STRUGGLE AGAINST DEFENCE PRIVATIZATION
CONFEDERATION EXTENDS FULL
SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY TO THE STRUGGLE OF DEFENCE EMPLOYEES AGAINST
PRIVATISATION.
Successive
Governments after 1990s have started permitting private sector in the field of
Defence production. During May 2001, the Defence Industry sector which was
reserved for the Government sector and Public sector was opened to 100% for
Indian private sector with 26% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Subsequently
the FDI cap in Defence was raised to 49% and now the NDA Govt raised it to
100%. Government has issued so far 222 licenses to private corporate sector like
ADHANI, AMBANI, L&T, ASHOK LEYLAND, BHARAT FORGE, GODREJ &BOYCE, PUNJ
LLOYD, PIPAVAV DEFENSE, PREMIER EXPLOSIVES etc,. The present Govt is bent upon
to extend all types of support to the Indian private corporate houses and their
foreign collaborators. Recently the Prime Minister office asked all the 41
Ordnance Factories, the information about the name of the products
manufactured, its photographs, technical description, land holding by each factories,
details of plants and machinery, strength of employees etc.,
On
27-04-2017, the Ministry of Defence issued an order with the approval of the
Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitely, to completely outsource 143 defence equipment
like Military, Vehicles, Ammunition, Ammunition boxes, Guns, Rifles, Tanks,
Troop comfort items etc., which are
being manufactured at present by the ordnance factories. This decision of the
Govt is going to affect more than 25 Ordnance factories and about 20,000
defence employees will be thrown out of job. Again another order was issued categorizing
39 more items as “non-care” items for outsourcing. All these decisions are taken to encourage
private corporates, making the state-owned Defence Industries sick and
redundant and bringing in their place the private corporate sector whose sole
intention is to earn more and more profit.
The
All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) is on a war path and has already
started series of agitations and campaign programmes against the policy decision
of the Government to privatise Defence Industry and closure of ordnance
factories rendering thousands of defence employees surplus and consequent
retrenchment.
As
a higher form of agitation AIDEF has commenced indefinite relay hunger fast
near Parliament (Jantar Manthar) from 3rd July 2017 onwards. The relay
fast was inaugurated by Com. Sharad Yadav, MP. Former Vice President of AIDEF.
The
National Secretariat of Confederation of Central Govt Employees and Workers
extends full support and solidarity to the struggle of the Defence Employees
against privatization.
M.Krishnan
Secretary General
confederation
Mob&whatsapp: 09447068125
E-mail: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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