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மாநில செயற்குழு முடிவுகள்
தமிழ்நாடு அரசுஊழியர் சங்கத்தின் மாநில செயற்குழு கூட்டம் புதுகோட்டையில் 20-03-10அன்று நடைபெற்றது இதில் ஏப்ரல் மதம் 17-ம தேதி இந்திய தொழிற் சங்கமையம் வாலிபர் சங்கம் மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர் சம்மேளனம் ஆகியவற்றுடன் இனைந்து வேலை மறுப்பு எதிர்ப்பு கருத்தரங்கம் நடத்துவது என முடிவு எடுக்கப்பட்டது மேலும் ஏப்ரல் மே மாதங்களில் மகளிர் துணை குழு பிரசார இயக்கம் நடத்துவது என்றும் முடிவாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது கோவை மற்றும் சில மாவட்டங்களில் காவல் துறையினர் மேற்கொண்டுள்ள சங்க விரோத போக்கை கண்டித்து இயக்கம் நடத்துவது என முடிவு செயப்பட்டுள்ளது
Saturday, March 20, 2010
கவுரவ விரிவுரையாளர்கள் போராட்டம்
Express News Service
First Published : 19 Mar 2010 03:09:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 19 Mar 2010 09:05:24 AM IST
TIRUPUR: The Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association (TNGEA) demanded the state government to hold talks with the guest lecturers who are on hunger strike in the state pressing various demands.
The state president of TNGEA, R Tamilselvi, said, “The guest lecturers are facing threat to their jobs, since the government has decided to select about 2000 lecturers through Staff Selection Committee.
The government should come up with an alternative for the 864 guest lecturers in the state.”
First Published : 19 Mar 2010 03:09:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 19 Mar 2010 09:05:24 AM IST
TIRUPUR: The Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association (TNGEA) demanded the state government to hold talks with the guest lecturers who are on hunger strike in the state pressing various demands.
The state president of TNGEA, R Tamilselvi, said, “The guest lecturers are facing threat to their jobs, since the government has decided to select about 2000 lecturers through Staff Selection Committee.
The government should come up with an alternative for the 864 guest lecturers in the state.”
Sunday, March 14, 2010
திருநெல்வேலியில் மகளிர்தினம்
திருநெல்வேலியில் மகளிர்தின கொண்டாட்டங்கள்
திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டத்தில் 13-03-10 அன்று நடைபெற்ற மகளிர்தின நிகழ்சிகளில் அரசுஊழியர் சங்கத்தின் மாநில தலைவர் தோழர் தமிழ்செல்வி கலந்து கொண்டார் காலையில் நீதித்துறை ஊழியர்களின் சார்பில் நடைபெற்ற நிகழ்ச்சியிலும் மாலையில் வணிகவரித்துறை அலுவலக வளாகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற நிகழ்ச்சியிலும் ஏராளமான பெண்கள் கலந்து கொண்டனர் . மகளிர் இட மசோதா மாநிலங்களவையில் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டபோது நடந்த நிகழ்ச்சிகள் நமது நாட்டிற்கு பெருமை சேர்ப்பதாக இல்லை என்று தமிழ்செல்வி குறிப்பிட்டார் மேலும் விரைவில் மக்களவையில் இந்த மசோதாவை நிறைவேற்ற எல்ல கட்சிகளும் முன் வரவேண்டும் என கேட்டுக் கொண்டார்
கேரள என் ஜி ஒ சங்கத்தின் மாநாடு
கேரள மாநில 47 வது என்.ஜி .ஒ மாநாடு மார்ச் 11 12 13 தேதிகளில் கசரகோடில் நடைபெற்றது . இந்த மாநாட்டில் அரசுஊழியர் சங்கத்தின் மாநில தலைவர் தோழர் தமிழ்செல்வி கலந்து கொண்டு சிறப்புரை ஆற்றினார். கேரள என் ஜி ஒ சங்கத்தின் மாநில தலைவர் தோழர் மேரி மற்றும் பொதுசெயலாளர் ராஜேந்திரன் ஆகியோர் அரசுப்பணியில் இருந்து ஓய்வு பெறுவதை ஒட்டி அவர்களுக்கு தமிழகத்தின் சார்பில் நினவு பரிசு வழங்கப் பட்டது காசர்கோடு அருகில் உள்ள கையூரில் விவசாய தொழிலாளர் சங்கத்தின் தியாகி தோழர் அப்புவின் நினைவு இல்லத்திற்கு சென்று கனத்த இதயத்துடன் தமிழ்செல்வி அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினார்
காலங்கள் உருண்டு ஓடினாலும் என்றும் நீங்கா நினைவாக உள்ள கையூர் தியாகிகள் வாழ்ந்த பூமியில் தடம் பதித்து புத்துணர்வுடன் திரும்பினர்
காலங்கள் உருண்டு ஓடினாலும் என்றும் நீங்கா நினைவாக உள்ள கையூர் தியாகிகள் வாழ்ந்த பூமியில் தடம் பதித்து புத்துணர்வுடன் திரும்பினர்
Clara Zetkin
Life and work of Clara Zetkin
Zetkin was born Clara Eissner in Wiederau, a peasant village in Saxony.[1] Her father, Gottfried Eissner, was a schoolmaster and church organist who was a devout Protestant, while her mother, Josephine Vitale Eissner, came from a bourgeoisie family from Leipzig and was highly educated.[1][2][3] Having studied to become a teacher, Zetkin developed connections with the women's movement and the labour movement in Germany from 1874. In 1878 she joined the Socialist Workers' Party (Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei, SAP). This party had been founded in 1875 by merging two previous parties: the ADAV formed by Ferdinand Lassalle and the SDAP of August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht. In 1890 its name was changed to its modern version Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Because of the ban placed on socialist activity in Germany by Bismarck in 1878, Zetkin left for Zurich in 1882 then went into exile in Paris. During her time in Paris she played an important role in the foundation of the Socialist International socialist group. She also adopted the name of her lover, the Russian revolutionary Ossip Zetkin, with whom she had two sons, Kostja and Maxim. Ossip Zetkin died in 1889. Later, Zetkin was married to the artist Georg Friedrich Zundel, eighteen years her junior, from 1899 to 1928.
Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg, 1910
In the SPD, Zetkin, along with Rosa Luxemburg, her close friend and confidante, was one of the main figures of the far-left revolutionary wing of the party. In the debate on Revisionism at the turn of the twentieth century she, along with Luxemburg, attacked the reformist theses of Eduard Bernstein.
Zetkin was very interested in women's politics, including the fight for equal opportunities and women's suffrage. She developed the social-democratic women's movement in Germany; from 1891 to 1917 she edited the SPD women's newspaper Die Gleichheit (Equality). In 1907 she became the leader of the newly founded "Women's Office" at the SPD. She started up the first "International Women's Day" on 8 March 1911, launching the idea of it in Copenhagen, in what later became the Ungdomshuset.
During the First World War Zetkin, along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg and other influential SPD politicians, rejected the party's policy of Burgfrieden (a truce with the government, promising to refrain from any strikes during the war). Among other anti-war activities, Zetkin organised an international socialist women's anti-war conference in Berlin in 1915. Because of her anti-war opinions, she was arrested several times during the war.
In 1916 Zetkin was one of the co-founders of the Spartacist League and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) which had split off in 1917 from its mother party, the SPD, in protest at its pro-war stance. In January 1919, after the German Revolution in November of the previous year, the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) was founded; Zetkin also joined this and represented the party from 1920 to 1933 in the Reichstag. She interviewed Lenin on "The Women's Question" in 1920.[4]
Bust of Clara Zetkin in Dresden
Until 1924 Zetkin was a member of the KPD's central office; from 1927 to 1929 she was a member of the party's central committee. She was also a member of the executive committee of the Communist International (Comintern) from 1921 to 1933. In 1925 she was elected president of the German left-wing solidarity organisation Rote Hilfe (Red Aid). In August 1932, as the chairwoman of the Reichstag by seniority, she called for people to fight National Socialism.
When Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers Party took over power, the Communist Party of Germany was banned from the Reichstag, following the Reichstag fire in 1933. Zetkin went into exile for the last time, this time to the Soviet Union. She died there, at Archangelskoye, near Moscow, in 1933, aged nearly 76. She was buried by the wall of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
மகளிர்தினம்
தமிழ்நாடு அரசுஊழியர் சங்கத்தின் மாநிலத்தலைவர் இரா தமிழ்செல்வி சென்னை மாவட்ட ஆட்சி தலைவர் அலுவலகத்தில் நடை பெற்ற மகளிர்தின நிகழ்ச்சியில் கலந்து கொண்டு நிறைவுரை ஆற்றினார் மாலையில் சேப்பாக்கத்தில் மரக்கன்றை நாட்டி சிறப்புரை நிகழ்த்தினார் பெண்களுக்கு மதிய அரசு வழங்கி இருப்பதை போல் குழந்தை வளர்ப்பு விடுப்பும் பேறுகால விடுப்பும் மாநில அரசு வழங்க வேண்டும் என வலியுறுத்தி பேசினார்
இந்த ஆண்டு முழுவதும் மகளிர் தின நிகழ்ச்சிகள் அரசு ஊழியர் சங்கத்தின் சார்பில் நடை பெரும் என தெரிவித்தார்
இந்த ஆண்டு முழுவதும் மகளிர் தின நிகழ்ச்சிகள் அரசு ஊழியர் சங்கத்தின் சார்பில் நடை பெரும் என தெரிவித்தார்
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
INDIAN WOMEN – THE HIDDEN TREASURE
R. TAMILSELVI, VICE CHAIRMAN, AISGEF
INTRODUCTION
“You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of Women”
- Jawaharlal Nehru
The above statement of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is strongly supported by many other leaders and scholars worldwide, emphasizing the need for women liberation, upliftment and empowerment. So it goes without saying that women are oppressed. The cause of the oppression of women is not accidental or inevitable but it is historical. It is essential that one should examine carefully the cause of the oppression of the women to enable us to determine how an end can be put to that oppression. It is neither due to her biological function nor dominance of male but prevalence of a society in which both men and women are exploited due to existence of Private Property. To uphold the private property a family system is created where subjugation of women to men is mandatory and women are double exploited. This system considers that women are fit for domestic work, child bearing and child rearing. The dependence of the wife upon the husband and her children upon their parents is the origin of the enslavement of women. These unnatural relations lead to unnatural society with gender discrimination where women have no role to play in social production.
So the emancipation of women is directly related to the release of women from the slavery of the home and family into a free member of the working class. When women allowing to becoming an integral part of the working class, the integrity and the productivity of any nation increases. So long as she is kept away the social production to that extent is affected. On the other hand as the women will become the active workers they can be socially, economically and psychologically independent who could stand on their own legs looking after themselves and also their children. So the vision of the leaders and scholars who advocate women liberation is based on this exercise which if comes true women the hidden treasure of a nation will be brought to lime light and their potential can be utilised to the maximum possible for the development of the nation. It is high time to raise a question and discuss whether steps are taken for empowerments of women are in line with this perspective in India and if not to put it in the right track immediately without further delay.
Indian Scenario (Ancient and Medieval Period)
Scholars believe that in Ancient India women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. However in the later period approximately 500 B.C. the status of the women began to decline with the advent of Manusmriti. Many retrogratory practices were imposed on women of all religions to keep them naturally chaste and more virtuous. Some of such practices were Sati, child marriage, ban on widow remarriage, immolation of all wives and daughters of defeated warriors to avoid capture and consequent molestation. In some parts of India Devadasis or the temple women system was maintained and such women were sexually exploited by the power holders in the name of God. Polygamy was widely practiced. Muslim customs restricted women to Janana areas. So a section of human kind viz. women were kept under restriction and confinement in the name of customs of various religions and naturally they were kept away from taking part in social production. The work done by those inside the family system and in the agricultural and other cottage work were looked upon as private domestic work and that work did not carry any social value.
