‘Ad-hoc’ Teachers at Delhi University: From the Frying Pan into the Fire
After serving for years as ‘ad-hoc’ teachers working under adverse conditions, many such Delhi University faculty members are now finding themselves shunted out of their jobs.
Maharashtra Power Sector Strike Against Privatisation Succeeds
The state-owned power sector employees resorted to striking after a private company requested parallel licensing from the regulatory authority.
Privatisation of Public Sector Banks Would Run Counter to the Constitutional Obligation of the Government
The Finance Minister has announced that the government is going to privatise public sector banks in due course. A word of caution for the government about the far-reaching implications of privatising any PSU bank.
Despite Crucial Welfare Work, India’s ‘Scheme Workers’ Denied Dignified Employment Conditions
While there has been no shortage of awards, gratitude and plaudits to these workers, they have been denied dignified working conditions since the inception of their employment.
Putting a Price on Water: Can Commodification Resolve a World Water Crisis?
As a result of this, the world’s sources of freshwater, representing one of the planetary boundaries designated by natural science, are being monopolized as natural capital by relatively few companies who will be able to charge market rents for the ecosystem services.
Govt’s Bizarre Plans of Dealing With Looming Food Grain Crisis
Privatisation of grain procurement and cap on procurement subsidies are among the ideas being floated.
Bank Privatization and the Never-finished Neoliberal Agenda
Successive governments with a neoliberal agenda have not been able to roll-back nationalization, even after thirty years. That fortuitous ‘failure’ shows that the criticism of public ownership of banking is misplaced, and that neoliberal policies have lost their legitimacy.
When Market Fundamentalism Overcomes Common Sense: Myth of Electricity Markets
So-called electricity markets were created to help private capital, not people. It is time we wound up these bogus markets and returned public services to people, to run cooperatively for their benefit.
Mumbai Fixated on Building Expensive Metros to Ease Commuting Woes
The better alternative would be to invest in upgrading BEST and the suburban train system.
The People’s Steel Plant and the Fight Against Privatisation in Visakhapatnam
The unionised working class has fought tooth and nail against every move towards privatisation. The story of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is an important example of this unyielding struggle.