwari,President,ICEU,amidst by flag AIIEA the of hoisting the with started conference The premises, Visakhapatnam. the employeestostrivemake25 he said.ComClementalsogaveacallto January 2019 in campaigning for public sector LIC, Division hassetatrend Visakhapatnam Ravi, treasurer, AIIEA said that ICEU at Visakhapatnam. Conference ofAIIEA,tobe heldnextyear 10 T 44 th The conferencewasinauguratedbyCom Addressing theconference, ComBS he 44 Visakhapatnam Division was held on November 2018, at LIC Divisional Office Divisional LIC at 2018, November th th ConferenceofICEUVisakhapatnam Annual general Conference of ICEU th & 9 th , 2019, th

by pressandelectronicmedia. from across the division and was well covered well attendedbymorethan350comrades proposed avoteofthanks.Theconferencewas Ramanachalam, General Secretary, ICEU ICEU welcomedthegatheringandComN treasurer. treasurer andComPPadmavathiasAssistant secretaries, Com N Jagannadha Raju as P PurnimaandComYVSatishasjoint ramanachalam asGeneralSecretary,Com Com T Achari as vice presidents, Com N Com GVaraprasad,CH Ratna Kumar, Ramana Murty,ComBGanapathiRamu, ComKV aspresident, Com MKameshwari conference ofAIIEAaresoundingsuccess. general elections, and to make the 25 to ousttherightwingforcesinensuing conference. Theconferencegaveaclarioncall in the stop atrocitiesonwomenwereadopted Treasurer placingtheauditedstatementof the reportofICEU, and ComPPurnima, N Ramanachalam,GeneralSecretary,placing Association, LIAFI,LICAOI. officer’s I class LIC of leaders ICREA, rao, session wasalsoaddressedbyComKMohana to itsmembers.Theinaugural TU education strike actions, study circles and imparting has stood All India first in many activities like Com KV Ramana Murty, Vice President, ComKV RamanaMurty,VicePresident, The conference unanimously elected Thedelegate session started with Com the 1995 pension scheme and to final optiontoemployeesjoin negotiations onwagerevision, one immediate Resolutions demanding issues confrontingtheemployees. Ravi addressed the delegates on the ComBSCom ClementDasand comrades discussedonthereport. 5women 35delegatesincluding than accounts fortheyear2017.More 25 th

Insurance Worker ICEU, Kadapa Conference gives a clarion call to make Jan 8-9 strike a resounding success The 26th Conference of Insurance Corporation Employees’ Union, Kadapa division successfully held on

Insurance Worker …… in Com NM Sundaram Nagar & Com Com BVS Raju premises (Indira Bhavan, Kadapa). The conference preceded by AIIEA flag hoisting by Com MJA Baig, President, ICEU and paying rich tributes to Com NMS and Com BVS near Martyrs column. option for pension, recruitment, five day week Inaugurating the Conference, Com K etc. He appealed the comrades to gear up for Venugopal Rao, President, SCZIEF dealt 2019 January 8-9 strike. in detail the global, national and regional Com MD Mehaboob, Vice President and situation we are operating in. He analyzed Com K Jayatheerth, Joint Secretary, SCZIEF the failure of the Capitalist system and the also spoke. Mr DRKRM Sivaram, SDM and continuing economic crisis since 2008 that Com K Sankar Rao, GS, ICPA greeted the led to huge economic disparities between the conference. haves and have nots. The policies pursued Executive Committee Report and Statement by the NDA government at the Centre proved of Accounts placed by the GS Com Raghunatha to be a disaster economically, socially and Reddy & the Treasurer Com Kalyan Kumar culturally. A massive and united struggle is were unanimously approved. needed, he said. The conference passed 5 relevant The Chief Guest of the Conference Com resolutions. Clement Das, General Secretary, SCZIEF Com MJA Baig, Com T Kalyan Kumar explained the challenges before the public and Com G Varijathamma were unanimously sector in general and the insurance sector in elected as President, General Secretary and particular. The government and the finance Treasurer respectively for the ensuing year. ministry is creating hurdles in realizing our Newly elected General Secretary Com just demands like wage revision, one more T Kalyan Kumar proposed vote of thanks. Celebration of Silver Jubilee of Pension To celebrate Silver Jubilee of Pension Realisation, a meeting of pensioners was held at 10.30 A.M. on Sunday, 25th November, 2018 in the Zonal Office canteen Hall at Hyderabad. About 40-45 pensioners attended the meeting. Com. K. Venugopal, Vice-President, AIIEA , was the Chief Guest. In his address, Com. Venugopal briefly narrated the history of pension struggle and how pension was achieved through joint struggle with bank employees and officers. Because the convenor of the Joint Action Committee, Mr. Laxminarasayya of NCBE( majority union in SBI) was based at Hyderabad, Hyderabad became the centre of action and SCZIEF leaders ,Com. V. Sugunakar Rao, Com. K. Venugopal and others witnessed the pension struggle from close quarters and participated in it. Com. Venugopal praised the negotiating skills and superb tactics of the AIIEA leadership, particularly Com. N.M. Sunderam, which clinched pension for LIC / Bank employees. Because of pension, employees are able to live with dignity and self respect after retirement, said com. Venugopal. Com. M.J. Bhagya lakshmi, President, ICREA, Hyderabad and Com. K.N.B.Acharyulu, CC member, AIIPA, addressed the meeting and lauded the efforts of AIIEA leadership in securing pension. Com. D. Sriram , Com. K. Chidamber Rao, both Vice Presidents, ICREA , Hyderabad and many other pensioners also spoke and expressed their gratitude to the AIIEA for realising pension. Three senior most pensioners were felicitated with shawls and bouquets. Com. Ch.V. Shivram krishna, Jt. secretary, ICREA , Hyderabad ,proposed vote of thanks.