Condition during British Rule
During the British rule, many reformers like Rajaram Mohan Roy, Eswar Chandra Vidhyasagar, Jothi Populle fought for the upliftment of women. This made the British to pass certain Acts like abolition of Sati Practice in 1829, Widow Remarriage Act 1856 and so on. During this period, many women reformer such as Panditharama Bai, Savitiri Poole also lived. Many queens fought against the British to safeguard their territories. Kittur Chennama, Appakarani of Karnataka, Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, Begum Asarat Mahal of Awath of Bhopal are few notable female rulers. Likewise, women freedom fighters like Madam Gama, Dr.Annie Beasant, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and many others fought for the nation. Captain Lakshmi Shaigul was the captain of the women regiment of Indian National Army led by Subash Chandra Bose. Sarojini Naidu, a poet and freedom fighter was the first Indian woman to become the governor of a state in India. Thousands of women took part in independence struggle programmes launched by our national leaders. Thus the tendency of Indian women to fight for freedom in the pre-independence period inevitably and gradually led to the fight for women liberation
in the post independence period.
Independent India
As in other parts of the world the industrial revolution had its impact on the women of India also converting the tillers of the soil to factory or industrial workers. Women employed in various fields including service sectors like health, sanitation, medical, nurses, teaching, banking, clerks, typists etc. proved their ability to the utmost satisfaction of their employers. Thus women came out of their traditional work and adopted some new work roles. Their thirst for education also increased considerably.
Independent India planned for its speedy growth in all sectors with the help of Soviet Union. Avenue for employment for women in both Central and State Government Offices and Public Sector Units increased. Private sector also opted for women employment. A slight improvement in the economic status of employed women increased their level of self-confidence.
The Independent India through its Constitution guarantees certain rights to all Indian women viz. Equality (article 14) no discrimination by the States(article 15(1), Equal opportunity (article 16) Equal pay for equal work (article 39(d)) making of special provisions by the State in favour of women and children (article 15(3) renounces practices derogatory to the dignity of women (article 51 A(e) and also allows for provision to be made by he State for securing just and humane condition of work and maternity relief(article 42). The National Commission for Women was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1990 to safeguard the rights and legal entitlements of women. “The 73rd and 74th Amendments (1993) to the Constitution of India have provided for reservation of seats in the local bodies of Panchayats and Municipalities for women laying a strong foundation for their participation in decision making at the local levels. Laws such as the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Sati Prevention Act,
Dowry Prohibition Act and Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act protect women from the more “traditional” crimes such as rape, abduction, dowry, torture, molestation, sexual harassment and selling of girls into slavery. An Act passed to relieve women from domestic violence is a mile stone of this Century.
Real Social Status of women in India
The above illustrations give us a picture of Indian women as if they are well protected by Laws. But in reality it is not so. Mere existence of Laws, Acts and Rules cannot protect and help women to improve their social status. The following statistics will help us to understand how alarming the situation in India is. Every 26 minutes a woman is mole stated, every 34 minutes a rape takes place, every 42 minutes a sexual harassment incident occurs. Every 43 minutes a woman is kidnapped and every 93 minutes a woman is burnt to death over dowry issue. Apart from passing laws, the execution of laws is all the more important which is lacking in India. So the protections in words do not help to improve the social status of women as there are a lot of lacunae in them.
The question of 33% reservation
According to a survey, reservation for women stands at only 8.2 per cent in India while in Pakistan it is over 21 per cent, Nepal 30 per cent and Bangladesh is 10 per cent. Apart from the question of representation by women is the matter of power attached to legislative positions It is interesting that despite most major parties having initially voiced complete support for women's reservation, a situation so emerged that the bill has to be shelved again. Thus India stands the lowest amongst its neighbouring countries as far as reservation for women is concerned.
Real scope for women employment in India
Women work force constitutes an integral part of total workforce in India. On 31st march 2004, women constituted 19 per cent of the total workforce. The participation of women in the labor force has always been lower than that of men, in the rural as well as urban areas. The work participation rate for women has increased significantly. In 1981, work participation rate for women was only 19.67 per cent which increased up to 22.73 per cent in 1991 and 26.68 per cent in 2001. In the women workforce, women from rural areas are greater in number as compared to the urban women. Amongst rural women workers, a majority is employed in agriculture and some are employed in cottage industries. In the urban areas, women workers are primarily employed in the unorganized sectors. As on the 31st March, 2005 a total number of 50.16 Lacs women employees were engaged in the organized sector, out of which 29.21 lacs (58per cent) in the public sector and 20.95 lacs (42per cent) in the Private Sector. Employment of women in public sector increased by 1.1 percent and by 2.5 percent in the private sector during 2004-2005. The zone wise analysis showed an increase of 8 percent in North-Eastern Zone, followed by Western Zone (5.3per cent), Eastern Zone (3per cent) and Central Zone (1.3per cent) and Northern Zone (1.2per cent). Only Southern Zone registered a marginal dip of 0.8 percent.
The state wise analysis reflects that Kerala has the maximum (21.1 lacs) women job-seekers followed by West Bengal (19.3 lacs) and Tamil Nadu (15.3 lacs) while minimum number of women job-seekers are in Rajasthan (1.0 lacs).
The percentage of educated women job seekers among the total women job seekers has gone down from 73.3per cent to 70.4per cent in 2004.
The work participation rate for women was 25.68 per cent in 2001. This shows an improvement over 22.73 per cent in 1991 and 19.67 per cent in 1981.
It shows high rate of unemployment exist in the society. Under employments is another form of unemployment. This affects both men and women very seriously. These figures exclude large number of women who have given up all hope of finding employment and no longer bother to line up at the employment exchange. Even after acquiring good educational qualification either academic or technical or both women choose to be housewives thus their potential is never used by this society. Even job opportunities are not up to the satisfaction in private sectors. Now in Government Sector also part time jobs and contract, casual, contingent is offered to the new entrants. The system of legal recruitment is given up and lakhs and lakhs of vacancies are closed down in the name of rightsizing the establishment. The laws protecting the labour are not followed and the system of watching the private sector is weakened knowingly and wantonly by the Government. The Liberalisation, Privatization and Globalization policy all over the world except one or two left oriented countries try to bring all the work force under a unsecured system of employment where there will be no definite work hours, pay, allowances, leave, provident fund, bonus, retirement benefits, job security etc. This situation has its impact on both men and women employees but it has some additional and special effect on women employees. Women have to work for a longer hours leaving the family to suffer without their patronage. Life becomes hard without proper care and rest. There is a good a lot of information as to how the psychology of the women workers is affected in various fields due to the current trend of working condition. The declining job opportunities in the organised sectors namely Central and State Government offices in India and Public Sector industries directly affect and pulls down the upliftment of educated women by and large. In the name of modernisation the half’ baked Computerization has had positive and negative implications for the workforce. It has affected employment levels and workloads and brought increasing pressure for flexibility. It has changed the content of work, and reduced job security and a shift towards more non-bargain able employees.
