Several areas of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed electricity outages as power employees begin their indefinite strike on Saturday against the government’s privatisation move.Talking to Greater Kashmir, Convenor, Jammu and Kashmir Power Employees and Engineers Coordination Committee, Munshi Majid Ali said that from lineman to engineer, all employees of power department are on strike against the privatisation mo...

People suffer as faults remain unattended in most parts of UT Over 50% feeders turn non-functional, water supply hit; talks again fail Gopal Sharma // Fayaz BukhariThousands of Power employees today launched a “work boycott” across Jammu and Kashmir to press for their four-point demands, including shelving a proposed joint venture between the Jammu and Kashmir Power Transmission Corporation Limited ...

  All Powercom Associations, PSEB Engineers’ Association, JE Council, Joint Forum, Officers Accounts Association, IT Officers Association, (AM/HR) PSPCL, HR Manager’s Association expressed their resentment against the deliberate attempts by management in delaying the already announced pay scales. Ajay Pal Singh Atwal General Secretary PSEB engineers Association said that it...

Observing that privatization of the power sector in Jammu and Kashmir will hit the consumers and traders hard as the tariff would increase many folds, Chairman People's Democratic Front (PDF) Hakeem Yaseen has demanded roll back of the move at the earliest. He said privatization of power will have serious ramifications on our economy and will leave consumers at mercy of the sweet will of private players. In a ...

The Power employees in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have resolved to go on indefinite pen down and tools down strike from this midnight as the Lt Governor’s Administration has allegedly failed to resolve their pending issues .A spokesman of the Coordination Committee of the Power Employees, including all the unions and associations from Linemen to senior Engineers across J&K, have resolved to...

The power ministry has asked State Bank of India to tighten lending norms for distribution companies (discoms) as their continued borrowings amid ballooning dues to creditors and losses year after year pose a threat to the stability of the financial sector. In a recent communication to SBI chairman Diensh Kumar Khara, power secretary Alok Kumar asked the country’s largest pub...

  In a statement issued here, Convener JKPEECC said that the employees will boycott work c from intervening night of 17th and 18th Dec, if none of their 4 point formula presented to the government is accepted by the Administrative Department. He said that all the repairs and restoration works at 11kV/33kV/132kV or LT level shall not be undertaken at all unless the feeder is supplying t...

  The Centre has dropped the clause of direct benefit transfer (DBT) on power subsidies from the proposed bill besides dropping the provision of creating a new “Electricity Contract Enforcement Authority” that was supposed to adjudicate on contracts New Delhi: The Union government has dropped at least four major clauses from the draft Electricity (amendment) Bill, 2021 afte...

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has extended its full support to Bank Employees for their strike on 16th and 17th December, 2021 against privatization of banks  and  Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021.   AIPEF Chairman  Shailendra Dubey  has appealed to the Prime Minister and Finance Minister to withdraw the proposed Bill facilitating the  privatization of Banks.&nb...

  The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) against the formation of JK Grid Company. “AIPEF has sought the intervention of the PMO against the formation of JK Grid Company, a joint venture company (JVC) of JKTCL and PGCIL, till the democratic process of electing a new Government is completed as electrici...