26 January 2019 Charter ofDemandsandtheprotection members tobepreparedforstruggleachieve success. Healsoimploredallthe it agrand January 2019strike and appealedall to make expertise. He gave details of the issues of 8-9 tactical and alsoachievingthesamethrough explained how AIIEA is pursuing its demands Unions inwhichAIIEAwasapartner.Healso Trade ofCentral Convention a regarding He dweltindetails ideological understanding. Organization onthebasisofpoliticaland stressed theimportanceofstrengthening the corporatefriendlyGovernments.He a definite and decisive role and defeated workingclasshasplayedStates ofthree Elections Assembly recent the country.Heinformedthatin political and socialaspectsaffecting tolighttheeconomic,he brought Conference. In hisinauguralspeech, Secretary,.WZIEA, inauguratedthe SDIEU, PresidedovertheMeeting. Building,Surat. in LICSportsRoom,JeevanPrakash SDIEU washeldon16 January 2019 Com.H.I.Bhatt, General Com.JaiminDesai,President of Annual General Meeting of Annual MeetingofSuratDivisionIEU th Dec’ 2018 Com. HNPatel, VicePres..SDIEU. January 2019.Vote of Thanks was tendered by prepare theMembersfor twodays’strikeof8-9 on 20 respectively. as President,Gen.Secretary and treasurer Com.DevangNaik andCom.HemantHaveliwala Desai. KapilPurohit, Com.H.I.Bhatt and Com.Jaimin retired MemberswerealsodonebyCom. in general. Recruitment, Local Issues and Working Class pertaining toLIC,PSUs,SC/STs,Women, unanimously. on report.Thereportwasacceptedandpassed SDO), Com.MihirDesai (Udhna Br.) deliberated RajubhaiDesai (Bilimora),Com.H.N.Patel(OS/ in India.Com.SamirDesai(CBO-2),Com. SectorInsurance toprotectthePublic of AIIEA thebanner membersunder mobilize morenon standards ofitsemployees.Heappealedallto and protectedLICimprovedtheliving in LICwhichhasunitedalltheemployees since inception AIIEAis the only Trade Union Gen.Sec.Com DevangNaik.Heinformedthat on rampantinthecountry. to be vigilant against divisive forces that are example ofdivideandrule.He appealed toall Muslims in jobs. This is nothing butaclassic there will be special quotas for Marathas and that it hasannounced on theotherhand and Government hasbannedtheRecruitment LIC.He cited anexamplethatontheoutset AGM decided to hold the Ladies’ Convention AGM decided to hold the Ladies’ Convention The Meeting elected Com.Jaimin Desai, The felicitations of bright students and The Conferenceadopted18Resolutions The report was placed in the House by th Januaryandtotourall branchesto 27

Insurance Worker 11th General Council Meeting of IEU, Shivamogga Division

11th Annual General Council of IEU, Shivamogga Division Insurance Worker held on 18th November 2018 at Shimoga was very successful as more than 150 Comrades from 14 branches actively participated in the meeting. The Conference got off to a rousing start with flog hoisting by Com.M.Dev Vasanth Kumar, President, IEU, Shivamogga Division amidst thunderous existing in our country. He appealed all to slogans by surrounding comrades. develop political consciousness to understand The Conference was inaugurated by the problems of Indilan society. Com.K.Venugopal Rao, President, SCZIEF. Speaking on the occasion Com. J.Suresh, In his speech, he cautioned the participants Jt. Secretary, SCZIEF, narrated the incidents to understand the threats to our democratic happening in the country and strongly rights and freedom of expression by Modi criticized the callousness of the rulers in Government. He also described in detail dealing with the deteriorating financial position the present political and economic situation of the nation and the disturbing trends in the Trade Union class by Cuttack Division IEA Com Pratap Kumar Patnaik felicitated Com Pratap Kumar Patnaik, ex-Joint he has learned many things from AIIEA and Secretary of CDIEA, retired from the services what he is today is due to AIIEA. Com Patnaik of LIC of India on 30 November 2018. He is an praised the role of Insurance Worker profusely outstanding organizer and has tremendous enhancing the intellectual ability of readers contribution to progressive movement in and donated Rs 5000/- to insurance Worker. Bhadrak. In order to felicitate him, a meeting While Com Managobinda Barik, president was held on December 9, 2018 at Bhadrak LIC of CDIEA, presided over the meeting, vote of office campus in after noon. Com Shreekanta thanks was proposed by Com Naba kishor Mishra, Zonal Secretary, ECZIEA, profusely Behera, President Bhadrak base unit of CDIEA. appreciated the charismatic leadership, ability In the morning, a trade union class was of Com Patnaik. He also acknowledged the organized in which Com Shreekant Mishra, unstinted support of his wife Smt Sanjukta Das took the class on “Challenges before the without whose co-operation Com Patnaik could working class and our task”. The class was not have contributed to trade union movement. presided by Com M.G Barik where more than Com Abhaya Das, General Secretary, initiating 100 members from different branches had programme CDIEA recalled the contribution of attended apart from many leading activists Com Pratap Pattnaik to trade Union movement from fraternal organizations. and society. After brief initiation by Com Abhay Kumar Representatives of all base units of CDIEA Das, Com Shreekant Mishra, in his two had attended the function with their rank hour long brilliant presentation, explained and file and felicitated Com Patnaik.the Com manifold dangers the working class Patnaik in his acceptance speech told that confronting each moment. He said that what 28 January 2019 IEU,Shivamogga proposedvoteofthanks. for 2018-2019. Com.S.A.Ravi, Jt. Secretary, (Gen.Secretary), Com.H.P.Ravish (Treasurer) Naik Com.S.Janardhan (President), Kumar issues areadoptedbytheConference. issued concerningLIC pensioners andother 7 resolutions on present national situation, Com.H.P.Raveesh, Treasurer, IEU,Shivamogga. of annual accounts for the year 2017 by Annual reportfollowed by presentation IEU, Shivamogga Division, presented the Shivamogga Division,greetedtheoccasion. of IPA, bearer Office The Com.K.L.Rao, and ,Federation of LIC Class-I Officers’ Associations weaken LIC. the challenges posed by the government to and requestedthegatheringtogetreadyfor the hardships facing by the LIC employees Jt.Secretary, SCZIEF, described in detail, 2019 atotalsuccess. national widestrikeon8 requested thecomradesto make thetwo days communal harmonyofthenation.Andhe disturbing groups wing activities ofright social fabric of the country as a result of the January 2019 success. others tomakeJanuary8-9strike as grand of unemploymentsituation.Heurgedupon or privatization .He also describedthegravity India isdecimatedbywayofdisinvestment which were called as temples of modern capitalists. The public sector enterprises, is intentionally neglectedtocreatespacefor reward. Agriculturebeingthelargestemployer external forces.Butlabourisdeniedits due simple bydintoflabournotanymiracle man hasbecome today since its evolution is The Conference re-elected Com.M.D.Vasant The Conference re-elected Com.M.D.Vasant Com.S.Janardhan Naik, Gen.Secretary, Com.K.Somashekar, President, SCZ OnemorespeakerCom.K.Jayatheerth, th and9 th January Units ofAIIEA. And can bepurchased through Divisional applause. The Book is priced at Rs 200/-. Chandrasekhar Bose amidst thunderous copy oftheBookwas handed overtoCom first The workers. anganwadi and movement Moitra, afrontlineleader of the women’s movement. went throughintheprocessofbuilding leaders major the that pains and difficulties the pathtraversedbyorganisationand insurance employee to read the book to know employees. Hesaiditisnecessaryforevery the history of the movement of insurance information on many important events in of the organisation and is a treasure of introduced the Book and said it is a publication 2018. Com Amanulla Khan,President,AIIEA Employees atKolkataon20 meeting ofLICandGeneralInsurance the insuranceemployees. win decent living and working conditions for struggles andthetacticsadoptedbyAIIEAto employees. The Book details important development ofthemovementinsurance Man who made enormouscontributionto the gives insightintothelife and struggleofthe TALKING ABOUTTHETIMESPAST.TheBook Memoir is published by AIIEA with the title of AIIEAhaspenneddownhisMemoir. This – AMemoirbyChandrasekharBose The Book was released by Com Neelima The Bookwasreleasedinanimpressive Com ChandrasekharBose,founderMember THE TIMESPAST TALKING ABOUT th December