What is the reason for poor status?
The so called rights and privileges extended to women under the capitalist society where emergence of private property is allowed directly results in the subjugation of women by men. Here the women are mere possession of their husband kept for the purpose of producing the legitimate heirs to inherit their husband’s properties. In other words the tasks which women now do as private service for her family, the childcare, cooking , cleaning etc., stands in the way of her real liberation. Without bringing the home care work into the realm of social production, women cannot be free to take part in social production nor can they regain their economic, political and social independence and equality with men. So long as women continue to be the domestic slaves crushed under petty house works, they will remain the most backward section of the working class and fatter on the development of a revolutionary working class movement. Thus there exists a wide gap between the goals enunciated in the Constitution, Legislation, Policies, Plans. Programs and related mechanism on the one hand and situational reality of the status of women in India on the other hand. Gender disparity manifests itself in various forms the most obvious being the trend of continuously declining female ratio in the population in the last few decades. Social stereo typing and violence at the domestic and society levels are some of the other manifestation. Discrimination against girl children, adolescent girls and women persists in many parts of the country. So the real emancipation of women will begin only when a mass struggle is started against the petty domestic economy and when it is transformed into a large scale socialist economy. To achieve this it is necessary that the private ownership of the means of social protection should be replaced by the public or social ownership controlled by the working class. Here the domestic slave is freed from her slavery by providing public dinning rooms crèches kinder gardens laundries free education free sanitation free medication etc. In this way the women can be drawn back in to the main stream of economic political and social life so that they could regain their economic political and social independence and equality with men.
The real task before us
The oppression of women can be eliminated only when women are mobilized and educated that they are an integral part of working class. They should be brought to an understanding that the cause of their oppression is not men or their own biological functions and those they are not oppressed because they are women but their oppression is a class question. It is a man made system prevailing in a world where private ownership of the means of social production exists. If women are not made aware of these facts they will be confused and some reactionary forces will divert them. That is how men folk are pictured as the enemy of the women and men are the reason for all their problems. Likewise there is learning among men that women are responsible for their ill being. Both the concepts are not only wrong but also detrimental to the unity and wellbeing of both men and women. It is the Capitalism which exploits the humankind as a whole and women in particular. The capitalist system regards women merely as a convenient source of cheap labour and part of the "reserve army of labour" to be drawn on when there is a shortage of labour in certain areas of production, and discarded again when the need disappears. We saw this in both world wars, when women were drafted into the factories to replace men who had been called up into the army and then sent back to the home when the war ended. Women were again encouraged to enter the workplaces during the period of capitalist upswing of the 1950s and 1960s, when their role was analogous to that of the immigrant workers--as a reservoir of cheap labour. In the more recent period, the number of women workers has increased to fill gaps in the productive process. But, despite all the talk about a "woman's world" and "girl power", and despite all the laws that supposedly guarantee equality, women workers remain the most exploited and oppressed section of the working class. So the target is the downfall of capitalism and the advent of socialism. It is important that trade unions understand the great revolutionary potential of women and take the necessary steps to tap into it. Women are potentially far more revolutionary than men because they are fresh and untainted by years of conservative routine that so often characterises "normal" trade union existence. Anyone who has seen a strike of women can bear witness to their tremendous determination, courage and confidence. It is the duty of the trade union to support every measure to encourage women to join and participate in the unions, with equal rights and equal responsibilities.
Here AISGEF proudly records its achievement of constitution of women wing in all States with women as its convenor and many of the State units have district and taluk level women wing also. At national level there are two women Vice Chairmen Com.R.Tamilselvi from Tamilnadu, Com.K.P.Mary from Kerala. There is a national level Women Sub -committee which attend all National Executive committees as ex- officio members. Throughout the nation AISGEF is able to organise women employees on various issues and conduct struggles. As our veteran leader Com. B.T.Ranadive pointed out “any struggle of the working class without the participation of women workers is like walking with one leg and fighting with one hand.” So it is imperative that any class organisation should concentrate on organising women workers wherever possible.
With this motive our All India State Government Employees Federation calls upon its affiliates to organise women employees and unionise them. Help them in all ways and means to bring out the calibre for building a strong working class movement in India which could only bring a classless society in which human beings live a happy and meaningful life.
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R. TAMILSELVI, VICE CHAIRMAN, AISGEF
INTRODUCTION
“You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of Women”
- Jawaharlal Nehru
The above statement of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is strongly supported by many other leaders and scholars worldwide, emphasizing the need for women liberation, upliftment and empowerment. So it goes without saying that women are oppressed. The cause of the oppression of women is not accidental or inevitable but it is historical. It is essential that one should examine carefully the cause of the oppression of the women to enable us to determine how an end can be put to that oppression. It is neither due to her biological function nor dominance of male but prevalence of a society in which both men and women are exploited due to existence of Private Property. To uphold the private property a family system is created where subjugation of women to men is mandatory and women are double exploited. This system considers that women are fit for domestic work, child bearing and child rearing. The dependence of the wife upon the husband and her children upon their parents is the origin of the enslavement of women. These unnatural relations lead to unnatural society with gender discrimination where women have no role to play in social production.
So the emancipation of women is directly related to the release of women from the slavery of the home and family into a free member of the working class. When women allowing to becoming an integral part of the working class, the integrity and the productivity of any nation increases. So long as she is kept away the social production to that extent is affected. On the other hand as the women will become the active workers they can be socially, economically and psychologically independent who could stand on their own legs looking after themselves and also their children. So the vision of the leaders and scholars who advocate women liberation is based on this exercise which if comes true women the hidden treasure of a nation will be brought to lime light and their potential can be utilised to the maximum possible for the development of the nation. It is high time to raise a question and discuss whether steps are taken for empowerments of women are in line with this perspective in India and if not to put it in the right track immediately without further delay.
