VRS for steel plant staff a ploy of Centre: CPI(M)
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The announcement of a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for staff of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is a ploy of the BJP authorities on the Centre at hand over the VSP to South Korea-based POSCO, the CPI(M) alleged.
Demanding fast scrapping of the VRS proposal for the steel plant staff, CPI(M) Greater Visakha City Committee secretary B. Ganga Rao sought that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy write a letter to the Centre, opposing the proposal. The CPI(M) chief famous in a assertion on Friday that a round was issued to the staff on November 5 stating that those that have accomplished 40 years of age and 15 years of service had been eligible for VRS.
“The Narendra Modi government has already decided to hand over thousands of acres of land, belonging to the VSP, to POSCO. The present move is intended to reduce the number of employees to pave the way for handing over of the plant to the South Korean firm. The failure of the Chief Minister to disclose the details of the meeting he had with representatives of POSCO in Vijayawada recently, indicates that the State government is also in favour of the proposal,” Mr. Ganga Rao alleged, including that the opposition TDP additionally increase its voice towards the VRS proposal.
The capability of VSP was enhanced to 7.3 million tonnes just lately and there may be scope for elevating it additional to 11 million tonnes. At current, there are round 18,000 everlasting and an extra 15,000 contract staff working in VSP. A notification was issued by the plant administration just lately for the recruitment of 188 Management Trainees and one other notification for Junior Trainee/Operator posts is predicted to be launched quickly.
The announcement of VRS at this juncture signifies that VSP goes to be handed over to POSCO, Mr. Ganga Rao mentioned, including that farmers sacrificed 23,000 acres of land for the plant’s building. “There are still 8,500 ‘R’ cardholders and the VRS announcement will shatter their hopes of getting employment in VSP. The movement will have an adverse impact on the economy of VSP,” he mentioned, interesting to the employees to oppose it.
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