Insurance Worker 3rd Karnatala State Working Women Convention The 3rd Karnataka State LIC working women and the plight of unorganised working women, she convention was successfully held at Belagavi on was critical of the claims of the Central Government 28th October 2018. More than 400 comrades, of with regard to the progress India has achieved in which 350 women comrades drawn from the Eight the last four and a half years. She informed that Divisional Units of Karnataka State participated the government failed on all its promises made Insurance Worker enthusiastically to contribute for the overwhelming to the people. She concluded by expressing hope success of the convention. The meeting venue was that through united struggles it is possible to defeat adorned with thought provoking banners/ quotes the anti-people economic policies and the threat of depicting the historic and revolutionary struggles communalism and together we can fight for the for emancipation of women. Com. S. K. Geetha, Vice women empowerment. She exhorted the insurance President, SCZIEF hoisted the flag of AIIEA amidst employees to make all the efforts to make the two thunderous slogans reverberating day national strike on 8th and 9th in the air to herald the beginning January 2019 a grand success. of the convention and thereafter Com Clement Das, floral tributes were paid at Martyrs’ General Secretary addressing column. the convention congratulated The Convention got off to a the women comrades for their flying start with three revolutionary overwhelming participation and songs. Com. S. Varalakshmi in her involvement in the Convention. He inaugural address made a brilliant exhorted the audience to continue analysis of the situation that is this trend and emphasised that confronting the Indian working- no struggle would be complete class, in particular the women and without the participation of exhorted the working women to get united and women. Be it the struggle for fight the exploitative policies of the ruling classes. emancipation and empowerment of women, be it She congratulated AIIEA for making conscious the struggle to fight for Equality, Justice, Liberty efforts in mobilising women and encouraging and Dignity. He expressed concern over the attacks them to involve in trade union activities. While on democratic institutions. He also outlined the explaining the situation obtaining in the country glorious performance of LIC in the background of MASSIVE CANDLE LIGHT DHARNA AT MADURAI AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE The Working Women Sub-Committee of Madurai organized a massive street corner meeting on 10th of December 2018 against increasing Gender Violence on women. The programme was held under the banner of GWECA (Gender Justice WE CAre) committee. It was presided over by Com. G. Aruna, Convener, GWECA. Com. J. Vijaya, Jt. Convener, LICSZWWCC welcomed the gathering. Prof. Dr. Roseline, Head, Department of Engligh, Fatima College, in her address

30 January 2019 comrades in theirwebsite. displayed videos regardingtheviews ofour the print and tv media. Dinamalar daily, has Committee. There was wide publicity in both by Com. came toaclosewith vote ofthanksproposed took part in good number. The programme light dharna.ComradesfromAIDWA,Samam women comradesparticipatedinthecandle made massivemobilization and around200 and arrogantkillings. Women Sub-committee inhuman the werelitcondemning Candles AIDWA to get FIR filed and to fight for justice. and Nandheeshtheeffortstakenby of Sitling and caste arrogant killing of Swathi cruel killing of RajalakshmiHarur,Sowmya violence thatareontherise.Shenarrated address condemningtheincidentsofgender General Secretary, AIDWA delivered special January 2019 rising genderviolence.Com. forward tochangethemindsetputanend prevalent in society and that we should come briefed about the practice and outlook and moreinTradeUnionactivitiescontribute upon allthewomenemployeestoinvolvemore situation inwhichthewomenisplacedcalled thepresent situationprevailinginourcountry, discussion. The report sharply analysed the placed byComHRGayatri,Convenorfor Mysore. Inthedelegatesession,reportwas Com. Rekha,ShivamoggaandCom.S.M.Parvathi, Belgaum, Aparna, Com. of comprising Presidium thanks byCom. .H. R.Gayatri,theStateConvenor. the inauguralsession came to anend with voteof and gathering Ingle, IEU,Belgaumwelcomedthe session. Com.Sudha presided overtheinaugural anti-people neo-liberaleconomicpolicies. to protectthepublicsectorinsuranceandagainst the employees to beprepared for bitter struggles a verycomplexeconomic scenario; hecalled upon The delegate session was conducted bya Com. S. K. Geetha, Vice President, SCZIEF D. Chitra , Convener of Women Sub- P. Suganthi , State , State decisions oftheconvention. the necessarystepstoimplementfollowing adopted. Hecalledupontheunitstotakeall unanimously was report the up, summing After large presence which has enthused theorganisation. also congratulated thewomen comrades for their from thesuccess and involvementofwomen.He and called upon theunitstoconsolidate the gains units formakingtheconventionamemorableone all the Suresh, JointSecretary.Hecongratulated on communallines. attempts oftherulingclasses to dividethesociety for bitter struggles and to be alertin defeating the upon thememberstobeunitedandprepared and shecalled encouraging and inIndiaarereally as commodity.The strugglesacrosstheglobe but order is projecting women not as human being rights, she said the inhumane neo liberal economic women sinceancienttimesfortheir carried outby women. Whileexplainingthevariousstruggles working faced by are being various challengesthat Com. H.R.Gayatri. came to an end with Vote of Thanksby various contemporary issues. The convention Committee ofSCZIEFfrom KarnatakaState. H RGayatriasConvenorof WorkingWomenSub all thebranchunitsby15 3.To conductasurveyofunorganisedworkersby year forwomenmembers; 2.To conductexclusiveTradeUnionclassesevery all theunits; 1.To conduct the women convention regularlyby Magazine willbeconductedinthenearfuture. to the potential contributors workshop ofallthe A magazine. the of Editor the be will Mysore of Samata from Bangalore to Mysore. Com SRMalini 5.It hasbeendecided to shiftthepublicationof of alldivisionstwiceayear; 4.To conductthemeetingofDivisionalConvenors The discussions were summed up byCom. J. The conventionalso passed 13 resolutions on The conventionunanimously re-electedCom the session,lucidlyexplained Com ClementXavierDas. by athroughprovokingintervention activities. comrades in the day to day union as growing involvement of women debate reflected the confidence as well and enriching.Thequalityofthe in thedebatewhichwasverylively Twelve women comrades participated AIIEA. of strengthening further for Com. S. K. Geetha, while addressing Com. S.K.Geetha,whileaddressing The delegatessessionwasenriched th November; 31

