Telangana RTC employees plan massive strike over unpaid dues
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana RTC employees plan massive strike over unpaid dues

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation are set to lock horns with the government over unpaid dues, on the lines of the 2019 agitation when a 55-day strike prompted the state government to resolve their issues and announce a special revenue package to revive the corporation. Kamalakar Goud, state president of the RTC Telangana Mazdoor Union, said: “There are nine encashments which are pending since 2014. Similarly, we are being denied leave encashment, despite being eligible.” Maramreddy Thomas Reddy, general secretary, RTC Telangana Mazdoor Union, said: “As employees are facing difficulties, we are joining hands with all the unions. The government has repeatedly failed to fulfil the promises.” Ashwadham Reddy, who initiated a joint action committee, said, “The ground is set.

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Top events on Dec 7: Bondada Engineering board meet, Manipur mobile internet ban, Telangana auto strike, more
1 month ago

Top events on Dec 7: Bondada Engineering board meet, Manipur mobile internet ban, Telangana auto strike, more

Live Mint  

There are many events happening around India and world on December 7, Saturday, and a few of them include a strike in Telangana, Bondada Engineering board meeting and more. Let's begin to read what's happening today: Bondada Engineering board to meet today Bondada Engineering Ltd has informed the BSE that a meeting of its Board of Directors is scheduled for …

Telangana govt. releases 5% interim relief for employees
1 month, 1 week ago

Telangana govt. releases 5% interim relief for employees

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government on Friday released pending interim relief of five per cent for state level public enterprises, cooperative societies and non-teaching staff of universities. The BRS after constituting a second pay revision commission on October 2, 2023, ahead of the Assembly polls, paid interim relief of five per cent, The benefit was not extended to the public sector …

TGJAC demands stern action against those involved in Vikarabad incident
1 month, 3 weeks ago

TGJAC demands stern action against those involved in Vikarabad incident

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The members of Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee here on Thursday demanded that the State government take stringent action against those responsible for the attack on Vikarabad Collector Prateek Jain and others at Lagcherla village in the district on Monday. Irate employees led by JAC Chairman V Lachi Reddy staged a protest in front of the office of Hyderabad …

Private Colleges Reach a Settlement After Months of Strike
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Private Colleges Reach a Settlement After Months of Strike

New Indian Express  

Private colleges in Telangana call off strike after assurances from the government. The strike, which began on Monday, was called off following discussions between the stakeholders and the administration. The private colleges were facing a financial burden due to pending rental payments, utility bills, and non-payment to the staff. The bandh was dissolved after intense protests and support from various …

TVVP Contract Workers Protest Pending Salaries in Telangana
4 months ago

TVVP Contract Workers Protest Pending Salaries in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the salaries of contract workers in the hospitals of Telangana Vaidya Vidhan Parishad pending for seven months, the workers held out a protest at King Koti Hospital on Tuesday. The contract workers for sanitation, patient care and security departments in the area hospitals and community health centres across the state alleged that the budget had not been released …

Govt. proactive towards employees, says Deputy Chief Minister
4 months ago

Govt. proactive towards employees, says Deputy Chief Minister

The Hindu  

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has reiterated that the Congress government was proactive towards the employees and was prepared to hold meetings with employees unions to resolve their issues. The Deputy Chief Minister gave the assurance to the representatives of Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee who called on him at the State Secretariat on Wednesday. The JAC members submitted …

TPSEF Concerned Over Delay in Interim Relief
4 months, 3 weeks ago

TPSEF Concerned Over Delay in Interim Relief

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana Public Sector Employees Federation has expressed grave concern at being denied payment of IR despite an order issued from the Chief Minister’s office on January 6. The union represents around 10,000 employees, working in public sector undertakings, co-operative societies and non-teaching staff of the universities among others. While the state government employees were paid interim relief of …

Telangana RTC to acquire more buses: Transport minister
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana RTC to acquire more buses: Transport minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Nalgonda: Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday said the Telangana Road Transport Corporation would be strengthened to improve the public transport facility in the state. Flagging off the Rajadhani AC bus and three delux services at the RTC depot here, he said 3,035 employees would be recruited in the corporation and tenders would be called for purchase of another 1,500 …

Telangana Union Demands Proper Salaries to Medical Workers, Threatens Stir
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Union Demands Proper Salaries to Medical Workers, Threatens Stir

