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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 'Sensex is soaring, so is hunger in the country'

'Sensex is soaring, so is hunger in the country'

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published Published on Oct 8, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 8, 2010

Touching upon the gaping difference between the haves and have-nots, AB Bardhan, vice president, AITUC and CPI general secretary, on Tuesday said that a soaring Sensex was seen along with the soaring rate of hunger in the country today.

Speaking at the centenary celebrations of Prabhat Kar, organised by the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), and the All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA) here, he described Prabhat Kar as a champion of the trade union movement. He was the founder of the AIBOA and an important leader of the AIBEA, till his death in 1984.

Highlighting various problems ailing the country, including unemployment, he said that such a situation was prevailing in the country though vacancies in government establishments like Railways were yet to be filled. “The rate of unemployment in the country has risen from 2.78 per cent to 3.06 per cent,” he noted.  

Dwelling on problems in the agricultural sector, he said that farmers were deprived of their land, in the name of industries, SEZs and luxury resorts.  All this was being done in the name of development and, yet, according to the 53rd round of NSS surveys, the country’s indebtedness had risen from 26 per cent in 1991 to 48 per cent in 2003, he said.

Speaking about Prabhat Kar, Bardhan said he was considered the best parliamentarian during his stint in the Parliament from 1957 to 1967.

Later,  while delivering a talk on ‘Trade Unions and Struggles in Defence of People’s Rights: vision of Com Prabhat Kar’,  Dr Akhil Ranjan Dutta of the Guwahati University, said nationalisation of banks would not have happened in 1969 without the mammoth efforts of banks employees, steered by Prabhat Kar, under AIBEA.


Express News Service, 6 October, 2010, http://expressbuzz.com/nation/sensex-is-soaring-so-is-hunger-in-the-country/212778.html


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