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gender sensitization in the Trade Union Front citing the quotes of Com. BTR. He elucidated that the gender based

Insurance Worker oppression prevalent in the society has to be countered in one voice in the journey to attain gender equality. Com. J. Vijaya, Joint Convener, LICSZWWCC, gave an orientation to discuss the issues openly cutting across barriers. It was then followed by a Group Discussion. The Second session was chaired by Com. G. Aruna, Joint Converner. The The Working Women Sub-committee of presentation of the Group Discussion Madurai Division organized a Trade Union was very vibrant and enthusiastic. Comrades Class for Women Sub-Committee Members openly came out with their views. Two sets under the caption, “Women – Space- Identity- of questionnaire forms were collected which Liberation” on 24th of November 2018 at Sunil would help the leadership to identify new Maitra Illam, Madurai. Com. S. Maheswari, areas of functioning based on the talents of Joint Convener, welcomed the gathering of our comrades. Com Swaminathan clarified the about 50 women comrades. queries raised in the Group Discussion and The Class was conducted in two sessions. suggested ideas to strengthen the functioning The first session was presided over by Com. of GWECA and Media Response Committees D. Chitra, Convener. The resource person and instilled confidence to extend the activities was Com. K. Swaminathan, Vice-President, of sub-committees in various spheres. SZIEF. He narrated the status of women in Com. N.P. Rameshkannan gave valedictory society right from the origin and the various address and the programme came to an end struggles taken up in the political and social with vote of thanks by Com. M. Mallika, Joint sphere. He explained in detail the process of Convener Higher Education Assistance Programme by ICEU Madurai Division ICEU, Madurai Division organized a new am to 5.00 pm. It was very informative and initiative on 21st of November 2018 at Madurai. thought provoking and the session came to It was the Higher Education Assistance an end only at 7.00 pm. The session was Programme by the renowned Educationalist arranged as lecture and a presentation with Mr. T. Nedunchezhian and his team. LCD. It turned out to be a very effective one The programme was inaugurated by Com. that the audience was much inspired by the E.M.Joseph, former, Vice-President, SZIEF. fantastic presentation of the Educationalist. The programme was meant for our members As the session was dealt in an inter-active son/daughter who are students of X, XI and manner, it instilled confidence among the XII Standard. This turned out to be a very students and parents. Various scope and successful one. Around 50 students along with their parents totaling 150 comrades attended the session. It is to be noted that Mr. Nedunchezhian is son of Com. V. Thamotharan, former Joint Secretary of ICEU, Madurai Division. Mother of Mr. Neduchezhian attended the whole programme and thus it was like the family function of AIIEA. The programme was scheduled from 9.30

32 January 2019 Higher Education Assistance Programme by ICEU Madurai Division care ofthefamily. moved that our leadershipis taking utmost was a rich experiencefor them andthey are thatitLater, almostallindividually shared attend asit was beingorganizedbyourunion. boon toparents.Someof ourmemberscameto not onlythrowopeneyes of students, butwas a studies wasdealtseparately.Theprogramme Commerce Group studentstopursuehigher professional coursesweregiven.Guidancefor face entranceexamforIIT,NEETandother different courses were dealt indetail. Tips to entrance exam of different institutionsand were introduced. Also, about the mode of the educational institutions across the country courses, many courses of distinguished institutions. Apartfromthetypicalprofessional so excitedtoknowaboutnewercoursesand an exclusive way that the participants were avenues ofhigher education wasdealtin such concerned about. issues whichthepeopleshouldtrulybe do notevenfocusongenuine&important their viewership.Somenewschannels trying tosensationaliseissuesincrease concern overthewayinwhichmediais meeting. Inheraddress,sheexpressed Response Committee,presidedoverthe Region wasalsopresent. Secretary, GICSouthern Com. G.Anand,General was theChiefGuest. Head, News18Channel T.Sigamani, Research Committee. Com. was organizedbythe & ourResponsibility’ topic ‘EthicsofMedia 10.11.2018. held atAIIEAIllamon Chennai DivisionII,was Committee, ofICEU, of theWomen’sSub- Media ResponseCommittee January 2019 Com. V.Anuja,Convenor,Media Adebateonthe The meetingofthe icsin n tis n ei & Media in Ethics on Discussion our responsibilityatChennai thanks. Chennai Divn.II,proposed thevoteof participated. matter ofdiscussion.About 60comrades viewers tohaveaholistic viewofthesubject- are one-sided;biased& do notallowthe towards theopposition.Thedebatesnow ruling BJPhasadoptedanon-tolerantview raised bytheoppositionparties.Now highly toleranttowardsanysharpcriticism the representativesofrulingpartywere that duringthedaysofCongressrule, political debatesinTVshows.Herecalled experiences hehadwhileparticipatingin reasons. curtail thefreedomofreportersforobvious the newspublished.Somechannelsoften the reasonforlackofauthenticity ratings, politicalaffiliation,etc.Thisis goals likegainingmorecommercials,TRP days areeitherinfluencedbymaterialistic comrades, admittedthatthechannelsthese news aresensationalised. kept inthedark,whyunimportant&trivial matters whichtrulyneedtoreachpeopleare news, whyfalsenewsarepropagated, ethics followedbythemediainreporting in theeventraisedalotofquestionson organized. Thecomradeswhoparticipated Com. R.Sarvamangala,Jt. Secy.,ICEU, Com.G.Anand, spokeatlengthaboutthe Com. T.Sigamani,whileansweringthe A question-answersessionwas 33