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state president and general secretaries of Telangana Medical Contract Employees and Workers Union MD Yusuf and M Narasimha on Sunday criticised government officials for not paying salaries due to sanitation, patient care and security workers in government hospitals. They decided to organise a protest at the Directorate of Medical Education campus in Koti on July 3 to bring …

Telangana Junior Doctors Association calls for statewide strike from June 24
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Junior Doctors Association calls for statewide strike from June 24

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The Telangana Junior Doctors Association has called for a statewide indefinite strike across all government colleges from June 24 due to pending demands that the health department has allegedly not addressed despite multiple representations. They Additionally, doctors demand that the government adhere to fair admission practices for both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh students and not allow 15% seats …

RTC forms Panel, Hired Bus Owners Call off Strike
1 year ago

RTC forms Panel, Hired Bus Owners Call off Strike

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Hired Bus Owners Association has called off its proposed strike from Friday after the TSRTC decided to form a committee to resolve the issues emanating from the Maha Lakshmi scheme for free bus travel, by January 10. The association, with 2,700 bus owners, highlighted five issues, with regard to fuel and maintenance charges, among others. “We …

Andhra Pradesh govt. responds positively to three of 13 demands put forth by outsourced workers; strike to go on
1 year ago

Andhra Pradesh govt. responds positively to three of 13 demands put forth by outsourced workers; strike to go on

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh government on December 28 held talks with leaders representing outsourced municipal and corporation workers, whose State-wide indefinite strike entered the third day, and expressed its willingness to concede three of their 13 demands. The Minister responded positively to their demands for provision of health allowance to sanitation workers in the Public Health Department, underground drainage workers and …

Telangana State Employees Pin Hopes on New Congress Govt for Resolving Pending Issues
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana State Employees Pin Hopes on New Congress Govt for Resolving Pending Issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: State government employees have pinned hopes on the incoming Congress government to address their pending issues including payment of two Dearness Allowance instalments, expediting the submission of the second Pay Revision Commission report and filling up vacancies in various departments. Employees’ union leaders plan to meet Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, after he assumes charge and explain the problems …

RTC Staff Beset by Pay Dues, Unpaid Arrears, Increased Work and Inhumane Practices
1 year, 1 month ago

RTC Staff Beset by Pay Dues, Unpaid Arrears, Increased Work and Inhumane Practices

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Having played a crucial role in the statehood movement, employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation are resentful about the treatment meted out to them, with pay revisions remaining on and an increase in workload, among other issues. Increased workload: Workers say that when the Telangana state was constituted, 56,740 employees used to cover 31 to 33 lakh …

AP Power Dues: TS HC Quashes Centre's Order
1 year, 2 months ago

AP Power Dues: TS HC Quashes Centre's Order

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday quashed the Centre’s order directing the Telangana state government and power utilities in August 2022 to pay Rs 6,757 crore for electricity charges and other liabilities to the Andhra Pradesh government within 30 days. In an order dated August 29, 2022, the Centre, under Section 92 of the AP Reorganisation Act, directed the …

Hyderabad: ASHA Workers Demand Pay Hike, Regularisation of Jobs
1 year, 3 months ago

Hyderabad: ASHA Workers Demand Pay Hike, Regularisation of Jobs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Around 3000 ASHA workers protested at the health department in Koti demanding regularisation of their salaries and benefits such as provident fund, release of PRC arrears, ESI and other insurance benefits on Monday. P.Jayalakshmi, state president, Telangana Asha Workers Union told Deccan Chronicle, “We want the government to fulfil our demands, including increasing salary to Rs 18,000 and resolving …

Telangana Governor Approves TSRTC Bill 2023
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana Governor Approves TSRTC Bill 2023

Deccan Chronicle  

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan has granted her approval for the introduction of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation Bill 2023 in the Telangana State Legislative Assembly with certain recommendations to the State Government. It is recommended that the emoluments of the RTC employees once absorbed as government employees be on the same scale as other state government employees following pay …

Telangana Assembly passes again four bills returned by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana Assembly passes again four bills returned by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan

India TV News  

The Telangana assembly passed four bills that were returned by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan earlier. The bills passed on Friday were: the Telangana Municipal Laws Bill, 2022, Telangana Public Employment Bill, 2022, the Telangana State Private Universities Bill, 2022; and the Telangana Panchayat Raj Bill, 2023. What is Telangana State Road Transport Corporation Bill, 2023? The bill is aimed at absorbing …

