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Tarigami Leads Protest For Minimum Wages, Worker Regularisation

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SRINAGAR: Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), took to the streets on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital to lead a protest on the occasion of International Labour Day. Tarigami’s demonstration called for the implementation of the Minimum Wages Act in its true spirit while also demanding the abolition of the contractual system of employment.
According to Tarigami, workers employed on a contractual or daily wage basis in the Integrated Child Development Scheme and the National Health Mission were being denied their right to basic minimum wages. He stated that “Our demand is that minimum fixed wages be given to every worker as set by the labour conference.”
After leading the protest at Residency Road, Tarigami spoke with reporters, reiterating his stance and emphasizing the importance of fair wages for all workers. He said, “Our demand is to implement the Minimum Wages Act in letter and spirit, so that the contractual system of employment is abolished, and every worker gets the minimum fixed wages as set by the labour conference.”
Tarigami also drew attention to the long history of struggles against labour exploitation in Kashmir, pointing out that “In Zaldagar Kashmir, labourers had protested for their rights even before the May Day protests in Chicago in 1886. Workers here had fought against the taxes imposed by the then government.”

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

May 1, 2023
China wages price war on Musk’s SpaceX reusable rockets

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Beijing: China has announced a price war on Elon Musk-run SpaceX, with doubling down on reusable rockets as part of its new aerospace programme.
A new aerospace launching system is under development in China that requires cutting the cargo cost per kilogram to 5 per cent to that of the existing Long March rockets, reports South China Morning Post.
“The Long-Range Aerospace Transportation System, being built at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the nation’s largest aerospace defence contractor, can carry more than 60 tonnes of cargo to near-Earth orbit – about the same capacity as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket,” the report mentioned.

The hypersonic space plane could deliver the same payload from Shanghai to an airport in San Francisco in less than an hour.
According to project lead scientist Song Zhengyu of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, space authorities require the plane to be reused more than 100 times and have fewer than three failures per 1,000 flights.
In recent years, SpaceX has also cut its launch cost to about the same as that of the Long March rockets.
China also plans to launch nearly 13,000 internet satellites to counter SpaceX’s Starlink.
Meanwhile, China recently carried out a successful rocket vertical landing test at sea.

The technology would lay the foundation for future applications including a recyclable near-space experiment platform as well as the development of space travel, reports state-run Global Times.
CAS Space, a commercial spaceflight firm that is partly owned by CAS, revealed that it successfully carried out the launching-from-land and landing-at-sea flight trial in Haiyang, East China’s Shandong Province.
“The rocket prototype flew at an altitude of more than 1,000 metres, descended in a smooth hovering fashion and then decelerated thanks to the engine reverse thrust,” the report mentioned.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 9, 2023
Govt Enhances Wages Of Daily Wagers, Casual Workers

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SRINAGAR: The administration on Tuesday ordered the enhancement of minimum wages of daily wagers including casual labourers and daily rated workers as per the revised minimum rate of wages notified by the Labour and Employment Department.
According to Government Order No. 32-F of 2023, it is hereby ordered that duly engaged Daily Rated Workers, including Casual Labourers, in all Government Departments and those of Municipalities & Local Bodies, as are in receipt of Rs. 300/-(Rupees Three Hundred) per day, shall be paid wages @ Rs.311/-Rupees Three Hundred & Eleven) per day w.e.f. 17.10.2022.
It is further ordered that Bio-metric attendance system will be enforced for all categories of persons engaged by Government in any capacity.
“The concerned ODO/Controlling officer shall certify with every bill that the dally rated workers/cetual workers have worked for the prescribed time period every day and that their performance has been satisfactory,” it reads.
“With respect to held staff, where bio-metric attendance may be difficult, the concerned DDO shall certify attendance. However, such staff shall be required to mark attendance at defined intervals,” it added.
“The Aadhar based data base shall be reconciled to avoid duplication,” it further added.
“The concerned Departments shall submit full details regarding unauthorized engagements so an to identify officers/officials responsible for such engagements so that action as appropriate may be taken against them as per rules,” reads the order.
“The number of hours of engagement may be restricted to budget availability,” it reads.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

February 21, 2023