Insurance Worker Seminar on November Revolution by KSDIEA in 1945 and Chinese Revolution in 1949 Insurance Worker under the leadership of Com. Mao Ze Dong. In the present context, the working class of India must realize that they have common problems ; The epoch making event of Great November their sufferings are common and they have Revolution in erstwhile Russia, in the last a common enemy – the neo-liberalism and Century was celebrated in grandeur manner the anti people policies of the present “Modi by KSDIEA on 14th of November , 2018, at government” . He cited the statistics of a the premises of Divisional Office , Salt Lake study. done by Azim Premji University that November Revolution was one of the seminal says despite of high economic growth , India events of the twentieth century that changed has failed to create jobs during the tenure of the course of the history under the great present ruling class and the labour productivity leadership of Com. V.I.Lenin by establishing a has increased by six times in the past three social system where exploitation by men was decades while wage increased by only 1.5 completely ceased and working class seized times. He mentioned that LIC employees the power of the state first time in the world.are demanding a decent wage revision Since, the working class , of the entire global commensurate with the paying capacity of the community celebrate this historical day to institution and increased per capita servicing. take pledge to strengthen the working class But unfortunately, this legitimate demand movement at their own soils against capitalist is being denied by the gvt and management. exploitative system . In commemoration of this Incidentally, he focused, that LIC, as public illustrious victory of working class in Russia, sector in India is a rare phenomenon in the this year too, KSDIEA organized a “Seminar” world under neo-liberal regime and it was on the subject: “Working class in India at the possible due to the great struggle of AIIEA since present juncture and tasks ahead”. The only opening up of insurance sector. speaker of the seminar was Com. Satanjib Das, Com Das also emphatically explained the president of EZIEA. Com Haridas Saha, that unity of working class is under serious president of KSDIEA presided the meeting. threat by the concentrated effort of RSS , the In his welcome address, Com Ujjal Paul, philosophical base of BJP govt, fundamentally the General Secretary of the organization, trying to destroy the diversified culture of briefly explained significance and relevance Indian society, the strength of India. Therefore of celebrating the occasion in the present under this grave social and economic situation, context before a packed audience. Com the working community of India has decided Chandrashekhar Bose, the legendary to confront the govt with a two-day strike on personality of insurance employees’ movement 8-9 January, 2019, demanding reversal of also graced the occasion. neo-liberal economic policy. He invited the In his more than one hour long deliberation, employees to participate in two-day strike in an eloquent style, Com Satanjib Das, massively to protect public sector in general mesmerized the listeners who came over and LIC in particular. The November Revolution from different units of the organization. has given us this invaluable understanding He continued that November or October that ‘oppression cannot last forever and the Revolution was one of the three epoch making workers are bound to win the ultimate battle’. events that enthralled the exploited people The seminar was ended with the presidential of the entire globe. The other two events of speech. great victory of Red Army over Nazi Fascism 34 January 2019 strike on8-9 prepare themselvesfor ensuing two days developments inthecountryandalsoto keeping inviewthepoliticalandeconomic the education programme for them held on08-12-2018 in connection with January 2019 to give a call to join on 8 Employees Associationhastakenadecision demands ofLICemployeesAllIndiaInsurance in order to realise the basic and fundamental employees agitated. to be Therefore, genuinely are thecompellingreasonsforinsurance who areleft out of the pensionscheme.These pension to about 12000insuranceemployees India is also not allowing one more option for which hasfallendueon1.8.2017.Govt.of policy matter is denying wage revision to them of theemployees,government India asa private sector. Despite the highperformance employees ishighest amongst thepublic/ equity market. The performanceof insurance lac croreisinvestedingovernmentandsecured of Rs.25.15laccroreoutwhicharound20.5 gathering that as on date LIC has an investment its nationalisationin1956.Heinformedthe of public sector LIC in nation building since Insurance industryhecitedtheperformance in detail the challenges before public sector by Prime Minister Narender Modi. Explaining decisions ofthepresentNDAGovernmentled Trade Unionmovementarising out ofpolitical country andalsothechallengesbefore at length on thepolitical developments in the Insurance EmployeesAssociationspoke Chand, General Secretary Northern Zone slogan appears tobepro-poorpeople. He rich and pro-corporate houses, though the acts of the government are brazenly pro- regime of the country has proved that the through itsdecisionssince takingoverthe day political dispensation. Modi Government the complexities of thepresent- understand employees to Association exhortedinsurance Northern ZoneInsuranceEmployees’ thunderous success. society. He appealed to make this strike a students, womenandothersectionsofthe nationwide strikebyalltheworkers,peasants, A meetingofLICemployeeswas Initiating the discussions Com. Naveen Initiating thediscussionsCom.Naveen Com. AnilKumarBhatnagar,President & President,NZIEAatJammu th January2019. ii o Gnrl Secretary General of Visit th –9 th January2019 Srinagar Division. Association,Zone InsuranceEmployees’ Pawan Gupta,Divisional Secretary ofNorthern Srinagar Division andconducted by Com. Muzaffer Ahmad Wani, joint secretary NZIEA January 2019. general throughactionofstrikeon8 the demandsofpeoplethiscountryin and specific in employees insurance the of times to come so as to realise the demands the in struggles fierce for ready be united, be to hour ofthe need itisutmost Therefore, under the garb of “easy doing business”. is the attempt of the govt. to crush TU rights the tradeunionmovement,highestthreat by coming together on a single platform. For also congratulatedthepeasantsandworkers the unity of this country. Com. Bhatnagar class. The situationis becoming explosivefor actions oftheleadingcadresruling created by the provocative statements and thepeoplebeing disharmonyamongst the The mostdangeroustrendinthecountryis and healtharecompletelyignored. education class, thereisunrestamongstthestudents, by mobs who have the backing of ruling Dalits and minorities are tortured and killed regime. The farmers are committing suicide, and corruptionarehighestunderthepresent bone oftheindustry.Pricerise,unemployment this governmentcompletelybroketheback- accounts. Implementation of GST regime by in the name of minimum balance in their DhanYojna waseatenawaybythebanks deposited inthenewaccountsunderJan industry throughdemonetisation. The money lacs andpeoplewerelostintheinformal for their own money before banks. Thejobs of where around 150poorpeopledied waiting cited variousexampleslikedemonetisation The meetingwaspresided overbyCom. th –9 35 th