TSRTC Bill may become another flashpoint between Telangana Governor, CM KCR govt
1 year, 5 months ago

TSRTC Bill may become another flashpoint between Telangana Governor, CM KCR govt

India TV News  

Telangana: The draft bill of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation Bill, 2023 could become another bone of contention between the BRS government and Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. With just a few days left for the assembly session to end, the draft bill sent by the government is yet to receive Raj Bhavan’s approval. The bill is aimed at absorbing over …

Telangana: With Polls Near, Unions List Out Their Demands
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana: With Polls Near, Unions List Out Their Demands

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS is facing mounting pressure from government employee unions, teachers’ unions and pensioners to constitute a pay revision committee, after the last body finished its tenure on June 30, to fulfil promises made to them ahead of the Assembly elections. Major employee unions, including those of TNGOs, TGOs and teachers unions, mainly PRTU and UTF, have stepped up …

Strike by RTC employees played crucial role
1 year, 7 months ago

Strike by RTC employees played crucial role

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The then APSRTC employees, belonging to the Telangana region, were the only employees from the transport sector, to respond to the call of the Joint Action Committee and join the statehood movement full-throttle. The slogan of the protesting employees was ‘Telangana nahi toh RTC ka paiyya hilega nahin’. Recalling those moments, Komirelly Rajireddy, JAC convener from RTC, said “All …

T-employees, heartbeat of TS agitation
1 year, 7 months ago

T-employees, heartbeat of TS agitation

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The tagline for the next phase of Telangana statehood agitation spearheaded by TRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao was 'neellu, nidhulu, niyamakaalu". All these factors led to severe resentment among Telangana employees, who joined hands with KCR to achieve statehood for Telangana with a strong belief that they will get justice only if Telangana state is formed. Based on a …

TS employees unions step up pressure on govt for new PRC
1 year, 8 months ago

TS employees unions step up pressure on govt for new PRC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana employees unions are stepping up pressure on the state government for the constitution of a pay revision commission to revise salaries and pensions for employees and retired staff. The tenure of the incumbent PRC is set to end on June 30, and the unions want the new pay scales to come into force from July. The first PRC …

HC directs RTC to remit Rs. 50 crore to employees credit society
1 year, 8 months ago

HC directs RTC to remit Rs. 50 crore to employees credit society

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Explaining its inability to repay Rs. 639 crore to its Employees’ Credit and Thrift Cooperative Society, TSRTC approached the Telangana High Court seeking extension of time to pay back the money. The High Court had on November 25 last year directed the corporation to pay Rs. 10 crore every month; so far it had paid the society Rs. 50 …

Job notifications in Telangana designed to fail: Bandi Sanjay
1 year, 8 months ago

Job notifications in Telangana designed to fail: Bandi Sanjay

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday alleged that recruitment notifications and exams in Telangana were being designed in a manner that they will fail, because the government has no intention of filling up the 1.9 lakh vacancies in the state which Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao promised that his government will fill. And with the TSPSC question …

Power artisans to go on strike, striking employees will lose jobs, warns govt
1 year, 8 months ago

Power artisans to go on strike, striking employees will lose jobs, warns govt

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Nearly 23,000 artisans working in the TS power utilities will go on strike from Tuesday demanding a hike in salaries and other benefits. The Telangana Vidyut Employees Union, a faction of the State Electricity Employees Union, called for a strike in support of six demands for artisans in power utilities. Talks with the JAC leaders succeeded after the power …

Another union called for electricity strike from April 25
1 year, 8 months ago

Another union called for electricity strike from April 25

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a surprise move, the Telangana Vidyut Employees Union a faction of the state electricity employees union, called for a strike from April 25 in support of six demands for artisans in power utilities. The Telangana State Power Employees Joint Action Committee and Telangana State Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee had agreed to a memorandum of settlement on April …

No electricity strike from April 17
1 year, 8 months ago

No electricity strike from April 17

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Electricity employees unions called off their proposed strike from April 17, saying their negotiations with the management of power utilities were were successful. Ahead of the strike notice issued by the TS Power Employees Joint Action Committee, the management had held a final round of negotiations here on Saturday night. The managements offered to provide 7 per cent fitment …

Electricity employees divided over protests from April 17
1 year, 9 months ago

Electricity employees divided over protests from April 17

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Electricity employees are a divided lot over the proposed strike from April 17 demanding a hike in salaries and implementation of other demands. The Telangana State Power Employees Joint Action Committee, which comprises 24 unions, served a strike notice, which is being opposed by the Telangana Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee. The TSPEJAC has conducted preparatory meetings in undivided …