Indian Scenario (Ancient and Medieval Period)
Scholars believe that in Ancient India women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. However in the later period approximately 500 B.C. the status of the women began to decline with the advent of Manusmriti. Many retrogratory practices were imposed on women of all religions to keep them naturally chaste and more virtuous. Some of such practices were Sati, child marriage, ban on widow remarriage, immolation of all wives and daughters of defeated warriors to avoid capture and consequent molestation. In some parts of India Devadasis or the temple women system was maintained and such women were sexually exploited by the power holders in the name of God. Polygamy was widely practiced. Muslim customs restricted women to Janana areas. So a section of human kind viz. women were kept under restriction and confinement in the name of customs of various religions and naturally they were kept away from taking part in social production. The work done by those inside the family system and in the agricultural and other cottage work were looked upon as private domestic work and that work did not carry any social value.
Condition during British Rule
During the British rule, many reformers like Rajaram Mohan Roy, Eswar Chandra Vidhyasagar, Jothi Populle fought for the upliftment of women. This made the British to pass certain Acts like abolition of Sati Practice in 1829, Widow Remarriage Act 1856 and so on. During this period, many women reformer such as Panditharama Bai, Savitiri Poole also lived. Many queens fought against the British to safeguard their territories. Kittur Chennama, Appakarani of Karnataka, Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, Begum Asarat Mahal of Awath of Bhopal are few notable female rulers. Likewise, women freedom fighters like Madam Gama, Dr.Annie Beasant, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and many others fought for the nation. Captain Lakshmi Shaigul was the captain of the women regiment of Indian National Army led by Subash Chandra Bose. Sarojini Naidu, a poet and freedom fighter was the first Indian woman to become the governor of a state in India. Thousands of women took part in independence struggle programmes launched by our national leaders. Thus the tendency of Indian women to fight for freedom in the pre-independence period inevitably and gradually led to the fight for women liberation
in the post independence period.
Independent India
As in other parts of the world the industrial revolution had its impact on the women of India also converting the tillers of the soil to factory or industrial workers. Women employed in various fields including service sectors like health, sanitation, medical, nurses, teaching, banking, clerks, typists etc. proved their ability to the utmost satisfaction of their employers. Thus women came out of their traditional work and adopted some new work roles. Their thirst for education also increased considerably.
Independent India planned for its speedy growth in all sectors with the help of Soviet Union. Avenue for employment for women in both Central and State Government Offices and Public Sector Units increased. Private sector also opted for women employment. A slight improvement in the economic status of employed women increased their level of self-confidence.
The Independent India through its Constitution guarantees certain rights to all Indian women viz. Equality (article 14) no discrimination by the States(article 15(1), Equal opportunity (article 16) Equal pay for equal work (article 39(d)) making of special provisions by the State in favour of women and children (article 15(3) renounces practices derogatory to the dignity of women (article 51 A(e) and also allows for provision to be made by he State for securing just and humane condition of work and maternity relief(article 42). The National Commission for Women was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1990 to safeguard the rights and legal entitlements of women. “The 73rd and 74th Amendments (1993) to the Constitution of India have provided for reservation of seats in the local bodies of Panchayats and Municipalities for women laying a strong foundation for their participation in decision making at the local levels. Laws such as the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Sati Prevention Act,
Dowry Prohibition Act and Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act protect women from the more “traditional” crimes such as rape, abduction, dowry, torture, molestation, sexual harassment and selling of girls into slavery. An Act passed to relieve women from domestic violence is a mile stone of this Century.
Real Social Status of women in India
The above illustrations give us a picture of Indian women as if they are well protected by Laws. But in reality it is not so. Mere existence of Laws, Acts and Rules cannot protect and help women to improve their social status. The following statistics will help us to understand how alarming the situation in India is. Every 26 minutes a woman is mole stated, every 34 minutes a rape takes place, every 42 minutes a sexual harassment incident occurs. Every 43 minutes a woman is kidnapped and every 93 minutes a woman is burnt to death over dowry issue. Apart from passing laws, the execution of laws is all the more important which is lacking in India. So the protections in words do not help to improve the social status of women as there are a lot of lacunae in them.
The question of 33% reservation
According to a survey, reservation for women stands at only 8.2 per cent in India while in Pakistan it is over 21 per cent, Nepal 30 per cent and Bangladesh is 10 per cent. Apart from the question of representation by women is the matter of power attached to legislative positions It is interesting that despite most major parties having initially voiced complete support for women's reservation, a situation so emerged that the bill has to be shelved again. Thus India stands the lowest amongst its neighbouring countries as far as reservation for women is concerned.
Real scope for women employment in India
Women work force constitutes an integral part of total workforce in India. On 31st march 2004, women constituted 19 per cent of the total workforce. The participation of women in the labor force has always been lower than that of men, in the rural as well as urban areas. The work participation rate for women has increased significantly. In 1981, work participation rate for women was only 19.67 per cent which increased up to 22.73 per cent in 1991 and 26.68 per cent in 2001. In the women workforce, women from rural areas are greater in number as compared to the urban women. Amongst rural women workers, a majority is employed in agriculture and some are employed in cottage industries. In the urban areas, women workers are primarily employed in the unorganized sectors. As on the 31st March, 2005 a total number of 50.16 Lacs women employees were engaged in the organized sector, out of which 29.21 lacs (58per cent) in the public sector and 20.95 lacs (42per cent) in the Private Sector. Employment of women in public sector increased by 1.1 percent and by 2.5 percent in the private sector during 2004-2005. The zone wise analysis showed an increase of 8 percent in North-Eastern Zone, followed by Western Zone (5.3per cent), Eastern Zone (3per cent) and Central Zone (1.3per cent) and Northern Zone (1.2per cent). Only Southern Zone registered a marginal dip of 0.8 percent.
The state wise analysis reflects that Kerala has the maximum (21.1 lacs) women job-seekers followed by West Bengal (19.3 lacs) and Tamil Nadu (15.3 lacs) while minimum number of women job-seekers are in Rajasthan (1.0 lacs).