Insurance Worker keep aside so much capital. Hence it proposes to introduce Risk-based Capital frame work. It DHaRWaD claims that this will enthuse more A.M.KHAN, players to come in and thus will increase insurance penetration. IRDA also proposes to adopt Insurance Worker Heeding to the pressure of the global big Sandbox approach. A sandbox approach allows insurers, International Association of Insurance insurance companies to experiment and test Supervisors (IAIS) has decided to replace the certain innovative products even before filing “too big to fail” insurers list prepared in 2016, with for approval of the same. Apart from promoting a broader framework which would come with innovation in the industry, this, the IRDA says, effect from 2022. The “too big to fail” insurers would also help contain the impact of failures. list, which has names to nine insurers - Aegon, A committee has been formed to go into this to Allianz, American International Group, Aviva, frame the guide lines. IRDA proposes to bring this AXA, MetLife, Ping An Insurance Group Co. of into effect from 2021 or 2022. China, Prudential Financial Inc , and Prudential in Britain, was in the wake of Global financial crises. “The biggest advantage that LIC has is its These big insurers were deemed very important strong brand value. LIC is synonymous for insurance to global financial system hence they were in India and in spite of various promotional required to provide extra capital in the reserves activities private sector insurers have not been to meet mandatory capital requirements known able to create space for themselves in the minds as “higher loss absorbency” or HLA from January of people. Besides, LIC has taken all possible steps 2019. This measure, the global insurers claimed, to remain ahead of others in technology-enabled would reduce the share holders’ returns. Thus customer service. I would also like to mention that the IAIS says it is moving away from a “binary” so far no company is able to match the reach approach of imposing extra measures on a small of LIC in every town and village of India...... group of insurers to a “proportionate” application LIC has achieved globally best standard in claim of measures targeted at the activities of insurers settlement not because of stringent underwriting. that lead to systemic risk. LIC has achieved excellence because it has been ingrained in the mind of each person working for The IRDAI has constituted a working group LIC, whether as a salesman or as an employee, with experts from the IRDAI and from both private that claim settlement needs to be given highest and public insurers to review norms of the own priority. It is not just a process of doing a particular damage segment of motor insurance. Though job. In fact, claim settlement operations are pricing of the motor own damage was de-tariffed motivated by strong empathy that everybody has in 2007, the basic product structure, including been trained to adopt and practise in this large terms and conditions, continues to be governed institution. Prompt claim settlement is a matter of by the general regulations and other provisions faith and not just a duty for most of the employees of the existing India Motor Tariff. The working and the officers. Underwriting, of course, has to group also review the classification of productsbe judicious but it is never done for depriving under motor own damage, and product structure somebody of a legitimate life cover” says Kamalji & design, including duration of products and Sahay, former executive director of state-owned expansion of product suite to include technology- LIC of India and founder MD & CEO of Star Union enabled ones, according to a circular. Dai-ichi. It is one thing to praise the functioning of an organisation when you are part of it but The present standard requirement of capital, to praise it after exiting and joining a competitor for all insurance companies, irrespective of the reveals the truth of the organisation being praised. sector in which they operate, is Rs.100 crore. Kamalji Sahay has written a book ‘The LIC Story: Reasoning that it is not so in advanced nations and Making of India’s Best-Known Brand’ which there are some players looking only for regional elucidates how the insurance behemoth (LIC) has presence or are looking at some specific line of made a place in every household in the country business, the IRDA feels that there is no need to

36 January 2019 n LIZU n emn wr o srk o 7 on strike on were Germany in LEIPZIU and HENERES Fulfillment Centre in Spain and GARBAN TheAmazon workers at the SAN FEMANDO DE CONDITIONS GERMANY AGAINST DANGEROUS WORK STRIKE BYAMAZONWORKERSINSPAINAND workers againstsocialinequalityandausterity. movement worldwide of teachers, students and rally in downtown. They are part of growing hit with a strike by thousands of workers on 7 The KingstonFreePort Terminalwas inJamaica UNFULFILLED CONTRACTPROVISIONS OVERJAMAICAN PORTWORKERSSTRIKE in Santiago. the Presidential palaceand the Finance Ministry to marched protestors thousand Several Office. March, when the conservative Government took to the layoff of over 2000publicworkers since On26 GENERAL MOTOR PLANT CLOSINGS THE WORKING CLASS TO FIGHT US:GROWING OPPOSITIONOF January 2019 walkout strikeon11 hour 4 a staged Motors HYUNDAI at Workers opposition toattacksonwages HYUNDAI, KIAWORKERSinSouthKorea have decidedtofightthisaction. Motor workers inameeting held on December 9 Ontario andtwo transmission plants.The General Hamtramck, Lordstown, Ohio andOshawa, in America in major assembly plants- Detroit, jobs of nearly 15000 hourly and salaried workers by early2019andeliminating the Canada and States United the in announced it wasclosing 5plants parents assembled on 8 teachers,studentsandthan year.LosAngeles Teachers are without a newcontract for more EQUALITY LOS ANGELESTEACHERSFIGHTFORSOCIAL wages. rates and time frame for payment of Retroactive Job classification, evaluations and Rankings, pay onthedemandof was Thestrike December. laws. Under the proposed changes workers could on 8 BUDASPEST in protest a held workers 10000 Over PROTEST BYHUNGARIANWORKERS collective bargainingagreement. intermittent demanding strike actionsince2013 in Germany havebeen indispute and have to opposeantiunionstance. Amazonworkers protesting dangerous working conditions and December. The workers at allthree sites were indefinite strike on6 Public Employees throughout Chile went on an CHILEAN WORKERSSTRIKEOVERLAYOFFS HYUNDAI and29000fromKIAMotorstookpart. from workers 51000 Some GWANGJU. of city the impose massive wage cuts on Auto workers in plans by the Company and Government to th December against changes to the labour th November General Motors NovemberGeneralMotors th Decemberto protestthe th December inresponse th December in amass S.SRIDHARA, S.SRIDHARA, th th

