No. Confdn/GIPs/2016-19 Dated - 01.01.2018
To
Shri Narendra Modi Ji,
Hon’ble Prime
Minister
Government of India,
South Block, Raisina
Hill,
New Delhi-110 011
Sir,
Sub:- Request to review the decision of the Cabinet
to close down twelve (12) Govt. of India Presses, on humanitarian
consideration.
This
representation is made with the most fervent hope that the Hon’ble Prime
Minister will be kind enough to intercede on behalf of about 3000 employees and
their families who are facing mass scale transfers and uprooting of their
families.
The
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Urban Development (2016-17)
Sixteenth Lok Sabha in its Eighteenth Report presented to the Lok Sabha on 10th
August 2017 has made the following recommendations:
“Para
1.7 - The Committee in their original report has strongly recommended that the
nodal Ministry and Ministry of Finance should expedite the modernisaion of all
the fifteen (15) Govt. of India Presses, including the three Text Book
Presses. However it is learnt from the
Action Taken Reply that the Group of Secretaries (set up by Govt. for
undertaking mid-term review of policies and programmes of the Government) has
recommended for closure of eleven (11) out of the seventeen (17) printing
presses and modernisation of only the remaining six (6) through
redevelopment/monetization of surplus land.
The
committee are extremely unhappy to note that the Government is going ahead with
the suggestion of Group of Secretaries. This decision, according to the
Committee, is totally unfair to the workers of the Government of India Printing
Presses whose morale is already at stake and will only add to insecurity about
their future. Moreover, the
committee are of the strong opinion that the relevance of Govt. of India
Printing presses will ever remain as long as confidentiality is the essence of
some aspects of Government business, besides being custodian of all relevant
and sensitive Govt. of India publications.
The Committee, therefore, reiterate
their earlier recommendation that all fifteen (15) Govt. of India Printing
Presses, including three (3) Text Book Presses must be modernised on war
footing without any further delay under intimation to the Committee.”
It
is quite unfortunate that inspite of the above categorical and unambiguous
recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, the Govt. has taken
decision to close down twelve Govt. of India Presses as per the recommendations
of the Group of Secretaries Committee.
About 3000 employees working in those Govt. of India Presses proposed
for closure are facing mass scale transfer to far off places in other
states. Their families are also
subjected to untold miseries due to the unexpected closure and transfers. They have become the victims of the bureaucratic
decision which is devoid of humanitarian consideration. All our requests to consider their cases on
extreme compassionate grounds had fallen on deaf ears and hence this humble
request to the Hon’ble Prime Minister.
I,
on behalf of the employees of the Govt. of India Printing Press, most humbly
request the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to be kind enough to review the
decision of the Cabinet, so that the decision of the Govt. to close down twelve
(12) Govt. of India Presses will be either cancelled or at least kept in
abeyance.
A
line in reply from your end will be highly appreciated.
With profound regards,
Yours faithfully,
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob & WhatsApp: 09447068125
E-mail: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com
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