TS power dept workers to strike from April 17 over pending demands
1 year, 9 months ago

TS power dept workers to strike from April 17 over pending demands

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Around 50,000 workers of the electricity department announced on Thursday their decision to go on a strike from April 17, to press for a salary hike backdated from April 1, 2022, as per the Pay Revision Commission’s suggestions. The Telangana State Power Employees Joint Action Committee and five unrelated unions took a joint call on the matter and said …

Contract lecturers in tribal welfare schools get HC boost
1 year, 10 months ago

Contract lecturers in tribal welfare schools get HC boost

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court directed the state government and Telangana State Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society to implement regular pension as per the revised pension rules, 1980 to the teaching staff, recruited on contract basis from 2000 to 2003 on a consolidated pay. Venugopal was dealing with a petition filed by 121 junior lecturers and other teaching staff, …

TSRTC in Rs.2500 cr debt; workers call Budget woeful
1 year, 11 months ago

TSRTC in Rs.2500 cr debt; workers call Budget woeful

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation received Rs 1,500 crore in the State Budget, which was presented by finance minister T. Harish Rao in the Assembly on Monday, sparking worries that the transportation utility corporation, which is already heavily indebted, will continue to accumulate debt. The employees’ representatives alleged that despite their plea for budgetary allocations of Rs 5,000 …

Telangana thriving despite Centre creating hurdles: Finance Minister T Harish Rao
1 year, 11 months ago

Telangana thriving despite Centre creating hurdles: Finance Minister T Harish Rao

New Indian Express  

Harish Rao said that another glaring instance of discrimination to Telangana is the order issued by the Ministry of Power in August, 2022 which directed the Telangana government to pay pending dues of TS DISCOMs amounting to Rs 3,441.78 crore as principal and Rs 3,315.14 crore as late payment surcharge, totalling Rs 6,756.92 crore to AP Genco within 30 days. …

TSRTC employees demand leave encashment pending since 2014
1 year, 11 months ago

TSRTC employees demand leave encashment pending since 2014

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Appreciating the management for running Sankranti specials, which fetched the corporation₹165.46 crore in 11 days, employees of TSRTC on Monday demanded payment of leave encashment dues that have been pending since 2014. C. Nagan Krishna, conductor, said, “Approximately nine leave encashment dues remain unpaid since 2014, as are two pay revision commissions, two dearness allowance instalments and the 50 …

BJP demands new PRC, threatens agitation
1 year, 11 months ago

BJP demands new PRC, threatens agitation

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana BJP demanded that the BRS government constitute a new Pay Revision Commission to revise the pay of government employees and teachers in light of growing prices. State BJP President Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded in a letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Monday that the government guarantee the payment of revised salaries beginning on July 1 …

Andhra Pradesh transport wing employees plan protest on December 20 seeking payment of pending allowances
2 years ago

Andhra Pradesh transport wing employees plan protest on December 20 seeking payment of pending allowances

The Hindu  

Demanding immediate payment of pending amounts towards overtime and night shift allowances, leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Public Transport Department Employees’ Union plan to organise gate meetings in the 129 depots and four zonal workshops across the State on December 20. They said the new pay scales based on the recommendations of the 11th PRC were implemented for the employees …

TSRTC workers await payments of salary hike, DA dues
2 years, 1 month ago

TSRTC workers await payments of salary hike, DA dues

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Employees of TSRTC are seeking payment of pending salary hikes, along with dearness allowances hikes, which have been pending since April 2017. TSRTC members said that worker unions met ministers K.T. M. Nageshwar Rao, a former board member of RTC, said, “The government had invited the unions at that point of as these employees should not create any kinds …

Explain claim raised by TSTransco, Telangana HC directs APTransco
2 years, 4 months ago

Explain claim raised by TSTransco, Telangana HC directs APTransco

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Saturday issued notice to the AP Transmission Corporation Limited, four trusts associated with it and the principal secretary, energy, to respond to a writ petition filed by the TSTransco and four associated trusts claiming that the AP-based organisations owed them around Rs 1,730 crore. In their petition, TSTransco and the four trusts said that …

Nationwide strike: Trade unions in Telangana raise unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies
2 years, 9 months ago