at nine oil fields from 8 from fields oil nine at Oil production and sea port Workers went on strike AND CONDITIONS LIBYAN OILAND PORTWORKERSSTRIKEOVERPAY began strikingtwomonthsagofora15%increase. metal engineeringworkers.Theworkersalso continuing their strike for payparity with their Ten thousand Plastic Engineering Workers are CONTINUE THEIR TWO MONTH PAY PARITY STRIKE. WORKERS INSOUTHAFRICA’S PLASTICS INDUSTRY improved payandsaferworkingconditions. programme of strikes. They are fighting for social workersinNORTHISREALresumedtheir strikes havebeencalledon21 Morewidespread pay raise&workingconditions. On 6 OVER PAYANDWORKINGCONDITIONS ISRAELI SOCIAL WORKERSRESUMESTRIKEACTION Office inAHVAZ-SOUTHWESTERNIRAN. daily protestsforthreeweeksoutsideGovernment over a month over wage arrears. They have held Steel Industrial Group have also been on strike for were arrested. The Steel workers at the National of Union Representatives, Journalists, Activists who in arrears. They are also demanding the release privatization, jobshavebeencut and wagesare demand the plant to be Re-Nationalised.Since Mental healthcareworkers went onstrike 10 WORKERS ONSTRIKEINCALIFORNIA OVER 4000KAISERPERMANENTE MENTAL HEALTH increase andimplementationofHealthinsurance. Company struckworkon14 Rail Guards at the Spanish state-owned Rail AND PAYINCREASE SPANISH RAIL STRIKE AT RENFE FORMORESTAFF lowest inEUROPE. the among are HUNGARY in wages the workers, are demanding pay increase. According to year, up from the current 250 hours. The workers hours overtimea be requiredtoworkupto400 They began the strike on November 5 South Western IRAN is now in itssecond month. The strike by workers at the HAFT TAPPEH plant in OVER JOBSANDPAYENTERSECONDMONTH STRIKES BYIRANIAN SUGAR ANDSTEELWORKERS 50000 to25000since2005. and more staff. The workforce is reduced from January 2019. The Demand includes payincrease Pension Schemes. Healthcareandbetterdemanding improved Theyarehealth careandPension Schemes. tier two the end to want and staffing increased December. They are demanding higher wages th December,afteramonth’sinterlude, MYSORE

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Insurance Worker and 2015 health care spending was slashed by 31%, the highest of all regions in Spain, social J.SURESH, MYSORE spending by 26% and education spending by 12%. Catalonia was the region where university fees

Insurance Worker q General Motors has announced that it will rose the most – by around 158% - close five plants in the US and Canada in so that the average cost of University credit is 2019 and another two plants outside of North Euro 41.17 compared to the national average America. This will eliminate 14700 jobs and is of Euro 17.70. part of its plan to cut $ 6.5 billion in costs by q According to the Annual Mortality Report 2020. GM is also wiping out the jobs of 8000 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), or 15% of engineers and designers in North the life expectancy in the USA continued its America. The auto maker, which reported a extra ordinary decline in 2017 after stagnating 37% increase in third-quarter operating profits in 2016 and falling in 2015. The average life in North America, is in the midst of a two-year expectancy in the US declined from 78.7 to $ 10 billion spending spree on stock buy-backs 78.6 years. Life expectancy dropped for and dividend payouts to rich investors. The Males from 76.2 to 76.1 but remained the new round of North American closures follows same for females at 81.1. Life expectancy GM’s announcement of its planned closure of for female has consistently been higher than its assembly plant in Gunsan, Korea; the sell-off the male and the gap continues to widen. of its European Opel and Vauxhall operations In 2017, over 2.8 million Americans died, an to French Carmaker PSA, and the shuttering increase by approximately 70000 from the of its plants in Australia and South Africa. previous year and the most deaths in a single q USA has announced new sanctions against year. The US suicide death rate rose to the highest in 50 years last year. Since 2008, it has Venezuela and Cuba reflecting the th increasingly aggressive and militaristic policy ranked as the 10 leading cause of death for towards Latin America. It has announced all ages. The figures contained in the latest a measure aimed at impeding Venezuela’s CDC report reflects the diseased nature of exports of gold, which have become an American society and the failure of capitalist important source of foreign exchange for the system. country’s crisis-ridden economy. US officials q According to 2018 Annual Homelessness claim that Venezuela has exported some Assesment Report (AHAR) published 20 tons of gold to Turkey, a NATO ally with by Department of Housing and Urban which US has come into increasing conflict. development (HUD), on any given night in USA, Venezuela and China has recently signed 5,30,000 people experience homelessness. an agreement to develop country’s gold- 36000 of those experiencing homelessness mining sector. The gold sanctions follow a is on any given night were unaccompanied US embargo against Venezuelan oil, which youth under age 25, of this almost 90% were accounts for roughly 98% of the country’s between the age of 18 and 24. White people export earnings. USA also announced a new accounted for 54% of homeless overall. Half set of sanctions against Cuba targeting some of all people experiencing homelessness were two dozen economic entities allegedly tied in one of five States; California, New York, to country’s military, which has extensive Florida, Texas or Washington. economic holdings. This is in addition to some q According to a report released by NITI Aayog, 180 Cuban entities targeted by USA last year. a growth rate of 9% by 2022-23 is essential to These sanctions were announced on the generate enough jobs in India and achieving same day UN General Assembly condemned prosperity for all. It also said that the target the 58 year old US economic blockade should be 8% growth over the period 2018-23. against Cuba, with 189 countries voting for the This will raise the economy’s size in real terms resolution and only two – USA & Israel voting from $ 2.7 trillion in 2017-18 to nearly $ 4 trillion against. by 2022-23. It has also targeted that tax -GDP q Catalonia region in Spain is witnessing waves ratio to be raised from 17% to 22%. of protest against the austerity measures being proposed by the regional nationalist government. It is estimated that between 2009