The percentage of educated women job seekers among the total women job seekers has gone down from 73.3per cent to 70.4per cent in 2004.
The work participation rate for women was 25.68 per cent in 2001. This shows an improvement over 22.73 per cent in 1991 and 19.67 per cent in 1981.
It shows high rate of unemployment exist in the society. Under employments is another form of unemployment. This affects both men and women very seriously. These figures exclude large number of women who have given up all hope of finding employment and no longer bother to line up at the employment exchange. Even after acquiring good educational qualification either academic or technical or both women choose to be housewives thus their potential is never used by this society. Even job opportunities are not up to the satisfaction in private sectors. Now in Government Sector also part time jobs and contract, casual, contingent is offered to the new entrants. The system of legal recruitment is given up and lakhs and lakhs of vacancies are closed down in the name of rightsizing the establishment. The laws protecting the labour are not followed and the system of watching the private sector is weakened knowingly and wantonly by the Government. The Liberalisation, Privatization and Globalization policy all over the world except one or two left oriented countries try to bring all the work force under a unsecured system of employment where there will be no definite work hours, pay, allowances, leave, provident fund, bonus, retirement benefits, job security etc. This situation has its impact on both men and women employees but it has some additional and special effect on women employees. Women have to work for a longer hours leaving the family to suffer without their patronage. Life becomes hard without proper care and rest. There is a good a lot of information as to how the psychology of the women workers is affected in various fields due to the current trend of working condition. The declining job opportunities in the organised sectors namely Central and State Government offices in India and Public Sector industries directly affect and pulls down the upliftment of educated women by and large. In the name of modernisation the half’ baked Computerization has had positive and negative implications for the workforce. It has affected employment levels and workloads and brought increasing pressure for flexibility. It has changed the content of work, and reduced job security and a shift towards more non-bargain able employees.
What is the reason for poor status?
The so called rights and privileges extended to women under the capitalist society where emergence of private property is allowed directly results in the subjugation of women by men. Here the women are mere possession of their husband kept for the purpose of producing the legitimate heirs to inherit their husband’s properties. In other words the tasks which women now do as private service for her family, the childcare, cooking , cleaning etc., stands in the way of her real liberation. Without bringing the home care work into the realm of social production, women cannot be free to take part in social production nor can they regain their economic, political and social independence and equality with men. So long as women continue to be the domestic slaves crushed under petty house works, they will remain the most backward section of the working class and fatter on the development of a revolutionary working class movement. Thus there exists a wide gap between the goals enunciated in the Constitution, Legislation, Policies, Plans. Programs and related mechanism on the one hand and situational reality of the status of women in India on the other hand. Gender disparity manifests itself in various forms the most obvious being the trend of continuously declining female ratio in the population in the last few decades. Social stereo typing and violence at the domestic and society levels are some of the other manifestation. Discrimination against girl children, adolescent girls and women persists in many parts of the country. So the real emancipation of women will begin only when a mass struggle is started against the petty domestic economy and when it is transformed into a large scale socialist economy. To achieve this it is necessary that the private ownership of the means of social protection should be replaced by the public or social ownership controlled by the working class. Here the domestic slave is freed from her slavery by providing public dinning rooms crèches kinder gardens laundries free education free sanitation free medication etc. In this way the women can be drawn back in to the main stream of economic political and social life so that they could regain their economic political and social independence and equality with men.
The real task before us
The oppression of women can be eliminated only when women are mobilized and educated that they are an integral part of working class. They should be brought to an understanding that the cause of their oppression is not men or their own biological functions and those they are not oppressed because they are women but their oppression is a class question. It is a man made system prevailing in a world where private ownership of the means of social production exists. If women are not made aware of these facts they will be confused and some reactionary forces will divert them. That is how men folk are pictured as the enemy of the women and men are the reason for all their problems. Likewise there is learning among men that women are responsible for their ill being. Both the concepts are not only wrong but also detrimental to the unity and wellbeing of both men and women. It is the Capitalism which exploits the humankind as a whole and women in particular. The capitalist system regards women merely as a convenient source of cheap labour and part of the "reserve army of labour" to be drawn on when there is a shortage of labour in certain areas of production, and discarded again when the need disappears. We saw this in both world wars, when women were drafted into the factories to replace men who had been called up into the army and then sent back to the home when the war ended. Women were again encouraged to enter the workplaces during the period of capitalist upswing of the 1950s and 1960s, when their role was analogous to that of the immigrant workers--as a reservoir of cheap labour. In the more recent period, the number of women workers has increased to fill gaps in the productive process. But, despite all the talk about a "woman's world" and "girl power", and despite all the laws that supposedly guarantee equality, women workers remain the most exploited and oppressed section of the working class. So the target is the downfall of capitalism and the advent of socialism. It is important that trade unions understand the great revolutionary potential of women and take the necessary steps to tap into it. Women are potentially far more revolutionary than men because they are fresh and untainted by years of conservative routine that so often characterises "normal" trade union existence. Anyone who has seen a strike of women can bear witness to their tremendous determination, courage and confidence. It is the duty of the trade union to support every measure to encourage women to join and participate in the unions, with equal rights and equal responsibilities.
Here AISGEF proudly records its achievement of constitution of women wing in all States with women as its convenor and many of the State units have district and taluk level women wing also. At national level there are two women Vice Chairmen Com.R.Tamilselvi from Tamilnadu, Com.K.P.Mary from Kerala. There is a national level Women Sub -committee which attend all National Executive committees as ex- officio members. Throughout the nation AISGEF is able to organise women employees on various issues and conduct struggles. As our veteran leader Com. B.T.Ranadive pointed out “any struggle of the working class without the participation of women workers is like walking with one leg and fighting with one hand.” So it is imperative that any class organisation should concentrate on organising women workers wherever possible.
With this motive our All India State Government Employees Federation calls upon its affiliates to organise women employees and unionise them. Help them in all ways and means to bring out the calibre for building a strong working class movement in India which could only bring a classless society in which human beings live a happy and meaningful life.
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History of the International Women’s Day
International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.
