for the first time since Independence, most of the major trade unions had called for a 48-hour general strike from February 20
Reasons told :
- the gross domestic product growth rate had slumped to new lows
- The reduction in the purchasing power of the people has resulted in stagnancy in the industrial production and marketing sectors.
- Although the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) had endorsed the long-pending demand to increase minimum wages to Rs. 10,000 in 2012, it is yet to implement this recommendation. ILC’s minimum wage is much lower than the actual requirement of a small family.
- the demand to abolish the contract employment system . The ILC had recommended that the government make it mandatory for employers to extend the same wage system enjoyed by permanent employees to contract labourers performing the same duties.
- failed to control the rise in the prices of essential commodities.
-Inflation is reaching new heights, and the rise in the prices of petrol and diesel has made life miserable for the common man, and contributed to the increase in the prices of essential commodities
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