38 January 2019 & EntrepreneurshipDharmendraPradhan Petroleum & Natural Gas andSkill Development rise toincreasedimportanceLIC” order emerges, these kinds of uncertainties give economic development asthenewgeopolitical of trends varied be there will years, next 25-30 understand thepulseofpeople.In an economicsuperpowerintheworld.They makingIndia in significantly has contributed in theinfrastructureandsocialsector.LIC the country with large-scale financial investments to the growth and economic development of strengthening theeconomyandhascontributed roleinand market.Ithasplayedapivotal Importance ofLIC of Rs.1.11lakhcrore. claims ofover2.66 crore claimants for anamount During the the corporation year 2017-18, settled corporate crore in equities. bonds andRs.88,980 State Government Securities, Rs.37,824 crore in and Central crorein lakh Rs.2.62 has invested Rs.1,97,000 crore.During2017-18,thecorporation crore and the total investment income is premium, including renewals, close to Rs.3,17,000 the country.LIChadendedFY2017-18withatotal in institution financial largest the it making crore, manages assetsworthmorethanRs.28.45lakh The corporation now crore in theyear2017-2018. Rs.1,34,551.68 of income premium year first ever of Rs.5.23 lakhcrore and achievedthe highest of the Government. LIC hadanannual income crore of 5%amounting to Rs.2,430.19 is the share surplus to policyholders as bonuses,the balance Rs.3,68,660 crore. After distributing 95%of the of surplus 10.1%. Ithadalsomadeaninvestible a growth of crore,registering Rs.48,444.82 profit of the corporation — of surplus –considered asthenet and generated a total valuation market withagrowthof32% way of sale ofequityinthe stock profit of Rs.25,646.62 crore by LIC 2017-18 January 2019 Intermediary Remuneration the insurer. to ensure SMS issenton receipt of premium by the correctmobilephone numberiscaptured case of new contracts, it maybeensured that on receipt of premium from January 1. Also, in insurers toinformpolicyholders throughmessages Receipt throughSMS 2018 period. toNovember fortheApril companies, private in LIC was Rs.13,943, while, it was Rs.52,969 in Average premium on itsplatform. LIC to offer online insurancepremiumpayments LIC premiuminPaytm : LIC has realised a realised : LIChas : “LIC is a blend of government : Average premium per policy : Paytm has partnered with : Paytmhaspartneredwith : IRDAIhasaskedallthe IDI a clarified has IRDAI : Minister of said. removing misconceptions aroundthe products. and insurance life around awareness spread funded by insurance companies including LIC, to covering television,radio,digital andPRplatforms, campaign readying aRs.100-croremultimedia is Insurance Awareness policy willbeinstant. a paperless, 2-stepprocess and issuance of the of products to its users. Buying insurance will be insurance companies to offer the extensive range be partnering for with leading the usersandItwill the company hasrolledout accidental insurance phase, first the In seconds. 10 than less in Rs.1 lakh for a year for as lowRs.20,that too sized productsandauser can buyinsurance of Sachet insurance as themainreasonbehindthismove. vehicles from 2020-21. Truckers strike isconsidered premium forthirdparty(TP)insurancemotor of fixing annual of practice the disband would Third-party detariff personal accidentcoverforseparatevehicles. customer also doesnot need to have separate have Rs15lakhpersonalaccidentcovers.The only ifthedriverandvehicleowner already valid personal accident cover. However, this willbe personal vehiclescanopt out of the compulsory Compulsory PA in thesector. be reconsidered, toencourage new companies requirement forinsurancecompaniesinIndia,will Crore capital Member (Life),IRDAI,theRs.1000 Capital requirement the GSTcouncil. “prepare a proposalthat can be placedbefore GST onthird-partyinsurancepremium and of Financial Services)to look into the heavy 18% (PMO) has asked the finance ministry (Department Third-party coverGST to theinsurers”. paid tothe aggregators for transmission of leads by policyholders.However, “no charges shall be thatarebought convertedintopolicies being be paidtotheaggregatorsonlyincaseofalead companies on their website. Renumeration will information on insurance policies of various an insurance web aggregator is to provide listed for insurance intermediaries. The job of web aggregatorswillbeinlinewithwhatis that the remuneration made to the insurance ARIVUKKADAL, THANJAVUR : IRDA notified that buyers of new : MobiKwik has launched sachet : MobiKwik has launched sachet : IRDA has indicated that it : According to Nilesh Sathe, : The life insuranceindustry : PrimeMinister’sOffice 39

Insurance Worker Evening Classes in Sanitary Workers Colony in Madurai ICEU, Madurai has started evening classes for students of Sanitary Workers Colony at Subramaniyapuram on 6th of December 2018 under the banner of Dr. Ambedhkar Education and Employment Centre. Insurance Worker The pamphlet for the inauguration programme was distributed in the colony by our comrades on 5th December. It was decided to inaugurate the programme on 6th December, in memory of Dr. B. R. Ambedhkar who has sacrificed his life for the mission of attaining social justice in Indian Society. The programme was presided over by Com. and assured the residents that our organization S. Balasubramaniam, District Secretary, TNUEF. is committed and working towards educating Com. N. Sureshkumar, Vie-President, ICEU and the people in its true spirit in order to attain on behalf of Dr. Ambedhkar Education and social justice in the country. Employment Centre, delivered Special address This innovative programme has enthused inviting the students to make use of the classes the residents and has built up confidence. Delhi Cooperative Thrift & Credit Society commended The Northern Zone Insurance Employees’

Cooperative and Response Thrift Society Ltd, New Delhi has This refers to the editorial been conferred ‘nationwide strike on 8-9 ‘Cooperative Award’ January 2019.’ The editorial by Hon’ble Minister presents a grim picture of the Indian economy battered of Cooperatives, by the neoliberal economic Government of NCT, policies. Hoping that their lot Delhi and a Commendation Certificate for the commendable will improve the people voted performance in the cooperative sector for the year 2017-18. NDA to power. But alas it did The Award is instituted by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. not take much time to realise Insurance Worker congratulates the Managing Committee for the that their hope and faith were excellent work they are doing. blown to smithereens. Indian farmers unable to repay the CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DONATIONS debt took their lives. And thousands of lakh of our Indian Month Base Base ICEU Machilipatnam youths are facing a bleak Divl Conference Rs.7500 2001 1960 future due to unemployment. Com.M.Shivaprasad, Now farmers and workers April 288 6573.86 DO Vishakapatnam 5000 are determined to construct May 289 6596.69 Com.Isac Bada . a unity to prepare for future June 291 6642.34 Ambikapur Br. 1100 struggles. Any attempt Com.B.A.Janardhan, July 301 6870.60 to break this unity will be Madikeri Br. 5000 August 301 6870.60 defeated. We are united and Com. Shylaja, unitedly we will participate September 301 6870.60 Mysore Br. 1 1000 in the two day strike on 8-9 October 302 6893.42 INSURANCE WORKER heartily January 2019. Base1960=Base2001x22.8259 thanks these comrades & units - K.Narayana Rao, Bangalore 40 January 2019 January 2019 45

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