The indefinite strike by employees of Puducherry Electricity department against the move to privatise power distribution and transmission in the Union Territory commenced on Tuesday. Responding to the call given by Electricity Engineers and Employees Privatisation Protest Committee (EEEPPC), employees in all the four regions have stuck work in all offices, sub-stations and ...

  The Electricity employees of Chandigarh under the banner of UT Powermen Union today observe a complete strike against the privatization of well running and profit earning Electricity Department and it was further decided to proceed on an indefinite strike from 21st. February in case the privatisation process was not halted. It was also decided that the employees from northern st...

  The UT Administration has warned that it will enforce the “no work, no pay” rule for members of the UT Powermen Union, which has given a call for observing a one-day strike tomorrow. The defaulting employees will also be liable for other disciplinary action, said an official spokesperson. The union has decided to go on strike against the privatisation of the UT Electricit...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has said power sector workers will hold a nationwide protest against privatisation policies on Tuesday. "On the call of National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE) Power Employees & Engineers across the country will hold protest demonstrations against privatisation policies of Central Government,...

Electricity employees and engineers all over the country will demonstrate tomorrow on 1st February 2022 in solidarity with their counterparts in Chandigarh and Puducherry, who have decided to go on strike against the privatization of power union territories. V K Gupta spokesperson of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said that power sector employees vehemently oppose selective privatization with comm...

  Opposition turns heat on govt. ahead of strike against power privatisation DMK, along with employees, would fight the move tooth and nail, says R. Siva Ahead of the proposed indefinite strike by electricity workers from February 1, opposing the privatisation of the public utility, Opposition parties have ratcheted up pressure on the NDA government at the Centre and the Union Te...

Three state-run power companies, NTPC Ltd, NHPC Ltd and Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd (PGCIL), have firmed up a mix of models to realize the maximum value from their hydropower and renewable energy transmission and assets as part of the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) plan, Union power secretary Alok Kumar told Mint These models include creating a holding company and then divesting stake in the holding c...

NCCOEEE has amended it's programme of 23 & 24 January Strike / Work Boycott which now will be done on 28 & 29 March 2022.            You are requested to  ensure the following action programme as decided by NCCOEEE...          As communicated earlier, the Union representing employees of Chandigarh is going steadily ahead in Strike on 1...

  The major opposition parties -- DMK and Congress -- have strongly objected to the privatisation move of power transmission and distribution in Puducherry which is hitherto done by the Puducherry Electricity Department (PED) and have pledged their support to the striking employees, even as the government moves for a conciliatory meeting with the PED staff through the labour department. ...

Power Minister R K Singh is right to speak out against political parties promising free power, especially if states are unable to afford compensating discoms for the loss in revenue. The financial implications of doling out free power are immense, undermining a state's ability to provide critical services such as health, education and basic infrastructure. Giving free power imposes intergenera...