1908
Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
1909
In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.
1910
n 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named a Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was the result.
1911
Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was honoured the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on 19 March. More than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination. However less than a week later on 25 March, the tragic 'Triangle Fire' in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labour legislation in the United States that became a focus of subsequent International Women's Day events. 1911 also saw women's 'Bread and Roses' campaign.
1913-1914
On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1913 following discussions, International Women's Day was transferred to 8 March and this day has remained the global date for International Wommen's Day ever since. In 1914 further women across Europe held rallies to campaign against the war and to express women's solidarity.
1917
On the last Sunday of February, Russian women began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to the death over 2 million Russian soldiers in war. Opposed by political leaders the women continued to strike until four days later the Czar was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. The date the women's strike commenced was Sunday 23 February on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia. This day on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was 8 March.
1918 – 1999
Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women's Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike. For decades, IWD has grown from strength to strength annually. For many years the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to coordinate international efforts for women's rights and participation in social, political and economic processes. 1975 was designated as 'International Women's Year' by the United Nations. Women's organisations and governments around the world have also observed IWD annually on 8 March by holding large-scale events that honour women's advancement and while diligently reminding of the continued vigilance and action required to ensure that women's equality is gained and maintained in all aspects of life.
2000 and beyond
IWD is now an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.
However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.
Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, and government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more.
Many global corporations have also started to more actively support IWD by running their own internal events and through supporting external ones. For example, on 8 March search engine and media giant Google some years even changes its logo on its global search pages. Year on year IWD is certainly increasing in status. The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Women's History Month'.
So make a difference, think globally and act locally!! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
Courtesy - Google
collected by: R.Tamilselvi, vice chairman, AISGEF
International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.
1908
Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
1909
In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.
1910
n 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named a Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was the result.
1911
Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was honoured the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on 19 March. More than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination. However less than a week later on 25 March, the tragic 'Triangle Fire' in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labour legislation in the United States that became a focus of subsequent International Women's Day events. 1911 also saw women's 'Bread and Roses' campaign.
1913-1914
On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1913 following discussions, International Women's Day was transferred to 8 March and this day has remained the global date for International Wommen's Day ever since. In 1914 further women across Europe held rallies to campaign against the war and to express women's solidarity.
1917
On the last Sunday of February, Russian women began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to the death over 2 million Russian soldiers in war. Opposed by political leaders the women continued to strike until four days later the Czar was forced to abdicate and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. The date the women's strike commenced was Sunday 23 February on the Julian calendar then in use in Russia. This day on the Gregorian calendar in use elsewhere was 8 March.
1918 – 1999
Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women's Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike. For decades, IWD has grown from strength to strength annually. For many years the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to coordinate international efforts for women's rights and participation in social, political and economic processes. 1975 was designated as 'International Women's Year' by the United Nations. Women's organisations and governments around the world have also observed IWD annually on 8 March by holding large-scale events that honour women's advancement and while diligently reminding of the continued vigilance and action required to ensure that women's equality is gained and maintained in all aspects of life.
2000 and beyond
IWD is now an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.
However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.
Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, and government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more.
Many global corporations have also started to more actively support IWD by running their own internal events and through supporting external ones. For example, on 8 March search engine and media giant Google some years even changes its logo on its global search pages. Year on year IWD is certainly increasing in status. The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Women's History Month'.
So make a difference, think globally and act locally!! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
Courtesy - Google
collected by: R.Tamilselvi, vice chairman, AISGEF
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
வேலை வாய்ப்பை பறிக்கும் அரசின் ஆணை - நன்றி - தீக்கதிர் 12-01 -2010
வேலைவாய்ப்பை பறிக்கும் அரசின் ஆணை
-க.ராஜ்குமார்-
இந்த ஆணை தேவைதானா?
இந்த ஆணை பிறப்பிக்க வேண்டிய தேவை குறித்து அரசு விளக்கமளிக்கையில், தேர்வாணையத்தின் மூலம் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட காலஅவகாசம் தேவைப்படுவதால் ஒரு தற்காலிக ஏற்பாடாக இந்த ஆணை பிறப்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என அறிவித்துள்ளது. இது சரியா? சரி என்றால் தேர்வாணையத்தின் மூலம் நிரப்பப்பட வேண்டிய பணியிடங்களை மட்டும்தானே தற்காலிகமாக நிரப்பிட வேண்டும். ஆனால் அரசு பிறப்பித்துள்ள ஆணையில் அரசு ஊழியர் ஒருவர் ஓய்வு பெறும்போது வகித்து வந்த பதவியைக்காட்டிலும் உயர் பதவியில் அவரை நியமிக்கக் கூடாது எனவும், ஆனால் அவர் வகித்த பதவியைக் காட்டிலும் கீழ் பதவியில் பணியில் நியமிக்கலாம் எனவும் சொல்லப்பட்டிருப்பதின் மூலம் பதவி உயர்வு அளிக்க வேண்டிய பணியிலும் கூட ஓய்வு பெற்றவர்களை நியமிக்க முடியும் என்பதுதானே உண்மை. இதனால் தற்போது பணியாற்றி வரும் அரசு ஊழியர்களின் பதவி உயர்வு வாய்ப்பு பறிக்கப்படும் அல்லவா. தகுதி வாய்ந்த அரசு ஊழியர்கள் இருக்கின்றபோது அத்தகைய பணியிடங்களில் அவர்களுக்கு பதவி உயர்வு அளிக்க அரசு தயங்குவது ஏன். கடந்த சில ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேலாக பதவி உயர்வு பட்டியலுக்கு காலியிடங்களை நிர்ணயம் செய்திட அரசு நிபந்தனை விதித்திருந்ததால்தானே தற்போது தகுதியுள்ளவர்கள் இருந்தும் உயர் பதவிகளை நிரப்ப இயலவில்லை.