Nationwide strike: Trade unions in Telangana raise unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies

The Hindu  

Raising a unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies, members of various trade unions staged sit-in demonstrations at multiple locations in the State’s coal belt region as the 48-hour nationwide strike called by the joint forum of central trade unions began this morning. Members of the Singareni Collieries Workers’ Union, affiliated to the AITUC, staged a demonstration in front of …

Telangana RTC workers seek reintroduction of unions
2 years, 11 months ago

Telangana RTC workers seek reintroduction of unions

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation are demanding the reintroduction of workers’ unions which were banned in 2019. RTC employees alleged that the EWB was not able to solve the issues faced by the workers for the past two years of its existence. Presently, the employees were forced to work for extra hours, they said, adding that …

RTC employees ready to go on strike
2 years, 11 months ago

RTC employees ready to go on strike

The Hindu  

There is no clarity on whether the RTC employees will go on strike from the midnight of February 6. The employees have already submitted a memorandum to the RTC Vice-Chairman and MD informing him of their decision to strike work from February 6 in support of the government employees, who have been agitating against the “injustice done to them in …

APSRTC joins strike with government employees
2 years, 11 months ago

APSRTC joins strike with government employees

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: In a blow to the Andhra Pradesh government, APSRTC employees were drawn into the indefinite strike of government employees from February 7 in support of the demand for more salary and benefits, over and above the 11th PRC. State public transport department unions’ united forum decided to hold black badge protests on Saturday and Sunday at all RTC depots …

Karnataka RTC workers strike enters 6th day, bus services continue to be hit
3 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka RTC workers strike enters 6th day, bus services continue to be hit

India TV News  

Bus services were hampered for the sixth consecutive day in Karnataka, as the strike by the employees of the road transport corporations on wage related issues continued on Monday. With a stalemate between the government and employees of the four transport corporations in the state, over their demand for wages as per the 6th Pay Commission continuing, majority of the …

Karnataka government warns RTC workers against bus strike, rules out negotiations
3 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka government warns RTC workers against bus strike, rules out negotiations

Firstpost  

Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar said the demand for implementation of the 6th Pay Commission for transport employees cannot be fulfilled Bengaluru: With drivers and conductors of road transport corporations set to begin a strike on wage related issues from 7 April, the Karnataka government on Tuesday warned of strict action and ruled out any negotiations with them. Appealing to …

Andhra Assembly passes bill to merge APSTRC with state govt
5 years ago

Andhra Assembly passes bill to merge APSTRC with state govt

India TV News  

Despite protesting for two months, Telangana Road Transport Corporation employees may not have got their demands met, but the dream of Andhra RTC employees' dream will soon come true. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Monday passed a bill pertaining to the merger of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation with the government. About the passage of this bill, Andhra …

Congress raps K Chandrasekhar Rao on fare hike
5 years, 1 month ago

Congress raps K Chandrasekhar Rao on fare hike

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana state Congress leaders slammed the TRS government for the failure to maintain law and order and for increasing bus fares. AICC secretary and former MP V. Hanumantha Rao demanded that a suo motu case be registered against Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, holding him responsible for the death of 30 RTC employees and cheating the courts during the …

About 48,000 Telangana RTC employees resume duties after 52-days strike
5 years, 1 month ago

About 48,000 Telangana RTC employees resume duties after 52-days strike

India TV News  

Around 48,000 workers of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation resume their duties on Friday after calling off 52 days strike. Telangana Chief Minister welcomed back TSRTC employees who have joined their duties on Friday. Member of Legislative Council Ramchander Rao said that that the RTC employees have joined their duties but the state government was not prepared in any way …

Telangana: Congress writes to PM Narendra Modi
5 years, 1 month ago

Telangana: Congress writes to PM Narendra Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Four Congress MPs from the state have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to “save” the TSRTC and its 49,000 employees and their families from the “inhuman attitude” of the TRS government. The MPs said that about 49,000 TSRTC employees had been on strike for over 50 days, and 30 of them had either committed suicide …

K Chandrasekhar Rao lets RTC staff join duty
5 years, 1 month ago

K Chandrasekhar Rao lets RTC staff join duty

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Giving relief to TSRTC workers, who have ended their 55-day-old strike and are waiting to return to work, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said the Cabinet had decided to give them a chance to resume duty unconditionally. Stating that “RTC workers are our children,” Mr Rao said the Cabinet had decided to release `100 crore as immediate …

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