காலிப் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட உள்ள அரசு விதிமுறைகள்
இத்தகைய சூழ்நிலைகளில் காலிப்பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பி நிர்வாகத்தை மேற் கொள்ள ஏற்கெனவே அரசு பணி விதிமுறைகள் உள்ளன. தேர்வாணையத்தின் மூலம் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட தாமதம் ஆனால் விதி 10 (ஏ) (1)ஐ பயன்படுத்தி நியமன அலுவலர்கள் வேலை வாய்ப்பகத்தின் மூலம் முறையான காலமுறை ஊதியத்தின் அடிப்ப டையில் காலிப்பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட முடியும். அந்த விதி தற்போது ஏன் முடக்கப் பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் பதவி உயர்வு பட்டியல் போட தாமதம் ஆனால் விதி 39 (ஏ) பிரிவு களை பயன்படுத்தி தற்காலிக பதவி உயர்வு கொடுக்க முடியும். கடந்த காலங்களில் இதுதான் நடைமுறையாக இருந்து வந்தது. இதை இப்போது மாற்றுவதற்கு என்ன அவசியம் வந்தது.
காலிப்பணியிடங்கள் கலைப்பு
சற்று கவனமாக பரிசீலித்தால் காலிப் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட அரசு மேற்கொண்டு வரும் அணுகுமுறை அரசுப்பணியின் அடிப் படை கட்டமைப்பையே சிதைத்துவிட்டதை உணரமுடியும். தமிழ்நாட்டில் கடந்த 2001ல் சிக்கன நடவடிக்கை என்ற பெயரில் அரசுப் பணிக்கு நியமனம் செய்வதை தடை விதித்து அன்றைய அரசு உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்தது. இந்த ஆணையை எதிர்த்து தொடர்ந்து இயக்கங்கள் நடைபெற்றன. இறுதியில் கடந்த ஆட்சியாளர்கள் தங்கள் ஆட்சியின் இறுதிக்காலத் தில் அந்த தடையை முற்றிலும் நீக்கிவிட்டனர். தாங்கள் ஆட்சிக்கு வந்தால் காலிப்பணி யிடங்களை நிரப்புவோம் என வாக்குறுதி தந்து வெற்றி பெற்று ஆட்சிக்கு வந்த கையுடன் இன்றைய ஆட்சியாளர்கள் காலிப் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட நிபந்தனைகள் விதித்தனர். தேவையின் அடிப்படையில் அரசால் ஒரு முறை அனுமதிக்கப்பட்ட பணியிடங்களில் ஓய்வு பெறுவதின் மூலமோ, பதவி உயர்வில் சென்றுவிடுவதின் மூலமோ, அரசு ஊழியர்கள் இறந்து விடுவதின் மூலமோ ஏற்படும் காலியிடங்களை நிரப்பிட நியமன அலுவலர்கள் மீண்டும் அரசின் அனுமதி பெற வேண்டும். தலைமைச் செயலாளர் தலைமையில் உள்ள ஸ்டாப் கமிட்டி அதை ஆய்வு செய்து கணிசமான பணியிடங்களை குறைத்து ஆணையிடும். இப்படி பல்வேறு துறைகளில் இந்த நான்கு ஆண்டுகளில் ஆயிரக் கணக்கான பணியிடங்கள் குறைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
அரசியல்சட்டம் மீறப்படுகிறதா??
இந்திய குடியரசின் அரசியல் சட்டம் நாடாளுமன்றம் மற்றும் சட்டமன்றங்களில் சட்டம் இயற்ற அரசியல் தலைவர்களுக்கு எப்படி அதிகாரம் கொடுத்துள்ளதோ, அதே போல் அந்த சட்டங்களை பாரபட்சமின்றி செயல்படுத்திட அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கும் அதி காரம் கொடுத்துள்ளது. இதனால் தான் அரசுப் பணிக்கு ஆள் எடுக்கும் தனி அமைப்பாக அரசியல் சட்டம் தேர்வாணையங்களை உருவாக்கியுள்ளது. அரசு ஊழியர்கள் எந்த ஒரு ஆட்சியாளர்களின் கைப்பாவையாக மாறிவிடக் கூடாது என்பதே இதன் நோக்கம்.தேர்தல் ஆணையம், நீதிமன்றங்கள் போன்று சுயாட்சி அதிகாரத்தை கொண்ட அமைப்புதான் தேர்வாணையங்கள். ஒரு சில ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் தில்லியில் நடைபெற்ற மத்திய-மாநில தேர்வாணைய தலைவர்கள் மாநாட்டில், அரசுப்பணிக்கு பின்புற வழியாக பணி நியமனம் செய்யப்படுவது அதிகரித்து வருகிறது எனவும், இத்தகைய நியமனங்களை தேர்வாணையங்கள் அங்கீகரிக்கக் கூடாது எனவும் வழிகாட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது. உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்திலும் இத்தகைய நியமனங் களுக்கு எதிராக பல்வேறு தீர்ப்புகள் பகரப்பட்டுள்ளன. எனினும் மத்திய-மாநில அரசுகள் இவைகளை கண்டுகொள்வதில்லை. இன்று தமிழக அரசில் சுமார் 3 லட்சத்திற்கும் மேற் பட்ட அலுவலர்கள் சிறப்பு காலமுறை ஊதியம் மற்றும் தொகுப்பூதியம் பெற்று பணியாற்றி வருகின்றனர். இத்தகைய அரசின் நடவடிக்கைகள் காரணமாக இளைஞர்களின் மன நிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டு மாற்று வழியில் திசை திரும்புகின்றன. அவர்களின் நம்பிக்கையை பெறும் வகையில் அரசுப் பணிகளில் முறையான பணி நியமனங்களை மேற்கொள்ள தமிழக அரசு முன் வரவேண்டும். தற்போது அரசுப் பணியில் ஓய்வு பெற்றவர்களை நியம னம் செய்ய வழிவகுக்கும் ஆணையை ரத்து செய்ய முன்வர வேண்டும். இன்று தமிழ் நாட்டில் கிராமங்களில் பணியாற்றும் கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலர்கள் பணியிடங்கள் 3000 உள்பட ஆயிரக்கணக்கான பணியிடங்கள் காலியாக இருக்கின்றன. இவைகளில் இளைஞர்களுக்கு வேலை வாய்ப்பு வழங்கி நம்பிக்கையை ஏற்படுத்த வேண்டும். இதுவே அரசின் இன்றைய உடனடி பணி ஆகும்.
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